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Edinburgh Reporter
16-07-2025
- Business
- Edinburgh Reporter
Choosing the Right Hosting Service: A Trader's Guide to Market-Specific Solutions
Every millisecond of latency translates to lost opportunity in today's hypercompetitive trading landscape. The infrastructure supporting your trades requires as much strategic consideration as your market analysis – yet most traders underestimate how dramatically hosting requirements differ across asset classes. What works for forex scalping fails catastrophically for crypto arbitrage, while equities market making demands entirely different specifications. Specialized hosting providers have emerged to address these divergent needs, offering optimized solutions that account for each market's unique microstructure. Understanding these technical nuances separates traders who consistently capture spreads from those left wondering why their strategies underperform. Photo by Florian Krumm on Unsplash Colocation: The Gold Standard for Equities Physical proximity to exchange matching engines provides an insurmountable advantage in equity markets. Major financial hubs like NY4, LD4, and TY3 data centers house the servers of institutional players who won't tolerate even microseconds of unnecessary delay. The physics of data transmission means colocated servers will always outpace remote connections when executing large block orders. Cloud Solutions: Crypto's Native Habitat Digital asset markets move at speeds that break traditional infrastructure. When Bitcoin volatility spikes 20% in an hour, only elastic cloud architectures can scale resources instantly to maintain strategy performance. Providers like Beeks crypto-hosting services specialize in these dynamic environments, offering low-latency connections to 50+ exchanges with the flexibility to deploy additional nodes during liquidity events. Virtual Private Servers: Forex's Sweet Spot Currency traders operating across global sessions require a different approach. A well-configured VPS in London provides consistent sub-5ms execution during European hours, while a Singapore-based instance handles Asian liquidity with equal reliability. The best forex VPS providers guarantee uninterrupted performance during NFP releases and central bank announcements when retail platforms often choke. Network Architecture: Hidden Performance Lever Equities traders obsess over direct fiber routes to exchange gateways. Forex participants optimize paths between prime broker liquidity pools. Crypto market makers minimize hops across decentralized exchange architectures. These network topology decisions often matter more than raw hardware specs for achieving consistent execution quality. Security Postures Diverging by Market Regulated equities platforms demand air-gapped backup systems and military-grade encryption. Forex operations prioritize DDoS protection that withstands coordinated attacks during major news events. Crypto traders architect defenses against both exchange hacks and wallet vulnerabilities – requiring security models foreign to traditional markets. Compliance Dictates Geography MiFID II forces European equity traders into specific jurisdictional setups with audited data trails. U.S. forex brokers face CFTC-mandated server locations. Crypto's regulatory patchwork creates complex tax reporting obligations despite geographical flexibility. These constraints directly impact hosting selection. Cost Structures Mirror Market Mechanics Equity colocation represents a capital-intensive but predictable expense. Forex VPS solutions offer lower barriers to entry with variable scaling costs. Cloud-based crypto hosting follows consumption models that align perfectly with the asset class's volatility profile. Each approach reflects its market's fundamental characteristics. Performance Metrics Tell Different Stories Equities traders track microsecond latency reductions like sports stats. Forex participants measure execution consistency across global sessions. Crypto market makers monitor throughput capacity during exchange congestion. These KPIs reveal which hosting solutions actually deliver value. Future-Proofing Trading Infrastructure Tokenized assets and AI-driven strategies will introduce novel technical requirements. Savvy traders partner with providers capable of adapting to quantum networking and other emerging technologies without requiring complete infrastructure rebuilds. Matching Infrastructure to Market Reality The most successful traders treat hosting as a competitive weapon rather than an operational afterthought. Colocation dominates equities for good reason, while forex traders achieve better ROI through premium VPS solutions. Crypto operations demand the elasticity only cloud architectures provide. In an era where execution quality determines profitability as much as strategy, your hosting environment should reflect the precise demands of your chosen market. Because when microseconds translate to millions, generic solutions become the most expensive choice of all. Like this: Like Related
