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Russian company sells white-label cloud storage solution to Vodafone Turkey

April 11, 2016

The Turkish division of Vodafone is now providing its customers with a cloud storage offer using a platform created by Russia’s ASD Tehnologies. Christened ‘Güvenli Depo’ (Safe Storage), this cloud service was launched earlier this month together with a 4.5G network across Turkey. Cloudike, the solution developed by ASD Technologies, “enables mobile carriers and device OEMs to extend their …

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Battle for Russia’s IT market: Can local developers stop global giants?

April 1, 2016

The Russian IT market is currently dominated by imports. The only exception is perhaps the IT services segment, where Russian developers account for about 60-70% of the market. When it comes to systems integration, for example, they have a better understanding of local customer needs and can adapt IT solutions to meet customer demands. As …

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Rostelecom’s venture fund invests 100 million rubles in data storage solution provider

November 24, 2016

CommIT Capital, the venture arm of Russia’s national telecom operator Rostelecom, has made its first investment, injecting 100 million rubles (almost $1.4 million at the current exchange rate) in Raidix, a data storage solution provider. The fund received a 30% stake in the company, Russian business daily Vedomosti learned from official sources. Radix offers high performance …

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ITO&BPO Germany Forum: Aligning buyers’ and service providers’ interests (April 26-27)

April 1, 2016

On April 26th and 27th, the German Outsourcing Association invites buyers, providers, consultants and representatives of public administration from across Europe to its annual conference in the center of Berlin. The ITO&BPO Germany Forum is the only non-commercial, international event focusing on the German ITO and BPO market in Germany and is supported by the most important industry associations and …

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2015 in review: Russia’s software export kept growing while authorities developed import substitution strategy

February 7, 2016

East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. Today’s article is about the trends on the IT service and software markets and the implementation of the government’s import substitution strategy.  In 2015 the Russian IT services market grew by an average of 9-10% in ruble amounts, according to an IDC report …

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Russian software and IT services thrive in export markets

February 7, 2016

Over the past five years, Russian software and IT service exports have more than doubled, reaching about $7 billion. At the same time, demand for IT companies’ products on the domestic market has been falling. Analysts attribute it to a transformation of the Russian market, with demand shifting from hardware to services. The boom is …

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Should Google store its data in Siberia?

February 7, 2016

Yakutia is the coldest populated region in the world. Located in the northeastern part of Siberia, this semi-autonomous republic of the Russian Federation is home to the village of Oymyakon, a place known as the Pole of Cold that registers temperatures of -70 degrees Celsius. Permafrost covers a large part of Yakutia’s territory, and this is precisely …

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Russia’s biggest data center will be nuclear powered

February 9, 2016

According to industry publication Telecom Daily, the Rosenergoatom power company is building what will be the largest data center in Russia — and they’re plopping it right on top of the Kalinin power station. Located about 120 miles northwest of Moscow, the station will provide the 80 MW that engineers estimate will be needed to power the data …

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Russia’s leading anti-corruption activist accuses the Kremlin’s Internet Commissioner of profiteering

February 12, 2016

The Kremlin’s Internet Commissioner, Dmitry Marinichev, earned billions of rubles on uncontested government IT contracts, and then helped engineer a law that “blackmails” foreign companies into renting data servers in Russia, according to a nonprofit group run by anti-corruption activist and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Marinichev has fired back, accusing Navalny of misunderstanding Russia’s data-localization …

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EWDN and IAOP invite Russian IT players to international summit

February 14, 2016

Leading international industry association IAOP is pleased to announce its return to Europe for the fourth European Outsourcing Summit taking place on 18-20 October at the Frankfurt Marriott Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany. This event is being organised with the support of the IAOP’s founding members, global partners, Regional Advisory Boards, and European and Eastern European chapters. …

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Software and IT service export reached $6 billion in 2014

September 23, 2015

Russia’s domestic software development market reached approximately $6 billion in 2014 — the same amount in US dollars as in the previous year, but slightly more if counted in rubles, even taking into account inflation, according to industry association RUSSOFT. Export of software and IT services accounted for another $6 billion, up 11% from 2013. The growth …

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Roskomnadzor blocks first site for non compliance with personal data storage law; Apple relocates data to Moscow data center

February 15, 2017

Last week, the Russian telecom regulator blocked access to a website which it says failed to relocate data concerning Russian citizens to servers inside the country. According to a statement published on Roskomnadzor’s website, the data collected by Abonenty-chast2.pw includes full names, birthdates, home addresses, telephone numbers and work addresses of some 1.5 million Russians. The .pw domain extension corresponds …

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