1. An intelligent feed switch for processing data, the switch comprising: a plurality of ports; switching logic; and a processor; wherein the switching logic and processor are co-resident within the intelligent feed switch; at least one of the ports being configured to receive a plurality of incoming feed-specific data packets, the feed-specific data packets corresponding to a plurality of different data feeds, the incoming feed-specific data packets comprising a plurality of messages, the messages comprising message data; at least another of the ports being configured to output a plurality of outgoing data packets, the outgoing data packets comprising data that describes at least a portion of the message data; wherein the processor is configured to analyze the message data of the messages on a data consumer-specific basis and repacketize the messages into a plurality of outgoing data consumer-specific data packets; and wherein the switching logic is configured to determine a port for the outgoing data packets with reference to the incoming data packets.