By Victor Yodaiken, CEO, FSMLabs Every computer server has a clock on it and a way to ask the operating system the current time, but  at HFT speeds making sure that time is accurate is technically difficult and critical to business. A trading application trying to figure out the simplest information, such as how long a trading venue is taking to confirm trades, is helpless without good time synchronization. The timestamps on confirmations reflect the clock in the exchange or other venue. Are those ahead of or behind the local clock, or do they wander around? Is the local time accurate?…