Cloud.ru (formerly SberCloud)
Since 2018
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
125009, st. Vozdvizhenka, d. 4/7, p. 1
Performance indicators
2022: Revenue growth by 75.5% to RUB 18,515 million
At the end of 2022, the revenue of Cloud.ru (Technology LLC Cloudy) increased by 75.5% to 18,515 million. In rubles the ranking " TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2023," such an indicator allowed the company to take 29th place.
History
2023
Quantum Lab Discovery
On July 13, 2023, Cloud.ru announced the opening of a quantum computing laboratory aimed at combining existing and future quantum computing solutions in cloud infrastructure. The research will be carried out in close cooperation with leading Russian laboratories on quantum technologies, the press service of the Russian cloud service provider said.
As in mid-July 2023, two emulators of quantum computing devices are being deployed on Cloud.ru servers. The developers of emulators are specialists in the scientific and technological ecosystem of the Russian Quantum Center and the organization S-Quantum, created by researchers of the Center for Quantum Technologies of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. Both companies specialize in creating quantum computers on various architectures, emulators, cloud access interfaces, as well as quantum algorithms and applications.
It is assumed that in the future the Cloud.ru platform for ML development of the full cycle and the joint operation of DS commands (ML Space) will be expanded with the functionality of emulators of quantum computing devices, which will allow developing quantum algorithms on supercomputers, as well as looking for problems that are more efficiently solved in quantum formulation than in classical.
In addition, it is planned to provide cloud access to real quantum devices through the ML Space Cloud.ru. They will also speed up the processing of information inside data centers Cloud.ru.
 | Today we understand the importance of innovation to provide the best customer service. We implement the best world practices based on the needs of our customers, bearing in mind the need to develop new solutions within the domestic infrastructure. To do this, we are Cloud.ru hiring leading market specialists who can solve the most serious business problems using the latest technologies, including quantum computing, "said Igor Khapov, head of the Cloud.ru innovation department. |  |
Opening the Architecture Center to Scale Your Business in the Cloud
The company Cloud.ru on July 3, 2023 announced that it was opening the Architectural Center to scale the business in the cloud.
The architectural center is designed to provide the company's customers with architectural practices and standard solutions provider to improve business processes and improve the efficiency of operations in. cloud infrastructure
Among the advantages of the Architectural Center, Cloud.ru experts note a clear improvement in client experience. Thanks to the opening of the center, customers without IT competencies will be able to independently understand the necessary business solutions, choose the necessary capacities and platform to implement their ideas in the cloud Cloud.ru. If the client does not have enough data from the Architectural Center, he will be consulted by a personal manager.
| | The Cloud.ru team is in a constant search for innovation for customers. The architectural center is one of those innovations that reflects our focus on a positive experience of interaction with the company. It should help businesses scale in our cloud quickly and seamlessly. We will continue to implement such solutions within the framework of the customer-centric business model of our company, "said Artem Grigoryan, head of the Cloud.ru Architectural Center. | |
In addition to scaling, the Architecture Center provides business needs for area safety and performance. The center's specialists will tell and train the client's specialists what they need to work in the cloud.
Cloud.ru - TAdviser SummIT General Partner
On May 30, the leading provider cloud technologies AIML and/- solutions Cloud.ru will take part in the annual industry conference TAdviser SummIT 2023 To Moscow as the general partner of the event. Read more here.
Brand, Name and Logo Positioning Update
and Russian provider cloud technologies AI-solutions Cloud on May 22, 2023 announced a brand positioning, name and logo update. The changes are aimed at supporting the company's long-term strategy and strengthening its market position. Updated Company Name - Cloud.ru.
According to company representatives, the brand update was a logical consequence of the dynamic development of the company. The updated identity is in line with the cloud provider's ambitions and long-term strategic vision Cloud.ru.
| | "In 2019, we were a company with 4 dozen employees and 1 service. And now we already have more than 80 services, our total revenue for 2022 increased by 78%, and the staff exceeded 1000 people, - comments Evgeny Kolbin, CEO Cloud.ru. - The revamped brand will support our mission: reduce the price of progress, creating the foundation for customer innovation. It will help us not only follow trends, but independently form the directions of development of the entire cloud market. " | |
The updated brand Cloud.ru based on a focus on customer focus, technological leadership and the formation of a unique team.
| | "The main idea of the visual style of the Cloud.ru was the image of the portal as a metaphor for the transition to new technologies and services around the client's business," comments Maria Kaptelova, Director of Marketing and Communications Cloud.ru. - Our task is to build a new technological environment around the needs of customers. The new logo became the development of the previous one, and the characteristic hexagon has a new meaning, and now it reads the portal. " | |
2022
TAdviser interview with Deputy CEO Mikhail Lobotsky
In November 2022, Mikhail Lobotsky, Deputy General Director of Cloud (formerly SberCloud), spoke in an interview with TAdviser about the dynamics of demand for cloud services in Russia. Read more here.
