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Title: | Creating a Trading Floor: The Project Manager's Guide to the Design, Construction and Launch of Trading Floors and Data Centers | Volume: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Author(s): | Charles Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Series: | Periodical: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Kogan Page | City: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year: | 2006 | Edition: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | English | Pages (biblio\tech): | 512\512 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ISBN: | 0749448385, 9780749448387, 9780749450410 | ID: | 259181 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time added: | 2000-01-01 05:00:00 | Time modified: | 2016-03-20 07:50:50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Library: | Library issue: | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Desr. old vers.: | 2013-01-08 14:16:39 2013-10-30 22:23:42 2015-04-24 22:03:08 2015-04-26 13:35:16 | Edit record: | Libgen Librarian | ||||||||||||||||||
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| The project manager's Bible to the design and implementation of ground-breaking trading floors To stay competitive, trading floors require cutting-edge technology, a complex network that consists of everything from phone lines to data servers. This practical manual offers extensive, up-to-the-minute advice for all those involved in the planning, design and construction of trading floors and data centers in any of the world's major financial centers, from New York to Hong Kong. It covers timetables, sequential planning lists, financial regulations, corporate governance and data security. In addition, it includes lists of the vital questions to ask suppliers, contractors and clients. An invaluable reference for IT professionals and senior executives in the world's leading investment banks. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Table of contents : Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Introduction......Page 15 OUTLINE......Page 17 AUDIENCE......Page 18 CAVEATS......Page 19 DOUBLE CHECK......Page 20 1 The starting point: business requirements......Page 23 NUMBER OF PEOPLE......Page 24 BUSINESS DEADLINES......Page 25 TYPES OF BUSINESS TEAMS......Page 27 STRUCTURE VOLATILITY......Page 28 COLOCATION OF TEAMS......Page 29 BUILD AND ENVIRONMENT QUALITY......Page 30 RESILIENCE AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY......Page 31 SECURITY CONCERNS......Page 32 PUBLICITY AND MARKETING......Page 33 A CLEAR PLAN IS ESSENTIAL......Page 34 COST CONSTRAINTS......Page 35 DESK PLAN......Page 38 EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO BE HOUSED......Page 39 SPACE NEEDED......Page 42 POWER NEEDS......Page 46 COOLING NEEDS......Page 49 WEIGHT ANALYSIS......Page 54 NOISE ANALYSIS......Page 55 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (EMF) RISKS......Page 56 BUILDING THE TEAM......Page 57 THE PROJECT LEADER......Page 59 THE EXPERTS......Page 61 PROCUREMENT AND PROJECT ADMIN OFFICER......Page 62 THE STEERING GROUP......Page 63 LAWYERS......Page 64 TRADE UNIONS......Page 65 THE LANDLORD......Page 66 OUTSOURCED TEAMS......Page 67 REGULATORY AUTHORITIES......Page 68 FACILITATION AND TRAINING......Page 69 TEAM RESILIENCE......Page 70 FORMAL MEETINGS......Page 71 INFORMAL MEETINGS......Page 72 WALK THE FLOOR......Page 73 PLANS AND DRAWINGS......Page 74 FEEDBACK......Page 75 CENTRAL REGISTER......Page 76 SOFTWARE STANDARDS......Page 77 SECURE E-MAIL......Page 79 CHANGE REQUESTS......Page 80 SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN FOREIGN LOCATIONS......Page 81 HANDLING BAD NEWS......Page 82 HANDLING THE PRESS AND PUBLICITY......Page 83 UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACT......Page 84 ARRIVING AT A CONTRACT DOCUMENT......Page 86 CONSTRAINTS......Page 87 EVALUATING CONTRACTS......Page 88 WARRANTIES AND INSURANCES......Page 89 PUBLICITY CONSTRAINTS......Page 90 THE MAIN CONTRACTOR......Page 92 OUTLINE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS......Page 93 INITIAL PLAN