Microsoft, Inc. is the world leader in information technology, software, devices and IT services. It is one of the largest corporations in the world with representatives in more than 190 countries and staff, amounting to 90 thousand employees. According to Millward Brown annual research in 2012, Microsoft is one of the five most expensive brands in the world ($78 billion).
Microsoft product and service portfolio includes desktop and network operating systems, devices (Xbox 360, Xbox One, Kinect, Surface etc.), server applications, desktop business and office applications for end users, cloud solutions, interactive programs, services and games, tools for work in the Internet, developer tools and so on.
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MegaFon OJSC is a leading Russian universal telecommunication service provider, operating in all segments of the telecommunications markets in Russia. MegaFon was incorporated in June 1993 as CJSC “Northwest GSM” and renamed OJSC “MegaFon” in 2002.MegaFon was the first operator with a network covering all regions of Russia. The Company and its subsidiaries have licenses to operate in all of the Russian regions and in the Republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Tajikistan. The Company was the first in Russia to launch 3G for commercial operations and is currently in the number one position among all operators in the provision of mobile Internet, and in the number two position as to the number of active subscribers in Russia. In 2009, MegaFon was selected as the Mobile General Partner of the XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Paralympic Games to be held in Sochi in 2014.
As a result of its acquisition of the Synterra Group, one of the leading Russian backbone operators, in June 2010, MegaFon substantially increased its fixed-line B2B and B2G businesses, as well as its provision of fixed broadband services. In July 2012 MegaFon was awarded one of four ten-year licenses for the provision of 4G/LTE services throughout the entire Russian Federation and, through its MVNO arrangement with Yota, has already started providing these services in 30 different regions by the end of June 2013. In September 2012 the Company acquired the VAS Media group of companies, which are now being integrated with MegaLabs, its R&D subsidiary. In December 2012 the Company acquired a 25% interest in the Euroset retail chain, the largest chain in Russia providing telecommunications goods and services, and is committed to acquire a further 25% within the next three years.
In November 2012 MegaFon successfully completed an initial public offering on the Moscow Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. As of 31 March 2013, MegaFon has two principal shareholders, companies in the AF Telecom group (approximately50.01%) and the TeliaSonera group (approximately 25.17%). Additional shares are held by its CEO, Ivan Tavrin (2.545%) and by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (7,57%, of which Mr. Tavrin has the right to acquire up to 2.5% at various times prior to 2017), while the public float represents approximately 14.705% of the outstanding shares.
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VimpelCom is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada. VimpelCom’s operations around the globe cover territory with a total population of approximately 753 million people. VimpelCom provides services under the "Beeline", "Kyivstar", "djuice", “WIND”, "Infostrada" “Mobilink”, “Leo”, “banglalink”, “Telecel”, and “Djezzy” brands. As of June 30, 2013 VimpelCom had 215 million mobile subscribers on a combined basis. VimpelCom is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol (VIP).
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SAPRUN is a group of companies focusing on implementation of SAP and financial services solutions. SAPRUN currently employs over 300 consultants in SAP technologies and products. SAPRUN’s team consists of professionals with great industry experience.
Since 2008, SAPRUN has completed more than 90 projects. SAPRUN is a SAP Service Partner and Golden Sales Partner SAP BusinessObject and ERP services.
I-Teco is a leading Russian systems integrator and supplier of information technologies for corporate customers. It provides systems of information security, integration services, consulting, service support and outsourcing, it implements complex, integrated IT-infrastructure solutions and the informatization of major state structures, industrial and telecommunications companies, financial and insurance companies.
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected.
The company focuses on the five areas driving the growth of networks and the Internet: core – routing, switching, and services; collaboration; data center virtualization and cloud; video; and architectures for business transformation. Cisco net sales in 2013 fiscal year were $48.6 billion.
Cisco solutions are used in key sectors of the Russian economy. The company has more than 500 Russian certificates for products in the field of network security. In 2013 Cisco announced a new step in localizing its product manufacturing in Russia, launching a manufacturing process for Cisco AIR-CAP2602I-R-K9 and AIR-CAP2602E-R-K9, unified wireless access points with integrated and external antennas. These access points are the fourth Cisco product family made in Russia by a global manufacturing contractor located in the city of Tver. In accordance with the long-term agreements supporting Russia's innovative development, Cisco already produces the Cisco® 2911 Integrated Services Routers (ISR), hardware VPN modules, and digital set-top boxes capable of delivering video content and new TV services via IPTV networks.
To become a trusted partner of the state is one of Cisco’s global policy issues in Russia. In June 2010, John Chambers, Cisco CEO, declared company’s commitment to invest one billion dollars in the development of entrepreneurship and innovation in Russia.
Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com.
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LANIT group of companies – LAboratory of New Information Technologies – is Russia’s leading group of IT-companies with over two decades of successful history. The group consists of various IT-companies providing full range of IT-services. It constantly enhances the product range by implementing new cutting-edge technologies and most demanded solutions.
