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24.03.2008 IT Park To Open In City By 2015 Local engineers have vowed to take St. Petersburg into the advanced world of information technology by unveiling an ambitious 8-year construction plan for an IT park in the city center last week. More...
24.03.2008 Kaspersky and Eset exchange claims on year's outcome Kaspersly Lab. says its last year's sales have grown by 165% and such growth is considered fantastic. According to Garry Kondakov, managing director in EEMEA, 'customers have finally understood that the Kaspersky brand is worth paying for'. At the event devoted to announcing 2007 outcome Kaspersky Lab. accused its competitor Eset of using unfair methods to count the market share occupied. Eset retaliated the accusation. More...
21.03.2008 Begun loses 15% of context The Begun context advertising service has earned about $42.4 mln in 2007. The company relates its growth to close integration with Rambler's projects and expansion of its partnership network. The company assesses it occupies 20% of the context advertising market. In 2006 the given share reached 35%. According to specialists, in the future Begun's share is likely to go down because of intense competition on behalf of Google. More...
20.03.2008 Medvedev saves internet providers from deputies Amendments will be made to the draft law on strategic sectors. A source in the State Duma reports that the newly elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has disapproved of the intension to include internet providers into the list of strategic companies. More...
19.03.2008 No free accounts on LiveJournal LifeJournal is becoming an entirely commercial service: now one can launch a blog free of charge only if he agrees upon advertising to be posted in it. Experts have various opinions regarding the given step of the Sup Company. Some regret that the company is unable to find other ways of funding, others on the contrary advise Sup to abandon paid accounts in favor of those with advertisements. More...
18.03.2008 Russian consumers to launch a total check on IT brands All household appliances and consumer electronics brands officially presented on the Russian market will be examined by the Federation of Legal Assistance to Consumers. Specialists on consumer's law are aware of the given organization through its court victories over Samsung, HP and Vimpelcom. Judgments were made in favour of 'a number of unspecified consumers', which is an analog precedent in the Russian legislation. More...
20.03.2008 IT outsourcing proves popular with major industries A new report has revealed that the manufacturing, automotive and high-tech industries are at the forefront of a recent increase in IT outsourcing. More...
19.03.2008 Global outsourcing providers have major surprises in store Providers of global outsourcing services will come under increasing scrutiny over the coming year as buyers look to achieve the best results from contracts, warns Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. More...
18.03.2008 IT outsourcing paying off, says report Outsourcing information technology operations is paying off in a range of different ways, with companies experiencing significant end user, IT work output and productivity gains, a new report claims. More...
21.03.2008 What is Russia's answer to cyber threats? Unfortunately, one is not to wait for a slowdown in the number of computer crimes. Judging by the general tendency toward network convergence and hyper connectedness of the industry, the number of violations in IS is sure to grow from year to year. More...
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