Damask steel

"Damask steel" is the Russian developer company telecommunication and the IT equipment. Shares in the companies indirectly belong to Rostec and Rostelecom, a quarter of the company belongs to Qtech.

In a portfolio Damask steel is unified and software-defined data storage, routers, switches, servers, the UPS.

Products Damask steel are focused on the enterprises of defense industry complex of the Russian Federation and the large industrial companies, state corporations and government institutions interested in creation of own communication networks and data transmissions.

History

2020

The agreement with Micron for development of domestic production of devices of Internet of Things

On September 30, 2020 Mikron reported that together with "DAMASK STEEL" signed the agreement on cooperation. The companies combine efforts for development of domestic production of devices of Internet of Things, in particular, of metering devices of the electric power, heat and natural gas. Read more here.

Accession to consortium "ADP equipment"

Developer and computer system manufacturer and telecommunication equipment of Bulat LLC, entering into Avtomatika Concern of Rostec State corporation and PJSC Rostelecom, joined the list of founders of autonomous nonprofit organization of development of the radio-electronic industry "Consortium "ADP equipment". On September 2, 2020 reported about it in Avtomatika concern.

The decision on the introduction was made by Board of Directors of the company in July, 2020. State registration of the introduction of the founder in the structure of Consortium was made by judicial authorities at the end of August.

The consortium "ADP equipment" is created as uniform competence center in the field of protection of the Russian computer system manufacturers for the purpose of increase in their share in domestic market and also in the field of self-regulation and development of the radio-electronic industry in the ADP equipment direction.

"Bulat LLC having as strategic objectives the creation of the innovative complex technologies in the radio-electronic industry and locating not only the potential production, but also research capacities is one of the perspective projects entering a portfolio of Avtomatika Concern and Rostec. "Damask steel" actively supports and is guided by programs of digitalization of the country, as by basis for the innovative development of the company. Within Consortium "ADP equipment" society will continue the movement on strategic directions of development", - the CEO of Avtomatika Concern Vladimir Kabanov said.

He also noted that the consortium allows to participate in formation of an industry regulatory framework, to represent the interests as participant of the radio-electronic industry.

2019: Accession to The Entrusted Platform association

The developer and the producer telecommunication and the IT equipment the Bulat LLC company which is in a guidance loop of Avtomatika concern of State Corporation Rostec joined The Entrusted Platform association. The association integrates leaders of information security of Russia, producers telecom and the IT equipment, suppliers of the free software.

The Bulat company sees the mission within association in development and deployment of solutions and technologies which will allow to create safe IT infrastructure in the territory of the Russian Federation.

The entry of the companies which are in a circuit of concern into different professional associations opens ample opportunities for participation in formation of secure information systems, development of the Russian information security market, development of single integration solutions. The equipment Damask steel already is the platform of many state and commercial organizations. Participation in Association will promote involvement of the company to large strategic state projects, emergence of new investments. It is important that the company will have an opportunity to participate in development of the regulatory base concerning ensuring trust and security of IT infrastructure — the CEO of Avtomatika concern Vladimir Kabanov said.

2017: "Bulat" decided to become more Russian, having cut down a stuffing from third-party vendors

"Damask steel" is focused on use in the equipment of own circuit engineering and from other Russian producers and gradually reduces a share of foreign circuit engineering, including from Asia and Israel. At the end of May, 2017 TAdviser was reported about it by the Deputy CEO of the company Victoria Shelepova.

So, for example, Damask steel practically ceased to use a product line based on hardware platforms of Huawei and gradually brings her out of turnover.

According to Victoria Shelepova, during a certain period Damask steel had partner solutions with Huawei when the hardware of the Chinese vendor and the software Damask steel were used. The speech at the same time goes about storage systems and servers. Damask steel never had a switching equipment of Huawei, Shelepova claims.

Gradually the company got on feet, increased the state and can develop and release own equipment, Damask steel says to the deputy director general. According to her, the company has a small line of own servers which are not connected with Huawei. In them Intel processors are used, but cooperation and with the producer of the Elbrus processor is not excluded further.

At the same time, the representative of the company added, Damask steel and Huawei remain technology partners, continue to cooperate and further plan new joint developments.

"Damask steel" brings out of turnover a line of joint solutions with Huawei

Within the TsIPR conference in Innopolis in May, 2017 Damask steel presented a prototype of the new high-speed routing switch at an exhibition, one of features of which in the company call use only of circuit engineering of own development. Earlier in such equipment it was combined about custom.

Among other developments which the company provided on TsIPR, - own server and a prototype of new DWH, the system of unified communications, including means of VKS, a voice communication and the messenger which in media was christened "the murderer of Skype".

As of May the company in development also has a new router which should go to production in 2018, and the virtual end device for operators with similar terms of start in production.

Damask steel has no own production. For equipment manufacturing the company cooperates with several contract factories located in Tula, Arzamas, Moscow area, Victoria Shelepova says.

2016: Rostec and Rostelecom begin to produce domestic "iron"

Rostelecom and the United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) which is a part of Rostec state corporation announced in May, 216 creation of joint venture for production of telecommunication equipment. The company "Bulat", "dochka" of the Russian equipment manufacturer of communication Qtech CNews will become base for this enterprise^[1].

Rostelecom on behalf of "daughter" Vestelcom will receive 37.5% of the shares "Damask steel". As much will be at Scientific Research Institute Masshtab which is a part of a MIC. Other 25% of the stocks "Damask steel" will remain with Qtech. Earlier Qtech had 52%, Taygibov Temirlan Taygibovich has 47%. Transaction amount on entry of structures of Rostelecom and a MIC into authorized capital Damask steel was symbolical, the representative of a MIC Leonid Hozin specified.

It is supposed that Rostelecom will render the new joint venture assistance to producers in development of perspective technical policy and also will promote its integration within joint work. Rostec will be responsible for formation of strategy and the business plan, creation of management team.

As of November, 2016 on a closing stage of development there is a line of access switches and aggregation of Gigabit Ethernet of BK-A, the routing switches 10 GE. They can go on sale also already by the end of this year. Until the end of 2017 creation of a line of IP phones, storage systems of different capacity, rack and a blade servers is planned.

Works in the field of Internet of Things and also SDN-(software-defined networking is the program configured network) and the NFV equipment (network functions virtualization is virtualization of network functions), on the basis of which communication networks of new generation will be under construction in the long term are in parallel conducted.

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