Business In Hi-Tech

On August 13, 2020, within the preparation for the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologie 2021, an online conference on UAVs in the field of security with industry cases will be held. The event will discuss the practice of using UAVs to solve problems of ensuring the security of enterprises in various sectors of the economy and technologies to counter acts of illegal interference by UAVs.

SBI Holdings, Inc, a 100% shareholder of SBI Bank, announced that its Singapore subsidiary SBI Ven Holdings Pte. Ltd. (with the head office in Singapore) has entered into a corporate investment agreement with QPlatform, the operator of the fintech platform and a subsidiary of QIWI plc, Russia's largest payment service provider.

We present the July tenders on the topic of building and developing a safe city. The largest purchase is the provision of outdoor video surveillance service with video streaming to the state information system of the hardware and software safe city complex from residential buildings and house territories with the function of facial recognition and the state registration number of vehicles. This is a project in the Sakhalin region. The initial maximum contract price is more than 199 million rubles.

Huawei and Jet Infosystems have opened a demonstration reference center based on vendor technology solutions and including network infrastructure, computing power and storage systems. The equipment is located in the data processing center in the office of Jet Infosystems and ensures the functioning of internal business processes of the IT company on a permanent basis.

ASBIS has signed a distribution agreement with Logitech. ASBIS offers its Russian partners a full range of the manufacturer's products, including computer mice and keyboards, video devices, remote control for presentations as well as headsets and speakers. An integral part of the distribution portfolio will be products aimed at gamers: gaming mice, keyboards, gamepads, equipment for flight simulators.

On July 16, 2020, within the preparation of the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, an online conference on information security in automated control systems and security of critical information infrastructure has passed. Customers and manufacturers discussed the implementation of the Federal law on critical information infrastructure safety, customer cases and prospects for import substitution in this area.

The communication group Dentsu Aegis Network presented the results of the second part of the annual global study of the digital economy and its impact on society Digital Society Index 2020. Experts have found out how people around the world relate to the use of personal data and assess the level of their vulnerability in the digital environment. The survey was conducted in March-April 2020 among 32 thousand people in 22 countries, including Russia.

Over the past month we can name three major tenders in the field of fire safety. It’s about equipment for the Komsomolsk gas field, SUE Vodokanal of Saint Petersburg and VTB Bank. In total, the initial maximum price of the three contracts is more than 891 million rubles.

Philips has received a permit from the US food and drug administration (FDA) that allows clinics to use the company's ultrasound diagnostics equipment and software to treat patients with COVID-19.

Otkritie Bank and Western Union have launched a money transfer service in Otkritie online bank. Now the Bank's clients can send money across Russia and abroad at any time from anywhere in the world via the Western Union system in Internet bank from their bank card.

On July 23, 2020, within the preparation for the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, an online conference on monitoring and incident management: situation and dispatch centers will be held. Practical cases of applying risk assessment methods, predictive analysis and forecasting techniques, software tools, ways to display integrated analytics and existing decision support systems will be discussed during the event.

According to telecom operators, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the formation of digital habits of Russians and digitalization itself in general. On the one hand, the regime of self-isolation provoked an increase in demand for distance learning, entertainment, communication and on the other - for non-verbal communication. Besides, sitting at home increased the request for immersiveness and contactless.

We present the top 3 tenders for video surveillance of the end of June and beginning of July. The purchase of the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology VECTOR of Rospotrebnadzor leads the rating. The purchase relates to the major repair of the video surveillance system for 106 million rubles. Other tenders were announced by the state structures of Krasnodar and the Ryazan region.

Microsoft has announced the winners of the international competition of partner IT solutions Microsoft Partner Awards 2020. In the Country Partner of the Year category in Russia the company Aggregation became the winner, it solves the problem of commercialization of data from various companies and safe collaboration with them. The winners of the competition will be awarded within the framework of Microsoft's largest global partner conference – Microsoft Inspire 2020, which will be held online from July 21 to 23.

Merlion, a Russian wide-profile distributor, and Gamma-Center, a provider of integrated solutions for equipping banks, retailers and other organizations with equipment for cash processing and storage of valuables, signed a distribution agreement in July 2020, giving Merlion the right to supply the Russian market with professional banking and office equipment for working with DoCash (Germany).

On July 16, 2020, within the preparation for the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, an online conference on the information security in automated control systems and security of critical information infrastructure will take place. Customers and manufacturers will discuss the implementation of the federal law on CII security, customer cases and prospects for import substitution in this area.

Eset, an international information security expert, has discovered the Evilnum spyware program targeting fintech companies and their customers.

The largest tender in June for the development of Safe city systems became the purchase of research and development works by the Ministry of emergency situations for 690 million rubles. It’s about the development of common standards, functional, technical requirements and predictive and analytical solutions for the Safe city hardware and software complex with the required legal and methodological support. Other tenders in June on the topic of Safe city are also presented.

Dataline, a part of Rostelecom group of companies, has been certified and has become a Cloud Verified partner of VMware.

Lenta has launched an official store on AliExpress. The assortment available on the online platform has 1000 items and it will reach 15 thousand positions in a few months. During the pilot project, delivery will be carried out only in Moscow, and later in St. Petersburg too. AliExpress also notes that the marketplace plans to focus on the development of the product segment: attract new sellers and expand the product range, launch promo campaigns so that buyers associate the platform not only with clothes or electronics but also with food products.

On July 9, as part of the preparation for the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, a video conference on face recognition for the protection of large facilities and accounting working hours will be held. The face identification market will reach $ 6.84 billion by 2021, according to MarketsandMarkets. The average annual growth rate in the next two years will be 15.3%. The main drivers of this segment are the growth of the video surveillance market, requests from government agencies and the increased use of biometric applications in various industries.

The American company Comtech EF Data, a manufacturer of equipment for satellite communications, made Andrey Dmitriev a sales director in Russia and the CIS. At the same time, he received the same job position at Comtech Xicom Technology (this firm produces tube amplifiers for satellite communications). Both companies are part of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. with a headquarter in Melville (New York, USA) and haven’t been represented in Russia yet.

We present the main tenders related to access control systems starting from June 1. In total, the initial maximum contract price is more than 67 million rubles. The aviation reducing gears and transmissions - Perm motors company will spend more than 36 million rubles on the supply, construction and installation works, commissioning of equipment and software and technical maintenance.