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Grid computing was seen as the answer to resource-intensive risk management tasks, such as derivatives pricing, scenario simulation and stress testing. But some firms are now looking at cloud computing - vast collections of computing and data resources operated by third parties on different premises. How does the technology work? Clive Davidson reports

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In February, Nasdaq OMX, the New York- and Stockholm-based exchange trading and technology company, launched a tool for replaying and analysing Nasdaq stock market data. Called Market Replay, the tool enables users to view the order book at any historical point in time, replay the market in simulated real time, or at a faster or slower speed, and zoom in to analyse events at the millisecond level. Although the tool is being used for down-to-earth applications, such as checking best execution and

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