The Herald Scotland
14-07-2025
- Business
- The Herald Scotland
Beeks in record month for private cloud infrastructure sales
The new contract wins are made up of agreements spanning four to five years with clients in "key locations" across the UAE and Europe. Read more: Meanwhile, demand has also remained healthy for Beek's Exchange Cloud offering, which allows multiple organisations to use the same technology infrastructure. Significant wins include a deal announced in March with cryptocurrency exchange operator Kraken, a first for Beeks in the crypto sector. All told, Beeks is now anticipating a 25% surge in revenues for the financial year to the end of June. Those results are expected to be released in early October. "Consistent with previous years, we are yet again set to deliver significant double digit growth," said Gordon McArthur, founder and chief executive of Beeks. "The steady flow of new customer wins, as well as the significant expansion potential across our existing customer base, serve as a testament to the value of our product offerings, our ability to execute on sales, and our established position as a leading technology provider for financial markets. We enter FY26 with ongoing confidence in our ability to convert the strong pipeline of opportunities across our offerings." Read more: Revenue for the year to June is expected to come in at £35.5m, up from £28.5m previously. Underlying earnings are forecast to be 29% higher at £13.8m. Pre-tax profit is due to jump by a heftier 41% to £5.5m. This was despite the deferment of £1.3m of revenue related to an Exchange Cloud contract with Grupo Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV) into the current financial year due to constraints at the Mexico City Disaster Recovery data centre. Beeks said the primary site involved in that deal, which was announced in February of this year, has recently gone live. Based in San Francisco, Kraken is renting computing capacity from Beeks' Cloud Exchange offering to service its 13 million-plus clients from its base in San Francisco. The contract is the first under a new revenue sharing model that will reduce the amount of money paid to Beeks upfront but materially increase recurring fees that will grow as client usage increases. Read more: This is expected to create some temporary headwinds in the first half of the current financial year which Mr McArthur has previously said should prove a "one-off" in a small legacy part of the business. Mr McArthur founded Beeks, which employs more than 100 people from its headquarters in Renfrewshire, in 2011 after a career in software and IT solutions businesses including IBM, where he worked in both financial services and the industrial sector. The company expanded its headcount significantly up until the spring of 2024 when growth in staffing numbers turned more incremental as the company focused on using AI to help clients make use of the large volumes of data collected on their behalf by Beeks' software. Shares in Beeks, which listed on London's Alternative Investment Market in 2017, were trading nearly 5% lower as of mid-afternoon today.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Kraken lets everyday traders access Wall Street-level trading speeds
Crypto exchange Kraken announced it will launch colocation services later this year with Beeks Exchange Cloud®, the low-latency trading infrastructure company. Initially, the service will be provided in Kraken's European data center, and it will include active individual traders and institutional clients. Kraken says this offering would not change the infrastructure management game for big firms at traditional colocation setups and will be widely available. Depending on the user's technical requirements, they can choose to rent cloud computing, which they can either book directly from Beeks or install physical trading hardware on-site. High-frequency traders always concern themselves with latency, which is the speed of execution of any order. The exchange added that the Beeks infra—particularly in close quarters to the data center, such as in London—would reduce latency to a millisecond or less for Kraken traders. The company said that exact performance increases will differ by region, but Kraken is touting this as a major milestone toward better execution quality and market access. According to Beeks CEO Gordon McArthur, the partnership provides something akin to "institutional-level" infrastructure for the crypto space. It is said to bring the first such service to both retail and professional levels of operation. He said, "Our partnership with Kraken is built on shared values of performance, transparency, and trust. With Beeks' Exchange Cloud® already delivering great results in tier 1 equity exchanges, this collaboration is the first of its kind in crypto. We're setting a new benchmark for low-latency, institutional-grade infrastructure that supports Kraken in enhancing access, execution speed, and market fairness for all."
