Eurex Repo s New Trading System F7

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1 Release 1.0 Release Notes Production Version Version Date 28 May 2015

2 Contents 1. Introduction New features and enhancements Further reading 6 2. Functional enhancements Markets GC Pooling Euro Repo SecLend Market Segment Overview Market Watch Landing Page Quote Entry Window Addressed Offer Entry Window Product Term Combination Trade Migration Statistics Legal Documentation Trading Hours Participant / User set up Focus Days Technical enhancements Network Repo Connectivity Leased Line Internet Participant Price List Member Section Operations offered by s F7 Member Section Access setup two-factor authentication process st factor: Certificate authentication nd factor: Username and password authentication 23

3 3.5 Graphical User Interface, GUI Participant Application Programming Interface, F7 API Message based Broadcasts Message Broker Low footprint No backwards compatibility Verify Repo F7 Trading GUI Connectivity for Production Launch Leased Line connection Internet connection Further information and contacts Change Log 33 3

4 List of abbreviations The following list is limited to terminology and abbreviations, which are specific to s new architecture F7. Abbreviation or term AMQP AP CRE F7 API F7 GUI PAPI POA URL VPN Description Advanced Message Queuing Protocol for message oriented middleware. Used by the new API. Access Point of Deutsche Börse Group's global network. Local leased lines connect to Access Points in major financial hubs. One of its functions is to route data transactions to and from the back end of the trading system. The Common Report Engine (CRE) allows the centralized provision of reports. Participants can retrieve reports and files from this report server using SFTP. F7 Application Programming Interface is the new open and flexible interface for third party software products connecting to 's F7. s new trading system. The "7" denotes it is part of the Deutsche Börse Group "7" platform technology suite, where F stands for funding and financing. Graphical User Interface Participant Application Programming Interface of the existing trading system to be replaced by F7 API in 's F7. Participant Own Application Uniform Resource Locator to link to webpages or documents Virtual Private Network, network encryption. Can be realized in hardware or in software. x.509 ITU-T standard for digital certificates using a public key infrastructure. Used by Repo F7 for GUI and F7 API connections via leased line and Internet. 4

5 1. Introduction is continuously extending its product scope, functionality and markets to improve its services and to attract additional customer groups. In 2014 goes a considerable step forward by introducing a completely renewed trading technology. The new web based trading system embraces the requirements of a state-of-the-art trading environment. This new trading system called F7 serves as a solid foundation for future growth and has been designed to meet the highest demands. Today s global markets demand new standards of flexibility and performance. The 7 Market Technology series of Deutsche Börse Group offers a wide range of innovations in trading, clearing, and risk management with advanced infrastructure that prepares the financial markets for the future. The markets are migrated in phases to the new trading system starting with the launch of the COSI / SecLend Triparty Markets planned for December 8 th, provides a dedicated simulation environment for participant testing. This is the opportunity for our clients to perform their own comprehensive testing of trading applications and connectivity to their in-house systems. The simulation period for s F7 release 1.0 started on September 29, 2014 for the COSI / SecLend Triparty Market. 1.1 New features and enhancements During the migration period Participants are asked to support both the existing and the new architecture and their interfaces in parallel as long as there are products tradable on the current trading architecture. Trader IDs and Member IDs change with the new trading system. New login details are provided in due time. As the entitlement model is different in the new system, Participants are required to verify their new accounts and their entitlements. s F7 introduces a new scalable and versatile connectivity concept. Participants have the option to choose between leased line connectivity (single line or redundant lines for highest reliability) or alternatively Internet-based connectivity. Participants with existing Deutsche Börse leased line connectivity are be able to use existing lines, provided sufficient bandwidth is available. Furthermore these participants benefit greatly from well known workflows and concepts, like the dedicated Member Section and the tickets & requests portal for ordering and maintaining connectivity. 5

6 As the new system connects each individual user of s F7 system directly to the trading platform, bandwidth requirements are directly proportional to the number of active users. The previously used software VPN encryption is no longer required as all traffic is secured by use of certificates for encryption and for authentication. s F7 offers a new lightweight GUI solution which can easily be run in a regular web browser (see Section 3.5 for a list of supported browsers) without extended effort for software installation or release maintenance. In addition a programming interface F7 API allows third party software developers to create customized software solutions to connect to s F7 system. While the new interface differs from the existing API, the migration effort is minimized by using the standard message protocol AMQP and limiting the number of message types to the core trading functionality. 1.2 Further reading There is a range of documentation ready for download at > Technology > F7 > System Documentation and member.eurexrepo.com > Repo Resources > System Documentation 6