Russian developers of emulators for processors moved from Intel to Cloud with the whole team
As a source in the IT market told TAdviser on September 14, a Russian team of several dozen people involved in Intel's development of emulators for new processors and SmartNIC (NIC - Network Interface Card, network interface card) has completely moved to Cloud.
The company confirmed the transition of the team.
| | Specialists with unique system development competencies will strengthen Cloud in terms of virtualization (micro VM, vGPU), storage (SDS, RDMA) and data transfer (SDN) platforms. The technologies they create will form the basis of Cloud solutions such as ML Space and Standart (IaaS, PaaS), as a result of which cloud products of an even higher level will be available to the company's customers, TAdviser said in Cloud. | |
Intel in 2022, against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, suspended work in Russia. The largest office of the company was located in Nizhny Novgorod, in April employees were sent on corporate leave with the preservation of wages.
The governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, said in August that about 500 employees of the Nizhny Novgorod office of Intel could be transported to work in Germany, and the task was to keep them. According to him, Sber is actively recruiting employees from Intel and Rosatom[1] of the [2]. According to Kommersant's sources, Intel has already moved some of its employees. And some quit of their own free will.
Earlier, TAdviser wrote that the IBM Client Engineering team from the Russian office of the vendor also moved to Cloud (more details in the block below). In addition, according to TAdviser, Cloud has a number of employees from Cisco's Russian office .
Russian team of IBM expert direction with "unique competencies" moved to work in Cloud
As TAdviser found out in early September 2022, the Client Engineering team of the IBM Russian office moved to Cloud. This area brings together designers, technical developers, solution architects, data scientists, security experts, DevOps engineers, etc. All of them worked side by side with customers to quickly find solutions to critical business problems using IBM technologies and services.
Cloud confirmed the information about the transition.
| | Indeed, this team moved to Cloud. These are technical specialists with unique competencies who will help large customers solve the problems of modernizing the IT infrastructure, optimizing applications and migrating to the Cloud, the company told TAdviser. | |
How many IBM Client Engineering specialists were hired by Cloud, the company did not specify TAdviser.
Among those who moved were Igor Khapov, who was responsible for the work of IBM Client Engineering in Moscow. He worked at IBM for about 12 years, most recently he served as director of the department of innovative solutions.
Recall that in June 2022, against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, IBM, whose official representative office has been present in Moscow since the 70s, decided to completely stop any activity on the Russian market. Even earlier, in March, the company announced the termination of technology sales in Russia.
Shortly before that, in January, IBM announced the expansion of the Client Engineering team of experts in Central and Eastern Europe to improve work with customers and business partners. The vendor explained that IBM Client Engineering teams in Moscow, Warsaw and Prague will promote innovation in the region.
In parallel with the curtailment of sales in Russia in March, IBM announced the launch of Client Engineering teams in four new countries - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, South Africa and the UAE.
SberCloud changed its name to Cloud and changed its logo
As it became known to TAdviser, in June 2022, SberCloud carried out a technical rebranding, changing its name to Cloud and changing its logo. The new logo and name are already used on the company's website, social networks, marketing materials, presentation templates and e-mail signatures.
According to a source in the company, employees are recommended to use the new logo and name in presentation materials and official correspondence. As a "new" sign, Cloud will use a stylized "polyhedron," which was part of the logo company before the rebranding of Sberbank to Sberbank in 2020.
At the same time, the new logo in the form of a polyhedron is an intermediate option under which the company will work until a new logo appears. As a TAdviser source noted, Cloud marketing is developing a new brand that better reflects the company's updated strategy.
The need for rebranding arose in May, after the Sber group left SberCloud shareholders. Then Digital Assets LLC, owned by Sberbank, left the number of shareholders of a number of companies. Read more here.
