Dear Sirs, We bring to your attention news of SiliconTaiga.org - National Software Development Alliance "Silicon Taiga". Silicon Taiga - top-ranked IT union of Russia and CIS (former USSR countries). Our members are working in Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan. Field of activity - high-tech software solutions (including web technologies, data/voice/image processing, security, nanotechnology, ERP, CRM, IT consulting, etc). News list includes - Information about Russian and global IT outsourcing market (press-releases, articles, analytics, events, etc). - Information about outstanding hi-tech products developed in Russian R&D centers Joining Forum section or subject-oriented groups you can communicate directly with developers or get professional advice from various experts. Since 27.11.2007 00:00 the following items has been published on the site:
03.12.2007 Open source software supplier for schools chosen in Russia On November 30th the results of the tender to choose the developer and supplier of the open source software to Russian schools were announced. The winner is the company Armada uniting a consortium consisting of other six companies. Till 2008 end the winner will have to provide 50% of town and 20% of rural schools in three pilot regions with the open source software. More...
30.11.2007 Russians outraged by pr-election SMS-spam Several days before the RF State Duma elections SMS encouraging to come to the polling stations have been sent to the Russian mobile communication subscribers. The President Administration and electoral commissions asked the operators to send such SMS. However, most of subscribers are outraged by receiving such SMS and call it spam. More...
30.11.2007 Offshore Software Outsourcing Risk Differing Internal Processes - The vendor's processes sometimes could be a lot different from what Client is using for executing their internal projects. If these differences are not discussed beforhand, they could become a risk. More...
30.11.2007 AMD and Angstrem transaction to result in nothing good The company AMD is at the final stage of concluding an agreement to supply equipment for 0.13-micron chip production to Zelenograd enterprise Angstrem. Regarding the situation in the market, experts doubt AMD equipment will be uploaded at full capacity. More...
29.11.2007 Putin staffs Rostechnologii Sergei Chemezov, Director General of the Federal state unitary enterprise Rosoboronexport, is appointed Head of the mentioned above institution, which is to promote the development, production and export of high-tech products of both military and civilian use. More...
03.12.2007 Northwest Region Leads Russia's Technology Push Two significant European Community-backed information and communications technology (ICT) projects for northwest Russia took place in St. Petersburg within the last month. More...
03.12.2007 Rover challenges Asians The company Rover Computers, which has bought the factory Arsenal, one of the leading contractual manufacturers of electronics, for $4 mln., hopes to restore the lost leadership in the Russian market of notebooks. More...
30.11.2007 Outsourcing "fundamental" to business Outsourcing can be "fundamental" to a company's business model and long term plans, according to ComputerWeekly.com. More...
29.11.2007 Outsourcing advances in biotechnology Outsourcing as a business tool is demonstrating growth in a vast array of eclectic sectors, according to reports. More...
28.11.2007 Russia: business angels launce a hunt for start-ups Following the development of venture funding in Russia, business angels mainly engaged in backing up start-ups are gathering momentum. More...
28.11.2007 "Robust growth" expected for outsourcing services Network outsourcing services are expected to enjoy "robust growth" over the coming months, according to a new report. More...
27.11.2007 E-services to boom in Russia The works to convert the most massive public services into e-form have been deployed in Russia. In 2008 e-services are expected to be implemented both on the federal and regional levels. More...
27.11.2007 Philippines next stop for global outsourcing Global outsourcing has proven itself to be a boom sector in world business and has achieved great success all over the world. More...
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