As the appetite for anytime, anywhere access to trading workflows increases, global capital markets are transitioning to “virtual trading desks”. While COVID-19 has acted as a catalyst for this structural shift, this transition will have a permanent impact on trading floors. With cloud-based voice solutions liberating traders from legacy hardware to trade and manage business remotely, Cloud9 and OpenFin are playing a key role in equipping the industry for the trading desktop of the future. Cloud9 Chief Operating Officer Jim Miller and OpenFin President and Chief Operating Officer Chuck Doerr discuss how we’ll get there and what we can expect along the way.
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The current digital environment provides organizations with a range of messaging solutions, each characterized by varying levels of security and compliance capabilities. This has become particularly prominent as people add messaging apps to their personal and professional workflows as a complement to e-mail.
Symphony’s Cloud9 has been awarded ‘Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System’ at WatersTechnology’s Sell-Side Technology Awards 2025.
In this interview we hear how Cloud9 differentiates itself with a modern, cloud-native approach to trader voice. It requires no on-premise infrastructure and functions primarily as a software application, aligning with broader cloud-based communication trends.
Cloud9’s flexible architecture empowers technology teams with robust deployment, while seamlessly supporting remote and mobile work. Michael Lynch also explains the plans for the mobile app and how it will extend voice beyond the desk to users on the go, offering 24/7 trading control.
Watch the interview to learn more.
