Financial exchange agrees three-year contract with Atos Worldline

The Euronext financial exchange has agreed a three-year deal with supplier Atos Worldline to host its web sites and corporate intranet, to deal with increased traffic and reduce operating costs.

The pan-European exchange, which offers services such as trading in securities and derivatives, experienced an increase in traffic volume across its web sites, registering a 40 per cent growth in pages viewed since the end of 2005.

Atos Worldline, an Atos Origin subsidiary which specialises in the processing of large volume electronic exchanges, is now responsible for the hosting, operating and technical maintenance of Euronext web sites aimed at the public and professionals on a dedicated platform.

Euronext is the largest cash equity market in Europe measured by value and number of trades processed through its central order book. As part of the contract, data had to be migrated securely to the new system in a very short timescale, while ensuring continuity of service.

Gilles Trehin, in charge of internet infrastructures at Euronext, says the new deal will ensure the company can cope with increased growth.

‘It will enable us to face the major increase in traffic volumes across our web sites and meet our targets for the growth of our internet-based services,’ he said.