AquaQ Analytics are often involved in projects using different visualisation tools connected to kdb+. We have recently spent some time reviewing and then implementing a simple Grafana-kdb+ adaptor. This open-source script has been developed using the inbuilt Grafana SimpleJSON datasource and comes with the capability of table and time series visualisation and manipulation. Instructions for installation and usage can be …
kdb+ 3.6: anymap
The recent release of kdb+3.6 brought a new data structure: anymap. As database nerds, this is very exciting news for us. We thought we’d have a play with it to see how it could be used. New Nested Lists The anymap features replaces all the previous structures used to create nested lists. It also supports storing non-uniform values within the …
Online kdb+ Training – New Site and New Features
We’ve made some big changes and additions to our online kdb+ training site. We’ve been using it internally for some time now, but it’s time to release it to the world! We feel the changes extend the reach of the training site to be a useful tool for both new and experienced kdb+ developers and support personnel. Challenge Site We …
FREE kdb+ Trading Analytics Workshop – NY
Following the success of our joint event in London this summer with our partners Datawatch Panopticon we have decided to run another FREE interactive workshop in New York this September. The date and venue are set – Wednesday 12th September 2018 at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York This workshop is designed for people who want to make full use of …
AquaQ releases q-REST Web Interface
AquaQ Analytics is pleased to announce the release of q-REST v1.0 – a RESTful web interface for kdb+. This open source package has been designed as a convenient way for web clients to make requests to a kdb+ instance using the JSON format. The package can be easily integrated with Swagger UI, Docker and standard authentication methods such as SSO, allowing users to easily implement the …
CMC Markets partners with Tradefeedr to deploy machine learning for trading analytics
London, UK: CMC Markets, a leader in online trading has partnered with Tradefeedr, a data science platform built for financial markets, to deploy cloud based machine learning to improve trading analytics and intelligence around liquidity management. The additional capabilities provide for: Data integration: the ingestion, cleansing and store of massive amounts of market and transactional data. Data exploration: high performance …
TorQ Release v3.3 – kdb+ 3.6
We are delighted to announce release v3.3 of TorQ, the latest installment of our kdb+ framework; which can be found here. The TorQ v3.3 release has upgraded to run with kdb+ 3.6, whilst maintaining backward compatibility with prior versions. The main changes are outlined below. Concurrent Synchronous Requests As part of this update, the gateway in TorQ supports the deferred response …
AquaQ Summer Event & Free Workshops
We’ve made it a tradition to have a bit of a party in the summer. This year we are doing it a bit early because the winter was grim, and we would rather spend June and July watching the World Cup. So the date is set – Thursday 31st May 2018. We will also be running two free workshops, one …
Using kdb+ with REST APIs
In the modern web, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) form a large part of programmatic interfacing with web services. Many of the services you likely use everyday provide APIs, allowing third party developers to build applications around these services, whether that means retrieving data, receiving notifications of certain events, or sending information to the service for processing. Numerous services used frequently …