The economics department of Lomonosov Moscow State University uses VKS within training programs

On July 16, 2014 the Mind company announced signing of the contract on cooperation in the field of VKS with economics department of Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Project Tasks

According to arrangements, the staff of faculty uses solutions of Mind for holding webinars within the occupations of educational programs of MBA (Master of Business Administration) and "Economy and management".

The service of webinars Mind represents a cloud solution according to the SaaS model ("Softawre as a Service" – "Software as service") and is used for holding remote occupations, consultations and installation lectures for students of programs of additional education of MBA. The license Mind gives an opportunity of one-time participation in a webinar for group to 50 people.

Project Results

The economics department began testing of webinars of Mind in 2013. At the beginning of 2014 according to the results of testing of the party signed the agreement on cooperation. When choosing the supplier of the solution of a video conferencing the economics department was guided by a variety of functionality, ease of use and reliability of a system, ease of implementation, an opportunity to work through "cloud" and by the principle of a Plug and Play ("connect and work"). Use of the solution of video communications of Mind helped to optimize time expenditure of teachers and students and to make the training actions more available and convenient.

"We considered several VKS solution providers. Webinars of Mind were selected, first, thanks to ease of use and the clear interface. Secondly, high quality of video conference 4K Ultra HD allowed us to organize all remote occupations up to standard — Dina Kurkova, the manager of the MVA program of economics department of MSU noted. — At last, the system of purchase of Mind service was the most clear and transparent. It is important for us as the Moscow university very strictly treats all legal and financial issues of transactions".

"Modern educational institutions realize benefits from use of the advanced information technologies and every year more and more widely apply them in educational process. Today the organizations of education are one of the most active consumers of VKS in the Russian market — the universities and schools need reliable, simple and economic services for carrying out video conferences, webinars and distance learning — Alexey Korolev, the CEO of Mind company told. — Education — one of the industries, key for us: we aim to satisfy completely requirements of educational institutions in the field of communications and to make educational process more convenient, effective and available. We already successfully work with many educational institutions and we hope for continuation of cooperation with Lomonosov Moscow State University and other leading universities of the country".