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Polymedia is a Russian audiovisual company, system integrator and developer of software solutions. The company was founded in 1998 and unites 10 representative offices in the largest cities of Russia and the CIS, as well as more than 700 partners of the dealer network throughout the country. The company has implemented more than 3,000 projects in more than 700 settlements of the country from Kaliningrad to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The main areas of activity:

• system integration
• distribution of audiovisual equipment
• development of software and hardware products
• rolled audiovisual solutions

As part of its integration activities, the company specializes in creating the following types of projects for government agencies, law enforcement agencies, education, business, power, transport, sports and healthcare:

• situational centers
• control rooms
• monitoring and management centers
• conference rooms
• meeting rooms
• multimedia classrooms
• digital schools
• distance education systems
• research and design laboratories
• engineering classes
• career guidance centers
• multifunctional sports complexes
• telemedicine centers
• training centers

Polymedia sees the future in the development of business analytics systems, and, using the accumulated experience and expertise, creates situation centers and turn-key control centers based on the information and analytical platform Visiology.

All project managers and chief project engineers of the company have been certified under the Project Management Expert program. The project management process is strictly regulated and includes all the necessary stages from site research and design to training of customer personnel and warranty service.

One of the company's priority business areas is also the development of education solutions, in which Polymedia creates projects for educational institutions, supports government initiatives and implements its own education support program.

The company is the founder of the professional pedagogical network of Edcommunity.ru, which has been operating since 2005 and unites up to 40 thousand teachers in Russia and the CIS countries. The Polymedia team provides consulting, methodological, technical support to community members and organizes the opportunity to exchange the experience of teachers with different levels of ICT ownership.

Aktivs

The company includes ART Polymedia, specializing in rental solutions for shows, business forums and other public events, and BI developer Visiology (since 2015).

Service center

Polymedia is an authorized service center for the repair of equipment:

• Mitsubishi Electric,
• Panasonic,
• Sony,
• Epson,
• Casio,
• WolfVision,
• Crestron International,
• Extron Electronics,
• Sanako and other prominent companies.

Employees of the Polymedia service center were trained and certified directly by the manufacturers of serviced electronic equipment.

Training center

Since 2006, the Academy "Iditorium" has been operating on the basis of the Moscow office of Polymedia - a training center certified by leading manufacturers of audiovisual equipment. Seminars of leading manufacturers of electronic equipment are regularly held here. The Academy also has a license from the Moscow Department of Education to train teachers to work with interactive school equipment and conducts monthly training courses for teachers.

Branches

• Southern Federal District - 350049, Krasnodar, st. Babushkina, 146, of. 204-206, Tel./Fax: +7 861 212 59 69
• Tatarstan - 420111, Kazan, st. Dzerzhinsky, 12, Tel: +7 (843) 202-08-50, +7 (843) 202-08-51
• Siberian Federal District - 630099, Novosibirsk, st. Military 2, 3 entrance, 3rd floor, office 403 "D," T +7 383 363 28 38
• Northwestern Federal District - 190020, St. Petersburg, st. Paper, 18, office 307, T +7 812 448 16 37
• Volga Federal District - 443080, Samara, 3rd Proezd, 57, office 13, Tel: +7 (846) 973-55-88
• Central Federal District - 394030, Voronezh, st. Industrial, 4, office 402? Tel: + 7 (473) 2-611-550, 2-611-552, 2-611-553
• Ural Federal District - 620014, Yekaterinburg, st. Anton Valek, 13, office 411, Tel.: +7 (343) 373-42-55, 381-54-80 231-65-46, 231-55-51, Tel.: 8 800 700-13-06 free line

CIS

• Azerbaijan, Baku, Caspian Plaza, Jafar Jabbarly street 44, Tel: (+99455) 249-08-08, (+99412) 497-08-96
• Uzbekistan - 00000, Tashkent, pr. 75 Mustakillik, Business Center "Inconel"
• Kazakhstan - 010000, Astana, st. Charles de Gaulle 3A, 3rd floor, Tel: +7 (7172) 23-51-50, 23-51-51

Services and Products

• System integration, rental solutions, distribution.
• Integration and implementation of hardware and software solutions in the field of data analysis and visualization (BI, Big Data) based on the information and analytical platform Visiology
• Development and implementation of comprehensive solutions for dispatch rooms, situation centers, control centers, conference rooms, press centers, entrance groups, distributed information display systems, classrooms and classrooms.
• Development Center - development of specialized software equipment;
• User Technical Support Center and Service Center.