7 2. Functional enhancements 2.1 is the leading provider for international financing in the secured money market business (repo and securities lending). Its highly liquid marketplace combines state-of-the-art electronic trading with the efficiency and safety of clearing as well as standardized collateral management and settlement for secured funding and financing transactions and is continuously growing. Currently, about 320 European financial institutions in different roles like Principles, Agents, Beneficial Owners, Brokers, but also Non-financial institutions are active in the markets. Overview of the Markets & Segments 2.2 Markets GC Pooling This market enables cash liquidity trading in EUR or USD, collateralized with baskets of ECB eligible securities, central bank securities or the top 50 selection of the HDAX. GC Pooling Trades executed on F7 are cleared in Eurex Clearing and settled by Clearstream Banking FFM and LUX. In GC Pooling, the traded object will be the cash currency, to which the Buy/Sell Indicator refers. 7

8 GC Pooling Select allows the clients of present market participants, such as asset managers, corporations, and pension funds also to benefit from the advantages of secured funding. Both the new trading and clearing architecture, as well as the stateof-the-art securities management functionality are tailor-made for the needs of this client group. In contrast to the anonymous interbank market, GC Pooling Select s bilateral trading allows banks to serve their corporate clients in order to continue their existing business relationship. GC Pooling Select clients act as net cash providers to banks quickly and easily, benefiting from the advantages of trading through a clearing house. Cash taker transactions are allowed if the settlement amounts are below or equal to the sum of the settlement amounts of the cash provider transactions. The bank collateralizes the borrowed funds using ECB-eligible securities Euro Repo A wide variety of different General Collateral (GC) baskets and the possibility to trade single bonds as Specials amends the Euro Repo Market, processed in the same value chain as GC Pooling. In contrast to GC Pooling, the Euro GC and Special Repo Buy/Sell Indicator focuses on the actual security or the basket, unchanged versus the present platform functionality SecLend This market provides efficient trading of securities lending and borrowing with debt securities, equities or ETFs. Furthermore, cash collateral in USD, EUR and others can be used to secure a loan. The trades can either be processed within the value chain of Eurex Clearing / Clearstream or within the SIX SIS SecLend Triparty Service. The Loan/Borrow Indicator focuses on the actual security or the basket, also unchanged versus the present platform functionality. The market for Collateralized Secured Instruments (COSI) in cooperation with SIX is implemented into the SecLend functionality in line with the current environment. 2.3 Market Segment Overview The following table gives an overview of the various markets and segments of Eurex Repo. A segment represents a subset of products traded within a market. The principle instrument, also marked as the leading instrument, represents the object to which the buy/sell indicator refers. The corresponding collateral is represented by the instrument, which is selected to be the contrary transaction in exchange for the principle received. The sub-instruments refer to the actual delivery 8

9 of specific securities, which have been selected based on the principle basket or the collateral basket. The process to enter a trade remains the same, providing a pre-trade action, followed by the actual trade to be processed further. Pre-trade actions are listed in the order book and include disclosed or anonymous quotes, pre-arranged offers in the CCP segments, addressed offers (AO), indications of interest (IOI), broker-offers as well as auctions, for which it can be arranged that large customers become the auctioneer. Market Segment Market Model Principle / Leading Instrument* Principle / Leading Sub- Instrument Collateral Collateral Sub- Instrument GC Pooling GC Pooling GC Pooling (Interbank) GC Pooling Select CCP Currency - Basket - CCP Currency - Basket - Euro Repo GC Repo CCP Basket Security (multiple, completion) Currency - Euro Repo Special Repo CCP Security (single) - Currency - SecLend SecLend / CCP CCP Security (single) Basket Security (single) Security (single) Basket or Currency Security (multiple, completion) SecLend SecLend / COSI Triparty Bilateral Security (single) Basket Security (single) Security (single) Basket or Currency Security (multiple, completion) *Refers to Buy/Sell Indicator 2.4 Market Watch Landing Page The market overview is being provided in the main page of F7. This page is called the Market Watch Landing Page. This page represents the market overview with active market quotes of all segments for which a user is authorized. From this continuously updated page, traders can navigate through the entire application and into the details of all pre-trade actions as well as maintenance of existing trades. It also provides an overview of daily activities, including a public trades list as well as notifications which require the trader s attention, such as a starting auction or other important news triggers. The details of the quote book are provided with a single click on a segment. As with other windows, four pre-configured view templates can be adopted by the users customized to their trading activities 9

