2020: 300 IT companies in Russia warn: the FAS project can ruin the IT industry

At the beginning of March, 2020 it became known that the Association of Computer and Information Technology Enterprises (APKIT), the Association of Software Developers (ARPP) "Domestic Soft" and the non-profit partnership "Russoft" (these organizations unite more than 300 leading domestic IT companies) sent a letter to the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications with a request not to support the draft law of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) on the regulation of the results of intellectual activity.

The agency wants software producers to be subject to general antitrust rules: a ban on "abusing" a dominant position in the market, participating in anti-competitive agreements and setting an arbitrary price for their product. Such

So far, developers can freely choose partners based on their competence and build multi-level channels with them. Such immunity, which the FAS wants to abolish, creates risks of market monopolization, benefits for foreign right holders and discriminates against Russian right holders, the regulator believes.

If the FAS initiative is accepted, such actions of market participants will automatically be considered illegal, regardless of the presence or absence of harm, the authors of the letter believe. According to them, this will be "a blow to domestic developers."

In his opinion, the FAS unreasonably wants to separate software developers from the general business and apply substantially stricter measures to them than to other players in the Russian market.

2019

Domestic software developers can receive state subsidies in the amount of about 15 billion rubles

On July 10, 2019, information appeared that domestic software developers could receive state subsidies in the amount of about 15 billion rubles. The corresponding project is being prepared by the working group in the direction of "Information security" at the ANO "Digital Economy". The authors of the idea did not specify the exact amount. Read more.

About 35% of Russian software companies are active abroad

On July 9, 2019, it became known that, according to a study of the development of Russian software companies in 1990-2019, carried out by NP Russoft specialists, more than 50% of Russian software companies either do not work abroad at all, or have irrelevant and irregular export earnings. At the same time, companies often implement individual projects only in the near abroad. About 35% of Russian software companies are active abroad.

As noted in the press service of Russoft, the association annually presents the distribution of software companies by groups depending on the location of the head office, year of establishment, specialization, business model, share of exports. “However, according to the survey data for only one year, a very large error was obtained, allowing only a wide range of distribution of companies in each group to be represented. Since a number of characteristics of companies remain unchanged or change insignificantly over several years, it was quite justified to combine the survey data of recent years - from 2016 to 2019," Russoft said, adding that the combination of survey results made it possible to quite accurately see the main characteristics of Russian companies - software developers (SW). “In particular, it made it possible to obtain quantitative indicators related to the problem of low entrepreneurial activity. These indicators have improved in certain periods, but still in the last 30 years they have remained approximately at the same, low level, and this fact, together with the shortage of personnel, hinders the development of the industry,” Russoft said.

The association also noticed that after combining data from its study over several years, information was received from 458 software companies. At the same time, a relevant sample was obtained, which well reflects the history of the Russian software industry in terms of changes in activity to create successful companies.

As noted in the study, out of 458 companies surveyed by Russoft over the past four years, 22.5% indicated that they had no foreign sales. “However, in some years this figure can be much higher. For example, the latest survey showed that in 2018, 35% of the surveyed companies did not have export earnings, which is associated with a clear reorientation of companies to the domestic market,” the study notes,

40.5% of companies, according to the research data, in 2018 had a turnover of $1 million to $5 million. In general, from 2015 to 2018, as indicated in the study, the distribution of the number of surveyed companies by turnover did not change dramatically . “It can be assumed that companies have become faster to overcome the $1 million turnover bar,” the study says. “Naturally, the share of small companies in the general population is much larger than among the surveyed companies.”

As for the business model of software companies and their specialization, the study states the following: “It is only possible to determine the share of product and service companies among all software companies, since about a third of enterprises have both custom development and their own replicated solutions. Russoft refers them to one of two groups, depending on what prevails in the revenue structure for the year preceding the survey. This structure in many companies changes significantly from year to year. Therefore, they can be considered either food or service.

In the last three years, as noted in the study, from 30% to almost 50% of companies that receive the main income from the sale of their own standard solutions, indicated that they are engaged in custom development. “Apparently, in most cases, they customize their solutions to the needs of a particular customer. However, there are cases of a separate line of business with classic custom development, ”the study says.

At the same time, the study draws attention to the fact that, according to the 2019 Russoft survey, 26% of all surveyed companies develop software products, but do not have income from custom development. “At the same time, 38.7% of companies specialize in custom software development with zero sales of their own software products. 35.3% of the surveyed companies use both business models at the same time, but among them there are pronounced both service and product companies,” the study says.

At the same time, it notes: “If we smooth out fluctuations that are random in nature, then in the total population of surveyed companies in the past few years, an increase in the share of companies that can be attributed to food products in terms of income structure is visible. For example, it seems quite logical to increase this indicator from 22% in 2012 to a record 46% in 2019. Nevertheless, the service model is not only alive, but new companies have been created for it in recent years. This phenomenon can be explained by the depreciation of the ruble since 2014, which increased the competitiveness of Russian outsourcing companies in the global market. In the 2019 data, there are no development centers of foreign corporations at all. Most likely, their share has not changed, but they have become more informationally closed, and therefore participate in surveys less frequently.”

The study also points out that, based on the results of the survey, it is difficult to identify any dynamics of changes in the industry in terms of the share of surveyed companies with a certain specialization, since no obvious patterns have been identified in fluctuations in indicators in almost all areas. “It is more correct to use them to establish the approximate value around which fluctuations occur,” the study notes.

