Regions & cities

Dubna university puts IT-enabled ‘intelligent guard’ at its gate

May 14, 2013

The Dubna International University of Nature, Society and Man, located in the town of Dubna some 130km north of Moscow, has announced that its innovators have developed software for an intelligent video surveillance system that can automatically recognize vehicles’ license plates and control road gates to let authorized vehicles pass inside a secure area. The …

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St. Petersburg’s HackDay: Build a team and develop a prototype in 48 hours!

May 14, 2013

After visiting Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), and Almaty (Kazakhstan), HackDay#27 is coming back to Saint-Petersburg on May 24-26. The event will offer a chance to build a team, attend learning sessions, develop a prototype and present it to the city’s IT community as well as to investors and industry experts. All that in just 48 hours – with …

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President Putin: Russian regions must support innovation

May 9, 2013

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved changes to the federal law on governmental policies in the field of science and technology, which emphasize that innovative activities must be supported not only on the federal, but also on the regional level. According to the legislation, “support for innovation activities” is defined as a “set of measures …

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NTT Communications to offer data center services in IXcellerate’s Moscow datacentre

May 7, 2013

Moscow – NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary NTT Com Russia will offer a wide range of data center services in Russia viaIXcellerate’s Moscow One carrier-neutral data center in Moscow, beginning with colocation services in May, this year. IXcellerate’s recently completed facility offers premium enterprise-class data center services in a …

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Cisco and Skolkovo team up for research and education

May 3, 2013

In late April, Cisco and the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) signed a letter of intent envisioning a wide range of joint activities in the fields of scientific research and education. These include a practical training program for Russian industry professionals and government employees in the US. In accordance with the agreement, the …

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From Skolkovo to Kazan, international VCs visit top innovation spots but lose hockey match against local champions

May 2, 2013

Held last week in Moscow and Kazan, Tatarstan, the 2013 edition of the Russian Tech Tour offered yet another illustration of the growing appeal of the Russian tech scene to venture capitalists. Not only did more than 70 Western and Russian businessmen visit some of the Russian capital’s hottest tech spots, from Skolkovo to Digital October, they …

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E-commerce platform TetraMall helps manufacturers, distributors go online

April 29, 2013

Russia’s manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers can now experiment with online sales without investing in their own IT, payment, fulfillment or even online marketing capacities. A new specially-designed platform called TetraMall was launched last month to offer such clients a complete set of services for starting e-commerce activities “quickly and successfully.” The St. Petersburg-based company claims …

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Report: Internet access becomes more affordable, but usage grows more slowly in Russia’s regions

April 23, 2013

Earlier this month, Yandex released a report which compiled data from various sources on Internet trends across the country. The report’s insights on Internet access in the regions are particularly interesting. The Internet audience continues to grow across the country, notes Yandex, but the rate of growth is slowing: from autumn 2011 through autumn 2012, …

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Condé Nast’s 4th Digital Day: A “Window to the Future” in Moscow

April 18, 2013

For the fourth year in a row, Condé Nast Digital Day brings together over 500 leading marketing and communications professionals from the luxury industry. This year’s conference, which was held last week in Moscow, offered a special focus on e-commerce: how to build your sales online, how different is the online customer and its buying behaviour, …

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