Extreme Group

Company Info

The Extreme group works at the market of information technologies since 1994. The main activities are:

• IT consulting: inspection of business processes of the Customer, determination of requirements to automation of tasks of the Customer, development of problem statement and the engineering design on creation of a system.
• Development and deployment of software packages and automated information systems.
• Design of IT infrastructure and organization of works on data protection.
• Technical support at operation of a system (maintenance, Call is the center).

The Extreme group specializes in automation of activity in the field of housing and communal services and accounting of the services provided using proximity plastic cards including payment of journey on passenger transport.

The Extreme group has the licenses of FSB and FSTEC allowing to perform development, protected using cryptographic means, information systems and also to render a full range of services in the field of confidential information protection, including personal data.

The Extreme group is one of founders of non-profit partnership the Ural IT cluster and Associations of the Sevastopol IT companies. In 2014, representative offices of Extreme Group in Omsk and Sevastopol are open.

Specialists of Extreme Group participate in work of the Commission of the Federation Council on development of information society and the working group Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Russia, the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation and Committee State of the Duma of the Russian Federation on housing policy and housing and communal services on creation of GIS of housing and public utilities. It allows to be based in work not only on the existing regulatory base, but also on knowledge of trends of development of informatization of state bodies of the Russian Federation.

Competences of specialists

The Extreme group has the statuses of the golden partner of Oracle company, the platinum partner of Aladdin RD company, the certified partner of Microsoft and the partner of IBM. Partners of Extreme Group are practically all domestic and leading foreign manufacturers of information security tools.

The collective totals more than 100 people, the majority of whom developers. Employees have long experience of creation of automated information systems and also works on information security support. Specialists of Extreme Group are certified by Microsoft (in the state four Microsofts Certified Professional Developer (highest status of the Microsoft developer), two Microsofts Certified Trainer (coaches of Microsoft) and also the certified specialists in products and technologies of VMware, Oracle, IBM, Java technologies and solutions on data protection work).

Clients

The Extreme group closely cooperates with the following Russian companies: CROC system integrator, Lanit Group, Rostelecom telecommunication company, Infotecs company.

Clients of Extreme Group are:

• Government of Sverdlovsk region.
• Ministry of social policy of Sverdlovsk region.
• Ministry of Transport and Communications of Sverdlovsk region.
• Ministry of the general and professional education of Sverdlovsk region.
• Administrations of Yekaterinburg, Saratov, Irkutsk.
• Finance department of City administration of Yekaterinburg.
• Management of housing and municipal services of City administration of Yekaterinburg.
• Administrations of municipal entities of Sverdlovsk region.
• Ministry of Internal Affairs in Sverdlovsk region.
• ATC of the city of Yekaterinburg.
• Transport enterprises.
• Commercial banks.

Activity of the company

IT Consulting

Within consulting activity the Extreme Group implemented projects for big state and private customers. The purpose of the implemented projects was the complex analysis of IT infrastructure of clients, determination of the key directions of development and the most optimal methods of achievement of goals facing clients.

For example, the Extreme Group took part in development of the concept of implementation of a system of Electronic government of Sverdlovsk region and in works on implementation of implementation of the Universal Electronic Card (UEC) of the resident of Sverdlovsk region.

Development of the application software

Specialists of Extreme Group have successful experience of development of the application software satisfying applied customers needs. The application software was developed for different customers, including federal, and belonged to different fields of activity:

• Automation of budget financial activities.
• Automation of archive activity.
• Issue, use and service of personal and transport cards.
• Automation of charge and payment of subsidies and compensations for expenses on payment of premises and utilities

In the software products and information systems developed by specialists of Extreme Group modern technologies, such as electronic signature, barcoding, smart cards widely are applied.

Software products and information systems are developed using different architecture and technologies, on different software platforms (including on platforms Microsoft .NET and Java) – depending on requirements and specifics of the Customer.

Integration solutions

Specialists of Extreme Group have unique experience of development of integration solutions for federal customers – such as Bank of Russia, Federal Customs Service of Russia and Ministry of mass communications and communications of the Russian Federation.

The integration solutions implemented by the staff of Extreme Group are based on different technologies and software platforms:

• Message exchange using web services.
• Use of the middle software focused on message exchange.
• Use of technology of a remote call of procedures.
• Application of modern complex integration products.

High qualification of employees and extensive experience allow Extreme Group to implement integration projects of any complexity – from application integration within the organization before ensuring legally significant information exchange with other organizations and public authorities.

Creation of solutions on information system protection

Specialists of Extreme Group have long experience in the organization of the data protection processed in different information systems (confidential character, personal data, the state information systems). The Extreme group offers the services in the field of data protection since 1998. The range of the competences offered in the market is rather wide and includes:

• Information security audit.
• Development of systems of "turnkey" data protection.
• Creation of "turnkey" Certification centers.
• Certification of automated systems for requirements of data protection.
• Personal data protection.
• Delivery of information security tools.

Engineers and analysts of department of information security are capable to construct an information security system practically of any information systems, from 1 PC to the large distributed information system. The Extreme group has the best practices of creation of the systems of information system protection processing personal data (ISPDN), the state information systems (SIS) using information security tools from leading manufacturers (Infotecs, the Code of security, the Confidant, Aladdin RD, Krypto-PRO, OKB SAPR).

Core competencies regarding information security are ensuring personal data protection in full and creation of the protected data networks. The Extreme group implemented projects with use of management systems for key carriers:

• JaCarta Management System (JMS).
• SafeNet Authentication Manager (SAM).
• Token Management System (TMS).

Public-private partnership

The Extreme group together with City administration of Yekaterinburg acts as the founder of JSC I-network which is an operator of the "Electronic Card of the Resident of Yekaterinburg" project (EKarta). Since January 1, 2010 in the city of Yekaterinburg the journey payment system on all types of passenger transport (bus, the trolleybus, the tram, the subway) using electronic plastic cards is brought into operation. In the project progress more than 300 thousand citizens (totally more than 500 thousand) having the right to social support received personal cards. Since 2010 the issue of personal cards to school students and students is provided.

With the advent of new requirements of use of the electronic card the expansion of scope of electronic plastic cards in the following directions is carried out:

• Accounting and payment of a power supply of school students.
• Payment of automobile parkings.
• Payment of goods and services.
• Use in control and management systems for access.

The possibility of payment of journey on passenger transport using the bank cards emitted by banks partners of the project is implemented. On an equal basis with personal cards for payment of journey the transport cards purchased by passengers independently are used.

Project implementation EKarta is enabled in the form of the investment project without attraction of budget financing. The most part of payment of trips on passenger transport of the city of Yekaterinburg is performed in a non-cash form using EKarta.