It also adds: “There is every reason to believe that the share of companies with a line of business such as Embedded Software has been steadily increasing in recent years. The rapid development of the Internet of things may well explain this. And those devices with embedded software that do not transmit information over networks are becoming more and more. The share of those companies that develop websites has also increased. However, this indicator could change due to an increase in the share of respondents from the regions due to increased attention to the survey in regions where there are especially many such developers. It is possible that the share of companies developing computer games has increased throughout the industry. However, there are not so many companies with such specialization, therefore, identifying the dynamics by their number is associated with a particularly large error.”

Taking into account the results of research over the past four years, as indicated in the study, allows you to determine the real geographical distribution of software companies much more accurately than a survey for one year. However, in this case, as noted in the study, the final results were also more influenced by the degree of activity of conducting surveys in individual cities and regions, which gives some distortion.

To speak about the existence of a full-fledged software industry at the regional level, as stated in the study, can be applied to 10 subjects of the Federation.

2018

Russian software developers increased turnover by 25% in rubles

According to Russoft's preliminary estimates, announced in February 2019, the total turnover of Russian software companies at the end of 2018 in dollars grew by 18% and amounted to $16.87 billion. In ruble terms, the companies' turnover is estimated at 1.042 trillion, and its growth - 25%.

For product companies, the expected turnover is $8.88 billion with an increase of 12% compared to 2017, for service companies - $7.37 billion with an increase of 26%. Service companies mean those whose turnover is dominated by custom software development, specified in Russoft.

Preliminary estimates are derived without taking into account the questioning of the players. It will be held in mid-February 2019, after which Russoft plans to provide the final figures. Russoft noted that the discrepancy in the numbers before and after the survey turned out to be mostly insignificant earlier.

According to the results, the volume of foreign sales of Russian software should exceed $10 billion with an increase of 19%, Russoft expects. This indicator also includes revenue that remains abroad and can be used to develop overseas offices and marketing.

Experts note that the conditions for increasing foreign sales in "new markets" may be better (for example, state support for marketing activities in these markets and the formation of an institution of intermediaries) than in the markets of Western countries. However, the shares of South and East Asia, Africa, South and Central America, and the Middle East are growing slowly. This growth cannot be fast, since entering new markets is difficult and usually takes 3-4 years. This is especially true for countries with a mentality that is very different from Europe.

However, the share of "New Markets" in the revenue of Russian software companies over 4 years increased from 14.5% to 19.3% in 2018, if we analyze the structure of sales in non-CIS countries only. Within 10 years, growth of up to 40% is allowed, which corresponds to the share of “new markets” in global software sales.

According to the study, the proportion of companies that plan to return or enter these “new markets” for the first time during 2019-2020 has increased significantly. In the vast majority of cases, it is not a comeback that is planned, but a debut. The share of such companies in 2019 increased by 1.5-2 times compared to the survey in 2018. Particularly great interest is shown to the African market.

The Russoft report also indicates the potential for increasing exports in the near abroad. The Ukrainian market has shrunk significantly over the past few years and has become more difficult for Russian companies to operate on it. However, the decrease in sales in Ukraine is fully offset by growth in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other former Soviet republics, whose domestic markets are developing quite dynamically. At the end of 2018, the share of the CIS in the total export of "Computer Services" increased to 5.9% from 5.5% a year earlier (data from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation).

Software companies grow with a severe lack of investment

One in four software companies grew by more than 20% in dollar terms in 2017. At the same time, the volume of investments once again turned out to be at least 2 times lower than the planned value. The Russoft company reported about it on July 24, 2018 according to the results of an annual interrogation in which 160 companies participated.

The average growth of Russian software companies over the past 5 years was 10% in dollar terms and 19% in ruble terms. There is quite a decent increase in sales, despite the crisis in the domestic market and political tension, which had a negative impact on the promotion of Russian solutions and services in Western countries. At the same time, cases when software companies cease to exist are extremely rare, and turnover at the end of 2017 decreased only in 3% of the surveyed companies, the annual survey showed.

According to Russoft experts, there are all the prerequisites for an annual growth of over 10-15% in the coming years: a favorable situation is developing for this both on the domestic market and on the international one. About 3% of companies grew by more than 2 times in 2017. It is difficult to find in Russia and abroad such an industry that would be so attractive for investment. However, most investors remain only potential, the company noted.

A Russoft survey in 2017 showed that 14% of companies expected to receive external financing at the end of 2017. In reality, there were only 6% of them. In terms of volume, the difference is even greater - instead of the projected $57.5 million, it turned out to be $4.5 million. At the same time, Russoft analysts recorded an almost fourfold reduction relative to the volume of investments in 2016 ($17 million).

Such a significant discrepancy between the planned and actual volume of attracted investments has been observed for the last 7 years, starting from 2011. As a rule, companies that reported the availability of external financing in the previous year are 2-3 fewer than those that had corresponding plans a year earlier. noted in Russoft. Need may be even more at odds with actual investment, as companies don't always count on attracting investment when it can help grow even faster.

According to the survey, CEOs of many companies believe that they could increase sales even faster with external financing. First of all, money is needed to work abroad. A survey conducted in early 2017 as part of a study initiated by SAP Corporation "Prospects for Russian IT developments in the global market" showed that for 52% of software companies, the growth of foreign sales is constrained by an insufficient marketing budget, and for 33% - a lack of funds for developing solutions which can be competitive in foreign markets.

Thus, a paradoxical situation has developed in Russia: on the one hand, there is an unsatisfied need for investment, and on the other hand, the owners of free funds cannot invest in the high-tech sector of the economy, although they are interested in it. There are investors in software development, but they usually have been in the software industry for many years. The funds of such venture capitalists are clearly not enough, complain at Russoft. Foreign potential investors fail to attract because of the very scarce information about the Russian software industry abroad. By and large, no one in Russia works with such investors.

