You keep a 24/7 trading-support platform online with resilient infrastructure, replication and failover, proactive monitoring around the clock, carefully controlled changes, and tested recovery. When markets and global teams never sleep, the systems behind them cannot either, so resilience and constant vigilance are built in from the start rather than bolted on later.
Always-on systems demand a different level of care. Here’s what keeps them running.
1. Resilient infrastructure
Critical systems need resilient connectivity, power and hardware, with no single point of failure that can take everything down. Building in redundancy where it matters is the foundation of staying online.
2. Replication and failover
Keeping a ready, up-to-date copy of critical systems means that if one fails, you can switch to the other quickly. For an always-on platform, fast failover is what keeps a fault from becoming an outage.
3. Round-the-clock monitoring
Monitoring runs constantly, catching the early signs of trouble at any hour and in any time zone. For a 24/7 platform, that constant watch is what lets problems be handled before they affect trading.
4. Controlled changes and tested recovery
Changes to always-on systems are planned and controlled to avoid causing the very outages you are trying to prevent. And tested recovery means that, if the worst happens, you can get back quickly.
A real example: resilience behind a live product
We supported a software company serving financial trading firms where we monitored systems around the clock and kept replication healthy, so the infrastructure behind a live, always-on product stayed available and recoverable. That constant care is what keeps a 24/7 platform dependable.
For most technology and trading firms, this sits within fully managed IT at about £45 to £100 per user per month, billed per user, with the security and resilience these businesses rely on built in.
Why technology and trading firms choose First Stop IT
First Stop IT has supported businesses since 2002, including software and technology companies and firms that serve financial markets. We know the systems these teams depend on: secure VPN and remote access, source control and build pipelines, virtual dev and test environments, Microsoft 365 and Teams, and the security that banks and regulators expect, from multi-factor authentication and endpoint protection to application allowlisting and email security. We work with technology and trading firms in London and across Essex and Hertfordshire. Our credentials include:
- Cyber Essentials Certified
- IASME Cyber Assurance (Gold)
- NCSC Assured Service Provider (Cyber Advisor for Cyber Essentials)
- Microsoft Partner
- Crown Commercial Service Supplier (G-Cloud)
- Quality Principles Certified
We look after more than 2,000 endpoints across 50 companies, we’ve been named a Top 50 UK MSP for three years running, and we support organisations with 10 to 100 employees across Essex, Hertfordshire and London, including Harlow and Bishop’s Stortford.
Book a free IT and cyber security review
Need a platform that stays online around the clock? Book a free IT and cyber security review with First Stop IT and we’ll build the resilience in.