Education & HR

GlobeCast Hot Bird 8 satellite to broadcast CTC-International

February 20, 2012

CTC Media, a leading Russian media company listed on the NASDAQ, announced last week an agreement with GlobeCast to broadcast the international Russian-language version of CTC, “CTC-International,” via GlobeCast’s Hot Bird 8 satellite. A subsidiary of France Telecom, GlobeCast is a global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery. Hot …

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Russian educational network Dnevnik.ru honored at UN contest

January 26, 2012

Dnevnik.ru, Russia’s first social educational network, was honored last week as one of the of the best e-learning and educational websites at the World Summit Award 2011. A free, nationwide school network, Dnevnik.ru was established in 2007. The site currently serves 16,000 schools and over 3 million pupils, parents, teachers, and school administrators.

“Our team fucked up in Russia, I lost tons of money,” says Lamoda.ru’s German owner Oliver Samwer

December 23, 2011

In a confidential email sent in October to his management team revealed yesterday by TechCrunch, Oliver Samwer, the co-founder of German incubator Rocket Internet, had crude words for the management of Lamoda.ru, the online shoe retailer he launched in Russia earlier this year. “Our team fucked up in Russia,” wrote Samwer, complaining that Lamoda.ru failed …

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St. Peterburg startup aims to set a new global standard for online résumés

December 15, 2011

Created from the ground up less than half a year ago, ResumUp has suddenly assumed a presence on the Russian startup scene. From a “pretty obvious idea” – building infographic résumés using data from social media profiles – ResumUp aims at no less than “setting a new standard in career management, online and social recruiting,” …

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Viadeo teams up with Sanoma Independent Media to launch Russian version

December 14, 2011

Viadeo, a global professional social network with over 40 million members, and Sanoma Independent Media (SIM), Russia’s leading glossy magazine publisher, announced yesterday a joint venture agreement to develop Viadeo’s network in Russia. The deal will combine the local strengths of SIM asset Rb.ru, one of Russia’s top business websites with a powerful professional community …

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US investors to fund Russian startups through new accelerator in St. Petersburg

November 8, 2011

Just days after Texdrive, Russia’s first international startup accelerator, opened in Moscow, the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) announced in late October the creation of its own startup accelerator in partnership with US venture fund RSV Venture Partners. Operations will start early in 2012 at the university-hosted startup …

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MIT and Skolkovo to develop joint research university in Moscow

November 1, 2011

A three-year collaboration program for the development of a graduate level research university was signed last week in Moscow by MIT President Susan Hockfield and Skolkovo Foundation President Viktor Vekselberg. The new institution will be located in Skolkovo, the state sponsored innovation hub under completion near Moscow. The university, named Skolkovo Institute for Science and …

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Sitronics increases its presence on the Indian market

October 21, 2011

Leading Russian microelectronic device maker Sitronics signed a commercial agreement earlier this week with Tech Mahindra, a major provider of solutions and services to the telecom industry. Tech Mahindra will promote the OSS/BSS-solutions of Sitronics India on the local market and may participate in the Russian company’s R&D programs, Sitronics announced. Sitronics has also set up a …

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Microsoft and 1S to develop cloud projects with Rostelecom

September 21, 2011

Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom, US software giant Microsoft, and top Russian enterprise software publisher 1S signed agreements to jointly develop cloud computing projects. Appointed in March by the Russian government to develop a national cloud computing platform by 2015, Rostelecom announced its intention to invest more than ten billion rubles (approximately $357 million) into …

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US tablet may be granted a second life in Russian schools

August 26, 2011

Last week, Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Board of Rusnano, presented Russian PM Vladimir Putin with an e-reader prototype from Plastic Logic, a world leader in plastics electronics, reported news agency RIA Novosti. If current tests being held in some Russian schools are successful, the tablet could be used on a massive scale in the …

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IBM to create academic competence center for intelligent transportation systems

March 2, 2017

The Moscow State Automobile and Road Technical University (MADI) and the Scientific Center for Complex Transportation Problems of the Ministry of Transport have reached an agreement with IBM for the creation of an academic competence center dedicated to IBM solutions in the area of intelligent transportation systems.

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