Wall Street has rallied around Symphony because of its offering’s potential as an alternative to Bloomberg LP’s terminals, a ubiquitous—and expensive—presence on most big banks’ and money managers’ trading floors. Among the Bloomberg terminal’s numerous functions, its instant-messaging platform has proved to be one of the most popular for many traders and salespeople. Dow Jones & Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, is a member of the Symphony Foundation, a group of companies that are using the startup’s open-source software to develop applications that can be used on the messaging system. Symphony has made its encryption technology a key selling point for financial firms wary of their sensitive data falling into the wrong hands.

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