Business In Hi-Tech

IT-GRAD, the cloud provider (part of the MTS Group) informs about the beginning of strategic cooperation with Kraftvaerk, the developer of integrated IT solutions. Partners will develop the digital transformation of Russian business using Kraftvaerk systems hosted in the IT-GRAD cloud. The cloud implementation will allow customers to start using IT systems much faster and optimize costs by 25% on average.

Russia's BellSoft has announced a global partnership to support the Java runtime environment with VMware company, one of the innovative leaders of corporate software development. BellSoft provides VMware with its core Liberica JDK software product to use the VMware Tanzu platform by customers. Working closely with the OpenJDK community, BellSoft and VMware join forces to take the performance and usability of the Java development and execution environment to a whole new level while maintaining its unsurpassed security. Liberica JDK (Java Development Kit) is andevelopment and launch environment of Java application on the OpenJDK base that has passed the Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) tests for compliance with the Java SE standard.

On June 30, during the preparation of the International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, an online round table "BIM technologies in design and construction" will be held. The market of BIM technologies will grow by more than 50% by 2023 but the economic effect of implementation isn’t completely clear because the costs are quite significant at the initial stage. Let's talk about this with experts.

Huawei announced that in the near future Russian users will be able to use EMUI 10.1 – a new version of the operating system. OTA (Over the air) updates will be coming to smartphones within a few months, depending on the specific models.

We present the top 3 tenders for the purchase of video surveillance systems of the first half of June. The largest tenders were announced by universities – the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the St. Petersburg University. The initial maximum contract price is more than 92 million rubles.

Xiaomi announced the launch of sales of Mi Smart Band 4 NFC - a special version of the fitness bracelet that supports contactless payment. This innovative product was developed together with Mastercard and is available to cardholders of this payment system. Russia became the first market in the world where this version of the device with full payment functionality was launched.

Yeastar and CompTek announced the conclusion of a partnership agreement. From now on, CompTek's product portfolio will be expanded with a line of innovative Yeastar products and solutions that fully match the new generation of communication technologies.

On June 16, in preparation to the XXVI International Forum of Security & Safety Technologies, an online round table under the name of smart utilities sector and smart districts was held. Experts discussed the construction of innovative pilot "smart" districts in Moscow and other cities and the organization of public security of apartment buildings.

Huawei and Honor announced the launch of new service offers for users of the Russian market. Starting from June 15, 2020, a premium service will be launched in six Huawei | Honor branded service centers and it will be available to owners of some flagship smartphones: Huawei Mate Xs, Huawei Mate 30 Pro, Huawei P40 and P30 series, the new Honor 30 smartphone series – Honor 30 and Honor 30 Pro+ and other models.

We present the largest tenders of the second half of May and the beginning of June on fire safety. The purchase of fire-fighting water tanks for Kursk nuclear power plant-2 (NPP-2) is the leader of the tenders. The initial maximum contract price is more than 230 million rubles. The other major tenders were announced by the Ministry of defense of Russia and enterprises belonging to Russian Railways company.