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Uniastrum Bank Reports 49% Jump in Small Business Loans in 2011

As of year-start 2012 the lender’s SB credit portfolio topped Rb 13 bn, with loan distributions totaling Rb 8.5 bn, up 22% on 2010. - January 26, 2012 - Uniastrum Bank

The I International Media Forum “Fourth Estate” Will be Held in Strasbourg in February

International Media Congress “Golden Section” holds I International Media Forum “The Fourth Estate” at the Palais des Congrès (Strasbourg, France) on February 19-23, 2012. Forum is supported by the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Union of... - January 26, 2012 - International Media Congress

Network Computer Backup Top Trend 2011 in a Report by Handy Backup Analysts

Novosoft LLC, a provider of market leading data backup software programs, introduced a report on enterprise file backup tendencies in 2011 and directions for network backup tactics in 2012. - January 19, 2012 - Novosoft Handy Backup

Build a Custom Product Design Online Store with Alt-team's Product Designer Software

Alt-team has launched Product designer software for everybody who would like to build an online store with a possibility for customers to personalize products. - January 10, 2012 - LLC Alternative

SITEK Group of Companies Gave a Sales Forecast for Manufacturing IT for 2012 in Russia and CIS

SITEK Group of companies and its MES Independent Business Unit gave a sales forecast for Manufacturing IT for 2012 in Russia and CIS countries and summed up the results of 2011. - January 06, 2012 - SITEK Group, MES Dpt.

YUVsoft Releases 2D–to–Stereo 3D Conversion Plugins for the Foundry NUKE

YUVsoft Corp., a software R&D company, announced the release of its 2D to 3D Suite as a set of plugins for NUKE compositing software to complement the existing versions for the Adobe After Effects environment. The software accelerates and increases the quality of professional semiautomatic... - January 03, 2012 - YUVsoft

Uniastrum Bank Announces Results of Sunny Island Contest

The panel judging the nationwide online art contest Sunny Island has chosen the best entries and the winners can look forward to a holidaying in Cyprus and receiving Apple ipads. - December 25, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Rsync Backup for Windows, Linux Knoppix, and Other Smart Technologies in Handy Backup by Novosoft

Novosoft LLC, the developer of award-winning data backup software, announced backup technologies getting implemented in the functionality of the Handy Backup utilities, 2012. - December 25, 2011 - Novosoft Handy Backup

Uniastrum Bank Receives Best Retail Loan Award

On December 14, at the 7th National Banking Awards Ceremony organized by the Association of Russian Banks, the lender’s personal loan option Access was judged the country’s best retail credit product. - December 23, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Artezio Expands to Nordic IT Market and Partners with BBB-Software

Artezio partners with BBB-Software to offer outsourcing services in Finland, Scandinavia and Baltic states. - December 18, 2011 - Artezio

ElanGroup Releases New Version of Wallpaper Updater - 2.1

Wallpaper Updater 2.1, free wallpaper changer program from ElanGroup, is already available for downloading. - December 16, 2011 - ElanGroup, Ltd.

Full System Backup by Novosoft Enhances the Handy Backup Functionality for Cloning HDs

Novosoft LLC, the developer of a line of popular data backup solutions, announced that complete system backup is now a part of the computer cloning functionality of the Handy Backup software. - December 15, 2011 - Novosoft Handy Backup

Uniastrum Loan Applicants Can Now Obtain Preliminary Decision via Bank Website

The lender has come up with a new service for retail customers, who can now expect to receive a preliminary decision on their loan application in a matter of minutes. - December 10, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Mobile GPS Audio Guides Toozla Were Supplemented with Guides in New Languages: Portuguese, Turkish and Greek

On November 28 the developer of GPS mobile guides Toozla has added three new languages: Turkish, Greek and Portuguese. After adding guides in three languages, the company has significantly expanded its infosphere. - December 10, 2011 - Toozla LLC