Sberbank ceased to be a shareholder of SberCloud
As TAdviser found out, Sberbank's subsidiary Digital Assets LLC, which was the founder and co-founder of a number of companies related to the bank's digital business, withdrew from these assets in May. In particular, from the companies "Center for Speech Technologies" (CST), SberCloud, "Okko," "Evotor." In addition, Digital Assets LLC left the Sound company. Read more here.
2021
Revenue growth by 166.8% to RUB 8,856 million
At the end of 2021, the revenue of Cloud (formerly SberCloud) amounted to 8,856 million rubles, an increase of 166.8% compared to 2020, which allowed it to take 63rd place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2022. The revenue of CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES LLC from the accounting statements for 2020-2021 is indicated. Excluding VAT.
SberCloud will demonstrate the benefits of AI and machine learning at TAdviser SummIT 2021
Cloudy provider SberCloud will share a fresh look at the development of the industry and, in particular, products based on artificial intelligence machine learning and within the framework of TAdviser SummIT 2021, which will be held on November 23, 2021 in. To Moscow
Using simple examples, the leader of the product AIML direction/Otari Melikishvili will clearly demonstrate the advantages cloud services over on-premium solutions, compare the costs, required resources and costs for each option of working with. clouds
As part of AI Journey 2021, SberCloud introduced an updated platform, and ML Space also announced the creation of a special hybrid version of the platform - ML Space Private. SberCloud's ML Space is a full-cycle ML development and collaboration platform for DS teams to create, train and deploy models. machine learning Tools familiar to the platform are integrated into the platform date scientists , popular libraries and frameworks are preinstalled. It accelerates, optimizes and greatly simplifies the processes of development, testing and depletion of models due to the capacities of the two most productive models at once: and. Russia supercomputers Christofari Christofari Neo
TAdviser SummIT takes place annually in Moscow, customers and IT suppliers gather at the event. In the plenary part of TAdviser SummIT 2021, Chief information officer of the largest companies and government departments of Russia will speak, where they will discuss improving the efficiency of business and the state using technologies.
Sberbank reported on the revenue of the cloud business, it is growing very quickly
SberCloud revenue in the 3rd quarter increased 2.6 times year-on-year to 2.3 billion rubles. This was announced on October 28 during a conference call on quarterly financial results by Sberbank Chief Financial Officer Alexandra Buriko[3].
In the 2nd quarter, the growth was 3.3 times year-on-year with revenue of about 2 billion rubles. And in the first half of 2021, SberCloud's turnover reached 3.7 billion rubles, which at that time was more than the company's total annual revenue for 2020, when it was recorded at 3.3 billion rubles.
In the first nine months of 2021, SberCloud's turnover amounted to about 6 billion rubles with an increase of 3.8 times year-on-year. Thus, now the company's revenue is already almost 2 times higher than that for the entire 2020.
One of the new large customers of SberCloud in the 3rd quarter was the Russian division of the consumer manufacturer. electronic engineers Honor The company moved the information systems of its Russian representative office to the SberCloud cloud, becoming a key client of the SberCloud.Advanced cloud platform. Another new major customer that SberCloud has publicly reported is a chain of fashion stores. lady & gentleman CITY
SberCloud in September called retail one of the leaders in cloud adoption: "this is a highly competitive market segment that uses only the best business tools."
If the revenue growth rate of SberCloud remains at the same level in the 4th quarter, then by the end of the year, as in 2020, the dynamics of the company's turnover will be noticeably higher than the overall market growth. According to TMT Consulting forecasts, published in June, in 2021 the public cloud services market in Russia will grow by 25%[4].
According to the results of the 3rd quarter, Yandex also reported on similar dynamics of the cloud business turnover, which for the year - from September 2021 to September 2022 - expects revenue from the cloud direction of more than 3.4 billion rubles. Read more here.
CTO SberCloud Fedor Prokhorov on TAdviser SummIT will talk about cloud technologies as a universal tool for digital transformation
The TAdviser SummIT event, in which CTO SberCloudFyodor Prokhorov will take part, is designed for a select circle of IT customers and suppliers, innovators and conservatives, people who participate in the management of the largest organizations in the country.