New York Times
07-02-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
One last free agent for every team: Finding new homes for 30 available players
Spring training is around the corner, and the free agent market has been stripped of its universal impact. What's left — with very few exceptions — are players who would barely move the needle on one roster but fill a specific need on another. So, let's find those guys some uniforms and get on with it. Here's one remaining free agent for every major league team. Kenley Jansen, RHP A few days ago, we might have paired the D-Backs with a right-handed bat, but they just filled that need by re-signing Randal Grichuk. So, what's left is to solidify the back end of their bullpen. Putting Jansen in the ninth would leave Justin Martinez to serve as a high-octane setup man. And playing for a good team would give Jansen a chance to get the 31 saves he needs to tie Lee Smith for the third-most saves in history. Advertisement Nick Pivetta, RHP The A's have already signed one free agent attached to the qualifying offer. So, what's one more? Add Pivetta to Luis Severino and Jeffrey Springs, and the A's would have a completely new top of the rotation while leaving room for young arms JP Sears, Joey Estes and Mitch Spence to round out the group. With a young and exciting lineup, and a couple of legitimate late-inning relievers — Mason Miller and Jose Leclerc — another proven starter could really raise the floor in Sacramento. Kyle Gibson, RHP Stability. That's all we're looking for here. The Braves have done very little this offseason — Jurickson Profar and not much else — and are counting on the return of Spencer Strider and Ronald Acuña Jr. to meaningfully raise their ceiling. Fair enough. Strider, Chris Sale and Reynaldo Lopez are the impact starters at the top of the rotation, but another veteran starter would help solidify the group and protect against further injury. John Means, RHP The Orioles just filled their last glaring need by signing Ramon Laureano to provide some right-handed balance in the outfield. The market doesn't offer meaningful upgrades to their rotation, and their bullpen is more or less full, but a reunion with Means — who underwent Tommy John surgery last summer — would bring back a former All-Star and begin building depth for next season. David Robertson, RHP Massive impact would come from signing Alex Bregman, but short of that, the Red Sox could use another dependable arm in their bullpen, and Robertson, who pitched like his old self as a 39-year-old last season. He would give the team another experienced reliever who could even be an option in an uncertain ninth inning. Jalen Beeks, LHP Recent trades for Ryan Pressly and Ryan Brasier have given the Cubs some much-needed help in the late innings, and a late deal with Beeks would give them another experienced reliever who's been everything from a long man to a closer. Beeks would also give the Cubs some left-handed balance in their pen. Caleb Thielbar is their only lefty at the moment. Advertisement Brendan Rodgers, 2B Throw a dart at a list of free agents, and you'll probably hit a name that could help the White Sox. They could really use a veteran pitcher, but how many veterans really want to be a part of such a rebuild? For Rodgers, though, the White Sox could provide an opportunity to play every day and build back some value after a couple of down seasons in Colorado. Phil Maton, RHP The Reds have plenty of role players and a full five-man rotation (though an additional starter wouldn't be the worst thing in the world). What they don't have is a single reliever who FanGraphs projects to have an ERA below 4.15. It's not necessarily a bad bullpen, but it lacks a standout aside from Alexis Díaz (who's not even the best reliever in his own family). So, let's add another solid arm into the mix and let Terry Francona sort it out in spring training. Kiké Hernández, CF/2B Defensively, center field is the Guardians' most glaring need. In terms of experience, they're thinnest at second base. And their everyday lineup includes only one strictly right-handed hitter. Well, Hernández would address all of that. He would be their best defensive option in center, their most experienced option at second, and another right-handed bat on a roster loaded with lefties and switch hitters. Maybe Lane Thomas would still play center field against righties, but Hernández could play there against lefties and in the late innings. Maybe Juan Brito is ready to play second, but Hernández would free him to also help out at other positions. James McCann, C You might think it would make