Trivon AG, the Switzerland-based company which does business through its subsidiaries under the Virgin Connect brand in Russia, announced today that it has acquired 100% of MegaMax, one of the leading B2B broadband and telecom operators in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The MegaMax Group has developed its own …
Washington, D.C., October 28, 2013 — Furthering a commitment to bilateral innovation, a delegation of five biomedical and information technology companies from the University of Nizhny Novgorod visited the University of Maryland on October 16-25 under the auspices of the U.S.-Russia Innovation Corridor. The companies participated in the first region-to-region visit of Russian startups under …
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Ascon, an innovation company from Nizhny Novgorod in the mid-Volga area, has designed a new 3D technology that helps users prevent leaks of confidential design information at R&D companies. Ascon develops integrated solutions for design and engineering automation and production control. Rostech and Rosatom, two major Russian government-owned corporations, are in talks with the developer …
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Kendrick D. White, an American entrepreneur and the founder of Nizhny Novgorod-based Marchmont Capital Partners, has been recently appointed vice rector for innovation policy at the Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod (UNN). While many foreigners are advisors to Russian academic administrations or join project teams in Russian universities, Kendrick appears to be one of …
This Monday, a group of select innovation experts and mentors is starting a six-week-long road show through 15 Russian cities – from Rostov-upon-Don, to Astrakhan, to Tomsk, to Vladivostok in the Far East – aiming to meet thousands of local startup entrepreneurs, innovators, and representatives of technoparks. In each city, the program consists of presentations, …
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The EURECA US-Russia Innovation Corridor is a project of the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and University of Nizhny Novgorod to increase collaboration in innovation and commercialization between the US and Russia. The Corridor will incubate collaborations in innovation between the US and Russia, starting with Maryland and Nizhegorodskaya entities, and drawing upon the …
Doroga.tv, a startup based in Nizhniy Novgorod, has received permission from the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in New York on a test launch of software it has developed for the online tracking of city buses, Venture-News.ru reported last week. If the test is deemed successful, the system could become a permanent feature of the city’s transport resources. …
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In a bid to step up innovation cooperation between Russia and neighboring Belarus, two government delegations met in Nizhny Novgorod on Wednesday to agree on the establishment of a Russian-Belarusian Business Accelerator and to further the finalization of a prospective inter-state technopark.
Searching for live audio and video streams online could become much easier thanks to Balakam.com, an innovative search engine launched yesterday in beta version by a team from Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fourth largest city. Balakam has developed and patented particular search algorithms and an advanced crawling technology to retrieve and index live media streams throughout …
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Authorities in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s fourth largest city, have announced plans to launch wireless Internet Wi-Fi free for users on the central streets of the city, the Business Monitoring Agency reports citing Head of city administration Oleg Kondrashov.
When I was a kid, my grandfather told me a story about the potato riots during the time of Peter the Great. Basically, the reformer Tsar had been abroad and tried to provide a solution to the frequent famines throughout the country by the compulsory cultivation of the potato as an alternative to other low …
Russia vs. modernization: the potato riots of innovation culture Read More
Intel intends to close its R&D center in the Sistema-Sarov technopark in order to consolidate its offices in Nizhny Novgorod, Interfax reports. The decision was reportedly made in light of the considerable maintenance costs for an office with a relatively small staff, as well the need to optimize the company’s office structure and make its …
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