Deployment and coordination
We streamline installation with structured delivery, kit validation, and coordination with site readiness. Everything arrives clearly labelled, consolidated, and complete—ready to go, with no delays.
Accelerate value
Streamlined infrastructure delivery that moves at the pace of opportunity. From concept to execution in weeks, not months.
Dramatically reduce time from research concept to live execution
Accelerate the journey from research to execution with Softcat’s streamlined infrastructure. Our modular approach enables rapid, just-in-time deployment aligned to model development, helping quantitative teams move at market speed.
Global logistics expertise
We simplify global delivery with expert logistics, real-time tracking, and error-free documentation—even for remote or complex regions.
Modular platform evolution
Softcat's modular infrastructure evolves with your needs—scaling smoothly, aligning with vendor roadmaps, and supporting transitions without disruption.
Priority supply access
We secure critical hardware through strong vendor relationships, demand forecasting, and direct escalation paths—so you're never left waiting.
Accelerated time to value
Tight coordination, real-time visibility, and named logistics leads help compress timelines from procurement to deployment—without the chaos.
Case study: Accelerating value through early supply access
Challenge:
On H100 launch day, a London hedge fund placed an order and were placed over 200th in the queue. Estimated delivery: 14 months. Hyperscalers secured thousands while the fund waited. By the time their position improved, H200s were announced, making the wait obsolete. Critical AI strategies were shelved due to lack of compute, while competitors deployed models and gained market edge.
Softcat impact:
- Top-tier vendor status gives us access before public announcements
- Aggregated client demand increases allocation influence
- Secured H100s for 5 quant funds last quarter, avoiding 6+ month delays
- Vendor exec relationships provide real roadmap intelligence
- Early access to next-gen hardware keeps clients ahead of the market
You got us GPUs when our vendor said it was impossible.
CTO, London Hedge Fund
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Case study: Accelerating
time to value
Challenge:
A proprietary trading firm approved a new strategy on Monday and ordered infrastructure on Tuesday, only to face a 12-week vendor lead time.
Procurement needed 3 weeks, shipping added 2 more, and installation was queued behind another project. Five months later, the infrastructure arrived but the strategy had already evolved twice, and the market opportunity was gone. They calculated a £12m loss in alpha due to delays.
Softcat impact:
- Parallel workstreams compress deployment timelines
- Allocation secured while procurement approves
- Logistics planned during contract negotiation
- Pre-approved commercial frameworks cut weeks off approval
- Strategic stock enables immediate shipping
- Named coordinators drive simultaneous execution
- One fund went from strategy approval to live trading in 3 weeks vs. 4-month industry average
Softcat made infrastructure as fast as our ideas.
Portfolio Manager, Proprietary trading firm
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