10 2.5 Quote Entry Window Very similar to the existing system, the quote entry window includes the fields required for the various types of quotes. The entry screen allows the trader to start with a selection of a few fields, while the other fields are completed in a guided entry process. 10

11 2.6 Addressed Offer Entry Window The entry of an Addressed Offer is also in line with today s system. 11

12 2.7 Product Term Combination The following table illustrates the possible terms on. It depends on the actual trade processing value chain whether a specific term can be offered. In this respect, F7 is flexible to expand the terms beyond one year, but this remains subject to the corresponding value chain. Product Term Product Term Combination Intraday (T) Intraday Intraday Overnight (T T+1) Overnight Overnight Tomorrow (T+1) Next Tom Next 1 Week Tomorrow 1 Week Open Tomorrow Open Spot (T+2) Next Spot Next 1 Week Spot 1 Week 2 Weeks Spot 2 Weeks 3 Weeks Spot 3 Weeks 1 Month Spot 1 Month 2 Months Spot 2 Months 3 Months Spot 3 Months 6 Months Spot 6 Months 9 Months Spot 9 Months 12 Months Spot 12 Months Open Spot Open Corporate (T+3) Next Corp Next 1 Week Corp 1 Week Non Standard Non Special Triparty Non Non Standard Open Non Non Standard Non Non Standard VAR Flex Flexible Term Flexible Term terms 2.8 Trade Migration By the start of F7, migrates all trades done on the former system which are still outstanding. This means that trades with a term leg date beyond the launch date are available on the new system for trade modification or cancelation upon launch. 2.9 Statistics With the closing of the former trading platform, all statistics are reset to a new start in F7. Apart from a few market volume statistics charts and figures, the market /segment relevant statistics are reset as well Legal Documentation The complete range of market, product and segment relevant legal documents have been renewed and updated with the new system relevant changes. Please visit our 12

13 website at: and review the contractual documentation like General Conditions or Product Specifications. There is no need for a new contract to be signed Trading Hours The new platform F7 is capable to operate markets on a 24 hour, 365 day basis. For the start of the current markets, the trading hours remain unchanged Participant / User set up Individual user specific data (e.g. distribution lists, relationships) is not migrated and must be re-entered in the new trading system by each participant/user. New User IDs and passwords for the users of the new trading platform are provided by and are distributed in due time. Passwords need to be changed upon first login following the standard password policy (ISO standard 2005 domains: 8-16 chars, upper- & lower case, one digit, one special character). Password expiration dates may vary for users and is decided by the expiration policy applicable to the user Focus Days To facilitate testing, dedicated Focus Days are offered during simulation to help participants become accustomed to features of s F7. On those days special testing scenarios are provided. For more information, please refer to F7_Participant Simulation Guide in the Member Section. 13

14 3. Technical enhancements 3.1 Network In order to support the respective F7 services, Deutsche Börse Group has established an efficient infrastructure representing a dedicated global IP network. Access from a participant location to s F7 must always be established via the Deutsche Börse Group's IP network. Any participant connection to the back end systems must be established via Access Points (AP). APs, to which leased lines connect, are located throughout the world in major financial centers where s participants are concentrated. This concept allows to extend its private network up to the demarcation point of the carrier at the participant s site. Each AP is connected to the respective hosts via redundant leased lines. Participants are connected to an AP via dedicated leased lines and/or via the Internet. 3.2 Repo Connectivity s F7 system minimizes the footprint on the participant s infrastructure. F7 removes the local Service Connector from the client and implements a browser based GUI solution which requires zero maintenance by the participant. s F7 new connectivity concept Both the browser based GUI and the F7 API can connect to s F7 system either via leased line or via Internet. 14

