Dow Jones launches multicast news feed via Equinix

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dow Jones has launched a next-generation multicast news product, delivered in a faster, lighter format throughout the New York trading community in Equinix, the premier data center and interconnection company for the global financial markets. Dow Jones's multicast news feed will be available in the Equinix Secaucus Campus (NY2, NY4, NY5 and NY6) International Business Exchange (IBX®) data centers.

With this new, headline-only product, Dow Jones is expanding the ways financial trading firms can consume news.

The Equinix interconnection service enables customers to connect seamlessly and directly to the Dow Jones multicast news feed alongside other data providers and similar services. This direct connection enables Dow Jones's customers to receive vital information with a direct and scalable interconnection. 

“We are excited to introduce another premium offering for trading clients,” said Joe Cappitelli, General Manager of News, Alerts and Data at Dow Jones. “With this new multicast product delivered across Equinix New York IBX data centers, we are making our high value content available to customers in the manner they want, and in the location where they have asked us to deliver it.”

“Dow Jones’s multicast feed is a strong complement to our growing financial ecosystem. As we see an increasing number of financial trading firms colocating in the Secaucus campus, we are confident Dow Jones will accelerate its growth in this ever-changing market,” said John Knuff, vice president, financial services, at Equinix.

Equinix’s New York IBX data centers in Secaucus, New Jersey, serve the world's largest financial companies with Equinix International Business Exchange facilities and premium interconnection services. Companies choose Equinix for its data center expertise and unmatched ability to interconnect to a large and diverse mix of business partners in a network-neutral environment.

In 2016, Dow Jones Newswires was first to report five potential deals valued above $20 billion, also scooping the three largest technology deals in history in the past two years.

About Dow Jones Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Financial News, DJX, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

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