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21.01.2008 HP and Motorola manufacturer intends to build a plant in St. Petersburg The company Flextronics, which is the established contractual electronics manufacturer of Microsoft, HP, Siemens and Motorola, intends to build a plant in St. Petersburg to manufacture computer equipment. Thus, the company might become the third foreign electronics manufacturer in St. Petersburg. Analysts forecast Flextronics might have problems with the Russian red-tape and rising cost of wages. More...
18.01.2008 Microsoft stores to open in Russia
Microsoft brand stores will be opened in Russia in the near future, the press service of the company's Moscow Representative Office reports. More...
17.01.2008 Euroset enters world's retail elite The company Euroset is the first Russian retail companies engaged in selling mobile and digital devices to have entered the Top-250 of the largest retailers worldwide. The given rating is made up by Deloitte on the basis of the companies' earnings. Eldorado failed to get into the rating. Experts believe the largest Russian electronics and household appliance retailer will be able to enter the Top-250 next year. More...
16.01.2008 MTS deprived of eggs Ales Ryazanov and Victor Markowetz, the Byelorussian citizens, have filed a claim to the Supreme Court of the republic trying to prove the company MTS is using the logo 'Eggs in squares' created by them thus violating their copyright. MTS believes Mr. Ryazanov and Mr. Markowetz's claims groundless, as the egg and square like graphic elements have been created long ago. More...
21.01.2008 Spending on IT outsourcing 'will increase' in 2008 Spending on IT outsourcing is set to increase during 2008, according to a new survey. More...
21.01.2008 Video games oust DVD from markets In 2007 multimedia market recorded the changes in video games and audio-video content sales. Films and music on CD- and DVD-drives are gradually loosing their positions. At the same time the game content has significantly increased in the revenue structure of various sellers. More...
18.01.2008 First school open source software packages handed over to teachers First distributives developed on the basis of Linux OS within the program to equip Russian schools with the open source software have been handed over to the informatics teachers in the Perm Region. The developers are sure their product will not only protect teachers from copyright advocates but might result in the technical literacy of pupils to improve. More...
17.01.2008 Finam imports Odnoklassniki competitor from Great Britain The fund 'Finam - Information Technologies' has become the owner of about 10% in the British social network Badoo.com, the transaction charge amounting to 750 mln rubles. Early in 2008 Badoo.com office is opened in Russia, while the network starts operating in Russian. More...
16.01.2008 'E-Russia': 3.45 bln. for remaining 3 years During the final stage of implementing the program 'E-Russia' Rosinformtehnologii receives 3.45 bln. rubles to fund the objects established within the project. In particular, 1.2 bln. rubles is allocated to install the necessary PC equipment and software. More...
15.01.2008 Sistema breaks into India: competitors get a shock The Indian authorities have unexpectedly decided to grant the universal access license to JSFC Sistema, while a number of companies having higher priority for the license were suspended. Analysts are sure the Russian company to have won due to its administrative resource. More...
15.01.2008 Russia IT and Outsourcing Industry Forecast to 2011 "Russia IT and Outsourcing Industry Forecast to 2011" to give a rational analysis on the Information Technology (IT) outsourcing industry in the transcontinental. More...
15.01.2008 HP wins new IT outsourcing contract Aviation electronics firm Rockwell Collins has handed a large IT outsourcing contract to HP. More...
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