Queues can build up at routing servers that switch data packages along different routes to their destinations depending on the traffic.

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This committee has moved forward with a signed letter of intent on common banking, and the development of a common message switch for routing orders and other data to both exchanges.

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On Monday, Cisco announced the development of the Nexus 7000, a network switch that's capable of routing 15 terabits of data per second--the equivalent of moving the entire contents of Wikipedia in a hundredth of a second, or downloading every movie available on Netflix (nasdaq: NFLX - news - people ) in about 40 seconds.

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Software can and does go wrong, but why did the exchange not switch to its backup systems, or try routing orders to other platforms?

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