Most software companies, including startups, grow with their own funds. According to the results of the study "Startup Barometer 2018", initiated by venture investor Alexei Solovyov in partnership with IIDF and the company, 71% of Russian startups are based on their own funds. Only 11% have a non-core investor, 5% have a business angel, and 3% have a venture fund.

According to experts, all the problems associated with the lack of investment resources can theoretically be solved by attracting money from other industries and from abroad. However, the intersectoral flow of capital is constrained, first of all, by the lack of expertise (technological, coupled with the market).

Small business is better off in the domestic market

According to Russoft, the prospects for sales growth in the global market in the coming years are good, despite the problems created by Russian companies in the markets of Western countries. At the same time, it is more difficult for small companies to work abroad than in Russia. Thus, the results of 2016 confirmed that in order to increase foreign sales, it is desirable to have a turnover of $10-20 million. But in the domestic market, the growth rates of small product companies are higher (there is no big difference for service companies). In order for such companies to quickly gain a foothold in the global market, more powerful state support is needed.

Change in sales volume in Russia and abroad depending on the size of companies and the business model used (according to the results of 2016 in dollar terms):

2015: Rating of software developers from Russoft

According to RUSSOFT (May 2016), the total sales of domestic software companies in the domestic market (including sales of software and services for its development and support) in 2015 amounted to approximately $5 billion. foreign vendors.

In September 2015, the Russoft Association, as part of its own annual study, for the first time compiled a rating of Russian software development companies. By and large, it is a list of the largest software companies, divided into categories depending on their turnover and taking into account growth rates (including forecasted indicators for 2015-2016).

No one has yet created such a complete rating of Russian software developers. RUSSOFT's task was rather not to rank companies by size, but to cover all the largest software companies in Russia. Probably, RUSSOFT has no information about some companies that deserve to be included in the rating. However, it can be argued that there are few such companies, most likely only a few, and they have a turnover of no more than $50 million.

Some media outlets have already compiled ratings of IT companies, in which software development companies were ranked separately. However, their ratings were clearly incomplete (they covered a maximum of half of the largest software companies), they also included system integrators (who have software development, but it is not their main line of business), equipment manufacturers, as well as foreign software companies that sell their Software on the Russian market.

The main reason for the incomplete coverage of software companies in the existing ratings is the lack of reliable information on the total revenue of companies, according to which they were ranked. In the course of this study, RUSSOFT collected information on both the sales volumes of Russian companies and their growth rates, which made it possible to have an objective criterion for ranking companies. However, a significant part of such information was obtained as a result of a survey of companies on the terms of its non-distribution, and the Association strictly observes this condition. Therefore, data on the turnover of companies is not published, and the participants in the rating are sorted into categories depending on the range of turnover and taking into account the forecast of their growth rate.

The RUSSOFT rating also uses data from other ratings (CNews, TAdviser100, RIA Rating and Expert RA), but with careful verification.

RUSSOFT considers it not entirely correct to compare the indicators obtained from the audited statements of a number of companies with the results of the past year, presented by the company's employees in the course of a survey, or obtained as a result of expert assessments. Strict ranking and comparison of companies with different business models will also not be entirely correct.

However, the rating made takes into account, first of all, the size of the companies (its turnover). In order not to disclose confidential information and refuse from strict ranking, 4 groups were formed from all companies in accordance with the turnover range in which this or that company falls. All companies were divided into these groups, but data on their specific turnover was not provided.

For each group, a fairly wide range of total revenue was determined. However, the distribution of companies into groups took place not only according to existing turnover, but also taking into account the trend of their development. The association focused primarily on the turnover at the end of 2014, but in some cases the company moved higher if it had good development prospects and high growth rates (that is, it could achieve the necessary turnover to get into a higher group at the end of 2015 or 2016) .

The Top Division (Group A) includes companies that already have a capitalization calculated in billions of dollars. Not a single Russian software company has reached such a volume of revenue yet, but at least 5 companies have a billion-dollar value (capitalization). Most likely, the 1C company could already have a billion turnover, given its income not only from the sale of its own solutions, but also the proceeds received from its distribution activities. However, the economic crisis (first of all, the depreciation of the ruble) had an extremely negative impact on its turnover in dollar terms, since the company receives the main income in Russia.

Group B also includes fairly large companies. Their turnover ranges from $100 million to $500 million. Among them, there is only one company that, according to RUSSOFT, can move to the Top Division in the coming years - Veeam.

Group C ($50-100m) has two upsides, judging by their turnover, which is close to $100m. However, their growth rates have not been very strong in recent years.

In Group D, almost all companies have revenues from $20 million to $50 million. However, it includes 3 companies whose turnover is still $14-16 million, but they are able to significantly increase their income in the next 2 years.

Premier Division (Group A)

Group B

Group C

Group D

about the tradition in the New Year's issue of our magazine, an article dedicated to the best domestic products is published. After reviewing articles for different years, one can identify a trend that, in my opinion, is that those programs that we once called the best among domestic products have now become the best and in comparison with world analogues.

Many will say that domestic software is nationally oriented and that the most popular domestic programs have come to the fore precisely due to Russian specifics. This is quite understandable, since each country needs such programs - language (for translation, recognition, etc.), for accounting for finances, training programs that correspond to the national specifics of education, as well as legal databases based on local legislation. However, having declared itself as a nationally oriented software, many domestic programs began to enter the international level.

