Russian IT companies called the issue of import substitution in IT as the key subject in the industry in 2014. This verdict was reached by the participants of the media briefing “Focus on import substitution: chance or risk for Russian IT industry?” that was held on September 9 in Moscow as part of the 15th anniversary …
International high-level specialists and professionals in the field of software engineering are descending on Kostroma, one of Russia’s most historical cities, for a two-day workshop-conference set to map cutting-edge innovations in the areas of testing, analysis and verification. The Tools & Methods of Program Analysis (TMPA-2014) event will be held on November 14 and 15 …
Twelve months ago at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Russia had its very own ‘pavilion’ on Startup Alley featuring some of Skolkovo’s best projects. How times have changed… This year Stanislav Sazhin, CEO of social network for health professionals, “Doctor at Work”, commented that “last year there was a whole crowd from Russia. This year it …
TC Disrupt winners – “pale imitations of Russian startups?” Read More
Skolkovo is dangling $400,000 worth of prizes in front of the tech startups that can revolutionize computer hardware – and possibly take humanity beyond a simple doubling of processor power every two years. Moore’s law states that computer capacity increases twofold roughly every 24 months, a loop we’ve been stuck in for half a century.
Global professionals and executives across a wide variety of industries are set to meet in Moscow to discuss the latest topics in the burgeoning Big Data segment. The Big Data Russia event will take place on September 19 at the historical Central Telegraph building in the center of Moscow. International participants will focus on exploring …
The international final of the world’s largest student IT competition, the Imagine Cup 2014, has taken place in Seattle, organised by Microsoft. 125 students representing 34 teams from across the world battled for the prizes. The winners of the ‘Games’ category was the Russian team Brainy Studio, from Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU) with their project TurnOn. The Russian …
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This year, four Russian companies represented Russia at the international IT event Futur en Seine, which took place in Paris on June 15-22. Invited by RusBase, an international resource covering the Russian startup and venture scene, the Russian startups not only met local businesses but also impressed the public. Among these Russian startups was Radario, which …
A Russian team has come out on top in the final of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest for the 6th time in the past 10 years. St Petersburg State University’s (SPBSU) team won the title after successfully solving 7 out of 10 problems in five hours. This was the university’s first ever triumph in …
Dnevnik.ru, Russia’s first social educational network, was included last week in EdTech Europe’s list of the most influential European companies in the sphere of e-learning and educational technology. The criteria for selection included compliance with key trends in the sphere of e-learning (SaaS, MOOC, adaptive learning, gaming), scalability of a project’s technology and the influence …
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Twenty of the most innovative and influential leaders in the Bitcoin, payments and financial services worlds will be among the featured speakers at the inaugural Bitcoin Finance Conference and Expo (Bitfin 2014). The event will be held in Dublin on July 3 and 4 at the Royal Dublin Society in partnership with East West Digital News. …
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CEE-SECR is the premier software engineering conference in Russia. The 2014 edition of the conference will take place on October 23-25 at the Digital October Center in Moscow. Nearly 1,000 industry specialists, representing all IT areas, are expected to attend the event. The CEE-SECR 2014 Program Committee is launching a call for speakers, who should apply …
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Telegram, an instant messaging startup launched less than one year ago by Pavel Durov, was honored earlier this week in Berlin at the finale of The Europas, a contest for technology startups that attracted companies from all over the world. Built in St Petersburg, the startup is now based “on a plane,” Pavel Durov says. The app has exploded onto …
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