<s>
Reuters	B-Application
3000	I-Application
Xtra	I-Application
was	O
an	O
electronic	O
trading	O
platform	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Reuters	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
supported	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3000	B-Application
Xtra	I-Application
provided	O
real-time	O
market	O
data	O
such	O
as	O
price	O
data	O
on	O
exchange	O
traded	O
stocks	O
,	O
warrants	O
,	O
options	O
,	O
futures	O
,	O
indices	O
,	O
bonds	O
,	O
commodities	O
and	O
currencies	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
streaming	O
news	O
and	O
comprehensive	O
economic	O
indicators	O
and	O
financial	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
provided	O
on-site	O
via	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
and	O
often	O
redundant	O
hardware	O
installation	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Reuters	O
Market	O
Data	O
System	O
(	O
RMDS	O
)	O
or	O
Triarch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
attractions	O
for	O
dealers	O
was	O
the	O
integration	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
Excel	O
and	O
the	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
facility	O
for	O
sending	O
messages	O
to	O
other	O
dealing	O
desks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
rival	O
was	O
the	O
Bloomberg	B-Application
Terminal	I-Application
,	O
although	O
in	O
many	O
cases	O
both	O
systems	O
were	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3000	B-Application
Xtra	I-Application
system	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
was	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
previous	O
Reuters	O
products	O
that	O
included	O
Equities	O
2000	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
)	O
,	O
Dealing	O
2000-2	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
)	O
,	O
3000	O
Series	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
)	O
and	O
"	O
Advanced	O
Reuters	O
Terminal	O
"	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
inherited	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
design	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
from	O
those	O
earlier	O
systems	O
that	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
and	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomson	O
Reuters	O
began	O
decommissioning	O
Reuters	B-Application
3000	I-Application
Xtra	I-Application
in	O
2013	O
,	O
replacing	O
it	O
by	O
the	O
newer	O
Thomson	O
Reuters	O
Eikon	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
terminal	O
would	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
local	O
Unix	B-Application
server	O
typically	O
hosted	O
on	O
site	O
by	O
the	O
financial	O
institution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Live	O
connection	O
to	O
Excel	O
spreadsheets	O
was	O
provided	O
via	O
the	O
Reuters	O
Power	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
5	O
onwards	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
qualified	O
for	O
Citrix	B-Application
thin	O
client	O
delivery	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
a	O
common	O
way	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