Today, domestic anti-virus products occupy the top lines in international ratings and are used all over the world. Recognition systems overtake competitors in recognition accuracy not only in native Russian, but also in foreign languages. Special translation programs provide the best quality of translation in a non-native language. Economic programs not only resist expansion to the domestic market by leading Western vendors, but also operate throughout the former CIS and Baltic countries. This trend is even more noticeable in relation to games: having started as programs for the Russian audience, domestic developments have gradually reached the world level. Today, the largest Russian game publishers have come to the conclusion that modern game projects require millions of investments and can be profitable only when they focus on the gaming audience all over the world from the very beginning.

1C:Enterprise

developer: "1C" (http://www.1c.ru/)

1C:Enterprise is a set of ready-made solutions for automating accounting and at the same time a flexible tool that allows you to rebuild these solutions in accordance with the specifics of the enterprise. For a wide range of users, 1C:Enterprise is primarily a set of ready-made application solutions that automate the processes of accounting and management in trade and production, financial planning and other aspects of enterprises. Today, the 1C:Enterprise platform produces more than a hundred lot of applied solutions (configurations) developed by 1C, its partners and independent firms. In addition, due to the reconfiguration capabilities provided by the platform, many tens of thousands of specialized application solutions have been implemented in specific organizations, focused on the specific needs of enterprises and accounting features.

To provide the ability to create and support a wide range of application solutions, the 1C:Enterprise software system was created from the very beginning as a single technological platform on which application solutions for various industries and activities are developed. The presence of a single technological platform provides, on the one hand, a high speed of development and modification of applied solutions, and on the other hand, the unification of their use, from installation and administration to user interface features.

Currently, in parallel with the development of application solutions for the 1C:Enterprise 7.7 software system, 1C is developing a new version of the 1C:Enterprise 8.0 technology platform. When designing the 1C:Enterprise 8.0 platform, a serious analysis of the experience of using 1C:Enterprise 7.X in various conditions was carried out, numerous wishes of partners and users of the system were taken into account.

In the process of choosing the main directions for the development of this platform, modern realities were taken into account: an increase in the average scale of solutions built on the basis of 1C:Enterprise, an expansion of the range of applied tasks for the purpose of automating enterprises, new technical conditions in which the system operates. The new version of the system, like the previous ones, is focused on the creation and support of mass applied solutions for small and medium enterprises. Among the most significant innovations implemented in the new version:

• modern three-level architecture of the client-server version of working with the infobase, much more complete use of the capabilities of MS SQL Server for efficient information retrieval;
• a new file version of working with an infobase, which ensures a higher integrity of the infobase data and simplifies the creation of backup copies;
• improving system performance in terms of administration and user work schedules;
• development of an applied data model, with the help of which specific tasks of domain automation are solved;
• new design of the user interface and the implementation of a number of interface mechanisms that provide about Greater ergonomics and user efficiency; development of mechanisms for the preparation of economic and analytical reporting;
• expanding the capabilities of the system in different countries and with different languages, and much more.

Currently, 1C, together with partners, is testing the methodology for using the tools of the new version of 1C:Enterprise 8.0.

Reference legal systems ConsultantPlus

developer: ConsultantPlus company (http://www.consultant.ru/)

The ConsultantPlus family of reference legal systems includes databases of federal legislation documents, legal acts of 79 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, acts of international law, judicial practice materials, documents of the USSR, as well as consultations and explanations of specialists in accounting and taxation - more than 1 million documents in total. Managers, accountants, lawyers and other specialists of enterprises of all forms of ownership and various activities work with ConsultantPlus systems. In addition, the systems are used at home to work with the necessary legal information.

All systems have a single software shell and have broad functionality for searching for legal information and working with it. Documents in the systems can be searched by details (adopted body, date of adoption, type of document, number and status of the document), by subject, as well as by any words or phrases from the text or title. The texts of the documents are provided with hyperlinks to related (amending, supplementing, etc.) legal acts. The user can create multi-level folders of documents, put bookmarks in texts, print documents or their fragments from the system, write to a file, export to MS Word for further work.

When developing systems, modern software tools are used that meet international standards of quality and reliability. ConsultantPlus systems have been tested by Microsoft for compatibility with all common operating systems Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP.

ConsultantPlus systems are available in local or network versions. The information in the databases is updated daily, weekly or, less often, at the request of the user. Systems are supplied and serviced by 300 regional service centers of the ConsultantPlus network in 150 Russian cities. The service includes technical support, updating information in the system on the user's computer, free training to work with the system (with the issuance of a personal certificate), free replacement of software versions with new ones, consultations on the operation of systems, hotline services and search for documents for individual orders.

The cost of delivery and maintenance of ConsultantPlus systems depends on the volume and nature of the information content of each system. For example, installing a system according to federal legislation ConsultantPlus:VersionProf (contains 39,500 documents and is updated with new ones - up to 500 per month) costs 30,895 rubles. 20 kopecks, updating information within a month - 2258 rubles. 40 kop. And the installation of a system for information and legal support of accounting ConsultantAccountant: VersionProf (13,700 regulatory documents and 51,500 consulting materials, updated with new documents - up to 180 and consulting materials - up to 1,500 per month) costs 13,370 rubles. 40 kopecks, updating information within a month - 1410 rubles. (prices are indicated for Moscow and the Moscow region, including VAT, as of November 2002).

eLearning 3000 Toolkit

developer: HyperMethod company (http://www.hypermethod.ru/)

The eLearning 3000 software package is designed to create distance multimedia learning courses that meet the requirements of the educational product market, taking into account the possibility of organizing distance learning through the creation of training centers on the Internet/Intranet networks. The eLearning 3000 package consists of two main products: eLearning Office 3000 and eLearning Server 3000, designed to create distance learning (DL) systems using both the Internet and the capabilities of local multimedia computers.

