Cloud SIG

Whilst it cannot be denied the impact cloud has had on IT Infrastructure over the last decade it hasn't really had much impact upon trading system architecture in Capital Markets. Between converging pressures of participant demand for power and physical space in colo facilities to the increasing demands for IT capacity and deployment of newer technologies as rapid pace many exchanges are looking to Cloud to enhance their product offerings.

The STAC Cloud Special Interest Group (SIG) is a place for practitioners to hear and discuss this important topic. The SIG was formed in Q4 of 2025 by an initial group of organizations, including banks, proprietary trading firms, exchanges, and academics. It is now open to additional members.

While the group’s mission will evolve, its initial objectives are:

1. Facilitate dialog regarding common challenges in Cloud architecture, implementation, testing, and deployment.
2. Articulate industry requirements for Cloud solutions, in terms of technology compliance.
3. Hear from industry providers about important issues under consideration.

Meetings are currently by Zoom, and members of the SIG are free to participate in whichever activities they find valuable.

To request involvement with this SIG, please click the “Enable Me” button to the right.

Note that the Cloud SIG does not define benchmarks. So far, the benchmark specifications most commonly applied to Cloud solutions are defined by the STAC-M3 Working Group (Tick & Streaming Analytics) ., STAC-A2 Working Group (Risk computation) , STAC-A3 Working Group (Strategy backtesting) , STAC-AI Working Group (Artificial Intelligence) , STAC-ML Working Group (Machine Learning) , and STAC-N2 Working Group (Cloud Communications) .