DOCUMENT......Page 96 UNION BRIEFING......Page 101 MANAGEMENT BRIEFING......Page 102 PROJECT AREA......Page 103 LAPTOP PCS......Page 104 VOICE TELECOMS......Page 105 TOOLKIT......Page 106 DIGITAL CAMERA......Page 108 SOFTWARE TOOLS......Page 109 REFRESHMENTS......Page 112 BLACK N’ REDS......Page 113 SAFETY EQUIPMENT......Page 114 STORAGE......Page 115 FOREIGN SITE ASSISTANCE......Page 116 TRAINING......Page 117 TEST AREA......Page 119 TEST NETWORK......Page 120 8 The budget and initial design......Page 121 BUDGET CONTROL......Page 122 BUSINESS CONTINUITY BUDGET ISSUES......Page 123 THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET VERSUS THE BUILDING STRUCTURE BUDGET......Page 124 THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET VERSUS THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET......Page 125 TYPICAL ITEMS FOR THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET......Page 126 CAPITAL VERSUS REVENUE......Page 188 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 189 CONTINGENCY ISSUES......Page 190 BUDGET REDUCTION......Page 192 APPROVAL PROCESS......Page 193 COST OF DELAY......Page 194 COST OF PROGRAMME ACCELERATION......Page 195 PROJECT ACCOUNTANT......Page 197 DELIVERY NOTES......Page 198 EXPENSES......Page 199 MILESTONES......Page 200 PERMIT TO WORK......Page 201 STANDARDS......Page 202 ASSET REGISTER......Page 203 RETURNS PROCESS......Page 204 CHANGE REQUESTS......Page 205 CRISIS CONTROL......Page 206 10 The data centre layout......Page 207 CABINETS......Page 209 RACKING......Page 212 CABLE CONTAINMENT AND ROUTES......Page 213 RACKING FOR TELECOMS EQUIPMENT......Page 214 UPS CABINETS......Page 215 AHU CABINETS AND PIPEWORK......Page 216 FLOOR TILE ARRANGEMENT......Page 217 CORRIDORS......Page 218 RAMPS AND STEPS......Page 219 EMERGENCY POWER OFF (EPO)......Page 220 BUSINESS ACCESS NEEDS – SECURE AREAS......Page 221 WINDOWS......Page 222 OVERHEAD SERVICES......Page 223 FLOOR LOADING......Page 225 COOLING......Page 226 SAFETY......Page 229 SECURITY......Page 231 CABLING ROOMS, CUPBOARDS AND RISERS......Page 236 11 Cabling......Page 238 CONTAINMENT AND PROTECTION......Page 240 ROUTES......Page 241 KOPEX AND OTHER CABLE PROTECTION......Page 242 UNDERFLOOR POWER DISTRIBUTION......Page 243 FLOOR BOXES......Page 244 HIGH-LEVEL POWER......Page 245 COMMON EARTH/GROUNDING BONDING......Page 246 DATA CABLING......Page 247 ABANDONED CABLING......Page 251 LIGHTNING PROTECTION......Page 252 SELECTION AND PLANNING PROCESS......Page 254 DESKTOP......Page 255 CABLE MANAGEMENT......Page 258 COOLING......Page 259 SCREEN MOUNTING......Page 260 PDU AND POWER......Page 261 STRUCTURED CABLING......Page 262 MOVING......Page 263 DESKTOP SERVICES......Page 264 SIZE AND HEIGHT......Page 266 CABLE MANAGEMENT......Page 267 TELEPHONE PROVISION......Page 268 CHAIRS......Page 269 PERSONAL STORAGE......Page 270 14 Meeting rooms......Page 272 THE BOARDROOM......Page 273 SHIELDED ROOMS......Page 274 ACOUSTICS......Page 275 WINDOWS......Page 276 UTILITY WALL SPACE......Page 277 BOARDROOM TABLE......Page 278 VOICE/VIDEO CONFERENCING......Page 279 WHITEBOARD......Page 281 MEETING ROOMS......Page 282 RECEPTION AREA......Page 283 HOT BED OFFICES......Page 285 POST ROOM......Page 286 RECREATION AREAS......Page 287 KITCHEN......Page 288 PRECIOUS DOCUMENTS......Page 289 BUILD ROOMS......Page 290 HELP DESK OR SERVICE DESK......Page 291 16 Telecoms......Page 293 VENDORS......Page 294 SERVICES......Page 296 TRADER VOICE EQUIPMENT......Page 302 IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING......Page 309 DEPLOYMENT......Page 310 REMOTE ADMINISTRATION......Page 311 RECEPTIONIST/OPERATOR FACILITIES......Page 312 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM......Page 313 OVERHEAD DISPLAY SCREENS AND SPEAKERS......Page 314 SURVEILLANCE FACILITIES......Page 315 VOICE AND VIDEO CONFERENCE FACILITIES......Page 318 PAGER SERVICE......Page 319 TELECOMS DATABASE......Page 320 TELECOMS BILLING......Page 321 TELECOMS CIRCUIT ORDERING......Page 322 ALTERNATE PTT TRUNKS......Page 323 CORPORATE VOICE AND DATA NETWORK......Page 324 DISPOSALS......Page 325 SPARES INVENTORY......Page 326 ASSET RECORDING......Page 327 MOVES, ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM......Page 328 ADVICE......Page 329 COOLING METHOD CONSIDERATIONS......Page 331 NEEDS......Page 332 SELF-CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT......Page 334 RESILIENCE......Page 335 SPACE......Page 336 AIR FLOWS......Page 337 HOT AND COLD AISLES......Page 338 TRADING DESKS......Page 339 COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM......Page 340 RACKING......Page 342 FLOOR-STANDING CABINETS......Page 344 PATCH PANELS......Page 349 SERIAL DATA CABLE PATCHES AND SERVER......Page 351 CABLE MANAGEMENT IN RACKING AND CABINETS......Page 352 OPTICAL FIBRE......Page 356 SERVICE VENDORS’ CABINETS......Page 358 TESTING AND SUPERVISION......Page 359 POWER CONTROL AND CONNECTORS......Page 361 WEIGHT BUDGETS AND POSITIONING......Page 362 SECURITY AND LOCKBOXES......Page 363 MONITORING......Page 364 19 Servers......Page 366 SERVER MOUNTING......Page 368 CABINET SERVER POSITIONING......Page 369 SERVER COOLING......Page 370 SERVER REMOTE ACCESS AND KVM......Page 371 SERVER NETWORK AND HBAS......Page 372 SERVER CONFIGURATION......Page 373 SAN AND NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE......Page 374 SERVER VIRTUALIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION......Page 376 20 Network equipment......Page 377 SWITCHES AND ROUTERS......Page 378 FIREWALLS......Page 382 XDSL......Page 384 WIRELESS LAN......Page 385 MODEMS......Page 387 MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT......Page 388 SUPPLIER RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCE......Page 389 KVM......Page 390 21 Financial data services......Page 396 TRADING SYSTEMS AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS......Page 399 MARKET DATA FEEDS......Page 401 RESILIENCE......Page 402 REQUIREMENTS......Page 404 POWER......Page 405 SOFTWARE BUILDS......Page 406 PC DEPLOYMENT......Page 407 SECURITY......Page 410 SUPPLIER AGREEMENTS......Page 411 LICENSING......Page 412 SERVICE AGREEMENTS......Page 413 23 Clocks and time stamps......Page 414 TIME SERVERS......Page 415 BACK OFFICE AND FRONT OFFICE TIME STAMPS......Page 416 ACCEPTANCE TESTING FOR TIME SYSTEMS......Page 417 THE ‘KICK OFF’ MEETINGS......Page 418 ESTABLISHING A SITE OFFICE......Page 419 MEETING FACILITIES......Page 420 DELIVERIES......Page 421 SITE STORAGE......Page 422 TROLLEY, CHERRY PICKER AND PALLET LIFT......Page 423 VEHICLE PARKING......Page 424 RUBBISH......Page 425 NOISE......Page 426 LIGHTING......Page 427 LANDLORD......Page 428 WORKING AROUND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS......Page 429 WORKING AROUND IT PEOPLE......Page 430 SUPERVISION......Page 433 SITE INSPECTIONS......Page 434 METHOD STATEMENTS......Page 438 INSURANCE......Page 439 PROJECT RECORDS......Page 440 COMMUNICATION......Page 441 PROGRESS MONITORING......Page 442 OUT OF HOURS CONTACT......Page 444 PROJECT DIRECTORY......Page 446 25 Testing during rollout......Page 447 ELECTRICAL POWER TESTING......Page 449 EQUIPMENT ROOM TESTING......Page 453 AIR CONDITIONING TESTING......Page 454 PRESSURE TEST......Page 455 NETWORK AND CABLING TESTING......Page 456 PENETRATION AND SECURITY SCANNING......Page 458 VOICE RECORDING TESTS......Page 459 SERVER TESTING......Page 460 MARKET DATA SERVICES TESTING......Page 461 PC TESTING......Page 464 ACCESS CONTROL TESTING......Page 467 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM......Page 468 SUPPORT DESK TESTING......Page 469 USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING......Page 470 FAULT LOGGING......Page 474 26 Handover......Page 477 DOCUMENTATION......Page 478 NEW STAFF......Page 479 SNAG LIST......Page 480 SPARES......Page 481 LAUNCH PARTY......Page 482 27 Project wind-down......Page 483 VARIATIONS AND CHANGE REQUESTS......Page 484 RETENTIONS......Page 485 RETURNS AND UNDELIVERED SERVICES......Page 486 BUDGET CLOSURE......Page 487 DISPOSALS AND LEASE TERMINATIONS......Page 489 DOCUMENTATION......Page 490 POST-PROJECT REVIEW......Page 491 Glossary......Page 493 Index......Page 497 Index of advertisers......Page 512 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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