ITO&BPO Germany Forum: Aligning buyers’ and service providers’ interests (April 26-27)

April 1, 2016

On April 26th and 27th, the German Outsourcing Association invites buyers, providers, consultants and representatives of public administration from across Europe to its annual conference in the center of Berlin. The ITO&BPO Germany Forum is the only non-commercial, international event focusing on the German ITO and BPO market in Germany and is supported by the most important industry associations and …

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TICKS not BRICS? Russia’s race to replace commodities with technology

February 8, 2016

In an article last week, the Financial Times wrote that the concept of the BRICS group of emerging economies was dead, arguing that Russia and Brazil’s dependence on commodities exports had led to them being usurped by tech-heavy economies Taiwan and South Korea, leading to the creation of the TICKS (Taiwan, India, China, [South] Korea and South …

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With 84 million users, Russia’s Internet penetration rate has nearly doubled in five years

February 8, 2016

Russia, which lagged far behind most other European countries in terms of Internet penetration in the recent past (with a 37% penetration rate in 2010), has been catching up rapidly over the past few years. In late 2015, according to a GfK poll, Internet penetration exceeded 70%, with 84 million Russians aged 16 or more — up 4 …

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Moscow call centers feel emotions of callers and operators

February 7, 2016

On Moscow hotlines, a special program has been introduced to recognize the emotions of a caller, a Russian news site reported last month, referring to sources in the Moscow city IT department. The new software can analyze the emotions experienced by a caller, and also recognize obscene language. If such words are used, a specially-trained call center employee joins the …

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From London, to Prague, to Tel Aviv, Russian money still fuels international startups

February 9, 2016

Confirming a trend which started years ago and continued all along 2015, several venture funds with Russian backers or managers invested abroad last month, with half a dozen significant deals made public. Thus AltaIR Capital, LETA Capital and Maxfield Capital took part in a $1.2 million seed funding round for Tel Aviv-based startup Viisights. The round was led by Israeli early-stage fund The Time. …

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Chechen leader complains about censorship by Instagram

February 7, 2016

The head of the Chechen government, Ramzan Kadyrov, accuses Instagram of censoring his free speech. He says the social network deleted a post he directed at Russia’s political opposition. “Here is America’s vaunted freedom of speech! You can write what you want, but don’t touch America’s henchmen or friends of the State Department and Congress. …

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RBTH presents Russian Startup Rating 2016

February 18, 2016

Russia Beyond The Headlines, an international source of political, business and cultural news and analysis, has released a new edition of its “Russian Startup Rating,” featuring some of today’s most promising young companies, in partnership with East-West Digital News. Covering dozens of companies in a variety of sectors, this research shows that the recent international tensions have not …

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GS Group presents first Russian digital TV set-top box for Ultra HD offerings

February 7, 2016

Last month GS Group, an internationally oriented Russian tech company whose key activities include developing technologies for digital TV, presented the GS A230, “the first Russian digital TV set-top box to support the Ultra HD (4K) standard.” The first Ultra HD television channels in Russian are already available to subscribers of Tricolor TV, a leading digital TV provider …

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Real estate tycoon invests $3.9 million in Russian contactless payment startup

February 2, 2016

Russian businessman Sergey Kozlovsky has invested 300 million rubles (approximately $3.9 million at the current exchange rate) in PayQR, a Russian startup developing contactless payment solutions. The news was reported earlier today by Russian business daily Vedomosti, which cited PayQR’s founder Vyavcheslav Semenchuk. The details of the transaction were not disclosed. A mobile, QR code-based solution, PayQR claims to be …

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Putin supports introducing sales tax on foreign Internet companies

February 7, 2016

Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to develop legislative amendments that will provide “more equal working conditions” among Internet companies in Russia. The executive order is addressed to several branches of the state: the Anti-Monopoly Service, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Tax Service, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, …

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2015 in review: 10 search trends shared by Russians and Americans

January 31, 2016

East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. Today’s article, which was provided by Russian Search Marketing, highlights unexpected similarities in search trends in Russia and the United States.  Last year Russian Search Marketing compared the 2014 search trends of Russians and Americans, noting the data that showed the similarities among users of two …

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2015 in review: The Russian Internet was less free than ever

February 7, 2016

East-West Digital News reviews the most important developments on the Russian high-tech scene in 2015. Today’s article analyzes the growing restrictions on online freedom in a country where the Internet was once considered to be relatively free.    2015 was marked by expanding restrictions and controversies around several Internet-related issues. In January, the authorities banned several bitcoin websites. However, following an appeal filed …

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