It's something that Reuters pioneered -- in 1964 the company was the first to provide computers to transmit financial data internationally -- but in which it had been lagging behind thanks to the surprise success of Bloomberg's terminals in the late 1990s.

FORBES: Magazine Article

It leads in supplying data storage devices that connect to host computers via optical fibre networks to transmit masses of data over long distances.

FORBES: A tale of two companies

It leads in supplying data storage devices that connect to host computers via optical fibre networks to transmit masses of data over long distances without clogging up other operations.

FORBES: A fable of two companies