The eLearning 3000 package makes it possible to introduce a full cycle of distance learning in an educational institution, automate the process of full-time education, and also introduce a testing and advanced training system for employees at enterprises.

The eLearinng Office 3000 software package makes it possible to assemble from source materials a modern multimedia distance learning course integrated with the Internet, with built-in search and navigation systems, with dictionaries and electronic methodological developments. The package contains a set of thematic templates that allow you to minimize the time spent on course development. Developers are provided with many options for ready-made prototypes of training courses; cross-hypertext links are automatically created and a training course distribution kit is generated for recording on CD-ROM.

The services of the training center include the following: registration of teachers, courses and students in the electronic dean's office; formation of course materials, curriculum, class schedule; conducting online lectures, seminars, tests, testing, trainings; organization of communication between students and teachers through conferences, chats, bulletin boards, as well as the creation of libraries and the maintenance of various kinds of statistics. Using XML technology, core learning materials are easily transferred to other programs and applications. The administrator can significantly expand the services provided by the training center.

Product pricing: eLearning Office $649, eLearning Office 3000 Academic $499, eLearning Server $1799, eLearning Server Academic $1499, eLearning Server + Office $2099, eLearning Server + Office Academic $1799

Euphrates-Document Management

developer: Cognitive Technologies (http://www.cognitive.ru/)

The EUFRATS-Document Management System is a comprehensive solution in the field of workflow automation and document management, characterized by high functionality, ease of configuration and administration, the ability to adapt to any workflow standards and low cost, which allows the system to surpass the existing ones in the Russian market in terms of price / quality ratio. market for solutions of this class.

Euphrates-Document Management is the only domestic electronic document management system that has its own DBMS, which allows the system to function without purchasing and installing additional expensive software (Lotus Notes, Oracle, MS SQL).

The EUFRATS-Document Management System provides:

• scanning and recognition of a paper document - converting it into an electronic form;

• the ability to work with both text and graphic prototypes of documents;
• registration of documents by any number and type of details, including automatic generation of details;
• distribution of documents to users via built-in e-mail;
• control over the execution of documents, including the provision of a complete "history" of work with the document;
• quick search for documents by content and assigned details;

developer: Kaspersky Lab (http://www.kaspersky.ru/)

Kaspersky Anti-Virus has a huge number of awards - and this is not surprising: it is used by companies and users all over the world. What is so special about Kaspersky Anti-Virus? A lot of things: a 100% guarantee of protection against macro viruses, excellent opportunities for recovering infected files (the change inspector plays a significant role in this), reliable protection even against new viruses (as you know, Kaspersky Anti-Virus was the first to repel the I Love You virus epidemic, and it didn't need any updates), email security, and more. Kaspersky Anti-Virus is designed for all modern operating systems (*BSD, Linux, Windows), it is not demanding on resources (minimum 32 MB of RAM and 25 MB of disk memory) and has a multifunctional control center with which you can easily configure anti-virus modules and set the schedule for checks.

Separately, antivirus support should be noted - you can receive not only updates that can be rewritten from the Kaspersky Lab website at least every day, but also round-the-clock technical support. Flexible pricing systems (for home users, the cost of the distribution starts from 200 rubles) and upgrades (the ability to use new versions along with old registration keys). "Laboratory" has been fighting viruses for almost fifteen years. The vast experience of the company's experts, as well as a large amount of statistical data in modern conditions, make it possible to predict the direction of future virus threats (in particular, Kaspersky Lab was the first in the world to predict the emergence and spread of script viruses). There are many examples of predictions that have come true and timely preventive measures, but the most important thing is not this, but the fact that Kaspersky Anti-Virus is a time-tested product. And time, as you know, is the most fair and impartial judge. You can order products on the developer's website.

Cost of Kaspersky Anti-Virus: Lite license for 1 year, v. 4.0 - $19.95, Personal license for 1 year, v. 4.0 - 50, Personal PRO license for 1 year, v. 4.0 - 69, for Palm OS 1 year license, v. 4.0 - $14

The ARPP did not support the position of the president of the RSPP on the admission of foreign companies to the register of Russian software

On June 25, 2019, it became known that the Association of Software Developers (ARPP) "Domestic Software" sent a letter to the President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin in connection with his position regarding the inclusion of localized foreign software in the Unified Register of Domestic Software.

In particular, in his interview with CNews, the president of the RSPP stated that "it is necessary to work towards including localized foreign software in the Russian software registry."

ARPP "Domestic Soft" believes that the expansion of the Unified Software Register and the inclusion of software products of foreign origin in it threatens the sovereignty and security of the country, contradicts the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 16, 2015 No. 1236, which establishes a ban on the admission of software originating from foreign states, is contrary to the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 2018 No. 204 "On the national goals and strategic objectives of the development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2024", which implies the creation of a global competitive infrastructure for the transmission, processing and storage of data, ensuring information security, and also end - to - end digital technologies mainly based on domestic developments .

Cooperation with the Association "National Medical Knowledge Base" on the development of digital health

On April 30, 2019, the Association of Developers of Software Products "Domestic Software" announced that, together with the Association of Developers and Users of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine "National Medical Knowledge Base", they signed a cooperation agreement on April 29 in Moscow. Read more.

