Orc CameronFIX 6.3.1 delivers Optimized FAST and further FIX Monitoring Improvements

Orc CameronFIX 6.3.1 delivers Optimized FAST and further FIX Monitoring
Improvements

New York, NY - Wednesday November 19, 2008 - Orc Software, the leading global
provider of technology for advanced derivatives trading and connectivity, today
announced during the FIX Protocol organization's Electronic Trading Conference
in New York the release of Orc CameronFIX Version 6.3.1.  This latest release
provides significant performance enhancements around Orc's FAST capabilities,
FIX monitoring through the Orc Dashboard, and further developments for improved
Orc System and CameronFIX integration.

FIX/FAST is the new industry standard developed by the FIX Protocol Organization
specifically for the transmission of market data, and designed to drastically
reduce end-to-end latency and improve bandwidth scalability. "Orc CameronFIX version 6.3.1 is an important milestone in our evolution towards
a true fourth generation FIX engine, leveraging FAST technology to deliver new
levels of performance to our customers," says John Cameron, Chief Technology
Officer for Orc Software.

The new enhancements available in Orc CameronFIX version 6.3.1 include:

• Optimized FAST performance. Orc CameronFAST is benchmarked at three times
faster than OpenFAST and significantly faster than CME Reference FAST.
Optimization allows orders and prices to be transmitted at greater speeds
resulting in processing larger volumes of data, faster.
• Optimized FAST components inside the CameronFIX Universal Server. The deep
integration of compressed binary FAST technology and datatypes into the
universal server, initiated with the release of CameronFIX 6.3, has now been
extended to message processors and adapters.
• Improved Monitoring through the Orc Dashboard enables firms to achieve
unprecedented flexibility in the organization of data for efficient monitoring
of the largest global CameronFIX deployments.

• Enhanced Risk mitigation through role based access control, better enabling
firms to protect best execution policies relying on critical market links and
demonstrating compliant traceability of all management actions globally. 

• Improved Orc System integration resulting in select CameronFIX market access
via Orc's extensive market gateways. Some Orc clients are already using this
offering for select access to markets such as CBOT, CME, Eurex, HKFE, ICE, IDEM,
Euronext.liffe (London, Paris) SGX and TSE.

“With optimized FAST capabilities accessible to CameronFIX users, Orc delivers a
new reference to the industry for high-volume, high-frequency, high-performance
global electronic trading. Never has robust, scalable technology been so needed
than in the current volatile markets,” says Joacim Wiklander, Vice President
Product Management at Orc Software.
“Delivering optimized FIX requires high levels of expertise, as does delivering
insightful, effective FIX monitoring. As CameronFIX development produces more
complex optimizations, and as risk control peaks at critical in the financial
industry, only the makers of CameronFIX can achieve the sophisticated monitoring
needed to make the best of CameronFIX,” says Max Colas, Senior Product Manager
at Orc Software.
“With our ambitious Dashboard program, users won't need to rely on second-guess
generic monitoring achieved by third-party systems,” adds Colas. “Today's news
of Orc's investment in the Dashboard monitoring program represents only the
beginning of its long-term commitment to reliable, high-performance monitoring.”

Orc Software is currently exhibiting at the FPL Electronic Trading Conference in
New York, November 19 & 20.  On day 2 of the conference, Chief Technology
Officer for Orc Software John Cameron will join George Kledaras and Sam Johnson
for a panel discussion titled FIX Entrepreneurs - From Engine to Corporation.

Visit orcsoftware.com to view topical FIX discussion articles including The
Evolution of FIX by John Cameron and Crossing Over: What Matters Most in FIX by
Max Colas and Annie Walsh. Alternately email marketing@orcsoftware.com to
request copies of these articles. 

Orc Software is a Premier Member of the FIX Protocol organization and is
actively involved in the development of the standard.  Members of Orc's
development and technical teams are active members of the FAST protocol working
group. 

About Orc Software
Orc Software (SSE: ORC) is the leading global provider of powerful solutions for
the worldwide financial industry in the critical areas of advanced derivatives
trading and low latency connectivity. Orc's competitive edge lies in its depth
of knowledge of the derivatives trading world gained by deploying advanced
solutions for sophisticated traders for over 20 years.
Orc Trading and Orc Connect provide the tools for making the best trading and
connectivity decisions… strong analytics, unmatched market access, powerful
automated trading functionality, high performance futures and options trading
capabilities, ultra-low latency, and risk management.
Orc's customers include leading banks, trading and market-making firms,
exchanges, brokerage houses, institutional investors and hedge funds. 

Orc provides timely sales and quality support services from its offices across
EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific. 

www.orcsoftware.com


Contact: 
Annie Walsh, Chief Marketing Officer, +44 7748 633 445 
Joacim Wiklander, VP Product Management, +1 416 364 9227
Barry Vasudevan, Marketing Director Americas, +1 212 792 5487