Fyodor Prokhorov will explain why he considers cloud technologies a universal tool for digital transformation, what advantages it gives to business, will present various cases in which the cloud platform SberCloud.Advanced has brought tangible benefits to the business.
| | "SberCloud.Advanced is already used by a wide variety of companies, from international giants in the field of consumer electronics and Sberbank ecosystem companies, to startups and public organizations. SberCloud has been a technological partner of the Immortal Regiment campaign for two years, ensuring uninterrupted operation of the site and data security. The Работа.ру project has migrated monolithic IT systems to the advanced microservice architecture in the SberCloud.Advanced cloud. The SCANEX Group of Companies uses a cloud platform to develop a service for timber transactions and forestry monitoring. And this is only a small part of the examples, "said CTO SberCloud. | |
At the TAdviser SummIT summit , the main topics of 2021 will be: how technologies increase the efficiency of the largest companies in Russia; IT in the public sector: a new reality of breakthrough ideas and opportunities; infrastructure, business applications, services: real customer experience; security as a basic condition for survival in the digital economy.
In the plenary part of the event, Chief information officers of the largest companies and government departments of Russia will speak, leading IT companies will talk about advanced developments that are preparing to enter the market.
2020
Revenue growth 22 times
The revenue of Cloud Technologies (SberCloud brand), Sberbank's cloud business, in 2020 amounted to 3.3 billion rubles, which allowed it to take 96th place in the ranking of TAdviser100: The largest IT companies in Russia 2021. The bank announced this in its annual report, published on March 24, 2021. Sberbank clarified to TAdviser that over the year the turnover of this area has grown 22 times.
At the same time, the direction showed a positive EBITDA indicator, which indicates its profitability. According to the database of legal entities Kontur.Fokus, "in 2019" Cloud Technologies "of Sberbank was still unprofitable.
The annual report also states that in 2020 SberCloud grew 8 times faster than the Russian cloud market, which on average adds 30% per year.
SberCloud's revenue structure is evenly distributed among the company's three lines of business: IaaS services, the PaaS line of SberCloud.Advanced services and advanced AI Cloud services, the bank told TAdviser.
| | A special place in the Sberbank line of cloud services is occupied by AI Cloud. This is a whole group of products that helps solve artificial intelligence problems. Today, in fact, all Sberbank's decisions use artificial intelligence algorithms to one degree or another, the bank notes in its annual report. | |
And Sberbank's high growth in SberCloud turnover is associated with a noticeable expansion of the range of cloud services provided, with the "widest line" (50 +) in the Russian platform services market SberCloud.Advanced, with the product for working with AI "MLSpace," as well as in general with the dynamic growth of the cloud services market in Russia.
In 2020, SberCloud, as a provider providing cloud services to Sberbank and the bank's ecosystem companies, significantly increased the share of "external customers." Among them are VimpelCom (Beeline brand), Moscow Metro, Scanex, etc. True, the bank, when asked by TAdviser, preferred not to specify the share of external customers.
In the annual report, the bank notes that Russian companies and state organizations began to switch from their own data centers to cloud solutions, as Sberbank has already done by building its own private cloud.
| | On the horizon of the 2023 strategy, Sberbank is pursuing an ambitious goal - to offer technological solutions at the federal and regional levels, in particular, with a focus on digital industry solutions for transport, social sphere, safety, energy efficiency and other areas, - said in the section of Sberbank's annual report on SberCloud. | |
The dynamic growth of its cloud business at the end of 2020 was also noted, for example, by Yandex and Mail.ru Group. Thus, revenue from the Yandex.Cloud platform increased four and a half times and reached 1 billion rubles, Yandex reported. And Mail.ru Group's revenue from the cloud business in 2020 reached 1 billion rubles, having increased several times year-on-year, the company reported in March 2021.
Inclusion in the rating "Largest IT companies in Russia 2021"
SberCloud is included in the rating "The largest IT companies in Russia 2021 by revenue in 2020," prepared by TAdviser in June 2021. Read more here.
Participation in TAdviser Digital Transformation Day 2020
SberCloud participated in the TAdviser Digital Transformation Day 2020 conference, which was held on September 16, 2020 and was dedicated to digital business transformation.
During the conference, experts discussed modern IT solutions to support effective digital transformation of enterprises, experience in real projects, reorganization of business processes during digital business transformation.
Iovkova Alsu, AI Cloud product manager at SberCloud, said what digital transformation and artificial intelligence have in common about the possibilities of training models based on the Christofari supercomputer and cases of its use.
The Christofari supercomputer is the most powerful supercomputer in Russia, in the current world ranking of supercomputers Top500 it takes 35th place. Christofari's capabilities are provided to commercial customers from the SberCloud cloud, making it unique among other major supercomputers in the world.
