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SGX Quest – a S$16 million IT investment paid off with new capabilities in the securities and derivative market trading systems Singapore Exchange, Asia Pacific’s first demutualised and integrated securities and derivatives exchange in Asia Pacific invested S$16million to build SGX QUEST (SGX Quotation and Execution System for Trading) on the Adaptive Enterprise platform. ? SGX Quest will now be the world’s first integrated trading engine for securities and derivatives markets. When launched, in the derivatives market in the third quarter of 2004 and in the securities market in the first half of 2005, retail and institutional investors will be able to enjoy faster and seamless access to trading and hedging opportunities. ? The Challenges The development of SGX Quest was initiated to integrate two different trading systems onto a single platform for easy connectivity and higher compliance with best practices adopted by major global exchanges. The aim – to facilitate open and seamless access for SGX’s investors. ? The challenges confronted by the implementation team at HP and SGX include: ·??????? Complex deployment of new ALPHA OVMS hardware ·??????? Tight timeline – the derivatives system was completed within 11 months while the securities market was up and running in 20 months ·???????? Building a new production, disaster recovery infrastructure with automatic failover capabilities based on the new platform ·???????? Developing new operational processes and procedures systems monitoring ·???????? Mapping out a detailed IT disaster recovery and business continuity plan in the event of migration failure ? The Solution HP, a technology partner of SGX for the last 15 years, formed a strategic partnership with OMHEX, a leading marketplace services and solutions provider, to ensure smooth implementation and migration of existing markets onto SGX Quest. OMHEX provided CLICK XY, software, while HP provided the technological architecture blueprint, stra