Archive of Real-time web
Getting realtime data into Excel
Starting with Excel 2002, Microsoft have included the RTD interface which allows Excel to poll for data. Polling seems to be a much more efficient way of getting data into Excel than the classic approach which is pushing – it’s not uncommon to find yourself pushing when Excel isn’t ready…
Read MoreSilverlight for single dealer portals?
Could it be that the time for Silverlight in finance has come? Does Adobe Flex solve any of the complexities of building web applications? Where does Caplin Trader fit in to this landscape? These are all questions that I am hearing (and asking) increasingly at the moment – so here’s…
Read MoreWhat is the “real-time web”?
Are we really seeing the real-time web? The phrase “real-time web” has been streaming its way around the Internet for a while now. It’s presently being used to describe information being available in search results as soon as it has been published by its author. Examples of this are Twitter…
Read MoreWelcome to the Caplin Systems Tech Blog
Caplin Systems has been building pioneering real-time web technology for financial markets since 2000. During this time we’ve come up with a lot of very clever solutions to very difficult problems across a broad range of technologies and problem domains. The purpose of this blog is to give our team…
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