sense to give the Rockies a veteran starter. But their starting pitchers already are veterans! Or maybe give them an experienced reliever. But who would want that job? So, let's give the Rockies the most boring addition possible: a new backup catcher. Playing McCann behind Jacob Stallings would free Hunter Goodman to continue playing all over the field (first base, catcher, outfield corners) to see if his immense power will play at the big league level (he had a .228 on-base percentage but slugged .417 in a half season last year). Advertisement Justin Turner, 1B You know what would be really fun? Putting Alex Bregman in Detroit. But in this market, Turner is the next best thing. The Tigers definitely need another right-handed hitter — Gleyber Torres and Matt Vierling are their only everyday righties — and Turner could play first base and DH while letting manager A.J. Hinch mix and match with lefty hitters Kerry Carpenter, Colt Keith and Jace Jung. Turner would also give the Tigers a massive clubhouse presence as they try to build on last season's breakout. Alex Verdugo, LF We sent Bregman elsewhere, which means this version of the major league multi-verse won't have the Astros filling their left field void by shifting Jose Altuve from second base. So, let's give them a real left fielder. Bonus points for the fact Verdugo hits left-handed (the Astros' only everyday lefty is Yordan Alvarez). FanGraphs is still projecting Verdugo to have a 1.1 WAR season, which is better than Ben Gamel and Taylor Trammell — the two left-handed outfielders currently jockeying for Astros' playing time — have produced in the past four seasons combined. Verdugo hasn't been especially good in a few years, but he's the best of what's left. Brandon Drury, 3B/2B According to FanGraphs WAR, there was not a player in baseball less valuable than Drury last season. He was a full 2.1 wins below replacement. So why would the Royals want him? Because they actually have enough infielders — if this signing goes belly up, they're covered at second and third — but Drury had a 118 OPS+ from 2021 to 2023, and he generated that offense while playing first, second, third, left and right. Basically, Drury would be a chance for the Royals to maybe find some cheap offense. Their projected Opening Day roster on FanGraphs includes seven hitters projected to have a sub-100 wRC+. That includes their entire bench and their starting third baseman, Maikel Garcia, who's a great defender but had a 69 wRC+ last season. If Drury can bounce back to be just league average at the plate, he could help the Royals at multiple positions. Craig Kimbrel, RHP The Angels are in wing-and-a-prayer territory, anyway. They need a ton of things to go right, and those things range from Mike Trout's health to Kyle Hendricks' sinker. Scott Kingery and Jo Adell are involved. Yoán Moncada just joined them. There's a Rule 5 pick in there, too. It's a lot. So, why not add one more wild card? Kimbrel was an All-Star in 2023 and he saved 23 games last season, but he also pitched so poorly that the Orioles released him in September. How many teams are in a position to give Kimbrel even a chance to close again? The Angels are! If Kimbrel stinks and Ben Joyce wins the job, so be it, but the Angels bullpen is crawling with 20-somethings, and adding a veteran to the mix wouldn't be the worst idea. Clayton Kershaw, LHP What do you get the team that has everything? How about a Hall of Famer? And, in this case, it's a Hall of Famer who is almost certainly going to re-sign with them eventually, anyway. Kershaw to the Dodgers is basically the free square in free agency bingo, but we'll gladly take the gimme. Cal Quantrill, RHP The Marlins would be a reasonable landing spot for all sorts of free agency leftovers. Michael A. Taylor would give them a legitimate defender in center. South Florida native Anthony Rizzo would be a veteran presence and a left-handed option at first base. Pretty much any free-agent reliever would become the most experienced guy in their bullpen. But Quantrill feels like an upside play for their rotation. He's only two years removed from a couple of encouraging seasons in Cleveland. Best-case scenario: Quantrill rounds out the Marlins rotation in April before becoming a trade chip in July. Advertisement Paul DeJong, SS This is the only remotely viable shortstop left on the free agent market (the next-best was Nick Ahmed, but he just signed a minor league deal with the Rangers). Signing DeJong would let the Brewers keep Brice Turang and Joey Ortiz at second and third, where they're excellent defenders. DeJong would also give the Brewers