Transaction Network Services (TNS) today announced the acquisition of West Highland Support Services, a financial market data solutions provider based in Danbury, Connecticut.  

The acquisition will enable TNS to deliver market data services across the entire trading infrastructure stack, making TNS the only Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider to combine a vendor-neutral approach to market data application management. The combination of TNS and West Highland services into one stack will offer connectivity, monitoring and consulting to professional traders, institutions and financial services vendors worldwide. All West Highland employees, products and services will integrate into TNS.  Read the full press release here.

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TRG Screen, the leading provider of enterprise subscription spend and usage management software, today announced a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. Read the full press release here.

TRG Screen – the leading provider of enterprise subscription management solutions – proudly announces further significant enhancements to Optimize Insights. The latest release seamlessly integrates metrics from its comprehensive request management system, Quest, providing new insights into request, enquiry and workflow management. Read the full post here.