The project manager's Bible to the design and implementation of ground-breaking trading floors To stay competitive, trading floors require cutting-edge technology, a complex network that consists of everything from phone lines to data servers. This practical manual offers extensive, up-to-the-minute advice for all those involved in the planning, design and construction of trading floors and data centers in any of the world's major financial centers, from New York to Hong Kong. It covers timetables, sequential planning lists, financial regulations, corporate governance and data security. In addition, it includes lists of the vital questions to ask suppliers, contractors and clients. An invaluable reference for IT professionals and senior executives in the world's leading investment banks.
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
OUTLINE......Page 17
AUDIENCE......Page 18
CAVEATS......Page 19
DOUBLE CHECK......Page 20
1 The starting point: business requirements......Page 23
NUMBER OF PEOPLE......Page 24
BUSINESS DEADLINES......Page 25
TYPES OF BUSINESS TEAMS......Page 27
STRUCTURE VOLATILITY......Page 28
COLOCATION OF TEAMS......Page 29
BUILD AND ENVIRONMENT QUALITY......Page 30
RESILIENCE AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY......Page 31
SECURITY CONCERNS......Page 32
PUBLICITY AND MARKETING......Page 33
A CLEAR PLAN IS ESSENTIAL......Page 34
COST CONSTRAINTS......Page 35
DESK PLAN......Page 38
EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO BE HOUSED......Page 39
SPACE NEEDED......Page 42
POWER NEEDS......Page 46
COOLING NEEDS......Page 49
WEIGHT ANALYSIS......Page 54
NOISE ANALYSIS......Page 55
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (EMF) RISKS......Page 56
BUILDING THE TEAM......Page 57
THE PROJECT LEADER......Page 59
THE EXPERTS......Page 61
PROCUREMENT AND PROJECT ADMIN OFFICER......Page 62
THE STEERING GROUP......Page 63
LAWYERS......Page 64
TRADE UNIONS......Page 65
THE LANDLORD......Page 66
OUTSOURCED TEAMS......Page 67
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES......Page 68
FACILITATION AND TRAINING......Page 69
TEAM RESILIENCE......Page 70
FORMAL MEETINGS......Page 71
INFORMAL MEETINGS......Page 72
WALK THE FLOOR......Page 73
PLANS AND DRAWINGS......Page 74
FEEDBACK......Page 75
CENTRAL REGISTER......Page 76
SOFTWARE STANDARDS......Page 77
SECURE E-MAIL......Page 79
CHANGE REQUESTS......Page 80
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN FOREIGN LOCATIONS......Page 81
HANDLING BAD NEWS......Page 82
HANDLING THE PRESS AND PUBLICITY......Page 83
UNDERSTANDING THE CONTRACT......Page 84
ARRIVING AT A CONTRACT DOCUMENT......Page 86
CONSTRAINTS......Page 87
EVALUATING CONTRACTS......Page 88
WARRANTIES AND INSURANCES......Page 89
PUBLICITY CONSTRAINTS......Page 90
THE MAIN CONTRACTOR......Page 92
OUTLINE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS......Page 93
INITIAL PLAN DOCUMENT......Page 96
UNION BRIEFING......Page 101
MANAGEMENT BRIEFING......Page 102
PROJECT AREA......Page 103
LAPTOP PCS......Page 104
VOICE TELECOMS......Page 105
TOOLKIT......Page 106
DIGITAL CAMERA......Page 108
SOFTWARE TOOLS......Page 109
REFRESHMENTS......Page 112
BLACK N’ REDS......Page 113
SAFETY EQUIPMENT......Page 114
STORAGE......Page 115
FOREIGN SITE ASSISTANCE......Page 116
TRAINING......Page 117
TEST AREA......Page 119
TEST NETWORK......Page 120
8 The budget and initial design......Page 121
BUDGET CONTROL......Page 122
BUSINESS CONTINUITY BUDGET ISSUES......Page 123
THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET VERSUS THE BUILDING STRUCTURE BUDGET......Page 124
THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET VERSUS THE ADMINISTRATION BUDGET......Page 125
TYPICAL ITEMS FOR THE IT INFRASTRUCTURE BUDGET......Page 126
CAPITAL VERSUS REVENUE......Page 188
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT......Page 189
CONTINGENCY ISSUES......Page 190
BUDGET REDUCTION......Page 192
APPROVAL PROCESS......Page 193
COST OF DELAY......Page 194
COST OF PROGRAMME ACCELERATION......Page 195
PROJECT ACCOUNTANT......Page 197
DELIVERY NOTES......Page 198
EXPENSES......Page 199
MILESTONES......Page 200
PERMIT TO WORK......Page 201
STANDARDS......Page 202
ASSET REGISTER......Page 203
RETURNS PROCESS......Page 204
CHANGE REQUESTS......Page 205
CRISIS CONTROL......Page 206
10 The data centre layout......Page 207
CABINETS......Page 209
RACKING......Page 212
CABLE CONTAINMENT AND ROUTES......Page 213
RACKING FOR TELECOMS EQUIPMENT......Page 214
UPS CABINETS......Page 215
AHU CABINETS AND PIPEWORK......Page 216
FLOOR TILE ARRANGEMENT......Page 217
CORRIDORS......Page 218
RAMPS AND STEPS......Page 219
EMERGENCY POWER OFF (EPO)......Page 220
BUSINESS ACCESS NEEDS – SECURE AREAS......Page 221
WINDOWS......Page 222
OVERHEAD SERVICES......Page 223
FLOOR LOADING......Page 225
COOLING......Page 226
SAFETY......Page 229
SECURITY......Page 231
CABLING ROOMS, CUPBOARDS AND RISERS......Page 236
11 Cabling......Page 238
CONTAINMENT AND PROTECTION......Page 240
ROUTES......Page 241
KOPEX AND OTHER CABLE PROTECTION......Page 242
UNDERFLOOR POWER DISTRIBUTION......Page 243
FLOOR BOXES......Page 244
HIGH-LEVEL POWER......Page 245
COMMON EARTH/GROUNDING BONDING......Page 246
DATA CABLING......Page 247
ABANDONED CABLING......Page 251
LIGHTNING PROTECTION......Page 252
SELECTION AND PLANNING PROCESS......Page 254
DESKTOP......Page 255
CABLE MANAGEMENT......Page 258
COOLING......Page 259
SCREEN MOUNTING......Page 260
PDU AND POWER......Page 261
STRUCTURED CABLING......Page 262
MOVING......Page 263
DESKTOP SERVICES......Page 264
SIZE AND HEIGHT......Page 266
CABLE MANAGEMENT......Page 267
TELEPHONE PROVISION......Page 268
CHAIRS......Page 269
PERSONAL STORAGE......Page 270
14 Meeting rooms......Page 272
THE BOARDROOM......Page 273
SHIELDED ROOMS......Page 274
ACOUSTICS......Page 275
WINDOWS......Page 276
UTILITY WALL SPACE......Page 277
BOARDROOM TABLE......Page 278
VOICE/VIDEO CONFERENCING......Page 279
WHITEBOARD......Page 281
MEETING ROOMS......Page 282
RECEPTION AREA......Page 283
HOT BED OFFICES......Page 285
POST ROOM......Page 286
RECREATION AREAS......Page 287
KITCHEN......Page 288
PRECIOUS DOCUMENTS......Page 289
BUILD ROOMS......Page 290
HELP DESK OR SERVICE DESK......Page 291
16 Telecoms......Page 293
VENDORS......Page 294
SERVICES......Page 296
TRADER VOICE EQUIPMENT......Page 302
IMPLEMENTATION PLANNING......Page 309
DEPLOYMENT......Page 310
REMOTE ADMINISTRATION......Page 311
RECEPTIONIST/OPERATOR FACILITIES......Page 312
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT SYSTEM......Page 313
OVERHEAD DISPLAY SCREENS AND SPEAKERS......Page 314
SURVEILLANCE FACILITIES......Page 315
VOICE AND VIDEO CONFERENCE FACILITIES......Page 318
PAGER SERVICE......Page 319
TELECOMS DATABASE......Page 320
TELECOMS BILLING......Page 321
TELECOMS CIRCUIT ORDERING......Page 322
ALTERNATE PTT TRUNKS......Page 323
CORPORATE VOICE AND DATA NETWORK......Page 324
DISPOSALS......Page 325
SPARES INVENTORY......Page 326
ASSET RECORDING......Page 327
MOVES, ADDITIONS AND CHANGES TO THE SYSTEM......Page 328
ADVICE......Page 329
COOLING METHOD CONSIDERATIONS......Page 331
NEEDS......Page 332
SELF-CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT......Page 334
RESILIENCE......Page 335
SPACE......Page 336
AIR FLOWS......Page 337
HOT AND COLD AISLES......Page 338
TRADING DESKS......Page 339