15 In either case a client authentication is done by using x.509 certificates. The certificate is used to encrypt all data transmitted between the browser based GUI or any third party application. F7 GUI or 3rd party POA Internet s F7 Back End s F7 connect server F7 GUI or 3rd party POA Authenticate with x509 certificate Leased Line Connectivity options Leased Line All leased line connections must be ordered from Deutsche Börse directly or via a technical service provider. The Deutsche Börse network is a highly efficient network focused on highest availability by simultaneously providing lowest latency. s F7 Trading Participants, who already have existing Deutsche Börse network connectivity in place, are able to order a dedicated channel, provided sufficient bandwidth is available. As the new system connects each individual user of s F7 system directly to the trading platform, bandwidth requirements are directly proportional to the number of active users. Bandwidth consumption per active trader is expected to be around Mbit/s. Bandwidth options are offered in the following sizes: Number of active users Bandwidth Option Mbit/s Up to Mbit/s Up to 6 Up to Mbit/s 5.0 Mbit/s Up to Mbit/s s F7 bandwidth options for leased lines 15

16 The previously used software VPN encryption is no longer be required as all traffic is secured by use of x.509 certificates for authentication and encryption Internet It is possible to use the new F7 trading GUI as well as F7 API via the Internet. The previously used software VPN encryption is longer required as all traffic is secured by use of x.509 certificates for basic authentication and connection encryption. As the new system connects each individual user of s F7 system directly to the trading platform, bandwidth requirements are directly proportional to the number of active users. Users connecting via Internet should expect Mbit/s bandwidth consumption per active trader Participant Price List Monthly fees for the technical connection to F7 (participant connection fees) via leased lines are charged per bandwidth and dependent on the location (tier): Service F7 Channel (GUI / API) Bandwidth [Mbit/s] per Channel Participant Leased line Connection Fees (EUR/month) Tier A Tier B Tier C Redundant connections (2 channels) have the same participant LAN assigned. Each of the 2 channels is provided on separate leased lines. Channels with a bandwidth of 20 Mbit/s can be ordered on request. Legend Tier A Tier B Tier C Metro areas of Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Vienna and Zurich Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, UK Belgium, Denmark, Finnland, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Portugal 16

17 Monthly fees for the technical connection to F7 via the Internet are charged independently of the number of users. Internet Connection (EUR/month) F7 Certificate (GUI / API) iaccess (VPN) x1, x3 R 300 x2 x1 Legend R and other Locations x1 x2 x3 Remarks Available on request In case iaccess is ordered in combination with a F7 Channel Combined-Access, the selected bandwidth has to match the bandwidth on the corresponding leased line channel. GUI connection via internet is free of charge for participants with a Eurex Repo F7 Channel on a leased line, otherwise the monthly fee of 300 EUR applies. GUI transmission via iaccess VPN connections is not offered Tier prices are reference prices only and may vary depending on specific participant locations and technical feasibility. Prices for other locations are provided on request. The F7 GUI is not transmitted via other GUI channels available for other Deutsche Börse Group markets. Bandwidth consumption per GUI or API session is expected to be 420 Kbit/s. 17

18 3.3 Member Section significantly enhanced the web presence offered at Entry to the Member Section A new link at the top of the homepage menu bar leads to the Eurex Repo Member Section. s Member Section, top menu As a single place to maintain your membership, the web presence offers general information on s F7, latest functional und technical documentation, frequent status updates during the simulation and migration phases, as well as an extended Member Section to administer and maintain connectivity options, security options (x.509 certificate upload), user maintenance (entitlement setting) as well as retrieval of billing information. 18

19 3.3.1 Operations offered by s F7 Member Section One of the most important areas of the Member Section is Requests & Configuration. With the Requests & Configuration application in the section Technical Connection of the Member Section, provides its Participants with a convenient and simple way to create requests for configuration changes (Requests) and with an overview of the inventory of technical connections/components (Configuration). Entering the Request & Configuration portal The New Request function allows ordering of new connectivity (i.e. leased lines): 19

20 Request & Configuration, Ordering of new leased lines Furthermore the upload of the x.509 certificates needed to connect a trader s GUI or any participant owned application (POA) connecting via F7 API needs to be done in the Requests & Configuration -> Technical User Configuration section. Request & Configuration, uploading a new x.509 certificate 20