Christofari is the basis of the AI Cloud cloud platform designed to work with artificial intelligence algorithms. The architecture and computing power of the supercomputer allow in record time to solve the problems of training software models based on complex neural networks and apply artificial intelligence methods and tools to solve various problems.
Alsu Iovkova presented specific cases of using the Christofari supercomputer, including a joint project with SberHealth to recognize lung computed tomography images.
In medicine, AI algorithms trained with the help of the Christofari supercomputer can process images and help doctors make diagnoses, in pharmacology - simulate the action of new drugs, in retail - provide predictive analytics, development of new products and logistics.
The role of the cloud in Sberbank's ecosystem
Main article: Sberbank ecosystem
In 2020, SberCloud (Technologies LLC Cloudy) is the Group's cloud platform providing Sberbank services based on the IT architecture of the largest bank, Russia the CIS and Eastern. Europe SberCloud infrastructure, information technology platforms and services are the backbone of Sberbank Group's digital ecosystem.
SberCloud is a cloud platform of Sberbank Group, which provides services based on the IT architecture of the largest bank in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. SberCloud infrastructure, information technology platforms and services are the basis of Sberbank Group's digital ecosystem, and are also provided to external clients - companies and government organizations.
New CEO - Evgeny Kolbin
On January 9, 2020, Sberbank announced the appointment of Yevgeny Kolbin as CEO of SberCloud. Read more here.
2019
SberCloud takes part in TAdviser SummIT
The director of business development in the public sector of the company SberCloud Kayumov Shamil told the forum participants how to modernize production and avoid high costs by introducing modern IT and why it is more profitable for the company to work in the "cloud" than to maintain its own infrastructure.
The digitalization of the production sector in Russia by 2025 will be able to annually increase the country's GDP in the amount of 1.3 trillion rubles to 4.1 trillion rubles. According to a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, the use of digital technologies will increase enterprise productivity by 45-55%, as well as reduce the time to market by 20-50%.
According to Shamil Kayumov of SberCloud, the high degree of depreciation of fixed assets is becoming an increasing problem for enterprises and they need to modernize industrial production, while all modern methods of production management are based on IT.
Production management systems - ERP systems and MES systems - can operate from the cloud. SberCloud provides customers with cloud infrastructure and thus will provide production upgrades, while capital costs will be significantly less than if the enterprise used its IT infrastructure.
Supercomputer Christofari, which Sberbank both SberCloud unveiled Nov. 8 at the international AI Journey show, could be the nucleus for creating fully automated productions, providing a transition to so-called "deserted" technologies.
SberCloud takes part in TAdviser IT Government Day
SberCloud participated in the TAdviser IT Government Day 2019 conference, which was held on October 9, 2019 and was dedicated to the digital transformation of the state. During the conference, experts discussed the regulation of data turnover, the creation of IT solutions within the framework of the state order and the digital development of the regions.
Director of Business Development of SberCloud Kayumov Shamil took part in the section "Special procedure for creating IT solutions within the framework of the state order." It examined changes in the laws governing the system of public procurement in Russia, which are necessary for the effective spending of funds as part of the implementation of the national project "digital economy."
SberCloud is the developer Virtual Data Center of the platform-based cloud infrastructure solution VMware and offers computing power to enterprises and public sector organizations. The company has been certified by licensors FSTEC and confirms FSB that its solutions meet the highest safety requirements. Virtual DPC SberCloud ensures stable operation IT infrastructures state of organizations under peak loads, does not require capital costs and reduces cost of ownership by up to 30 IT infrastructure %.
SberCloud targets public sector
In July 2019, Sberbank's cloud provider, SberCloud, introduced a specialized cloud infrastructure solution for government information systems. It is called "Gosoblako" and, according to the developers, corresponds to the first class of security (GIS K1).
Some elements of this solution are implemented on hardware and software complexes of Russian production, according to SberCloud. To create cloud products based on Russian hardware and software systems, SberCloud earlier, in June, signed an agreement with Yadro (part of ICS Holding).
Perhaps the new cloud solution SberCloud will become part of the state unified cloud platform (GEOP), which is being created under the auspices of the Ministry of Digital Development with the participation of the Voskhod Research Institute. The new concept of this "state cloud," developed by the Ministry of Digital Development and previously sent for consideration by the government, assumes that various accredited trusted cloud service providers will be able to become service providers within the "state cloud." Read more about the new concept of the "state cloud" here.