COMMISSIONING THE SYSTEM......Page 340
RACKING......Page 342
FLOOR-STANDING CABINETS......Page 344
PATCH PANELS......Page 349
SERIAL DATA CABLE PATCHES AND SERVER......Page 351
CABLE MANAGEMENT IN RACKING AND CABINETS......Page 352
OPTICAL FIBRE......Page 356
SERVICE VENDORS’ CABINETS......Page 358
TESTING AND SUPERVISION......Page 359
POWER CONTROL AND CONNECTORS......Page 361
WEIGHT BUDGETS AND POSITIONING......Page 362
SECURITY AND LOCKBOXES......Page 363
MONITORING......Page 364
19 Servers......Page 366
SERVER MOUNTING......Page 368
CABINET SERVER POSITIONING......Page 369
SERVER COOLING......Page 370
SERVER REMOTE ACCESS AND KVM......Page 371
SERVER NETWORK AND HBAS......Page 372
SERVER CONFIGURATION......Page 373
SAN AND NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGE......Page 374
SERVER VIRTUALIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION......Page 376
20 Network equipment......Page 377
SWITCHES AND ROUTERS......Page 378
FIREWALLS......Page 382
XDSL......Page 384
WIRELESS LAN......Page 385
MODEMS......Page 387
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT......Page 388
SUPPLIER RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCE......Page 389
KVM......Page 390
21 Financial data services......Page 396
TRADING SYSTEMS AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS......Page 399
MARKET DATA FEEDS......Page 401
RESILIENCE......Page 402
REQUIREMENTS......Page 404
POWER......Page 405
SOFTWARE BUILDS......Page 406
PC DEPLOYMENT......Page 407
SECURITY......Page 410
SUPPLIER AGREEMENTS......Page 411
LICENSING......Page 412
SERVICE AGREEMENTS......Page 413
23 Clocks and time stamps......Page 414
TIME SERVERS......Page 415
BACK OFFICE AND FRONT OFFICE TIME STAMPS......Page 416
ACCEPTANCE TESTING FOR TIME SYSTEMS......Page 417
THE ‘KICK OFF’ MEETINGS......Page 418
ESTABLISHING A SITE OFFICE......Page 419
MEETING FACILITIES......Page 420
DELIVERIES......Page 421
SITE STORAGE......Page 422
TROLLEY, CHERRY PICKER AND PALLET LIFT......Page 423
VEHICLE PARKING......Page 424
RUBBISH......Page 425
NOISE......Page 426
LIGHTING......Page 427
LANDLORD......Page 428
WORKING AROUND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS......Page 429
WORKING AROUND IT PEOPLE......Page 430
SUPERVISION......Page 433
SITE INSPECTIONS......Page 434
METHOD STATEMENTS......Page 438
INSURANCE......Page 439
PROJECT RECORDS......Page 440
COMMUNICATION......Page 441
PROGRESS MONITORING......Page 442
OUT OF HOURS CONTACT......Page 444
PROJECT DIRECTORY......Page 446
25 Testing during rollout......Page 447
ELECTRICAL POWER TESTING......Page 449
EQUIPMENT ROOM TESTING......Page 453
AIR CONDITIONING TESTING......Page 454
PRESSURE TEST......Page 455
NETWORK AND CABLING TESTING......Page 456
PENETRATION AND SECURITY SCANNING......Page 458
VOICE RECORDING TESTS......Page 459
SERVER TESTING......Page 460
MARKET DATA SERVICES TESTING......Page 461
PC TESTING......Page 464
ACCESS CONTROL TESTING......Page 467
BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM......Page 468
SUPPORT DESK TESTING......Page 469
USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING......Page 470
FAULT LOGGING......Page 474
26 Handover......Page 477
DOCUMENTATION......Page 478
NEW STAFF......Page 479
SNAG LIST......Page 480
SPARES......Page 481
LAUNCH PARTY......Page 482
27 Project wind-down......Page 483
VARIATIONS AND CHANGE REQUESTS......Page 484
RETENTIONS......Page 485
RETURNS AND UNDELIVERED SERVICES......Page 486
BUDGET CLOSURE......Page 487
DISPOSALS AND LEASE TERMINATIONS......Page 489
DOCUMENTATION......Page 490
POST-PROJECT REVIEW......Page 491
Glossary......Page 493
Index......Page 497
Index of advertisers......Page 512