Kaluga cluster of information and communication technologies (Kaluga ICT cluster)

Board

Join the board of NP Kaluzhsky IKT-klaster:

• Egorov Alexey is the director of ANO Tekhnologii strakhovogo rynka,
• Kalyatskaya Natalia is the director of the Kaluga branch of JSC "Rostelecom",
• Kirillov Vladimir is a director of research and to development Everest LLC Scientific and production firm,
• Korneev Andrey is the director of IT Project Ltd,
• Kukhtinov Alexey is an associate director of Kaluga Astral Ltd,
• Ledkov Maxim is the CEO of MTM Group Region LLC,
• Minayev Andrey is the director of the department of asset management of JSC The Agency of the Innovative Development — the Center of Cluster Development of the Kaluga Region,
• Reznik Alexey is the director of Orbi sistems LLC,
• Rodin Igor is the deputy CEO of Kraftvey Corporation of PLS Ltd,
• Smirnov Alexey is the director of Alt Linux LLC,
• Tupitsyn Boris is the director of Kamin Ltd,
• Chernin Igor is the director of Kaluga Astral Ltd.
• Chernin Igor is unanimously elected the chairman of the board.

Founders of NP

• JSC The Agency of the Innovative Development — the Center of Cluster Development of the Kaluga Region
• ANO Akademichesky uchebny-issledovatelsky center informatsionno-kommunikatsionnykh tekhnology
• KALUGA ASTRAL LTD
• IT PROEKT Ltd
• NPF EVEREST LLC
• MTM GROUP REGION LLC
• ALT LINUX LLC
• KRAFTWAY CORPORATION OF PLS LTD
• KAMIN LTD
• Sotsialnye konferentsionnye tekhnologii LLC

Mission of the Kaluga ICT cluster

• Implementing the innovative solutions in the IT sphere, to increase the standard of living of the region and country.
• Make the Cluster the center of creation and information technology development and communications.
• Implement the potential of IT - specialists of the region in the created innovation environment.

Objectives

• Assistance to high-quality development of the IT companies and to creation of the civilized market relations;
• Development of competitiveness of IT - products, both on domestic, and on international the markets;
• Accomplishment of large-scale projects qualitatively and in time;
• Promotion of products and services of members of an IT cluster;
• Representation of interests of members of the Cluster in the regional and international organizations.

History

2017

Project of the second queue of the IT center "Kaluga Astral"

In 2017 building of the second queue of the Kaluga Astral IT Center will begin. The four-storeyed building not less than 4 thousand sq.m is going to be put in operation no later than the middle of 2018. It will be connected by warm transition to the first stage of the IT Center.

2016

One of the most important areas of work of a cluster is training for the IT industry. In 2016 work on the organization of a training of students of the Kaluga universities in Kaluga Astral company and also at other enterprises of an ICT cluster was continued. The issue of construction of "The house of the IT specialist" in which the most valuable young IT specialists will be able to receive apartments is at the same time discussed.

In November, 2016 on the platform of the Kaluga Astral IT Center for the first time there took place the regional WorldSkills Russia championship in the Web direction design. During the championship tours for more than 1000 pupils of the Kaluga schools were conducted. The action was aimed at finding talented youth in the region and to acquaintance of youth to real work of IT of specialists. At the beginning of December the competition among school students in information security IT quest is held.

2015

At the end of 2015 in a cluster 107 companies were registered. Today them already 121. It not only regional players, but also leaders of the Russian ICT market, such as EPAM Systems, IT, "ALT Linux", "Kraftvey", etc. "A cluster of information telecommunication technologies – unique community. Among the organizations which enter it there are both educational institutions, and telecom operators, and the companies which are engaged in software development, and those who are engaged in "iron" and networks, security systems.

The expert advice of an ICT cluster took part in development of strategy of the Ministry of development of information society of the Kaluga region and also prepared a number of documents on informatization of other regional authorities, such as Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of tariff regulation, etc. Also on its initiative development of uniform standards which will help to formulate "standard" requirements at equipment procurement, software and supplies for state institutions began.

2013

The cluster of information and communication technologies of the Kaluga region (ICT cluster) was created in 2013. At the first stage it included more than 50 regional enterprises of the IT sphere. Then the decision on creation of club of Chief information officers which should become the platform for professional communication of top management of the industry, clients with customers was made.