Sun Microsystems has sold 60 of its 386i workstations to Paris-based broker The Tuffier Group, which specialises in the interest rate instruments market. The sale, made through French systems integrator Effix Systems SA, also includes four Motorola-based Sun 3/280 servers running Effix’s own decision support software, and promises to yield an addit-ional 40 workstation sales during 1990. The network replaces a read-only video-based system, and will enable traders to perform real-time analysis and calculation on feeds from Reuters, Telerate and Fininfo on a single screen, using high resolution graphical displays. Tuffier is one of the two largest brokers house in France, representing $67m in commissions and employing around 90 brokers.