Sunny Island Finalists Announced

Following tense semifinal voting, the ten entrants judged most deserving of a place in the nationwide online art contest Sunny Island have now been chosen. - December 09, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Outlook Online Backup Comes with an Interruption-Free Data Copying Framework by Handy Backup 7

Novosoft LLC, a developer of award-winning data protection software, announced Outlook online backup functionality for Handy Backup, as a part of a new interruption-free approach to copying data. - December 09, 2011 - Novosoft Handy Backup

Sunny Island Enters Semifinal Stage

The semifinal of the nationwide online drawing contest Sunny Island is now underway. Over the week visitors to the contest website are invited to choose among the 80 semifinalists the 10 entries they believe most deserve a place in the final. - December 04, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Uniastrum Leasing Ranked Among Russia’s Top-3 Leasing Companies

The country’s first survey of the leasing market published by Kommersant newspaper shows Uniastrum Leasing ranking first for real estate leasing and second for equipment leasing. - December 04, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Volume Shadow Copy Backup Software Features by Handy Backup 7 for Copying Locked Files

Novosoft LLC, a reputed developer of data backup solutions, announced Volume Shadow Copy backup functionality for Handy Backup, enhancing locked file copying software options and storage optimization. - December 03, 2011 - Novosoft Handy Backup

Falcongaze SecureTower Awarded "Best Software of 2011"

Falcongaze company is proud to announce that its Data Leakage Protection system SecureTower has been awarded "Best Software of 2011" in the "Security" section by PC Magazine/RE. - December 03, 2011 - Falcongaze Ltd.

Artezio CEO Pavel Adylin Elected Chairman of RUSSOFT

Pavel Adylin, the founder and CEO of Artezio, has become the Chairman of RUSSOFT - a nationwide association of the most technically competent software development companies from Russia and CIS. - December 02, 2011 - Artezio

CoFiTe Company at International Conference TradeTech Asia 2011

Alexander Yakovlev, VP Business Development of Cognitive Finance Technologies company, participated in the international conference TradeTech Asia 2011 (http://www.wbresearch.com/tradetechasia/home.aspx), November 16-17th, 2011 in Singapore. It was the first but not last time the company had... - November 30, 2011 - Cognitive Finance Tecnologies

Uniastrum’s Corporate Credit Portfolio Grows Twice as Fast in Q311

From year-start 2011, the Bank’s corporate credit portfolio grew 16% to Rb 56 bn as of October 1, 2011, expanding 8% in the third quarter. - November 23, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Aba Search and Replace 2.1 Released

A new version of the fast search tool is available. The users can quickly correct errors, rebrand their products, or replace copyright notices on their web pages. - November 20, 2011 - Aba Software

Intellectual Property Theft Prevented by New Copy Protection Technology by StarForce – Even "Screen Grabbers" and "Print Screen" Are Halted

An enhanced cloud-based security system from a Russian security software firm aims to prevent the theft of intellectual property and breaches of copyright. - November 19, 2011 - StarForce

Access-to-MySQL v5.3 Supports MS Access Queries

Intelligent Converters released new version of Access-to-MySQL converter, a program to migrate MS Access databases to MySQL server, with support for Microsoft Access queries. - November 17, 2011 - Intelligent Converters

Uniastrum Bank Promises Loyal Depositors Higher Interest and New Account Holders Free Gifts

Effective November 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012 anyone opening a Big Interest, Access, Pension Plus or Multicurrency deposit account will receive a welcoming gift. - November 10, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Kirill Tikhonov Appointed Deputy of Uniastrum Bank Management Board

After securing the necessary approvals from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Uniastrum’s Board of Directors has appointed Kirill Tikhonov Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. In his new role, Mr. Tikhonov will continue to supervise the Bank’s corporate activities, including work with small and medium businesses. - November 04, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Over 500 Children Take Part in Sunny Island Drawing Contest

