News & Insights

Featured | In The Press

How the World Wars forged modern time

This Remembrance Day, Richard Hoptroff shares a fascinating account of how the World Wars impacted modern timing for City AM.

Insight [Podcast]

Times Radio: Why Daylight Savings exists

Have you ever wondered why Daylight Saving exists?

Listen to Hoptroff’s founder and CTO, Richard Hoptroff, myth-busting on Saturday’s Times Radio show with Alexis Conran.

Insight

The growing role of time in cybersecurity compliance

Recent cybersecurity regulations mean compliance is at the top of the agenda for many industries – and timing has a crucial part to play.

Insight

Precision timing and transaction reporting after MiFID II

Looking back at key regulations, it’s clearer than ever that time is the hidden currency of the financial world.

Featured | Event

Right on time: redefining the second with atomic clocks

Richard Hoptroff joins a fascinating conversation about the advantages and potential use cases of optical atomic clocks.

Insight

Precision time and cybersecurity: ensuring NIS2 compliance

Timing systems are of ever-growing importance in cybersecurity – and in a post-NIS2 world, shared infrastructure offers a future-proof solution.

Insight

DORA regulation and the importance of Smart Timing

New legislation encourages us to rethink the role of time and digital infrastructure for operational resilience.

Opinion [Podcast]

Mastering time synchronisation for cloud computing

A conversation between Hoptroff, Temenos and IBM on why synchronised time is vital for data integrity in the cloud, for IBM’s Banking on the Cloud podcast.

In The Press

How DORA could change the way we view cybersecurity

Richard Hoptroff speaks to InsurTech Magazine about how new regulation shows us that timing systems complement the traditional tools of cybersecurity.

In The Press

The impact of DORA on the financial sector and beyond

Founder and CTO Richard Hoptroff in Retail Banker International on how the recent DORA regulations have shifted the emphasis to precision timing.

Opinion [Podcast]

The Dispatch: Why do we need coordinated moon time?

Listen to Hoptroff founder Richard Hoptroff on Digital Frontier’s podcast, The Dispatch, bringing you stories of disruptive technology in business, finance and culture.

Featured | Insight

Resilient timing infrastructure for data centres

If you have needed accurate timing for your data centre technology, chances are you have been using a purely satellite-based solution. But these solutions are increasingly vulnerable.

Company News

Hoptroff Wrapped: 2023 in review

With 2024 around the corner, we’re looking back at the many achievements of 2023.

Company News

Meet Elaine Bucknor, our new board member

We are delighted to announce that Elaine Bucknor has joined our board of directors.

Insight

Precision time protocol built for Zero Trust Architecture

The increasing popularity of living cashless intensified the need for accurate time synchronisation, ZTA, and trusted timestamping.

Company News

Meet Steve Suarez, our new board member

We are delighted to announce that Steve Suarez is joining our board of directors.

Insight

The crucial role of timestamps in blockchain technology

Including timestamps regularly in hash ledgers, for example once per second, strengthens the immutability, ensuring secure and indisputable verification.

Opinion [Podcast]

Podcast: Technology-enabled innovations in financial services

This Financial Market Insights podcast explores the remarkable technologies that are poised to revolutionise the landscape of global financial institutions.

Company News

Transformed Timing Hub in APAC to meet growing client demands

Read about our newly upgraded timing hub that meets growing client demands with enhanced resilient precision timing services.

Opinion

Top five new technologies for green data centers

With data centres now consuming ever-increasing amounts of energy, new technologies are being developed to strive to reduce costs and environmental impact.

Insight

Resilient timing infrastructure for data centres

If you have needed accurate timing for your data centre technology over the last few decades, chances are you have been using a purely satellite-based solution.

Insight

Network time technology trends powering tomorrow’s data centre

Secure and accurate precision timing is crucial in data centre infrastructure to ensure cybersecurity and disaster recovery.

Company News

Meet Suzanne Ellis, our new board member

We are delighted to announce that Suzanne Ellis is joining our board of directors.

Opinion

B2B technology trends for 2023 and beyond

Top five B2B technology trends that will shape 2023.

Company News

Meet Gautam Dalal, our new board member

We are delighted to announce that Gautam Dalal is joining our board of directors.

Opinion

Five fintech trends you should be watching in 2023

Take a look at 5 fintech trends that will undoubtedly shape the future of global financial services.

Company News

Meet Robert Lindauer, our new Senior Product Manager

We are delighted to announce that Robert Lindauer is joining Hoptroff as our new Senior Product Manager.

Insight

Five areas that will need traceable time in 2023

Learn about what in technology we can expect to see impacted by smarter traceable timing solutions.

Company News

We have partnered with NIST

NIST measuring equipment installed at the Hoptroff timing hubs will constantly monitor the accuracy of the Hoptroff grandmaster clocks.

Company News

Meet Jack Daly, our new Chief Revenue Officer

We are delighted to announce that Jack Daly is joining Hoptroff as our new Chief Revenue Officer.

Insight

The future of secure, sustainable, smart cities requires smart timing

The costs of time synchronisation is reducing significantly to open up the application to IoT, 5G, RPA, edge and cloud computing, autonomous cars, and the metaverse.

Company News

Meet Ian Baldeosingh, our new Vice President of Technology

We are delighted to announce that Ian Baldeosingh is joining Hoptroff as our Vice President of Technology.

Insight

Time synchronisation and critical infrastructure

Together, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) are necessary for critical infrastructure. However, ubiquitous use of GPS as the primary source of PNT information introduces vulnerabilities.

Insight

The importance of accurate time synchronisation

Learn more about the importance of developing the accurate time synchronisation solutions for global finance, IoT, aerospace, defence, media, autonomous vehicles and smart cities.

Company News

Tim Richards is making the transition from COO to CEO

Tim will take on the role as CEO with immediate effect as Simon Kenny steps into the role of Chief Strategy Officer.

Insight

The future of traceable and trusted timestamps

The costs of time synchronisation is reducing significantly to open up the application to IoT, 5G, RPA, edge and cloud computing, autonomous cars, and the metaverse.