Customer story
A global high-frequency trading firm committed three years of production Linux to RLC Pro
With 16,000 servers and its own kernel engineers, a global financial services firm running high-frequency trading committed three years of production Linux to RLC Pro with Long Term Support.
16,000+
Servers in production
Standardized on RLC Pro with Long Term Support
3 years
Committed through 2029
An agreement growing in value each year
100+
Global sites
Plus two large compute clusters
0
Signing-key friction
On LTS upgrades, backed by CIQ-signed kernels
The story in brief
This firm builds its own hardware and keeps kernel engineers on staff, so any vendor has to earn its place next to that team. CIQ did: signed kernels consolidated across every version, backports turned around on the firm’s own schedule, and an account run on joint roadmap planning instead of ticket queues.
“CIQ operates like an extension of our own engineering team: fast, disciplined, and focused on exactly what we need. That’s worth three years.”
Why this matters beyond one trading firm
The same things that earned three years from a firm with its own kernel team hold for any environment that certifies and freezes production.
Signed kernels, consistent across every version.
LTS upgrades move on schedule, with vendor-controlled builds behind them. No re-enrolled keys, no one-off exceptions, no surprises at boot.
Backports turned around on your schedule.
Fixes land when your certification calendar needs them, not when a vendor release train happens to leave the station.
A roadmap partner from day one.
Accounts that certify and freeze production get an engineering relationship built around how they actually operate.
Read the full case study
See the full story: what the firm asked for, what changed, and why it committed three years of production Linux to RLC Pro.
Additional links
RLC Pro for regulated and high-availability production environments
Long-Term Support, FIPS 140-3 validated packages, CVE remediation, supply chain security, and support options built for regulated, high-availability production.
RLC Pro Hardened: compliance and OS-level hardening
LKRG, the FIPS 140-3 delivery model, DISA STIG and CIS compliance, and the full OS-level hardening feature set from the CIQ Linux Security team.