Thomson Reuters

As a leading provider of database integration and analysis solutions, our Quantitative Analytics products are designed using unique analytical and database management tools to power your quant workflow.

• MarketQA is a research tool enabling quick and easy tests of both simple and complex financial concepts. Combining the highest quality normalized financial database with the most powerful research capabilities, MarketQA has become the platform of choice for quantitative back testing of fundamental data, building and benchmarking portfolios, and full attribution and optimization.
• QA Direct allows developers and information technology professionals to directly access MarketQA's normalized databases in Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 format. In addition to superior integration and data normalization, QA Direct clients immediately benefit from its advanced database structure, extensive data offerings from the most respected data vendors, and fast implementation.
• FasTick is a high-frequency tick data and analytics suite of products used to capture and perform high speed analysis on large amounts of streaming and historical market data.

Integrating a powerful function language with historical and daily-updated fundamental and pricing data, Quantitative Analytics offers unmatched performance and flexibility for financial data retrieval and analysis.

With Quantitative Analytics, you can:

• Enhance your data quality and reduce costs of data management
• Increase research power and efficiency
• Gain new back testing flexibility
• Improve modeling and simulation capabilities
• Consolidate research and production systems

Why choose Quantitative Analytics?

• Data integration: A single system to integrate and manage the daily maintenance of data updates.
• Fast and sophisticated analytics: Screen across multiple content types, perform quantitative analyses, and back-test.
• Full technical, analytical, and content support: Enjoy the highest-quality service.

Market QA (Pervasive 9.5 server software included):

Server:

• Microsoft Windows® 2003 R2 running on server class hardware.
• 2GHz or greater processor (multiple processor supported).
• 2 GB of memory min, 4 GB recommended.
• DVD Rom (for installation and data upgrades).
• Disk space equivalent to 3x current data permissions (contact Thomson QA for specifics).
• All data needs to reside on one volume.

* Internet connectivity for daily updates viaFTP/HTTP.

Client:

Minimum requirements:

• Microsoft Windows® 2000 or XP Professional.
• 1GHz CPU with 512Mb of Memory recommended.
• 1+ GB available HD space for data caching.
  

Technical Facts:

• MarketQA DB can be installed on a server or single client using Windows® 2003 or later.
• Client W/S must be permissioned for full control on data directories.
• MarketQA uses the Pervasive Version 9.5 SQL database software.
• For ODBC access the database can be Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Sybase or Pervasive SQL.

* Systems need to include all current software updates.

QA Direct (Database* and supporting update mechanism):

* MS SQL server software not provided

Server

• Microsoft Windows® 2003, R2 if the Operating System is 64-bit, running on server class hardware;
• 2.6GHz or greater processor (multiple processor supported).
• 4GB of memory min.
• 8GB recommended.
• Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 and Windows Script Host Vers. 5.6.
• DVD Rom drive.
• Disk space equivalent to 3x current data permissions (contact Thomson QA for specifics).

* Internet connectivity for daily updates via FTP/HTTP.

Client:

• Data accessed directly through MS SQL 2005 Query Analyzer or any third party analytical software capable of connecting to MS SQL Server 2005.

* All above to be provided by customer

Technical Facts:

* Systems need to include all current software updates.

FasTick:

Server:

• Microsoft Windows® 2003, R2 if the Operating System is 64-bit, or XP Professional.
• 2 GHz+ minimum CPU.
• 4 GB of memory minimum.
• ARC 4: Minimum 200 GB hard disk space required for historical data to 1994 with expected annual growth rate of 100 GB each year.
• ARC 6: Minimum 300 GB hard disk space required for historical data to 1994 with expected annual growth rate of 150 GB each year.
• DVD ROM (For installation).

* Internet connectivity for daily updates via FTP/HTTP.

Client:

• MarketQA access requires FasTick database to be installed on same server as MarketQA database.
• Client running the application that uses the API is recommended to have 2GHz+; 1 GB of
  memory min.
• Socket-based API client can be run on Solaris or Linux.

* Server application must be installed on installed on an x86 compatible platform.

Technical Facts:

• Unless you are running the socket-based version of the API, there is no server application ssociated with FasTick.
• The server, as described includes database and service for updating daily only.

* Systems need to include all current software updates.

FasTick RT (Pervasive 9.5 server software included):

Server:

• Microsoft® 2003 Server
• 2.6GHz processor (DualCPU)
• 4GB memory. 2 Hard Drive Volumes (each 100 GB min.).

* Dual NIC cards recommended for best performance.

Client:

• Client running the application that uses the API recommended to have 2GHz+
• 1GB of memory (or greater).
  

Technical Facts:

• Access to real-time data feed is required. Feeds currently supported: Reuters (Triarch or Tibco), Wombat, and ILX.

* Systems need to include all current software updates.