Here™: The Performance Edge for Front-Office Workflows

For today’s financial institutions, milliseconds can mean the difference between profit and loss. With modern trading and front-office workflows spanning multiple real-time applications, latency, and resource efficiency aren’t just words on a technical brief — they’re mission-critical success factors.

Yet performance is often overlooked when assessing productivity solutions. Some firms might assume the leading offerings on the market are similar in their ability to support seamless multi-application processes. In reality, the underlying process architecture — how a productivity platform manages and allocates system resources — can have a massive impact.

Here™ technology is a prime example of the power of building for efficiency. Here Enterprise Browser and its underlying foundation (Here™ Core) are unlike other productivity platforms. Both leverage a renderer process model that optimizes efficiency, minimizes resource drain and drives seamless performance across rich workflows – helping firms thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Why Here™ Is Faster: Smarter Architecture, Higher Performance

The Here performance edge starts from the ground up: as a Chromium-based solution, our process architecture follows a multi-process model. Rather than spawning multiple, isolated browser processes, Here runs a single, centralized browser process to manage system resources efficiently. Each window or application operates as its own renderer process, preventing the system from becoming overwhelmed.

The difference is profound. Many productivity solutions rely on outdated process models in which each new application instance spawns an entirely new browser process. This leads to excessive CPU and memory consumption, which can be crippling for power users running multiple applications simultaneously. As system resources are stretched thin, performance deteriorates, leading to performance bottlenecks, sluggish response times, and an increased likelihood of crashes.

Here is a better path to execution performance. Our process architecture, which makes extensive use of renderer processes and includes controls for setting renderer priority, can efficiently manage multiple applications at once, reducing overall system load and preventing a single failure from taking down the entire system. It’s the difference between launching a completely new browser instance for each tab and running multiple tabs within a single browser window.

This is crucial for trading desks and other front-office functions looking to scale high-speed, real-time execution workflows. These environments demand seamless, real-time data streaming across dozens of open applications: market data platforms, OEMS solutions, trading engines, risk management dashboards, trade surveillance/compliance monitors, FIX gateways, communication/collaboration tools and beyond. Any lag or instability could impact order execution and result in missed opportunities. Here’s process architecture ensures applications always remain responsive and performant, no matter how complex the workload.

Beyond Centralization: A Modern Distributed Message Bus

Process efficiency is only one aspect of performance – the way that applications communicate and share functionality is just as important. Many productivity platforms still rely on a centralized, hub-and-spoke message bus model to facilitate communication between apps, introducing a single point of failure that can disrupt an entire system if the central hub encounters an issue.

Here has a modern distributed message bus architecture that eliminates this risk. By design, our approach offers natural redundancy and self-healing capabilities, ensuring continuous operation even in the event of component failures. It also enhances security and prevents data loss, making it far more resilient than centralized models.

What truly sets Here apart is our ability to facilitate not just data exchange, but functional interoperability across applications. Instead of requiring users to switch between multiple applications to complete complementary tasks, Here enables them to perform all necessary actions within the same workflow.

Our interop capabilities redefine how applications interact – similar to the seamless integrations found on our smartphones. Just as a photo app can post directly to social media or a reservation app syncs with your calendar, Here applies this principle to the front office, reducing workflow inefficiencies and empowering financial professionals to focus on high-value tasks rather than constantly managing multiple applications.

Make Performance the Deciding Factor

In industries where split-second decisions drive outcomes, performance bottlenecks and system slowdowns aren’t just inconveniences — they’re liabilities. Financial institutions need a solution purpose-built for real-time, high-stakes environments. Here architecture is efficient and scalable, ensuring they can execute with confidence and without worrying about resource drain or instability.

Not all productivity solutions are created equal. Many firms have long assumed that performance differences are negligible, but real-world evaluations tell a different story. When performance is put to the test, Here consistently delivers the speed, reliability, and efficiency that the modern front office demands.

Trading firms have already invested in the best talent, the strongest relationships, and the most advanced tools. Now, it’s time to invest in the architectural approach that truly makes the most of them.

Think the Here Enterprise Browser or Core solutions could be a fit for your firm? Get in touch today to book a demo.