Paladyne Systems Leverages Equinix to Extend Global Reach of Its Application Service Provider Solution

Equinix’s LD4 International Business Exchange (IBX) Data Center Provides Network-rich, Optimized and Neutral Meeting Place for Technology Provider to Sell Its Solution

FOSTER CITY, CA, NEW YORK, NY and LONDON, UK— April 27, 2010 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, and Paladyne Systems, Inc., a leading solutions provider to the global hedge fund industry, today announced the deployment of Paladyne’s technology platform into Equinix’s LD4 International Business Exchange™ (IBX® data center, London, United Kingdom. Building on its solid footprint in the U.S. with Equinix, Paladyne is extending its Paladyne ASP™ (Application Service Provider) offering into the London metro region to better serve a growing European client base. The recent deployment represents Paladyne’s expansion into a third key metro area leveraging Equinix data center services.

Paladyne provides a hosted ASP technology platform capable of supporting the front-, middle- and back-office requirements of the global hedge fund community. The Paladyne ASP solution offers a fully managed IT service, 24×7 technical and product support, hardware, product upgrades and quality assurance, mirrored (“hot site”) disaster recovery, all at a low total cost of ownership. Paladyne offers its hedge fund technology platform to the business ecosystem of financial companies operating at Equinix data centers throughout the world.

“Our clients rely on the Paladyne ASP offering to run their mission-critical business applications, making it imperative for us to select the right data center operator to support our global client base,” said Christian Robertson, COO of Paladyne Systems. “We are confident that we can continue to support our rapidly-growing business by leveraging Equinix’s global services delivery platform that spans the globe.”

Paladyne also will have immediate access to the ecosystem of financial trading companies operating at Equinix, including execution venues, buy- and sell-side firms, market data providers, technology providers and financial networks, that locate operations within Equinix data centers in order to benefit from a high-performance, low latency connectivity infrastructure.

“We are delighted to work with one of the leading hedge fund solutions providers in the marketplace,” said John Knuff, General Manager of Equinix Financial Services. “We are pleased to enable Paladyne to be ‘across the aisle’ from some of the top exchanges that reside within our Financial Services community, providing them the ability to optimize the performance of their ASP solution.”

About Equinix In The Global Financial Markets

Equinix provides a neutral meeting place for the world’s leading financial market participants including trading venues, buy and sell side firms, market data providers, technology providers and financial networks; that locate servers and infrastructure within Equinix data centers in order to support highly reliable, low latency connectivity for a broad range of market participants. Learn more at: http://financial.equinix.com.

About Equinix

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) provides global data center services that ensure the vitality of the information-driven world. Global enterprises, content and financial companies, and network service providers rely upon Equinix’s insight and expertise to protect and connect their most valued information assets. Equinix operates 51 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) and partner data centers across 19 markets in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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About Paladyne Systems

Paladyne Systems, a Broadridge Company, is the leading provider of next generation investment management solutions. Paladyne offers its integrated front-, middle- and back-office platform, known as the Paladyne Suite™, to hedge funds, asset managers, fund administrators and prime brokers. The modular Paladyne Suite™ includes order management, portfolio management, reference data management, data warehouse reporting and reconciliation and is complemented by the Paladyne Network™, which comprises a select group of preferred strategic partnerships with leading software and market data firms. The solution can be delivered onsite or via Paladyne's industry-leading application service provider solution, Paladyne ASP™. Paladyne was established in 2005 and now serves over 180 clients worldwide. The firm has approximately 165 employees, and is headquartered in New York, with regional offices in New Jersey, London, Russia and Hong Kong.

The Paladyne® Suite includes the following modules:

  • Paladyne Portfolio Master™ — provides electronic trading, order management and allocation, portfolio management, real-time P&L, and strategy-based performance tracking.
  • Paladyne Credit Master™ — provides loan processing and administration to fully support loan trading, analysis, reporting, and management.
  • Paladyne Analytics Master™ — provides portfolio analytics, data aggregation, and custom reporting tools.
  • Paladyne Security Master™ — provides a centralized terms and conditions repository and distribution engine with real-time updates and corporate action alerts.
  • Paladyne Price Master™ — provides automated collection, storage, and time series analysis of prices and market data from any third-party sources.

About Broadridge

Broadridge is a technology services company focused on global capital markets. Broadridge is the market leader enabling secure and accurate processing of information for communications and securities transactions among issuers, investors and financial intermediaries. Broadridge builds the infrastructure that underpins proxy services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds in North America; processes more than $4 trillion in fixed income and equity trades per day; and saves companies billions annually through its technology solutions. For more information about Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.