AHEAD ADDRESSES FINANCIAL SECTOR’S COMPLEX AI AND HPC DEMANDS WITH INTENSIFIED CAPITAL MARKETS FOCUS

CHICAGO, July 7, 2025 — AHEAD, a leading provider of infrastructure solutions with nearly 20 years of experience serving capital markets organizations, announced a focused initiative to align its comprehensive capabilities to the unique and pressing needs of the industry. The initiative strategically leverages AHEAD’s expertise to modernize, scale and innovate technology ecosystems to deliver competitive advantage for capital markets.

Recognizing the sector’s need for sophisticated, fast and highly secure infrastructure, AHEAD is developing end-to-end solutions, aligning industry-focused teams and elevating partnerships with leaders like Cisco, NVIDIA, VAST, Dell and Arista to deliver platforms that support next-generation trading and analytics workloads.

The specialized focus drives business outcomes around ultra-low latency AI adoption and high-performance computing with security, compliance and financial operations as foundational elements. AHEAD has established a dedicated capital markets task force, built an advanced client engagement approach and formed cross-functional teams to enhance solution velocity.

“The capital markets sector faces unprecedented technology challenges as trading strategies become more data-intensive and markets operate at increasing speeds,” said Josh Perkins, vice president of Emerging Technologies. “Our Capital Markets team gives financial institutions access to the advanced expertise, experience and infrastructure required to outpace competitors. AHEAD already serves 40% of the country’s top financial services organizations, equipping us with a proven track record of transformational results. Two decades of deep industry experience combined with partnerships with best-in-class platforms allows us to deliver results that move the needle for firms and their clients.”

AHEAD’s full-scale capital markets initiative delivers integrated resources and capabilities through a coordinated approach that drives measurable impact for clients:

Strategic Advisory Services: AHEAD helps financial institutions navigate complex technology decisions from trading platform modernization to AI-powered back-office management.
AI and Machine Learning: Expertise in helping firms build the computational infrastructure needed for algorithmic trading, quantitative research and real-time risk analytics, all built to support the massive data-processing requirements that power today’s AI-driven investment strategies.
Infrastructure Planning and Delivery: Architecture and deployment of robust, scalable systems that support everything from real-time market data processing to high-frequency trading operations across data centers, cloud and hybrid environments.
Infrastructure Integration: Dedicated 10MW facility for direct-to-chip liquid-cooled and air-cooled rack integration capabilities, supported by end-to-end integration services that reduce on-site deployment time by up to 85%.
High-performance computing: Specialized expertise in complex calculations and real-time data processing, critical for trading algorithms and risk-management applications.
Ultra-Low Latency Networking: Seamless, high-speed data communication between systems for rapid data transfer and processing.
Scalable storage solutions: High-performance storage architectures that ensure data accessibility and efficient processing for analytics and fast decision making.
Industry-Specific Security and Compliance: Application of zero-trust security models spanning the complete data lifecycle, designed to meet stringent financial industry regulations.