With four of the eight selection stages already complete, in the past four weeks more than 600 drawings have been submitted, while the number of online voters is fast approaching 30,000. - November 04, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Backup Software by Novosoft Rocks on IT Shows and Exhibitions, Partnered by the 1C Company

Novosoft reports success of its Handy Backup software on IT shows, due to the growth in data backup by public, product’s novel functionality, and partnerships with leading software providers, like 1C. - November 04, 2011 - Novosoft Handy Backup

First Line Experts to Speak at CEE-SECR 2011

Leading experts from First Line Software, a premiere provider of R&D and custom software development services, will speak at the seventh annual Central & Eastern European Software Engineering Conference in Russia (CEE-SECR) held in Moscow this week. - November 03, 2011 - First Line Software

Uniastrum Bank Offers Ryazan Region’s Small Business Community Smoother Credit

The lender has struck up a partnership with the Ryazan Region Small Enterprise Assistance Fund, which is guaranteeing Uniastrum-issued loans of up to Rb 20 mn. - October 30, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Over 1,000 Special Offers for Uniastrum Bank Cardholders

Uniastrum Bank is launching an exclusive Privilege Program entitling cardholders to discounts of 5-22% with companies partnering the scheme. - October 30, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Mobile GPS Audio Guides Toozla - a New Application for Nokia

The new version of GPS mobile audio guides Toozla for Nokia was released in October. The application for Symbian devices received a number of improvements, a new interesting design and a map from Osi Maps. - October 27, 2011 - Toozla LLC

ElanGroup Releases Disc Collection 2.5

ElanGroup, company developing freeware and shareware programs, is happy to announce new version of their multimedia collection manager for home users - Disc Collection 2.5. Several important features were added to this version. - October 26, 2011 - ElanGroup, Ltd.

Uniastrum Bank Opens Flagship Office in Omsk

The new outlet, at 7, Ordzhonikidze Street, stands in the heart of the city center - October 22, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Uniastrum Bank’s Access Loan Rated Best Deal on Consumer Credit Market

Ratings compiled by Sravni.ru web portal show the lender’s personal loan option Access to be this month’s market-beating choice. - October 22, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Cypriot Ambassador Sends Special Message to Sunny Island Competition Entrants

Cyprus’s Ambassador to Russia, Petros Kestoras, has sent a message of greeting to youngsters taking part in the nationwide children’s online drawing contest Sunny Island. - October 20, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

New Major Release of Wallpaper Updater from ElanGroup - 2.0

Wallpaper Updater 2.0 - new major release of free wallpaper changer program from ElanGroup - is already available. - October 20, 2011 - ElanGroup, Ltd.

Uniastrum Gains Top-10 Ranking for SME Loan Portfolio

Figures released by RosBusinessConsulting news agency show Uniastrum placing 6th by portfolio value among the country’s financers of small and medium enterprises as of July 1, 2011. - October 14, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Agnitum Gets 50 Percent of New Customers from Kaspersky, Symantec, McAfee

Every day 100 users have traded in their existing security solutions for Outpost. - October 14, 2011 - Agnitum, Ltd.

Uniastrum Bank Branches Now Open Longer Hours

The lender has extended the opening hours of its neighborhood banking centers in Moscow and the Moscow region. Some Moscow outlets now work seven days a week. - October 08, 2011 - Uniastrum Bank

Mobile Audio Guide Toozla is Now Available in Arabic

On September 22, producer of GPS mobile audio guides, Toozla added the Arabic language to its system. With Arabic articles, the Toozla infosphere has increased by 5,400 stories. - October 06, 2011 - Toozla LLC

SITEK Expands Its Product Portfolio with Tool Data Management Solution TDM V4

SITEK: TDM V4 is a system for organizing tools, inspection equipment, machine setup, chucking devices, jigs, fixtures and machines. One particular highlight of TDM V4 is a fully automated generation of 2D/3D graphics, including master data for individual tool components. This keeps the error rate in data entry to a minimum. - October 06, 2011 - SITEK Group, MES Dpt.