21 Upload of a certificate for s F7 GUI or F7 API 21

22 A full manual for all functions of the Requests & Configuration application can be found in the Member Section in the Support Box. Support Box, Contacts, and Manual 3.4 Access setup two-factor authentication process To ensure the highest possible level of security and privacy against eavesdropping, a two-factor authentication is required for every Trading Participant. Both parts of the authentication process need to be completed successfully before access to the Eurex Repo GUI or F7 API is granted. The two-factor authentication process involves on the one hand the creation and usage of self-signed SSL certificates to establish and ensure an encrypted connection between the Repo Participant and. Certificate authentication is required for both Internet and Leased Line access. Certificates can have user or Participant. On the other hand, every single GUI or F7 API user of a Participant has to authenticate itself individually by providing the individual username and password in order to be able to log into the GUI st factor: Certificate authentication For the certificate authentication the Participant has to create a self-signed SSL certificate, which is used for authentication towards and for establishing an encrypted connection. The certificates can be signed officially, e.g. by Verisign. 22

23 However does not check any certificate revocation lists because the infrastructure for leased lines does not have any (internet) access to these revocation lists. After creation, the SSL compliant self-signed certificate needs to be uploaded into the Member Section and a complementary browser certificate in the PKCS#12 format must be generated for installation in the Participant s web-browser nd factor: Username and password authentication In order to login and use the s F7 GUI or F7 API the user must complete the second part of the two-factor authentication process - username and password authentication. s F7 User IDs follow the known convention of <member ID><alphanumerical designation> i.e.: GDBXX BREROB or GBDXX _TSTUS New User IDs and passwords will be created by and are distributed in due time. Passwords need to be changed upon first login following the standard password policy 'ISO Standard 2005 Domains (8-16 chars, upper- & lower case, one digit, one special character). Password expiration date may vary for users and is decided by the expiration policy applicable to the user. 3.5 Graphical User Interface, GUI s F7 new GUI is completely browser based. Therefor extensive software installation or update processes are no longer necessary. As a result the new GUI is completely operating system independent, as long as a compatible web browser is used. While running in the browser s F7 trader GUI offers the full repo trading functionality combining it with highest deployment flexibility. s F7 trader GUI can be connected either via leased lines or via an Internet connection. In both cases the connection is secured by an individual certificate (x.509). Prior to usage the certificate has to be uploaded via the Eurex Repo s F7 Member Section and it has to be installed into the user s browser. 23

24 To run F7 s new trading GUI is expected to run with a wide range of recent HTML5 compliant browser software and on any recent operating system. A number of browser and operating system combinations are part of s test scenarios. These combinations are considered as supported. Untested combinations which have no issues reported are considered as possible, while combinations known to have problems are classified as not supported. To fully support all features of the latest F7 simulation and production software the supported versions of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome have been adjusted from previous versions of this document. Supported browsers (older version may cause certain functions of the Eurex Repo F7 trading GUI to become inaccessible) Mozilla Firefox, version , or newer Google Chrome, version 39 ( ), or newer Not supported browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE 1 Supported operating systems (others are considered possible, but untested) Windows 7 SP1 or newer (32bit, or 64bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2, or newer 3.6 Participant Application Programming Interface, F7 API The new trading platform comes with a new API (F7 API). The new API enables message exchange (i.e. enter quote, enter IOI, etc.) in a proprietary XML based message format. Message flow is implemented via AMQP message brokers. The interface supports request/response communication (participant triggered) as well as broadcast message flow (exchange triggered). Any programming language can be used to develop applications connecting to this new interface. The programming interface is available on leased line connections and via the Internet. Both types of connections require x Microsoft Internet Explorer is not fully HTML 5 compliant and causing issues running the s F7 GUI. 24

25 3.6.1 Message based s F7 API connection The POA Connector sends and receives messages from POAs in XML format. XML schema definitions (XSDs) are available on the website Broadcasts s F7 broadcasts trading information to POAs, including details of transactions entered via the F7 Trading GUI. For example, if a Participant enters an Indication of Interest (IOI) on the F7 Trading GUI with a distribution list, the participants on the distribution list receive broadcasts of the IOI via the POA Connector Message Broker s F7 communicates with POAs via the POA Connector on the POA s Message Broker. POAs connect to the Message Broker using AMQP protocol. POAs send requests, receive responses and receive broadcasts on the POA s Message Broker. Message broadcasting is done by topics while synchronous communication (request/response) is achieved by queues. For further details, see the F7 API manual following this link Member.eurexrepo.com > Repo Resources > System Documentation > Release 1.0 > Trading Interfaces Low footprint Integration of the F7 API into s Participants existing IT infrastructure is simple due to the following: No special hardware is required. No exchange software has to be installed. 25