2018

Russian software developers have come up with a way to revive import substitution

In September, 2018 ARPP "Domestic Soft" announced plans for creation of ready stacks of the domestic IT products integrated among themselves and the catalog in which customers will be able to get acquainted with them and choose. To solve these problems, the Committee for the Integration of Domestic Software was created at the ARPP, with Ivan Panchenko, Deputy General Director of Postgres Professional, appointed as its chairman.

The online catalog, which is tentatively planned to be launched in the first half of 2019, is considered by the ARPP as an “addition to the register of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications”. It will include the characteristics of various domestic software and data on its suitability for specific customer tasks and specific industries, as well as information about already assembled integrated stacks.

ARPP Board Chairman Natalya Kasperskaya explained the need for the initiative by the fact that, despite the presence of an extensive registry of domestic software of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, customers are not yet in a hurry to implement Russian software. One of the reasons for this, she believes, is that the platforms on which application software runs are mostly imported. To ensure its compatibility with domestic platforms, integration is required, and this is fraught with difficulties - additional work needs to be done with platform providers. The availability of ready-made software packages, including both basic and applied ones, will give customers an understanding of what works with what and simplify their task of import substitution, the ARPP believes.

Panchenko notes that often only the substitution of application software is considered import substitution, but it is only the tip of the iceberg. For full-fledged import substitution, customers need integrated compatible solutions, including software for virtualization, storage systems, development tools and information security, operating systems, DBMS. Despite the fact that there are more than 150 companies in the ARPP, there is no one among them that could provide the customer with a full software stack, such as Microsoft or Oracle. In order for ready-made packages of Russian software to appear, it is necessary to organize the joint work of developers, Panchenko notes.

According to Ivan Panchenko, the catalog will contain all the same software as in the registry, where, unlike the catalog, you cannot see information about product compatibility. ARPP expects that, at the initial stage, the catalog will be supplemented by software manufacturers themselves and experts who will check various domestic software for compatibility.

Panchenko said that the software catalog will be divided into 4 compatibility levels. They will be based on compatibility data provided by the product developer himself, on confirmation from other software vendors in the stack, independent expertise, and the presence of successful implementation cases.

The ARPP expects that without a legal status, the catalog will initially be used by customers and suppliers on their own initiative. Ilya Massukh, director of the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the Sphere of ICT, says that during the year it is planned to collect a sufficient number of packages of compatible products, and then legalize the catalog at the state level in order to encourage customers to use it.

The Deputy General Director of Postgres Professional added that the creation of the catalog could become a joint project of the ARPP with other organizations. For example, with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which showed interest in the project.

The issue of financing the creation of the catalog as of September has not yet been resolved. Natalya Kasperskaya announced that its creation will require about 2-3 million rubles. It is possible that the project will be able to be carried out through the Digital Economy program, they say in the ARPP.

In addition to the software developers themselves, ARPP expects to involve integrators in cooperation. Renat Lashin, executive director of the ARPP, specified that, if necessary, the work on testing and integrating products will be paid from the ARPP budget, which is formed from membership fees, as well as from private contributions.

The committee on integration of domestic software is created

The Association of Software Developers "Domestic Soft" has created a committee for the integration of domestic software, which includes representatives of 18 companies.

The committee included representatives of companies (in alphabetical order) ABBYY, Basalt SPO, BFT, Video Bridge, Galaxy, Garda Technologies, Docsvision, Security Code, New Cloud Technologies, Odant, Postgres Professional, Rosplatforma, Red Soft, SVS, Svemel, SDI Solutions, Foresight, Electronic Office Systems.

2017

Participation in the creation of the Information Security Competence Center as part of the Digital Economy state program. ARPP "Domestic Soft" will head the working group on information security.

2016: Participation in the creation of a competence center for import substitution in the field of ICT

On September 19, 2016 the executive director of association "Domestic software" Evgenia Vasilenko reported to TAdviser that documents for registration of the Competence Center for import substitution in the field of ICT, which is created on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, have been submitted. For more information about the Center, follow the link.

2009: Formation of the organization

The birth of "Domestic Software" was preceded by a meeting of heads of IT companies with Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications Igor Shchegolev on October 17, 2008. According to Alexander Golikov, chairman of the board of directors of Ascon, Russian developers felt that high-ranking officials had learned to distinguish them from offshore outsourcers and development centers of foreign firms. In response, it was decided to engage in a kind of self-determination of the industry - to create a public organization and gather under its banner all Russian developers, regardless of size, both exporters and local market players.

In August 2009, the legal registration of the association of software developers "Domestic Soft" took place. The founders explain that they are prevented from fighting for the rights of developers in the former industry associations by the membership of foreign companies, distributors and integrators.

Association members

For June, 2017 in ARPP "Domestic software".

Work principles

The Association interacts with federal executive authorities, the relevant ministry, Russian business associations representing the interests of various sectors of the economy, and the media; actively participates in the activities of specialized expert working groups (Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, State Duma of the Russian Federation).

The main areas of work of the ARPP

• Stimulation of demand for Russian software in the domestic market;
• Support for the export of Russian software products;
, Hewlett-Packard and other Western companies.

And the issue of protectionism worries the members of the "Domestic Software" in the first place. A number of proposals to the government have already been prepared, the economic effect of which has been calculated by the Russian Institute of Taxes and Tax Policy. It is argued that if a number of measures are taken, including the abolition of VAT for software exporters and a single social tax rate of 14%, then the number of jobs in the IT industry will increase by 29% in a year, and in five years the country's GDP will double. It should be noted that the Russoft Association is also fighting for a tax break in connection with the upcoming abolition of the UST, threatening that otherwise software developers will massively transfer production abroad.