SberCloud CEO Alexander Sorokoumov told TAdviser that the company is already cooperating with the Voskhod Research Institute in the format of a dialogue on various issues of building a state cloud platform.
| | But the concept of the platform, as far as we know, has not yet been approved. As soon as it is approved and the roles of all participants are determined, then we will be able to talk in more detail about the future format of cooperation, - said Sorokoumov. | |
According to the Digital Economy national project, it is planned to spend 47.6 billion rubles on the transfer of information resources to a single cloud platform by December 31, 2024, of which 6.5 billion rubles should be budget financing. The Ministry of Digital Development expects 55% of state IT systems to migrate to GEOP by 2022.
According to Alexander Sorokoumov, SberCloud will compete with other cloud service providers due to the "quality and nomenclature of its services."
SberCloud did not give examples of prices for its cloud services for the public sector. The cost of using Gosblak is an integral indicator, as well as for other types of IaaS services, says Sorokoumov. It consists of a set of client requirements and tasks, the size of its IT infrastructure, the timing of integration and other factors. Thus, in each case, the price is set individually.
Agreement with Ivideon to develop a video surveillance and video analytics system
On June 6, 2019, the company Ivideon announced the conclusion of an agreement with SberCloud (Technology LLC Cloudy) on the joint development and subsequent commercial implementation of the system cloudy video surveillances and under the video analysts SberCloud brand. More. here
Agreement with Yadro "ICS Holding" on the creation of Russian cloud solutions
SberCloud Yadro and (part of ICS Holding) on June 6, 2019 signed a partnership agreement, the purpose of which is to create Russia cloudy products based on Russian hardware and software systems optimized for work in. private and public clouds More. here
Starting the Virtual Data Center Service
The first result of SberCloud was the Virtual Data Center solution, which was released in mid-February 2019. A virtual data center is a complex of virtual infrastructure products, including computing resources, storage systems, virtual networks, backup tools, and more.
A set of organizational and technical protection measures allows customers to provide a high level of security and protection against current cyber threats according to Sberbank standards, the bank says. The reliability and availability of SberCloud cloud services is ensured by a proven architecture, georeservation, dual data replication, proactive monitoring and use of Sberbank's data centers, including the latest Skolkovo data center.
Also as of March 2019, SberCloud offers customers the IoT platform. Sberbank told TAdviser that it includes solutions and developments of Sberbank's IoT laboratory in the areas of Smart Office, Smart Quarter and Smart City, as well as technological partners and equipment suppliers.
| | The client can independently choose the set of services and services he needs, based on his tasks and budget. The stability of the platform and system is ensured by SberCloud cloud solutions, which meet the highest requirements for security and protection against current cyber threats, Sberbank says. | |
2018
Sberbank and I-Teco changed their minds to jointly create a "cloud" SberCloud
Sberbank, which planned to develop a cloud platform under the SberCloud brand on the basis of a joint venture with I-Teco, eventually decided to do it on its own on the basis of Cloud Technologies. This company is 100% owned by Sberbank through the legal entity Digital Technologies and Digital Assets.
| | At the end of 2018, Sberbank concentrated on the development of standard solutions based on the technologies of the Sberbank group, - the bank told TAdviser in March 2019. | |
Sberbank also told TAdviser that several divisions of the bank are developing the project - the Ecosystem Development Directorate (SberX) and the Infrastructure Solutions Department (SberInfra).
The SberCloud platform is curated by David Rafalovsky, Executive Vice President of Sberbank, who is responsible for implementing the group's technology strategy, including the introduction of a modern business application platform, an innovative cloud platform, an advanced data platform, and AI technologies.
Formally, Cloud Technologies was registered back in 2016, but Sberbank announced the launch of the SberCloud cloud platform, which at the time of the announcement was planned to be created jointly with I-Teco, much later - in April 2018.
Sberbank told TAdviser that under the agreement, Sberbank retained all rights to the SberCloud and SberCloud brand and trademarks.
The SberCloud website says that this platform is being created "using many years of experience in the development of IT infrastructures the Sberbank group." As of March 2019, cloud services are available on the SberCloud website in two areas: virtual services DPC and a platform. Within IoT the framework of the virtual data center servers , DSS funds,, rental guest information security DBMS OS and much more are available. There is no description of the composition of the IoT platform as of March on the SberCloud website.
