17 December 2020
FIXEdge v.6.10.0 release: Kafka transport adapter is added
B2BITS, EPAM Systems company is pleased to announce the release of version 6.10.0 FIXEdge.
The main feature of this release is a newly added Kafka transport adapter. It allows FIXEdge to route messages to/from the Kafka open-source, distributed event streaming platform. See details.
Starting with this release, we are discontinuing support of RHEL 6 since it came to the end of life. Currently supported platforms include RHEL 7 and Windows x64.
Additionally, this release has an average performance gain of about 10% in the scenario where FIXEdge converts messages from one protocol version to another.
New features and improvements:
- FIXEdge has been extended with a new transport adapter for Kafka.
- Rest initiator/acceptor TAs now fully support FIX 5.0+protocols.
- The Rest initiator TA adapter now supports re-sending messages when faced with errors from counter-parties for particular, defined by user error codes.
- Changes in ICE Trade Capture Solution:
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- A new "InsertionTime" column has been appended to all tables. This feature saves time on row insertion. Data isformatted as follows, "YYYY-MM-DD-HH:MM:SS.sss".
- FIX dictionaries have been updated according to ICE specification (ICE Trade Capture 4.9).
- Changes in ICE Private Order Feed Drop Copy Solution:
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- FIX dictionaries have been updated according to ICE specification (ICE Private Orders Feed 3.9).
Dictionaries updates
- CME STP FIX dictionaries include all changes up to Notice 20200505.
- FIX 5.0 SP2 dictionary has been updated with 258 Extension Packs.
Log replicator updates
- Log replicator has been updated to version 1.0, see release notes.
The complete Release Notes are available in Knowledge Base.
For our existing customers, the new version of FIXEdge is available for download in the B2BITS client space. For other interested parties, an evaluation of FIXEdge is available upon request. Please direct requests for evaluation to sales@btobits.com.