Adaptive announces strategic investment from HSBC and Citi
Funding will accelerate our technical roadmap, driving performance innovations and cementing Aeron® as the open-source cornerstone of modern trading infrastructure.
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Aeron & AWS Performance Testing 2026
We’ve re-tested Aeron on the latest AWS infrastructure, with performance improving by up to 70% for Aeron Transport and 64% for Aeron Cluster since our 2023 benchmarks. OS test harness and methodology are available.
Aeron Sequencer vs. Apache Kafka
While both Apache Kafka and Aeron Sequencer leverage a distributed log as a foundational component, their architectural philosophies and performance characteristics make them suited for very different use cases.
Case Study: Developing a digital asset trading platform with Aeron Sequencer
A leading digital asset trading firm, the trading and custody arm of a major financial services company, has embraced crypto in a big way. But to lead in a 24/7 market, they needed to move beyond their legacy technology stack…. Read more
Architecting 24/7 capital markets with high-availability sequencer designs
Learn how 24/7 capital markets are enabled by consensus-based sequencer architectures. We cover zero‑downtime upgrades, versioned protocols, snapshots, canary deploys, state migration, and rolling changes—keeping systems consistent, resilient, and low‑latency at scale.
From principles to practice: operating sequenced distributed systems in capital markets
Move from principles to practice. Compare non‑gating, gating, and consensus sequencers, and see how ordered logs and deterministic state machines deliver consistency, fast recovery via snapshots, and tight p99 latency for trading systems.
Building high-performance, resilient distributed systems for capital markets
Explore how distributed, resilient, high‑performance trading systems deliver 24/7 availability—scaling to millions of msgs/sec—using sequencer architectures, rolling upgrades, and seamless failover to keep capital markets always on.
Now Live: Aeron Premium Documentation
The Aeron Premium documentation site is now live, providing in-depth technical details on Aeron’s premium software components, including architecture diagrams, changelogs, sample code, and configuration files.
The page is designed to help you evaluate, integrate, and get the most out of Aeron Premium features.
On-demand Webinar: Architecting 24×7 Capital Markets with High-Availability Sequencer Designs
Our latest webinar on how to tackle one of the toughest architectural mandates in Capital Markets: Uninterrupted 24×7 Operations. The session demystifies the advanced techniques that enable true 24×7 operations at scale. Watch now on-demand.
Industry Research: Tech Deployment Patterns in Capital Markets
Adaptive and Markets Media surveyed 50 capital‑markets professionals to benchmark modernization: on‑prem to hybrid/cloud (~80% front‑office in 2–3 years), AI/cloud/open‑source adoption, in‑house vs vendor provisioning, and distributed decision authority.