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Kx Systems | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Software & Tech Services |
Founded | 1993Palo Alto, California | in
Founders |
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Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 14 offices [1] (2018) |
Area served | |
Key people | |
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Parent | FD Technologies plc |
Website |
kx |
KX is a privately owned software company that sells a time series database kdb+, used for financial modeling and data analysis, and its associated proprietary programming language q. [6] [7]
It was founded in 1993 by Janet Lustgarten and Arthur Whitney, [8] the developer of the K programming language. In 2014, First Derivatives increased their ownership interest to 65 percent; in 2018, the company (now FD Technologies plc) announced plans to buy out the remaining shares of KX. [9] KX has offices in New York City, London, England, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. [1] [10]
In 1993, Whitney and Lustgarten joined to commercialize the k programming platform Whitney had created after building the A+ language and other trading systems at Morgan Stanley. [7] [11] The purpose of the software was to access and explore large data volumes in financial services computer systems. [12] Initially, Kx Systems had an exclusive contract with Swiss global financial services firm UBS to provide them with the K language. In 1998, the contract with UBS expired and the firm launched the kdb+ database. As part of kdb+, Whitney developed a new language named q that operated with k and uses English keywords. [13]
In 1999, the company reached a marketing agreement with a Northern Ireland based firm, First Derivatives.; [14] it opened an office in Manhattan in 2002, [15] Germany and Japan in 2003, [16] and Hong Kong in 2009. [17] In 2014, First Derivatives purchased a 65 percent share of Kx Systems. [18] Kx became a technology supplier to NASA's Frontier Development Lab. [19] In July 2018, FD Technologies bought all remaining shares in KX Systems that it did not already hold; [20] Whitney and Lustgarten then went on to found Shakti. [21] [22]
A major contributor to this article appears to have a
close connection with its subject. (October 2022) |
Kx Systems | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Software & Tech Services |
Founded | 1993Palo Alto, California | in
Founders |
|
Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 14 offices [1] (2018) |
Area served | |
Key people | |
Products | |
Parent | FD Technologies plc |
Website |
kx |
KX is a privately owned software company that sells a time series database kdb+, used for financial modeling and data analysis, and its associated proprietary programming language q. [6] [7]
It was founded in 1993 by Janet Lustgarten and Arthur Whitney, [8] the developer of the K programming language. In 2014, First Derivatives increased their ownership interest to 65 percent; in 2018, the company (now FD Technologies plc) announced plans to buy out the remaining shares of KX. [9] KX has offices in New York City, London, England, Ireland, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. [1] [10]
In 1993, Whitney and Lustgarten joined to commercialize the k programming platform Whitney had created after building the A+ language and other trading systems at Morgan Stanley. [7] [11] The purpose of the software was to access and explore large data volumes in financial services computer systems. [12] Initially, Kx Systems had an exclusive contract with Swiss global financial services firm UBS to provide them with the K language. In 1998, the contract with UBS expired and the firm launched the kdb+ database. As part of kdb+, Whitney developed a new language named q that operated with k and uses English keywords. [13]
In 1999, the company reached a marketing agreement with a Northern Ireland based firm, First Derivatives.; [14] it opened an office in Manhattan in 2002, [15] Germany and Japan in 2003, [16] and Hong Kong in 2009. [17] In 2014, First Derivatives purchased a 65 percent share of Kx Systems. [18] Kx became a technology supplier to NASA's Frontier Development Lab. [19] In July 2018, FD Technologies bought all remaining shares in KX Systems that it did not already hold; [20] Whitney and Lustgarten then went on to found Shakti. [21] [22]