26 Free choice of operating system, programming language and compiler versions No backwards compatibility s F7 API interface is a brand new message based interface using AMQP as transport layer. There is no backwards compatibility to the current API. Important: The markets are migrated to s F7 one after the other in phases. Both the old and the new architectures and their interfaces need to be supported in parallel as long as there are products tradable on the current trading architecture. 3.7 Verify Repo F7 Trading GUI Connectivity for Production Launch To verify your Repo F7 Trading GUI connectivity for the production launch it is required to follow a few procedures described in the F7 Connectivity Guide document. The document can be downloaded on the webpage by going to > Technical Support > New Trading System F7 > Connectivity Direct link: The first step besides ordering connectivity is the creation of one or more self signed x.509 certificates. These x.509 certificates are needed for any connection, Internet or leased line and GUI and API. There are two recommended tools to create self signed x.509 certificates: openssl, or the Java keytool. Both can be used and the resulting certificates created from either of these tools will work. Chapter 5.1 of the F7 Connectivity Guide describes step-by-step the creation of x.509 certificates with the openssl tool, while Chapter 5.2 describes step-by-step the creation of x.509 certificates with the Java keytool. 26

27 Please follow the descriptions as close as possible to generate usable certificates. Either way at the end of the process you have created two files for each certificate: a *.cer file for upload onto the Member Section of and a *.p12 file to be installed in you browser. During the connection to the system both files are matched. Only matching pairs will be granted access. Once the certificates are created, please follow the steps outlined in the chapters in the F7 Connectivity Guide to upload the certificate to the Member Section. Make sure to select Environment Production when uploading (chapter 5.6). After upload to the member section, the certificate becomes usable in about 30 minutes. Before connecting to the F7 trading platform the *p12 file of the certificate needs to be installed into your browser. Depending on the browser used (not Microsoft Internet Explorer) the steps to import the certificate may differ. For Firefox, go to the main menu, and select Tools > Options > Advanced > Encryption > View Certificates > Import... Mozilla Firefox certificate management 27

28 3.7.1 Leased Line connection Once the certificate is installed in your browser (not Internet Explorer) enter the following URL Once the link is opened, the browser will ask you to confirm the matching certificate: Select client certificate Confirm the certificate and your browser will display the F7 Trading GUI login screen: 28

29 s F7 Trading GUI login When you see this login mask, technical connectivity to the production system is established Internet connection Once the certificate is installed in your browser (not Internet Explorer) enter the following URL Once the link is opened, the browser will ask you to confirm the matching certificate: 29

30 Select client certificate Confirm the certificate and your browser will display the F7 Trading GUI login screen: 30

31 s F7 Trading GUI login When you see this login mask, technical connectivity to the production system is established. 31

32 4. Further information and contacts s web page is the central source for all relevant information needed to migrate to s new trading system F7. General information and FAQs can be found at: Technical Support > New Trading System F7. Further information can be found in the Member Section: Documents for the new repo architecture, including F7 API documentation, are available at: > Member Section > > Repo Resources > System documentation > Release 1.0 To order connectivity or upload GUI and API certificates please refer to: Access the Member Section Requests & Configuration > Member Section > Requests & Configuration For most up-to-date information, please check our Implementation News at: > Technical Support > New Trading System F7 > Implementation News Please do not hesitate to contact us in case of any questions. Technical Support Customer Technical Support +49 (0) cts@deutsche-boerse.com Functional Support Administration & Operation +41 (0) funchelp@eurexrepo.com Sales Sales +49 (0) Member Section Team +49-(0) member.section@deutsche-boerse.com sales@eurexrepo.com 32

33 5. Change Log Version Chapter, page Date Change 1.0 n/a Initial version Simulation version 6, 8, 24, 25 Launch dates added Path to system documentation corrected Supported and not supported browsers updated API documentation link added Functional enhancements updated, added GUI screenshots Updated timeline Added chapter 3.7 Verify GUI Connectivity for Production Launch , Corrected username convention , Removed incorrect reference to Java Virtual Machine , 2.2.4, Removed the Swiss Repo Market from all relevant chapters , Adjusted versions of supported browsers for GC Pooling Production launch 33

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