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Start date - 31 May 2007 The 2nd International Congress of Nanobiotechnology Nanomedicine 2007 June 18-20, 2007 in San Francisco, California, USA. More...
Start date - 17 June 2007 7th annual RUSSOFT Software Outsourcing Forum St. Petersburg, June 20-22, 2007. More...
Start date - 20 June 2007 I International Forum From Science To Business "International experience in development of infrastructure for innovation activity" St.-Petersburg, Russia during May 17-19, 2007. More...
Start date - 17 May 2007
28.04.2007 Putin to allocate 195mln for electronic libraries Vladimir Putin has decided to create an electronic Presidential Library in Russia. The library's regional centers which will be named after the first Russian President Boris Yeltsin will be united under a single information system and a single software. 5bln rubles ($195mln) will be allocated in the coming 3 years to create the national library. More...
28.04.2007 Russian IT outsourcing on the rise The chairman of the Russian arm of Intel, the semiconductor firm, has said that the Russian IT outsourcing sector is on the up. In an address to the Russian Economic Forum in London earlier this week, Steve Chase said that the country's IT outsourcing sector will be worth $1 billion by the end of the year. More...
27.04.2007 Internet changed the world to the better The Russian Public Opinion Research Center has made a survey on the main scientific achievements of the XX century and the main scientific interests of Russians, RBC reported. 24% of the respondents said internet was the main scientific achievement of the XX century, although 3 % pointed out its negative influence. More...
27.04.2007 Software export grows 1,5-fold in Russia The volume of software exports grew by 53,8% in 2006 as compared to 2005 and reached $1,495bln. Experts say the country is third on software exports, however is far behind the leaders, China and India. They believe the market will be able to hold the high growth rates next year as well. More...
26.04.2007 1C:BIT buys PB The Russian industry solutions developer PB has become part of one of 1C's biggest franchising companies: 1C: BIT (Accounting and Trade). Experts estimated the deal at $300 thousand. The PB trademark will be kept. More...
26.04.2007 Nissan multisources its IT outsourcing Japanese car maker Nissan has chosen to select several companies to provide outsourced IT services, abandoning a previous single-firm agreement for all of its IT. More...
25.04.2007 Rozhetskin's suit against Reiman: details Russian Information Technologies Minister Leonid Reiman seems to be having serious problems. Leonid Rozhetskin, MegaFon founder has accused him in threatening, money laundering, and attempts to manipulate the Russian legislation in order to get control over the operator. Mr. Rozhetskin asks for $500mln compensation. However, his "selective memory" puts in question the serious intention of his accusations. More...
25.04.2007 IT security and business savvy The challenges facing information security professionals are undeniably increasing and it is an issue that is affecting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more than most. More...
24.04.2007 West prefers Russian programmers to Indian ones The advantage of Russian outsourcing IT-companies for the West is not just the cheap software development but also the high-level specialists and the cultural affinity to the West which the Indian specialists lack. This is the conclusion IDC specialists came to in their research based on the opinion of foreign clients. More...
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