The Association of Computer and Information Technology Enterprises (AP KIT) seemed to the founders of Otechestvenny Soft to be inappropriate in terms of format for solving the above issues, because, in addition to Russian developers, it includes foreign companies, distributors and integrators. But, according to the deputy director of 1C Pavel Gudkov, AP KIT will be useful if Domestic Soft joins it as an industry committee following the example of Russoft.

Certainly, there will be some duplication of activities of Otechestvenny Soft with other associations. For example, AP KIT played a key role in the development of professional standards. But, as Gudkov explained, AP KIT deals with education more broadly and is interested, in particular, in standards for system administrators and sellers of high-tech equipment. Otechestvenny Soft will rather pay attention to the training of developers and the use of domestic software in Russian education.

From January 1, 2016, all state and municipal bodies, state corporations Rosatom and Roscosmos, management bodies of state extra-budgetary funds, as well as state and budgetary institutions that carry out purchases in accordance with the requirements of the “On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works , services for state and municipal needs”, are obliged to comply with the prohibition on the admission of software originating from foreign countries for the purposes of procurement for state and municipal needs.

In order to make a decision on the purchase of software, the customer needs to work with the registry. When working with the registry of Russian software, the customer placing an order for the supply of software products must:

1) study the classifier and determine which class corresponds to the software planned for purchase;

2) go to the official website of the registry and find out if the registry contains information about software for this class (see below for how to do this);

3) if there is information about one or more software products for the desired class in the register, the customer will need to independently determine whether at least one of the products meets the characteristics that the customer requires and which he plans to include in the description of the procurement object. To do this, it is advisable to determine the required functional, technical and operational characteristics of the software and compare them with similar characteristics of the software, information about which is placed in the registry.

An example form of performance comparison is given below:

Note

It should be noted that in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1236 regarding the characteristics of the software, the registry entry contains only the address of the page of the copyright holder's website in the information and telecommunication network Internet, which contains documentation containing a description of the functional characteristics of the software and information necessary for installation and operation of the software. In practice, the site of the copyright holder does not always contain all the necessary information about the software. The mechanism for obtaining such information for the preparation of a justification has not been regulated. In case of insufficient information about the required software, it is advisable to ask the copyright holder to provide such characteristics.

Based on the results of the work performed, the customer makes one of two decisions: either to purchase one of the Russian software products specified in the register, or to justify the purchase of software that is not included in the register.

The second is possible if:

a) the registry does not contain information about the software of the required class;

b) the software, information about which is included in the register according to the required class, does not meet the requirements of the customer in terms of its functional, technical and (or) operational characteristics.

In this case, the customer must prepare, approve and publish (together with the procurement documentation) . Such an obligation is established by part 3 of article 14 of the Federal Law of April 5, 2013 No. 44-FZ “On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs”. The procedure for preparing the justification (Procedure) is approved.

It is worth noting that, in accordance with clause 4 of the Procedure, the customer must approve the specified justification as of the day the notice of procurement was posted. It is not enough to approve the rationale simultaneously with the entire package of procurement documents.

To comply with this provision, given the complex procurement procedures in general, contracting authorities should monitor not only the registry itself, but also applications submitted for inclusion in the registry (they are also posted on the registry operator's website). This will allow you to foresee the inclusion of a particular software in the registry.

It is advisable to prepare a draft justification at the time of preparation of a complete package of procurement documentation, and then update and approve it on the day of publication.

The justification must contain an indication of:

a) a circumstance in connection with which it is impossible to comply with the ban (subparagraph "a" or "b" of paragraph 2 of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1236 is selected);

b) the class (classes) of software, which (which) must correspond to the software that is the object of the procurement;

c) requirements for the functional, technical and operational characteristics of the software that is the object of the procurement, established by the customer (with an indication of the class (classes) to which the software must correspond, see above);

d) functional, technical and (or) operational characteristics, including quantitative ones, according to which the software products from the registry do not meet the requirements established by the customer for the software product that is the object of the procurement, for each software product from the registry (indicating its name). Software products compared in this way must belong to the same class ().

See also examples of justifications for the impossibility of purchasing software from the registry: ; . You can see more examples of similar documents submitted to justify the impossibility of purchasing a domestic software product.

If the registry does not contain information about the software for the required class (subparagraph “a” of paragraph 2 of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1236 is selected), the last block (“d”) is not included in the justification.

For this block (“d”), it should also be borne in mind that Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1236 does not provide for the mandatory indication of both functional, technical and operational characteristics of the purchased software in order to prove its difference from the software specified in the register. However, incorrectly specified characteristics of both the software required by the customer and the software placed in the registry may serve as a basis for claims by regulatory authorities. The reason for claims may be, for example, an appeal by a software developer, information about which is entered in the register, with a complaint to the Federal Antimonopoly Service about the incorrect justification by the customer of the impossibility of complying with the ban.

In case of insufficient information about the characteristics of the software, information about which is placed in the registry, it is advisable to request the copyright holder to provide such characteristics.

If such information is not provided, it is advisable to take screenshots of the pages of the copyright holder's website, which contain information about the characteristics of the software from the registry (at the time of publication of the justification), and attach these screenshots to the justification.

An example of justification for the inability to comply with the prohibition on the purchase of software is given in.

