<s>
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
financial	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
develops	O
the	O
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
open	O
source	O
trading	O
platform	O
,	O
linking	O
financial	O
exchanges	O
to	O
users	O
through	O
broker	O
services	O
allowing	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
automated	O
trading	O
systems	O
,	O
essentially	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
meta-broker	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
platform	O
uses	O
the	O
ACTIV	O
Financial	O
data	O
steam	O
services	O
for	O
a	O
real-time	O
low-latency	O
equity	O
data	O
feed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	O
platform	O
uses	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
library	O
QuickFIX	B-Operating_System
to	O
implement	O
the	O
standardized	O
FIX	B-Protocol
communication	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
has	O
offices	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
and	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2006	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
by	O
Stanford	O
computer	O
scientists	O
CEO	O
Graham	O
Miller	O
and	O
CTO	O
Toli	O
Kuznets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
17	O
February	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
v1.1	O
,	O
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
became	O
additionally	O
compatible	O
with	O
Linux	O
,	O
increasing	O
its	O
potential	O
market	O
reach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
appointed	O
W	O
.	O
Brennan	O
Carley	O
to	O
its	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
June	O
2009	O
,	O
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
are	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
NYSE	O
Technologies	O
(	O
the	O
commercial	O
technology	O
division	O
of	O
NYSE	O
Euronext	O
)	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
'	O
Software-as-a-Service	O
'	O
(	O
SaaS	O
)	O
Trading	O
Platform	O
on	O
NYSE	O
Technologies’	O
SFTI	O
(	O
Secure	O
Financial	O
Transaction	O
Infrastructure	O
)	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
is	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
traders	O
,	O
hedge	O
funds	O
and	O
financial	O
services	O
firms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
currently	O
has	O
over	O
10,000	O
software	O
downloads	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
hedge	O
funds	O
have	O
commented	O
encouragingly	O
on	O
the	O
prospects	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
platforms	O
in	O
this	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marketcetera	B-Operating_System
may	O
in	O
future	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
regulatory	O
approval	O
as	O
a	O
certified	O
broker	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
earn	O
extra	O
commission	O
on	O
its	O
trades	O
.	O
</s>
