Main events of week on March 4-10

March 4: Birthday of Grigory Finger

On March 4 Grigory Finger, the chief executive of the Moscow representative office of NCH Advisors, one of key figures in Digital Sky Technologies investment fund was born (Mail.Ru Group now). Has assets in information technologies and investment funds - (Mail.Ru Group, Facebook, Tiger Global Management, NCH Capital Inc). The fortune is estimated in $500 million.

Also on this birthday Irina Schukina, the sales director celebrate Compass, and Sergey Korneev, the managing director Technoserv.

March 5

On March 5 continuation of a series of practical conferences for professionals in the development area of the modern entrusted software of Microsoft Secure Software Development is expected.

One more important action of Tuesday – CRM Forum 2013 which will take place in Moscow. As a focus subject search of the adequate solution of IT tasks for achievement of optimal approach to the market and customer interactions will be offered participants.

In the same day the event "Connected TV & Video will take place. Internet TV ∙ Smart TV ∙ Mobile TV". The forum is held the third year and by right it is considered a large-scale and significant event in the industry of a telecom and media.

In the same day CNews will collect a round table "by IT in the Telecom: what is necessary for the consumer?".

Companies Softline, Microsoft, ABBYY and PROMT invite to take part in day of technologies: "Towards to spring together with fresh IT solutions!".

5 – On March 6 the All-Russian congress "Economical Legal Regulation of the Innovation Activity of 2013 Spring" will take place.

Also on March 5 and 6 in the Digital October center there will take place the annual i-Somference conference devoted to communications in modern digital platforms.

This day Alexander Bogatyrev, since July, 2008 on a crust was born. time vice president of MTS for the equipment and information technologies. The member of the supervisory board of Ukrainskaya Mobilnaya Svyaz (UMC Ltd) Ltd in Ukraine.

March 6: Birthday of Igor Himchenko

On March 6 the birth is celebrated by Igor Himchenko, the director of the department of creation and development of Information society of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications.

Also on March 6 Alexander Khloponin, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and the plenipotentiary of the president in the neogenic North Caucasian Federal District was born. Colonel reserve officer.

One more birthday boy of day -Denis Nochevnov, the director of new technologies and services in MegaFon.

March 7: Day of an invention of phone

On March 7, 1876, 137 years ago, Alexander Bell patented the telephone set invented by him. The same year phone Bella was shown to visitors of the World Fair in Philadelphia. And five years later – at the international exhibition in Paris where huge queues queued up to its device. It is interesting that only about ten years later, on March 10, 1889, Almon Stroudzher patented the first automatic telephone exchange, than the title of "the father of all automatic telephone exchanges" deserved.

March 8: To a CD disk – 34 years

On March 8, 1979 the first prototype of CD code-named was announced by Pinkeltje as replacement to widespread then vinyl records. It took place on the action called Optical digital audio disk demo in Eindhoven, Holland. Since that moment, by rough estimates, about 3.5 billion CDs of audio-players and about 240 billion disks were sold.

On March 8 Leonid Plessky, the Chief information officer Mastertel was born.

And also Yury Saygin, CEO RDTECH. In 1992 Yury Saygin with friends created the company which he directs so far. In 1993 the RDTECH company becomes the first partner of Oracle in Russia. RDT – reduction from a phrase Russian Database TeXnologies that in translation from English means "the Russian technologies of databases". "TEX" (in translation from Greek) is "technology", "art".

March 10: Birthday of Valery Shandalov

On March 10 Valery Shandalov, the president of Optima Group was born. Graduated from Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering majoring in "Electronic computers". Candidate of Technical Sciences. In 1990 founded the Optima Research and production center.

Also this day Anatoly Ufimkin, the CEO Uralsvyazinform, the honored worker of communication of the Russian Federation, the full member of the International academy of communication was born.

It is possible to study the complete list of events of this week here.