Checking for the presence in the registry of information about software for a specific class on the site reestr.minsvyaz.ru in its current form is performed as follows:

1) on the website of the registry of Russian software, go to the section "Registry";

2) select the required software class(es):

3a) if there is no information about the software for the required class in the registry, a corresponding message appears:

3b) if the registry contains information about the software of the required class, a list of software products appears:

Current additions (as of December 2017)

In March 2017, the government approved programs for electronic computers and databases, information about which is included in the register of Russian software. The requirements determine the composition, architecture, functions of the software required to replace imported analogues.

In particular, the software interface must be implemented in Russian. The software must not require the installation of other software (additional software modules, fonts) that has any restrictions on its free distribution in Russia, with the exception of operating systems. Software updates should only be performed after confirmation by the user or authorized personnel. At the same time, for each type of software (operating system, communication software, office suite, mail applications, organizer, viewers, Internet browser, presentation editor, spreadsheet editor, text editor, file manager software, legal reference system (ATS), software electronic document management systems and anti-virus protection) special requirements are provided.

According to the resolution, the registry entry is supplemented with information on compliance or non-compliance of the software with additional requirements. However, as of the end of 2017, no such information could be found in the registry.

In June 2017, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications published on the implementation of plans for the transition of federal executive bodies and state off-budget funds to the use of domestic office software, including instead of previously purchased office software.

For a complete list of regulations related to software import substitution, see

The implementation of the import substitution strategy in the field of information technology is under the special control of the government. First of all, state-owned companies will have to abandon foreign software products, in the second half of the year all of them will have to switch to Russian software without fail.

At the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with members of the government, said that state-owned companies should abandon foreign software this year within a year. They should use cheaper and more accessible Russian counterparts, especially since domestic developers can meet all the needs of companies. Restrictions on the purchase of foreign software should apply to all government customers.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Communications, Nikolai Nikiforov, reported that state authorities purchase foreign software for 20 billion rubles a year, but now they will fight against unreasonable purchases: “Together with the FAS Russia, we will catch the hand of those government customers who still prefer to buy foreign software in the old fashioned way, despite the fact that there are Russian solutions."

To support the domestic software development industry, the government allocated 5 billion rubles. Developers will be able to receive these funds in May-June.

However, industry experts doubt that such a global transition from imported software to domestic developments can be implemented in such a short time. Among the reasons are the lack of competitive domestic software for solving certain problems and the lack of necessary budgets from companies.

Import substitution in the field of IT became a strategic task not so long ago, about two years ago. “At that moment, experts noted that far from all segments we have solutions that can compete with Western ones, and it will take three to seven years for these solutions to appear,” explained Dmitry Mramorov, CEO of SKB Kontur. And the mere presence of this or that product does not mean that it will be able to completely replace the foreign solution.”

Emphasis: The government allocated 5 billion rubles to support domestic software

Today, almost all state-owned companies could decide to switch to domestic software and start it. But, according to industry representatives, this should be done carefully, as needed, and not for the sake of a formal replacement. "The transition process can take up to three years, - confirmed Sergey Maslov, director of state and corporate projects at ALT Linux. - There are several reasons for this: on the one hand, the amount of work to replace is very large, on the other hand, it is advisable to do many software replacements in the process of upgrading , that is, changing existing solutions to more modern ones. According to him, some solutions will require additional development, and this also takes time.

At the moment, there are more than 400 software titles in the register of domestic software, and it continues to grow. But whether there will be enough solutions from Russian developers for the normal functioning of state-owned enterprises, only the practical application of the registry can show.

According to Vyacheslav Medvedev, a leading analyst at Doctor Web's development department, there is also a danger of problems with software compatibility: "Most of the replacement software is clones of free software. But OpenOffice, for example, is not fully compatible with MSOffice document formats. How do you feel about the risk that your important document will not be read by the recipient or you will not be able to study all the nuances of the received document? And there are a lot of such risks.

Experts noted that now there are good domestic solutions in the field of security, software for IT infrastructures, but there are practically no solutions in the field of operating systems. It is important to fill this niche. "The registry has one version of the Linux OS and no Windows OS. This means that companies will have to migrate their entire landscape to Linux," said Dmitry Sergeev, director of business development at the Jet Infosystems software solutions center. "It will not be easy to do this in the near future, but it's more of a question of priorities and funding. If you want, you can, if not completely replace, then at least minimize the presence of foreign software. " True, for some time state-owned companies can still use the opportunity, which is provided for by a government decree. That is, refuse to purchase Russian software included in the registry if it is inferior to foreign software in terms of technical characteristics.

As for state support for developers, not everything is clear-cut here either. Experts note that with a meaningful distribution of funds, a positive effect will be noticeable, but one should not expect cardinal changes only from cash injections. "Support measures alone do not solve anything," Vyacheslav Medvedev stated. "The fact is that the country does not need import substitution as such, but import independence. It is necessary to create conditions under which competitive software will be created."

There are several more barriers to a quick and, most importantly, voluntary transition to domestic software. "Among them, the low popularity of our software products, the great marketing opportunities of Western competitors, and, perhaps, the habit of IT departments to simply select premium brands from the Gartner magic square, which our software cannot get into," said the CEO of 1C-Bitrix. Sergei Ryzhikov. - The actions of the government and the Ministry of Communications are aimed at switching the focus of consumer attention to our colleagues, software manufacturers. The ban on the purchase of foreign software for government agencies has already aroused great interest in domestic developments, but there are still opportunities to strengthen requirements and tighten control over purchases" .

However, according to the expert, a ban on the use of foreign software will not be enough, PR support will be needed. "This story has already begun with the registry of domestic software. And this is a great achievement," Sergey Ryzhikov is sure.