another right-handed bat (their regular lineup already has four lefties). Luis Urías, 3B/SS The Twins want to add infield depth, especially shortstop depth, and this just isn't the free-agent market for teams that need a shortstop. There's really only one free-agent shortstop left, and this hypothetical exercise has him landing in Milwaukee. The fact Urías, who hasn't played a big league game at short, is even on the radar for such a role speaks to just how few options are out there (Ahmed recently signed a minor league deal with the Rangers). For teams in the market for a viable shortstop, it's pretty much DeJong-or-bust. Brooks Raley, LHP Our first draft suggested the Mets re-sign Pete Alonso. Then they actually did! So, we went back to the drawing board and found a Mets roster that has basically everything covered. The Mets have seven experienced starting pitchers, at least six guys who could get time at second base, and a pretty solid bullpen. So, we'll suggest bringing back Raley, who pitched well for the Mets the past two seasons before Tommy John surgery last summer. He won't be available until the second half, at which point the Mets might be happy to have the extra lefty. Colin Poche, LHP The Yankees have done most of their heavy lifting, and short of Bregman, there's no free-agent infielder who meaningfully improves them at second base or third. But they could use a second left-handed reliever to pair with Tim Hill, and Poche is a proven commodity in the AL East. Héctor Neris, RHP With every team, there's a desire to come up with an interesting addition that fits one specific need, but the Phillies basically addressed the most glaring needs in December when they traded for Jésus Luzardo, signed Max Kepler and signed Jordan Romano. The free-agent market really doesn't offer any other ideal fits. Neris at least would give them one more veteran arm, and a familiar arm at that. He would fit about as well as anyone. Basically, just give the Phillies one of the last relievers standing, hope all their big bats stay healthy, and call up Andrew Painter in June. Lance Lynn, RHP At 37, Lynn has considered transitioning to a bullpen role, and that's where he might best fit the Pirates. The team could go the usual route and sign one of the remaining free-agent relievers — Andrew Chafin? Dylan Floro? Scott Barlow? — but Lynn feels like an upside play. If he thrives in a one-inning role, Lynn would give the Pirates a veteran arm to pair with David Bednar. And, frankly, with Johan Oviedo returning to the rotation from Tommy John surgery, Lynn could end up being a welcome fallback option should the Pirates need a starter instead. Advertisement Mark Canha, DH/RF This is probably out of the Giants' price range, but the team did trade for Canha at last year's deadline, and he delivered a .376 on-base percentage in the final two months. Canha doesn't have the power typical of a DH, but his on-base skills are valuable, and the Giants don't really have a better option at DH. Canha can also play first base and right field, two spots where the Giants have left-handed hitters and could use the right-handed option. Alternatively, the Giants could add a depth starter or bring in another relief pitcher, but it's hard to imagine them doing anything to wow you at this point. Jose Quintana, LHP The first thought was to add J.D. Martinez or Rizzo to an already aging lineup and see what happens (the Padres don't really have a DH as long as Luis Arraez is playing first base). Maybe the Padres could do that, but if they're going to keep exploring trades for either Dylan Cease or Michael King, they're going to need someone else to fill the innings. Frankly, the Padres could probably use the pitching depth anyway, and Quintana, 36, is coming off another solid season. Jose Iglesias, 2B The Mariners are all about being reliably decent, so here's a veteran second baseman who tends to hit OK while playing solid defense. He would add stability to a questionable Mariners infield and improve the bench by freeing Dylan Moore to serve as a super-utility man. Otherwise, maybe David Peralta as a left-handed bat off the bench? Jose Urquidy, RHP The Cardinals seem content to just kind of exist this offseason. Maybe they'll trade Nolan Arenado and open the door to another right-handed bat or add a guy like Andrew Heaney for a bit of rotation depth, but if the Cardinals are going to keep their focus on the future, we'll do the same and take a look at a two-year deal with a guy recovering from Tommy John surgery. Urquidy probably won't help much this season, but he could give the Cardinals a leg up in their