10/10/13

6fusion, CME Group Sign Letter of Intent to Explore Development of IaaS Exchange | VentureBeat

Cloudscape at 451 Research. The normalization of supply and demand quantification performed by 6fusion combined with the trading execution venue provided by CME Group has the potential to seriously disrupt the market. 6fusions Marketplace represents the foundation of how we intend to develop this market, said Rob Bissett, EVP Product Management at 6fusion. It is the global platform that serves up the core technologies to buyers and suppliers, and reconciles physical delivery of contracts traded on the electronic trading system to be provided by CME Group, he added. Buyers and suppliers can begin to leverage 6fusions technology today by signing up to the 6fusion Marketplace beta at www.6fusion.com. About CME Group As the worlds leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the worlds leading central counterparty clearing providers, which offers clearing and settlement services across asset classes for exchange-traded contracts and over-the-counter derivatives transactions. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk. CME Group is a trademark of CME Group Inc. The Globe Logo, CME, Globex and Chicago Mercantile Exchange are trademarks of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. CBOT and the Chicago Board of Trade are trademarks of the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Inc. NYMEX, New York Mercantile Exchange and ClearPort are registered trademarks of New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. COMEX is a trademark of Commodity Exchange, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Further information about CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) and its products can be found at www.cmegroup.com. About 6fusion 6fusion standardizes the economic measurement of IT infrastructure, enabling a single global marketplace for buyers and sellers. 6fusion quantifies supply and demand for compute resources across heterogeneous public and private environments with the worlds only patented metering algorithm, the Workload Allocation Cube (WAC), and an open platform for access to global IT infrastructure markets. Whether an enterprise optimizing internal infrastructure, a data center provider transforming a cloud offering, or an IT service provider differentiating their business in the cloud, 6fusion enables organizations to deliver topline and bottom-line visibility and value to drive meaningful business outcomes. 6fusion Twitter: http://twitter.com/6fusion Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/6fusion LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/6fusion-usa Blog: http://www.6fusion.com/blog/ RSS feed: http://www.6fusion.com/feed/

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