MarketFactory Customers access the trading venues of their choice by integration with Whisperer via the Java, C++ or C# MFAPI, or by direct integration to the SBE messaging layer.
All new clients are assigned a UAT environment in which they may develop their own application against Whisperer and the individual Venues.
Once this stage of the process has finished, the client will be required to participate in a Certification Test with MarketFactory which must be completed successfully in order for the client to move into the production Whisperer environment. Additional Certification Tests may be required by individual Venues.
MarketFactory expects Clients to have performed their own Quality Assurance (QA) testing prior to the certification scenarios listed on this page.
The MarketFactory Certification process is designed to ensure both Customer and MarketFactory systems integrate at a functional and non-functional level to an acceptable standard, so that both parties are confident that go-live can proceed.
Certification Sign-off is required by the Client's project/business sponsor responsible for the integration to MarketFactory.
Once clients are live in the production environment, there may also be a requirement occasionally for re-certification, as described below.
Even though MarketFactory may have fully implemented a given Venue's API and successfully onboarded many Customers previously, some Venues will mandate that each new Customer be subject to their own Certification Tests. In such situations, these will be organized by MarketFactory and conduced using three-way conference calls to coordinate actions.
The need for re-certification testing will be decided on a case by case basis, but generally will be required in the following circumstances: