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KX provides an integrated data management and streaming analytics platform for real-time decision making. The KX kdb+ time series database solution is designed to handle increasing volumes of financial tick data and supports both real-time and historical datasets. Dell has partnered with KX and the Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC) on several benchmarks, providing insight into the suitability of the Dell PowerScale systems for tick data storage and analysis.