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24.12.2007 RBC launches its first project in the online game segment The company Media Mir, RBC Information Systems daughter company, opens the game service line and claims to launch its first project, i.e. the browser online-game 'Voploschenie'. More...
21.12.2007 Ballmer: "Outsourcing is here to stay" Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has noted at the fifth Madhav Rao Scindia Memorial lecture that "outsourcing is here to stay", according to the Hindu newspaper. More...
21.12.2007 RBC enters 'narrow' search market The company Media Mir affiliated with the holding RBC has launched its first project related to subject search engines in Runet, CNews found out. That is the site 'Ulov-Umov' (brain catch) specialised in search for vacancies and resumes. Rambler former CTO led the project. The project developers are sure in its success and long life of subject search engines in general. Experts have different opinions regarding prospects for such projects. More...
19.12.2007 Top-5 world players expand to Runet A new player has entered the Russian search engine market, i.e. the corporation AOL. Its project Truveo claims to have launched a localized version in 7 countries including Russia. Thus, Top-5 world market players by their project audience are somehow presented in Runet. Google, Microsoft, eBay and Yahoo were the first to enter Runet. More...
18.12.2007 Beeline and MTS launch BlackBerry sales in Russia Vimpelcom and MTS have got FSS permit to import BlackBerry communicators to Russia. By 2007 end the first customers are likely to be able to connect to the secured corporate communication device popular in the West. MTS and Vimpelcom are allowed to import 8000 and 1050 devices a year, relatively. BlackBerry is first of all of interest to transnational corporations, the operators' representatives and analysts say. More...
24.12.2007 IT outsourcing growing in popularity IT outsourcing is growing in popularity, according to leading IT outsourcing companies. More...
24.12.2007 Intercity for handsets: charges drop 5-fold The company Simbiotel starts providing the service EZtalk, i.e. a convergence solution for mobile communication, data transfer and traditional telephony. A subscriber having installed a special program on his handset supporting GPRS can make intercity calls and send international SMS not using the service of mobile operators. More...
20.12.2007 Reiman sums up IT year According to Leonid Reiman, the Minister of IT and Communications, following the results of 2007 the Russian IT market will grow by more than 25% and reach 1.5 trillion rubles. In 2008 the market should come to 1.8 trillion rubles. More...
20.12.2007 New foreign investor for Molotok.ru The South African company Naspers has agreed upon the acquisition of Tradus, previously known as QXL Ricardo, which is a large player on the European market of online auctions. The transaction charge is $1.9 bln. More...
19.12.2007 China's outsourcing market growing China's outsourcing market is continuing to grow at an impressive rate, according to a recent report. More...
18.12.2007 RBC takes 15% game market share The company Media Mir affiliated with the holding RBC claims to enter the game market and launch the game server line. The company intends to focus on multiuser and casual games. More...
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