private industry it infrastructure and services founded 1995 headquarters boston area served worldwide key people john cahaly ceo & chairman sean mclaughlin co founder bill tan cco & cso steve schoener cto number of employees 380 website www.eci.com eze castle integration eci is an it services technology and consulting firm focused on serving the hedge fund sector of the financial services industry . the firm was founded when eze pronounced z castle consulting split into two independent entities . it employs 380 people with offices in singapore london hong kong and eight us locations . the company s products span most common it needs of hedge funds such as technology support cloud services disaster recovery archiving and voice . much of its revenue comes from managed and cloud services while its clients are smaller hedge funds . contents 1 history 2 corporate 2.1 business 2.2 company culture 3 products & services 4 references history edit childhood friends sean mclaughlin and john cahaly founded eze castle consulting in 1995 . sean previously worked at several investment firms . 1 eze castle consulting was founded in a borrowed apartment above sean s father s dental practice . 1 the company was named after ze a village in the french riviera . 1 eze castle consulting began supporting early stage funds in the boston area 2 then opened up new offices in new york city san francisco and greenwich connecticut in the late 1990s . 3 eze castle integration s headquarters in boston in 2000 eze castle consulting was split into two independent companies eze castle software and eze castle integration ; 3 eze castle integration became a systems integration company focused on the financial services sector . 4 during the economic downturn in 2000 the firm downsized and reduced many expenditures while continuing to generate a profit . 2 by 2004 the company had grown to a 120 person staff . 3 5 throughout the late 2000s the company introduced eze vault eze disaster recovery eci link and eze managed suites . 6 they also introduced eze cloud 7 8 and started selling tradar s insight product in a hosted cloud model . 9 today a growing percentage of the firm s revenue comes from cloud based products . 10 11 in the first eight months of 2008 the average hedge fund declined five percent and 170 hedge funds closed their doors due to ongoing financial volatility . although 95 percent of the firm s clients were hedge funds it experienced a revenue increase of 26 percent and obtained sixty new clients during the time period . 3 at the time the company supported 450 us based hedge funds including 81 firms with over 1 billion in management . 5 it opened new offices in chicago in 2008 and london in 2007 . 3 5 in 2010 and 2011 new offices were opened in singapore and hong kong . 12 13 in 2010 an affiliate company ledgex systems llc was created to develop and support software for fund of hedge funds to automate and manage investment portfolios . 14 corporate edit business edit 95 percent of eze castle integration s clients are hedge funds and 80 percent of eze castle integration clients have 10 50 staff . in 2011 over 35 percent of the company s new clients were startups . 15 eighty percent of the company s new business revenue was from cloud related services . 10 11 company culture edit eze castle integration is regularly recognized as a best places to work . 16 17 . 16 the company s core competency is described as hiring and retaining the best staff . 2 products & services edit the eze managed suites in new york eze castle integration provides it infrastructure and technology services to hedge funds . their products are branded with eze such as the eze private cloud 7 and include 18 archiving backup disaster recovery ; 19 business continuity ; 3 private cloud services ; integration and support consulting 19 and the archiving of email instant messaging and other communications 3 20 including voice 21 some of the firm s products 22 are hosted cloud based applications from other vendors . 9 the company also has a software bundle with basic email file and blackberry services intended for hedge funds . 23 in 2008 the company created eze managed suites a hedge fund hotel in new york city . 3 24 references edit a b c stuart anne march april 2004 . of software and apples . harvard magazine . retrieved february 1 2012 . a b c ceo interview eze castle integration . the wall street transcript . february 9 2004 . a b c d e f g h curtis carol september 22 2008 . hedge fund focus hasn t hurt eze castle integration . securities industry news . retrieved february 1 2012 . goldman sachs invests 20 million in eze castle software press release . eze castle integration . september 7 2010 . retrieved march 1 2012 . a b c eze castle launches london office . boston journal . november 12 2007 . retrieved february 1 2012 . multiple press releases a b schmerken ivy may 2011 . cover story the great busienss case in the sky pdf . wall street & technology . retrieved february 1 2012 . schmerken ivy january 20 2012 . the rise of cloud computing on wall street . wall street & technology . retrieved march 12 2012 . a b schmerken ivy may 10 2011 . tradar partners with eze castle integration on cloud based offering . wall street & technology . retrieved february 23 2012 . a b wainewright will july 12 2011 . eze castle expands as asia demand grows . hfm week . retrieved february 1 2012 . a b groenfeldt tom june 22 2011 . stock exchanges ain t what they used to be . forbes . retrieved february 1 2012 . eze castle integration expands to singapore geneva . finalternatives . august 31 2010 . retrieved february 2 2011 . lindsay margie august 31 2010 . eze castle englarges presence in geneva and singapore . hedge funds review . retrieved february 2 2011 . kentouris chris september 17 2010 . eze castle integration houses it platform for alternatives in new subsidiary . securities technology monitor . retrieved february 1 2012 . chandler beverly november 30 2011 . eze castle enjoys busy year in and out of the hedge fund cloud . opalesque . retrieved february 1 2012 . a b best places to work 2011 . crain s new york business . 2011 . retrieved march 12 2012 . hollmer mark june 9 2003 . best places to work . boston business journal . retrieved february 1 2012 . jaworski alexa november 3 2008 . partnering with sungard eze castle integration offers bundled connectivity . securities industry news . retrieved february 1 2012 . a b marlin steve august 15 2011 . hedge funds reach for the cloud pdf . markets media . retrieved february 1 2012 . curtis carol november 12 2009 . over the web and under the radar 11 2 09.pdf over the web and under the radar brokers are saying too much and firms are capturing too little check url value help pdf . securities industry news . retrieved february 1 2012 . fieldhouse stuart march 17 2009 . technology.com eze castle integration s bob guilbert talks to fund technology.com check url value help . fund technology . retrieved february 1 2012 . steinert threlkeld tom may 10 2011 . order management heads into cloud . securities technology monitor . retrieved february 1 2011 . comprehensive alternative it system for smaller fund managers . hedge funds review . january 12 2009 . retrieved february 1 2012 . speizer irwin september 23 2008 . renting rooms 09 2008.pdf fully equipped hotel facilities beckon start ups check url value help pdf . alpha magazine . retrieved february 1 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eze castle integration & oldid 743301421 categories financial software companiescompanies based in bostoncompanies established in 1995information technology consulting firms of the united stateshidden categories pages with url errors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 01 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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