Gazprom Neft transferred 85% of employees' workstations to the Russian Astra Linux OS

2024: Gazprom Neft transferred 85% of employees' workstations to the Russian Astra Linux OS

Gazprom Neft has transferred about 85% of automated workplaces (AWS) to the Russian Astra Linux OS - complexes of technical and software tools designed to automate the professional work of a specialist and ensure the preparation, editing, search and output to the screen and print the documents and data he needs. The head of the information technology, automation and telecommunications department of the company spoke about this in April 2024.

According to him, by this date, Gazprom Neft has 48.2 thousand workstations operating on the Russian operating system. It is also planned to import the OS for another 8.5 thousand devices, Dumin said in a conversation with Interfax.

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He also spoke about the transfer of a significant network of corporate computers to Russian office software: by the end of 2023, import substitution affected 79% of equipment, and by the end of 2024 it is planned to increase this share to 83%. This is an integral indicator for 47 types of Russian software that the company uses, added the IT head of Gazprom Neft.

The company did not disclose the costs of transitions to Russian OS and office software. The agency notes that by April 2024, the cost of one Astra Linux license for a workstation ranges from 6 thousand rubles to about 20 thousand rubles, depending on the version of a specific OS, the level of technical support, and the need for refinement to meet the customer's requirements.

According to Ilya Sivtsev, General Director of Astra Group, within the framework of the project at Gazprom Neft, it was not only about replacing the previous OS with a Russian product, but also about finalizing the functionality of Astra Linux to meet the company's requirements. A focus group of users was created, and it helped Astra form the requirements that formed the basis for work on Astra Proxima - the new OS interface, "Sivtsev said^[1]

2022: Gazprom Neft switches to Russian Linux and office software

On September 7, 2022, it became known about the transition Gazprom of oil to the use of operating systems and office software the Russian development. We are talking about the introduction of products "" and P7 office. Astra Linux

As one of the employees of Gazprom Neft told CNews, the participants in the meeting of the company's technical council approved the P7 office as a "sanctions-independent solution" for the implementation "in the perimeter of the group of companies." The oil production holding is going to purchase licenses for such software and launch a pilot project for 2 thousand employees.

Gazprom Neft switches to Russian OS and office software

In addition to migrating to the P7 office, Gazprom Neft plans to switch to the company's Russian Astra OS Linux. RusBITech-Astra The companies previously entered into an agreement that implies the accelerated implementation of projects related to the migration data and deployment of Astra IT Linux-based systems.

According to the head of the Astra Group of Companies Ilya Sivtsev, Gazprom Neft is the flagship for the transfer of its infrastructures to Russian solutions in the industry.

{{quote 'The company has a clear plan for comprehensive import substitution, including system software, and we are actively cooperating with them in this part, he said. }} An employee of Gazprom Neft, in a conversation with the publication, said that by September 2022, Gazprom Neft installed Astra Linux on 2628 corporate devices and automated workplaces (AWS). Also, the oil company successfully tested the module "Designer of Geology" on Astra Linux. The module will be used to interpret seismic data. Domestic software will be able to replace imported analogues, for example, Petrel and Paradigm Geophysical.

By 2022, the group includes more than 70 oil producing, oil refining and marketing enterprises in Russia, neighboring and non-CIS countries.^[2]

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