At the moment LANIT is Russia’s largest system integrator and leading partner of over 200 world’s leading IT-hardware and software vendors. In 2012 LANIT was listed in Russia’s TOP-3 IT-companies (by RIA Rating, Expert RA Kommersant). It is featured in “Russia’s 200 largest companies” rating by Forbes and “Russia’s 400 companies with largest sales volumes” by Expert RA.
Russia’s largest banks, oil and gas, manufacturing and other companies are featured among LANIT’s customers. To name some of them: Bank of Russia, Sberbank, VTB, Federal Treasury, Ministry of Economics and Development, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Transportation, Pension Fund of Russia, Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil, TNK-BP, Rosenergoatom, INTER RAO EES, Norilsk Nickel, Rosnano, Metalloinvest, Severstal, Alrosa, MTS, Vim-Bill-Dann Foodstuffs, Dymov Sausage Factory, Freight One and others.
The group is comprised of 41 regional companies, subsidiaries, resource and educational centers.
LANIT’s consolidated turnover in 2012 totaled 73,6 billion roubles (VAT included).
All group’s companies boast professional and stable staff of over 5400 employees. Many of them hold scientific degrees and over 1200 hold leading vendors expertise certificates. Russia’s leading recruiting and human-resource portal Superjob.ru awarded LANIT with “Trusted employer” status 5 times in a row since 2007.
AirWatch is the leader in enterprise-grade mobility management and security solutions designed to simplify mobility. More than 8,000 customers across the world trust AirWatch to manage their most valuable assets: their mobile devices, including the applications, content and security requirements on those devices. From deployment through support, our highly scalable solution provides an integrated, real-time view of an entire fleet of corporate and employee-owned Apple iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian devices. As the largest MDM provider with more than 1,500 employees, 450 focused on R&D, AirWatch offers the most comprehensive mobility management solution providing: mobile security, device management, application management with SDK for enterprise apps, secure content management, and advanced mobile integration. Our solution’s multi-tenant architecture allows for centralized, simultaneous management of multiple business units, geographies or brands. With a proven track record of deployments larger than 100,000 devices, organizations can confidently manage every single device used across the enterprise. With AirWatch, IT professionals can fully automate device enrollment and configuration; mitigate business and legal risks associated with enterprise mobility; streamline the management of all mobile assets, applications and content; reduce the cost and effort of mobile device deployments; improve the support experience for mobile workers; increase mobile worker productivity; enable and enforce IT security policies; and increase IT and help desk efficiencies, productivity and response times.
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Aruba networksis one of the world leaders in the mobile enterprise solutions production for wireless access to the network. For more than 10 years the company supplies its high-tech products to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
Forte Netservices provides network data security and value-added services for large companies.
Established in 2000, Forte has quickly achieved a strong position in the enterprise market.
Our services are globally available and are used by customers in more than 60 countries.
We have strong and committed competence – our system engineers own more than 120 advanced certificates.
Our head office is located in Helsinki, with branch offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
More information: www.fortenetservices.com
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2012, the Group serviced over 100 million mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. The Group’s fixed business, as of December 31, 2012, had a total of 11.723 million households passed, 2.313 million broadband Internet and 2.938 million pay-TV subscribers.
MTS has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since July 2000 and trades under the ticker MBT. The Company’s shares have been listed locally on Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) since November 2003 under the symbol MTSI.The free float of the Company’s shares is approximately 49.2%. MTS is 50.8% majority-owned by Sistema JSFC, the largest publicly-traded diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS.
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ESET is the pioneer of proactive protection and the maker of the award-winning NOD32® technology, is a global provider of security solutions for businesses and consumers. For over 25 years, the Company has led the industry in proactive threat detection. ESET NOD32® Antivirus, ESET Smart Security®, ESET® Endpoint Solutions, ESET® Mobile Security and ESET® Cyber Security (solution for Mac) are trusted by millions of global users and are among the most recommended security solutions in the world.
The Company has global headquarters in Bratislava (Slovakia), with regional distribution center in Moscow (Russia) and an extensive partner network for more than 180 countries.
Analytical Partner:
J'son & Partners Consulting is a leading international consulting company specializing in the markets of telecommunications, media, IT and innovations in Russia, CIS & Central Asia since 1996. For more information please visit: http://json.ru
Technical Partner:
SB Consult is a young and dynamic team of professionals with unorthodox approaches to standard tasks and no fear of challenges, because challenges make you want to find a graceful and effective solution. The company’s mission is to make innovations accessible for SMEs with maximum efficiency. http://www.sb-consult.ru
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Mozaika-studio is an association of professional photographers and videographers, working in the field of reportage, advertising, subject, industry, interior, business and event photography. Attention to wishes of our customers and organization of shooting process, professional equipment, and experience of our staff and trust of our customers help us in providing the best services.
