Business In Hi-Tech

Commvault reported on the completed project of implementation of the Commvault Complete Backup and Recovery solution as the main platform for data protection, management and use in the QIWI financial company.

On August 20, 2020, within the preparation for the XXVI International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, an online conference on biometric identification: development prospects and industrial cases was held. Typical examples, software platforms, recommendations for integrators and installers and successful practices.

The M.Video-Eldorado group, a Russian retail company at the electronics and home appliances market, analyzed the Russian drone market for the first half of 2020. During the first six months Russians purchased 95 thousand aircraft worth about 1.3 billion rubles, sales increased by 20% in the number of pieces and 40% in money compared to the first half of 2019. The sales of the M.Video-Eldorado group in this category increased by 50% in monetary terms for six months.

8 stationary automated environmental stations will be installed in the Lipetsk region to track the presence of harmful substances in the atmosphere.

Tele2 mobile operator and Ericsson are upgrading the company's infrastructure with Ericsson Radio System base stations.

DiHouse (part of the Lanit group of companies) has signed a contract to supply home appliances under the Doni brand to Russia from China. diHouse will start shipping the first robot vacuum cleaners of this brand to Russian online stores in September 2020.

On August 18, 2020, an online round table on new approaches to the organization of engineering and IT infrastructure of data centers was held in preparation for the XXVI International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies. Engineering infrastructure for cost optimization. Smart management of IT and engineering infrastructure. Requirements for cooling systems, guaranteed and uninterrupted power supply, early fire detection and automatic fire extinguishing.

Market.CNews, the IT marketplace announces the start of the preparation of the first rating of CRM systems in Russia. During this work, the functionality and cost of CRM of the leading market players will be analyzed.

We present the top 3 tenders in the field of creation and development of the software and hardware safe city complex in various regions of the country in the end of July and the first half of August. The rating is headed by a large purchase in the Bryansk region. It’s about creating experimental sections of the state information safe city system of the Bryansk region for 334 million rubles. Other tenders were announced in Transbaikal and the Sakhalin region.

Schneider Electric provided the famous Narkomfin house with smart home systems, the most modern electric furniture, electrical panel equipment and powerful charging stations for electric vehicles.

Facebook launched Facebook Pay, its payment system, in Russia. It was launched without any prior announcement or official statement and at the moment the service can only be used within the network to purchase the virtual Stars currency. The linking of Russian debit and credit MasterCard and Visa cards and PayPal accounts is supported.

On August 13, 2020, within the preparation for the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies 2021, an online conference on UAVs in the field of security with industry cases was held. 140 experts in the field of security exchanged views on the practice of using UAVs to solve the problems of ensuring the security of enterprises in various sectors of the economy and technologies for countering acts of illegal interference by UAVs. The conference partner was the WIFINDER company.

MTS, a Russian company that provides digital, media and telecommunications services, has announced a partnership with the world's most popular music streaming service, Spotify. Partners have prepared an exclusive offer for MTS clients — six months of free Spotify Premium subscription.

We present the main tenders for fire safety in the second half of July and the first days of August. A large purchase is carried out by Domodedovo Passenger Terminal, LLC - maintenance and repair of fire protection systems and alarm systems will cost 393 million rubles. Other customers are Vodokanal of St. Petersburg, SUE and Krasnoyarskgazprom neftegazproject, LLC.

Huawei, a leading global supplier of infocommunication, infrastructure solutions and smart devices, has become a member of the Information & Computer Technologies Industry Association (APKIT).

Accenture has announced the completion of its acquisition of PLM Systems, a system integrator based in Turin. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

From August 1, 2020, it is allowed to resume the activities of organizations that hold conferences, congresses and exhibitions upon condition of compliance with requirements of the standard for the functioning of such facilities. The corresponding resolution was signed by Andrey Vorobyov, the governor of the Moscow region, on July 8, 2020.

Moscow has reached the 18th place in the Tholons Services Globalization Index global rating of digital transformation of cities. Russia holds the seventh position in the rating of digital nations for the second year.

Here is the top 3 tenders for video surveillance in the second half of July. The purchase of the Moscow department for competition policy for the provision of video images from video surveillance facilities to the state information system of unified data storage and processing center (health facilities) leads the top. The initial maximum contract price is more than 770 million rubles.

Creately presents a Russian version of the platform that allows to use a virtual conference room more effectively than Zoom. Now companies and teams working in the field of IT, product management, marketing, sales and educational projects will have access to universal tools that have been evaluated by more than 4 million users and thousands of companies around the world.

Sberbank logistics has completed the implementation of digital solutions from SAP to automate the full logistics cycle. The company plans to process millions of product items per day with the new systems. In addition, digital tools will allow the company to increase the transparency and efficiency of logistics business processes, reduce expenses and maintain the quality of service level agreement (SLA) no less than 99%. The project was implemented by TeamIdea company with the active participation of the Sberbank team and using the capacity of Sbercloud.