search for 2026 rotation depth (Steven Matz, Miles Mikolas and Erick Fedde are free agents after this season). Kevin Pillar, CF The Rays could use another right-handed bat and a backup in center field. Pillar, 36, had an .852 OPS against lefties last season, and while he's no longer among the elite center fielders in baseball, both Defensive Runs Saved and Outs Above Average had him as a positive defender in center last season. He would provide a veteran presence alongside starting center fielder Jonny DeLuca. Kendall Graveman, RHP The Rangers seem to be collecting relievers who aren't quite closers but are certainly comfortable pitching the late innings. Chris Martin, Robert Garcia, Jesse Chavez, Hoby Milner, Jacob Webb and Shawn Armstrong have all been added to the bullpen this offseason, so we'll add one more to the mix. Graveman was a pretty good late-innings arm before shoulder surgery cost him all of 2024. He seems like a worthwhile addition to this hodgepodge bullpen the Rangers are putting together. Advertisement Alex Bregman, 3B This is the splash the Blue Jays have been trying to make for a couple of years. Bregman is a better fit — both short-term and long-term — than Alonso would have been, and he would give the Blue Jays one of the best infields in all of baseball alongside Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and Andrés Giménez. Bregman is basically the biggest move any team could make, and the Blue Jays are as motivated as anyone to make it. Kyle Finnegan, RHP The Nationals are in a tough spot in a loaded NL East, but they went out of their way to add a couple of meaningful bats (Josh Bell, Nathaniel Lowe), they took an interesting gamble on Mike Soroka, and they have a couple of young outfielders just waiting to establish themselves as big league stars. Why do all that and leave the ninth inning unprotected? Finnegan has his shortcomings, but the Nationals never really replaced him this offseason, and at this point, bringing him back would be their best way to improve the bullpen. (Top photo of Jansen: Billie Weiss / Boston Red Sox / Getty Images)
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ex-San Jose city councilman Omar Torres remains in jail with no bail
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Ex-San Jose Councilmember Omar Torres was slated to enter a plea on Friday at the Hall of Justice to face child sex abuse charges. After his defense attorney requested a delay, Torres' arraignment was pushed back until February 14 and Torres returned to his jail cell. The disgraced politician has been held in custody without bail ever since his arrest on November 5, 2024. A judge previously ruled that Torres remains a danger to minors. A police affidavit obtained by KRON4 contains text messages from Torres in which he says he had oral sex with a 17-year-old. The texts were exchanged with a 21-year-old Chicago man, Terry Beeks, who Torres had an online sexual relationship with, the affidavit said. While he was serving as a city councilman, Torres allegedly asked Beeks about 'finding minors,' Beeks told police. On April 8, 2022, the two men texted about plans to meet for a sexual encounter with multiple people. According to the affidavit, the ex-councilman wrote, 'U got any homies under 18. I want hella homies u will see i'm wild in bed.' His defense attorney told KRON4 in October that the texts were 'outrageous fantasy and role play,' and 'do not reflect any real-world actions or intentions.' Charges filed against Torres stem from incidents that occurred between 1990 and 1999, when he allegedly raped a minor victim. In a recorded conversation between Torres and the victim, Torres admitted to sexually assaulting the victim 20 to 25 times, investigators said. The incidents began when the victim was just 4 years old, a police report states, and continued until 1999, when Torres was 18 and the victim was 13. Defense attorney Nelson McElmurry said a plea deal is possible to resolve the charges. 'He wants to accept responsibility (and) do the right thing. We just want to make sure the plea agreement is fair and consistent with charges of this type.' The San Jose Police Department is still investigating to find out if the ex-councilman committed crimes in connection to the 2022 Beeks communications. Torres represented District 3 until he resigned in November. This week, the City Council chose Carl Salas to fill the vacant seat for District 3. Salas will hold the seat until a special election is held in June. If convicted, Torres is facing a maximum sentence of 24 years in prison. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
