MOSCOW, January 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia's only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, reports that on 11 January, 2011, it put its new depository system Alameda(R) into commercial operation. The launch of Alameda(R) was held in line with the gradual modernization of NSD's technological platform.

The new system is based on Oracle, an industrial database management system; newest technological solutions were used in the course of the system's development. Alameda(R) has got a significant capacity excess; moreover, the system allows increasing in the capacity by means of computing resources scaling. Alameda(R) enables the company's customers to implement a set of depository operations and to form all necessary reports automatically.

NSD's customers now may conduct their depository operations in online regime using web interface through Internet browser. At the same time NSD maintains supporting of the previous system of interaction with customers using in-house Luch workstation.

All inquiries related to use of new technologies are to be addressed to NSD's personal managers (tel. +7-495-956-2790-2791, +7-495-234-4865), to NSD's regional branches and to MICEX-Northwest regional representative.