In a recent soak test, the Merlin Commissions module successfully handled over 1 million trades during a single simulation session. The test involved IBM WebSphere®, a Sun® Solaris platform and an Oracle® database.

Commenting on the successful test Phil Reed, Rolfe & Nolan`s Chief Technology Officer, commented that: `The soak test was designed to assess the technical architecture and application software of Merlin Commissions. The high quality that Merlin delivered further highlights the picture of the powerful system that is now emerging. This is an important milestone, and shows that Merlin Commissions` leading design standards are fully on track while at the same time complying with the exacting volume requirements of our leading customers.`

Merlin is Rolfe & Nolan`s suite of state-of-the-art modules that are platform independent, standards-based and cross-asset capable. Merlin`s architecture is a culmination of extensive trading workflow analysis, industry input, and detailed technical design. Merlin modules, covering a broad range of key business processes (e.g. margin, commissions), provide best-of-breed functionality and operate seamlessly with the Merlin architecture to provide efficient, real time, exception-based trade processing.