• Who is an ISV (Independent software vendor)?
• How to become an ISV
• Procedures for empanelment
• List of Approved ISVs

Who is an ISV (Independent software vendor)?
An Independent Software Vendor (ISV) is a business term for companies specialized in making or selling software products catering to specific business segments. Specialized products generally offer higher productivity to organizations than more generalized software. In essence, the more applications that run on a platform, the more value it offers to customers. DGCX encourages and lends support to ISVs through a special Empanelment process to develop front end application for trading on DGCX platform.

How to become an ISV
In order to provide better flexibility to members, DGCX will allow ISVs to write their code based on exchange provided FIX API (Financial Information eXchange Application Processing Interface).

The Exchange empanels Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) for providing “Private Order, Risk Management & Trading Software” (PORTS) to Members of the Exchange.
ISVs desirous of being empanelled with the Exchange shall be evaluated on the basis of various criteria including background, infrastructure, systems etc.

Procedures for empanelment
The ISV shall make an application to the Exchange for empanelment in the prescribed format and execute an undertaking prescribed by the Exchange.
- Application Form
- Criteria for Empanelment
- Guidelines for submission and format of undertaking.

Subject to the ISV meeting requirements of the Exchange and on receipt of the duly completed application form, undertaking along with the fees, the FIX protocol Version 4.2 based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) will be provided to ISV. ISVs will be required to upgrade the product/software as and when the Exchange migrates to a higher version of FIX protocol.

List of approved ISVs

	Financial Technologies Middle East  1904, Tiffany Tower, Jumeirah Lake Towers, P.O. Box 212010, Dubai, UAE Contact Person  Asif Ali Manager - Technical Support Email: asif.ali@ft-me.com Tel: +971 4 4224366/67 Mobile: +971 50 9013869 Fax: +971 4 4224365 www.ft-me.com
	Patsystems (UK) LTD.   Cottons Centre, Hays Lane, London, SE1 2QP Contact Person Sales Desk Email : sales@patsystems.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7940 0490 Fax: +44 (0)20 7940 0499 European and Middle-Eastern Sales: +44 (0)20 7940 0470
	RTS Realtime Systems Inc. 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 980, Chicago,IL 60606 Contact Person Steffen Gemuenden - President & CEO  Tel: +1 312 630 9006 Fax: +1 312 630 9679 Email: s.gemuenden@rtsgroup.net www.rtsgroup.net
	SunGard Global Trading 41st Floor, 25 Canada Square, London, E14 5LQ, United Kingdom Contact Person  Ryan Keough - Managing Director Tel: +44 (0)20 8081 3290  Email: info.globaltrading@sungard.com www.sungard.com/globaltrading
	Orc Software  63 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4UA, United Kingdom Contact Person  Lee Griggs VP Sales UK, France and the Middle East  Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 0950 Email:  Lee.Griggs@orcsoftware.com www.orcsoftware.com
	FFastFill 70 Wilson Street, London, EC2A 2DB, UK Contact Person Caroline Davis   Tel: +44 (0)20 3002 1922 Email: sales@ffastfill.com www.ffastfill.com
	Omnesys Technologies Pvt Ltd. Omnesys House, 5/B 1st Main Road, Electronics City, Bangalore, 560 100  India Contact Person Anant Pandit Tel: +91 80 6665 7800 Email: marketing@omnesysindia.com www.omnesysindia.com

An Independent Software Vendor (ISV) is a business term for companies specialized in making or selling software products catering to specific business segments. Specialized products generally offer higher productivity to organizations than more generalized software. In essence, the more applications that run on a platform, the more value it offers to customers. DGCX encourages and lends support to ISVs through a special Empanelment process to develop front end application for trading on DGCX platform.