At the same time, back in the fall of 2018, in its press release on the signing of an agreement on cooperation between SberCloud and the Ministry of Economy and Trade of Kalmykia, Sberbank positioned SberCloud as a joint project with I-Teco. Its development is carried out by SBKlaud, a joint venture between Sberbank and Servionica (part of the I-Teco Group of Companies), the statement said about the planned cooperation in Kalmykia.
Nevertheless, Sberbank remained a financial investor in the company and retained a 21% stake in SBKlaud, on the basis of which Ai-Teko continues to develop its BusinessCloud cloud services platform. And 79% of the company is owned by Servionica.
For what reason Sberbank refused to develop SberCloud within the framework of a joint company with I-Teco and decided to provide cloud services on its own, the bank does not explain. The press service of SBKlaud told TAdviser that the project took place, and a number of areas stood out in the development of this joint technological initiative. Therefore, a decision was made on a clearer positioning, convenient for the market.
| | At this stage, SBKlaud focuses on working with the enterprise segment: private cloud services and cloud platforms for large and medium-sized businesses based on Russian certified solutions of its own design, as well as on integration projects - areas that have always been our key competence, - noted in SBKlaud. | |
The SBKlaud website, as in the case of SberCloud, also presents the services of a virtual data center. Some of them are already available, and some are promised for an imminent appearance. SBKlaud told TAdviser that the project is in the active phase of implementation.
SBKlaud itself is not a new company: it was formed back in 2012 on the basis of the department for the development of cloud services and Servionica products and was called Ai-Teko-Novinteh. According to the Contour-Focus database, in 2017 its revenue was about 132 million rubles.
In October 2018, according to Contour-Focus, SBKlaud entered into the first state contract in its history. The customer in it is Sberbank. The subject of the contract in the amount of about 38 million rubles is indicated development. software Moreover, judging by the information about this agreement on the portal, zakupki.gov.ru the purchase was carried out not in one of the most frequent ways like a tender or auction, but "in another way" within the framework of 223-FZ. "
Documentation on it on the public procurement website could not be found. SBKlaud clarified TAdviser that under this agreement, they successfully developed a number of modules that ensure user interaction with the platform and the possibility of its integration with various IT solutions. Sberbank reported that SBKlaud acted as the general contractor in the framework of the execution of this contract, involving third-party suppliers of IT solutions and contractors for its implementation.
Earlier, in July 2018, SBKlaud participated in an open competition of Sberbank for the provision of services for providing access to object storage, where the maximum contract price was about 9 million rubles. But another company was chosen as the winner.
Plans for Cloud Services Platform with I-Teco
In April 2018, Sberbank and I-Teco signed an agreement to create a joint cloud platform SberCloud. It is assumed that the company will provide cloud solutions for Sberbank and its partners, as well as for external customers. It was planned that Sberbank's participation in the joint venture would be 60%.
| | To build a cloud platform, we take the advanced technology presented in Russia and a strong team, - the words of the President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank German Gref were quoted in the press statement. - Thanks to this, we will be able to offer the market a powerful, reliable and secure technological platform for business development | |
| | Everything that Sberbank does in the direction of digital platforms arouses our respect, and to become part of this process is a great challenge for us, "emphasizes Shamil Shakirov, president of I-Teco. - Sberbank offered a strategic vision and potential for synergy with the bank's customer base, its technologies that will help grow the company - the national champion in the cloud services market. | |
The company added that I-Teco already has a strong team, its own line of cloud solutions and platforms, a wide range of technological competencies that provided the company with leadership in this segment. And the merger with Sberbank makes it possible to create competitive products and services, allowing Russian companies to receive advanced IT services from the outlet to increase business efficiency, I-Teco calculated.
Sberbank and Ai-Teko intend to offer corporate clients of the bank - from small businesses to large corporations - a marketplace of cloud solutions that will allow them to refuse to purchase their own servers and at the same time flexibly use the necessary capacities. In the SberCloud marketplace, it will be possible to use both Sberbank's own products and the offers of world partners. The companies expect that this, in turn, will enable customers to reduce the cost of buying IT equipment and speed up the processes of scaling the network infrastructure, as well as make it possible to form a service flexibly and personally for each client.
According to Sberbank's calculations, this investment will allow the financial institution to enter the fast-growing cloud infrastructure market, which both startups and large modern companies need.
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