OREANDA-NEWS. November 29, 2012. On 17-19 November 2012 the Moscow Exchange successfully completed the migration of its main processing capabilities of the Securities and FX markets to the data centre M1 located at located at 125, Varshavskoe shosse, Moscow. The Data Centre M1 was previously used as a backup hub of the Exchange. The move represented one of the steps of the current Moscow Exchange IT Strategy.

Further implementation of the Exchange"s IT strategy will allow establishing the integrated and fully scalable technical infrastructure at the Moscow Exchange as well as expanding the range of connectivity and collocation services for trading participants. In particular, opportunities for the collocation, the service that in high demand by the participants, have become more disposable and qualitative.

The Exchange is planning to move the trading engine of the FORTS Derivatives market to M1 in the Q1 2013. Ultimately, all trading engines of the Moscow Exchange"s markets will be centralized within the single main technical hub.

M1, the largest exchange data center in the Moscow region, was launched in 2006. It provides the best quality of services at a high security level. The new Server Room 4 will be set up at the end of 2012.