by Cloud9 | May 6, 2021 | Podcast, Security & Compliance, Thought Leadership
As the global pandemic continues to force institutional traders to work remotely, firms need to ensure they have the proper solutions in place to effectively capture, store and use voice metadata – regardless of their location. In the sixth episode of Cloud9’s podcast series examining developments in the voice trading landscape, Cloud9’s Product Manager Alex Francisci, and Intelligent Voice’s Chief Technology Officer Nigel Cannings, examine why institutional traders need to be able to leverage voice metadata to make more informed decisions, especially when it comes to their overall strategy and pertaining to the regulatory compliance process in the new working environment.
by Cloud9 | May 5, 2021 | News, Security & Compliance
NEW YORK & LONDON, May 5, 2021– Cloud9 Technologies (“Cloud9”), a leader in cloud-based communications, has partnered with Custodia, the global experts in compliance management, to provide institutional investors with a compliance framework that includes a cloud-based, turn-key solution for capturing and storing voice, video and IM communications. The partnership combines Cloud9’s C9Trader Stratus voice communication and analytics platform with Custodia’s Compliance Cloud One℠ and Custodia Assist℠.
Cloud9’s C9Trader Stratus and Custodia Assist℠ provide unparalleled interoperability by scanning data from each system and providing an automated, detailed validation and reconciliation. By ensuring that customers’ end-to-end voice recording processes are completely compliant with regulators, the marriage of Cloud9 and Custodia addresses one of the largest gaps in the institutional marketplace via a cost-effective solution.
Custodia’s Compliance Cloud One℠ platform also delivers best-of-breed recording capabilities in a single package. With institutional traders continuing to work across a distributed workforce, Compliance Cloud One℠ ensures customers can audit every call from the Cloud9 environment to their on-prem recorders, whether from Microsoft Teams, a PBX or a traditional turret solution.
“Having the ability to capture voice metadata and store in the cloud is no longer ‘nice to have’. It’s a ‘need to have’ service,” said Brian Hunt, Chief Administrative Officer and Head of Partnerships at Cloud9. “Our partnership with Custodia comes at the perfect time as firms are adopting these capabilities and implementing them into their long-term plans.”
“Partners make bridging the compliance gaps easier leading to strengthened end customer solutions, and with Cloud9’s innovative trading platform and API offerings teamed with the Custodia Assist compliance framework and compliance support expertise, both company’s solutions are greatly strengthened,” says Christopher Hartley, CEO of Custodia
The premium quality of Cloud9’s voice metadata combined with Custodia’s proven framework and renowned compliance experts, the partnership reduces risk, while Eliminating added costs, complexities and delays associated with on-prem call recording.
About Custodia Technology
Custodia Technology Americas Inc, headquartered in New York City, with a global presence are the experts in financial compliance and provides full end-to-end compliance management solutions for both on-prem and cloud. Learn more about Custodia https://custodiatechnology.com.
by Cloud9 | Jun 8, 2020 | News
NEW YORK, June 8, 2020– Cloud9 Technologies (“Cloud9”), a leader in cloud-based communications, has partnered with 28Stone Consulting, a leading provider of business and consulting services to the financial services industry, to enable the institutional trading community to efficiently implement and customize Cloud9’s cloud-based voice trading solutions.
Financial institutions around the world are gravitating towards long-term remote working capabilities. 28Stone’s extensive experience in trading system delivery and systems integration allows the institutional community to rapidly deploy Cloud9’s API offerings for unlimited access to voice metadata and information.
“With the technology available today, firms want the optionality and mobility to be able to work from home and the office as they please,” said Brian Hunt, Chief Administration Officer and Head of Partnerships at Cloud9 Technologies. “Our partnership with 28Stone makes this possible regardless of where a firm’s employees are located.”
“Now more than ever, the flexibility and reliability made possible by Cloud9’s suite of technologies is proving critical to keeping market participants connected,” says Thomas Dolan, President of 28Stone Consulting. “Given our own position as a leading provider of software to those market participants, 28Stone looks forward to leveraging both this integration partnership and our Cloud9 acceleration products and tools to deliver innovative client solutions powered by the robust Cloud9 platform.”
The collaboration between Cloud9 and 28Stone will allow individuals from the front- to the back-office to seamlessly integrate and customize the tools they need in order to connect to counterparties and work efficiently on and off the trading floor.
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About Cloud9 Technologies
Cloud9 Technologies is the leading voice communication and analytics platform designed for the unique needs of the financial markets. Cloud9 developed a solution that harnesses the voice communication talk path for the trading floor of the future – offering more functionality and analytic insight than legacy hardware at a fraction of the cost. Cloud9 connects counterparties across all asset classes via a cloud-based communication platform that eliminates the infrastructure and expense associated with legacy hardware and telecommunication-based solutions, with front-office focused data and transcription, purpose-built for the financial markets. For more information, visit www.c9tec.com.
About 28Stone Consulting
28Stone Consulting, Inc. provides custom software solutions to the financial services industry including advisory, architecture, solution design & implementation, system integration, DevOps, and QA. The 28Stone Playbook™ delivery framework combines the client-centricity of leading Wall Street consulting boutiques with the value and process discipline more common to large global consulting firms. 28Stone’s extensive and unique experience in designing and delivering platforms for interdealers, exchanges, and electronic market places makes us a natural advocate for, and partner of, industry transformative companies like Cloud9 Technologies. 28Stone was founded in 2011, has offices in the US, UK, and Latvia and is headquartered in New York City. For more, visit www.28stone.com.
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by Cloud9 | Jun 2, 2020 | News
NEW YORK, June 2, 2020– Cloud9 Technologies (“Cloud9”), a leader in cloud-based communications, has partnered with HubStor, a leading provider of cloud data management solutions, to provide greater voice call archiving and security.
Through the collaboration, institutional traders are able to leverage Cloud9’s real-time voice metadata and securely store it in HubStor’s optimized archiving service for compliance and strategic purposes, while reducing storage costs.
“Firms are becoming more comfortable with having traders work remotely, which means more is being done through voice interaction. By partnering with HubStor, we’re ensuring that voice data is stored safely and securely,” said Brian Hunt, Chief Administration Officer and Head of Partnerships at Cloud9 Technologies.
“As the industry appetite continues to grow for cloud-based voice trading tools, premium transcription and storage are no longer a luxury, but a necessity,” said Geoff Bourgeois, CEO of HubStor. “We’re excited to be partnering with Cloud9 to provide greater data management capabilities as capital markets transition into a more digital ecosystem.”
Through Cloud9’s purpose-built platform and HubStor’s fully-managed SaaS platform, the institutional marketplace is able to structure, store and deliver voice data for as long as several years if needed.
About Cloud9 Technologies
Cloud9 Technologies is the leading voice communication and analytics platform designed for the unique needs of the financial markets. Cloud9 developed a solution that harnesses the voice communication talk path for the trading floor of the future – offering more functionality and analytic insight than legacy hardware at a fraction of the cost. Cloud9 connects counterparties across all asset classes via a cloud-based communication platform that eliminates the infrastructure and expense associated with legacy hardware and telecommunication-based solutions, with front-office focused data and transcription, purpose-built for the financial markets. For more information, visit www.c9tec.com.
About HubStor
HubStor is a cloud data platform that simplifies how enterprises protect and manage data at any scale. Organizations leverage HubStor in cloud regions around the world for backup, file system tiering, compliance archiving, message journaling, content indexing and search, and application data retirement. HubStor is headquartered in Canada, maintains SOC 2 compliance, and is a Microsoft Co-Sell Prioritized partner. For more information, please visit https://www.hubstor.net/