Big nets and big deals: how high finance does high tech

The financial services industry is one of the largest users of high-technology telecommunications equipment. A recent survey showed that virtual private networks and systems that support faster electronic trading are some of most attractive telecommunications equipment used by the industry. Moreover, the full impact of the Internet on the industry has yet to be seen.
If you want to understand what's happening in global networks, follow the money. Networking in the financial community. Nobody knows exactly how much the financial community spends on networking technologies [...]