Software Used By BSE - Bolt

BSE places a great deal of emphasis on Information Technology for its operations and performance.
The 'Operations & Trading Department' at BSE continuously upgrades the hardware, software and
networking systems, thus enabling BSE to enhance the quality and standards of service provided to
its members, investors and other market intermediaries.

BSE strictly adheres to IS policies and IS Security policies and procedures for its day-to-day
operations on 24x7 basis which has enabled it to achieve the BS7799 certification and the
subsequent ISO 27001 certification. In addition, BSE has also been successful in maintaining systems
and processes uptime of 99.99%.
BOLT
To facilitate smooth transactions, BSE had replaced its open outcry system with the BSE On-line
Trading (BOLT) facility in 1995. This totally automated, screen-based trading in securities was put into
practice nation-wide within a record time of just 50 days.
The capacity of the BOLT platform stands presently enhanced to 80 lakh orders per day.

BSEWebx.co.in
BSE has also introduced the world's first centralized exchange based Internet trading system,
BSEWEBx.co.in. The initiative enables investors anywhere in the world to trade on the BSE platform.
bseindia.com
BSE's website www.bseindia.com provides comprehensive information on the stock market. It is one
of the most popular financial websites in India and is regularly visited by financial organizations and
other stakeholders for updates.
Other Technology-based Initiatives
BSE, along with its strategic partners, have put into place several critical processes/systems such as
• Derivatives Trading & Settlement System (DTSS)
• Electronic Contract Notes (ECN)
• Unique Client Code registration (UCC)
• Real-time Data Dissemination System -
• Integrated Back-office System - CDB / IDB
• Book Building System (BBS)
• Reverse Book Building System (RBBS)
• Debt Market
• Director's Database
A Large Private Network
BSE operates a large private network in India. The network uses following segments to cater to
market intermediaries:-

BSE's Campus LAN: Connects market participant offices across 20 floors of BSE campus to BSE
systems. BSE Campus comprises of 3 BSE buildings: P.J. Towers, Rotunda and Cama building

BSE WAN: TDM / MPLS lines from different service providers cater to connectivity requirements of
market participants across the country. Wired / Wireless media is used.
VSATs: Satellite based communication system serves the connectivity requirements of market
participants in remote areas. Services are provided through BSE's Satellite Communication Hub in
Mumbai.
Connectivity forms are available at url : http://www.bseindia.com/about/bolt_connect_forms.asp

BSE Online Surveillance System - integrated (BOSS-i). an Real-time system to closely monitor the
trading and settlement activities of the member-brokers. This system enables BSE to detect market
abuses at a nascent stage, improve the risk management system and strengthen the self-regulatory
mechanisms.
State-of-the-art Hardware
BSE uses higher-end, fault-tolerant systems for its trading and related functionalities. It uses Integrity
Non-stop NS16000 and S88000 systems for its online trading systems (BOLT). The systems have
been designed to deliver the best performance without compromising on key factors of availability,
scalability, ROI and TCO.

RISC based Unix Severs rp8420 from HP: for our Derivatives, Settlement, Backoffice, Data Feed,
BBS, RBBS and other systems related to trading and related functionalities. The systems are
facilitated by the use of the robust and high available storage subsystems from HP.

Intel blade servers running on Microsoft platform are used for the Internet based trading system (ITS)
enabling the end users to carry out the trading activities from any location facilitated by the internet.

Intel blade servers running on Microsoft platform are also used for bseindia.com website, one of the
best portals on the capital market which is also facilitated by the regional languages viz Hindi and
Gujarati.

FEATURES

All BSE Notices, Announcements and Circulars can be downloaded instantly from the website and
can be viewed on a desktop at any point of time. The software contains extensive search and retrieval
features and allows users to print and save notices for future reference:
• Software with real-time download capability
As soon as you are connected to the internet, enabling 'Auto Download' leads to an automatic
download of all Notices, Announcements and Circulars only for the current date.
• Extensive search features by Date, Notice Number, Scrip Code, Clearing Number, Text
Search, Subject and Segment in any combination
The software allows searches with multiple parameters.
• Version upgrades
Software upgrades are made available on www.bseindia.com
• Data synchronisation feature
Allows automatic data synchronisation in case of download of files off-line.
• Integration of real time BSE content with the software
Your favourites pages and links of www.bseindia.com, all available in a single window.
• User friendly navigation features with print versions
Double click to view, save, print .
• Local version
BSE Member Brokers can download through the BOLT network.
In addition to Notices, Announcements and Circulars,the BSE Xplorer is mounted with all real-time
features of www.bseindia.com:
• Corporate Announcements, Results, Shareholding Patterns
• Equities and Derivatives- Live sections
• Tickers for Equities, Announcements and F&O