Business In Hi-Tech

The Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), together with the Russian research institute of Huawei, is launching a program to support postgraduate research in the company's scientific interests, mainly in the field of artificial intelligence.

"Aliexpress Russia" plans to reset the commission for Russian sellers — this measure is made to help small and medium-sized business during a difficult period. Russia will be the first country with zero commission.

Quality audience

The core audience (60%) is 4 498 large end users from all regions of Russia, state organizations and major corporations. They account for 80% of all budgets for security equipment and services in Russia.

According to IDC analysts, sales of server systems in the Russian market increased significantly in 2019. The last quarter of the year was particularly successful and server deliveries increased by 10.6% in money.

We present top 5 tenders in the field of creation and maintenance of the agro-industrial complex "Safe city" and "Safe region" from March 1. The initial maximum price of the largest contract is 399 million rubles. The customer is the Saint Petersburg state unitary enterprise "Smolny automatic telephone station". Other tenders were announced in Solnechnogorsk, Balashikha, Sevastopol and Domodedovo.

Cisco announced that Zarubezhneft-dobycha Haryaga, a subsidiary company of Zarubezhneft, used its products to create an IT platform in the Far North. A local computer network, a corporate wireless data network and IP telephony, video conferencing, and HyperFlex systems were designed and partially built for the new residential complex as part of the project. It’s planned to create industrial Wi-Fi zones to ensure the maximum possible radio coverage of industrial segment facilities in 2020.

Pipedrive made its first purchase of Mailigen's email distribution platform, and Mailigen's office in Saint Petersburg will open the company's Eastern development direction.

From February 11 to 13, 2020, the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies celebrated its 25th anniversary. The Forum remains the most influential event in Russia for directors and specialists who make decisions in the field of security, information protection and digitalization of enterprises.

Eset, an international expert in the field of information security, reported the appearance of new cyber threats due to the spread of the coronavirus.

We present the top 5 tenders for the purchase, installation and maintenance of video surveillance systems at various facilities since the beginning of March. The largest tender was announced by North-West Federal highway administration. The initial maximum contract price is more than 114 million rubles. Other customers are the United Energy Company, Sberbank, Regional state government institution "Center for public procurement of the Altai territory", Sochi International Airport". The initial maximum price for all five contracts is 221.8 million rubles.

The first transaction in e-Commerce using the Visa EMV 3D-Secure 2 security standard took place in Russia, where the issuing Bank was the Chelyabinsk invest bank. The Bank was the first in the country to launch a 3-D Secure 2 service for online payments together with its technology partner Banking technologies.

Informzaschita and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership in the field of information security, the first step of which will be the leading virtual Security Operation Center (SOC) based on Microsoft Azure Sentinel.

Experts estimate the ideological readiness of the world to become totally digital at 80 percent. The rapid growth of IP technologies, the development of video analytics tools and the impact of artificial intelligence on all the processes of development of society affect the security sphere, which provides not only quality of life and sustainable development today, but also the national and technological sovereignty of the state.

Eset, an international information security expert, conducted a study on protecting users of Internet of Things (IoT) devices from cyber threats. The rapid development of the market for smart gadgets has led to the fact that manufacturers don’t have time to detect and prevent dangerous vulnerabilities in a timely manner. That fact opens up many options for malicious users to attack the network.

We present the top 5 tenders for the purchase and maintenance of access control systems at various facilities. The largest tender was announced in the end of February in Krasnoyarsk and concerns sports facilities. The initial maximum contract price is more than 33 million rubles. Other customers’ purchases are in the energy and industrial sectors.

Huawei has unveiled a strategy that will help to build a unified digital community and space in Russia. The Corporation is ready to offer the Russian market technological experience, development of joint hardware and software solutions with Russian suppliers, as well as organization of joint production.

In the "Expert day" section, Andrey Miroshkin, CEO of Grotek, talks about the concept of the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, its competitive advantages and the prospects for the largest congress and exhibition event in the security industry.

Uipath, a developer of RPA solutions that help automate business processes, increased revenue by 315% in Russia and the CIS in 2019 compared to 2018.

We present the top 5 tenders in the field of fire safety in February 2020. The most expensive purchase was announced by Inter RAO-Electrogeneration for the Pechora Hydroelectric Power Station branch. Customers of other tenders are Mining and Chemical plant and the Russian Railways.

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation announced the signing of agreement with the National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of Russia on the introduction of a heavy ion therapy system in Russia.

The Invesco Fund has collected 5% of the shares of Yandex

The American Fund Invesco collected 5% of the shares of Yandex. It was posted on the website of the American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The market value of this package is $744 million.