History

2023: TAdviser interview with President Elena Novikova

Polymedia, one of the largest Russian companies in the system integration, distribution and development of hardware and software solutions, celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Since its founding on August 17, 1998, the company has been designing and implementing innovative solutions, setting trends and promoting new technologies. Its President Elena Novikova tells in more detail about the achievements of Polymedia, the results of the anniversary year and the development strategy. Read more here.

2020: Participation in TAdviser: Digital Transformation Day 2020

On September 16, 2020, the President of the Polymedia Group of Companies Elena Novikova will tell the conference participants about the role of visualization and analytics for data-based management in the Situation Centers (SC) and control centers.

Polymedia is a recognized expert and leader in the creation and equipment of the SC in Russia, on the eve of the Digital Transformation Day 2020 conference, is pleased to share several useful materials. In particular, on the new website of the company dedicated to the creation, modernization and equipment of the SC can be found:

• Detailed Implementation Map of Polymedia Situational Centers.
• Book "Situation Centers. Experience, condition, development trends, "co-authored by Elena Novikova, President of the Polymedia Group of Companies.
• The Visiology brochure "Choosing a BI Platform," which will help you decide on the choice of an analytical system in just 7 steps.

The Digital Transformation Day 2020 event will be a great place to share experiences. Companies that have already begun or are just starting digital transformation and companies that have already been able to achieve significant results for business will gather on one site.

2019: Participation in TAdviser SummIT: Digital Transformation of Public Administration

Polymedia spoke about the main aspects of effective work with data in government bodies, shared its experience and cases at TAdviser SummIT, which was held on May 29, 2019 in Moscow.

"We talked about how to reduce barriers, improve quality and speed up the collection of information by 98-100% in the public sector. First of all, it was about ways to collect, scale, analyze and visualize data using IoT solutions and artificial intelligence. Of great interest was the demonstrated case - the interface of the head of the region and the module for scenario calculations of the indicators of the Strategy for the Socio-Economic Development of the Volgograd Region, "said Elena Novikova, Head of Polymedia.

This year, the company's decisions aroused great interest among representatives of the departments of digital transformation and energy companies in Russia. There is a noticeable interest on the part of government agencies in the use of artificial intelligence in everyday work and in making management decisions, in particular, the virtual analyst ViTalk, which is able to process requests in a natural language for a person.

2017

Partnership with Addreality

Polymedia has entered into a partnership agreement with Addreality, a Russian software developer in the field of Digital Signage and client analytics. Companies will introduce digital communications systems, as well as jointly develop new technological solutions.

As part of the technology partnership, the companies will combine expertise on digital communications and client analytics - the Addreality platform BI solution Visiology and from Polymedia. The integration of the two systems will allow you to create new marketing technologies: for example, track CJM (Customer Journey Map) - the client's path through the points of contact with the brand, analyze the effectiveness of various marketing tools along this path and optimize them.

Agreement with Sharp Electronics Russia

Sharp Electronics Rush LLC, a Russian legal entity of the Japanese manufacturer of electronics and household appliances Sharp Electronics, and Polymedia, a system integrator, distributor and developer of software and hardware solutions, signed a cooperation agreement in July 2017.

Polymedia Agreement with Sharp Electronics Russia

According to the signed agreement, Polymedia received the status of an authorized distributor of the Sharp brand and the right to sell the entire line of imaging solutions from the Japanese brand in Russia.

As part of the agreement, Sharp Electronics Rush LLC will supply Sharp brand visualization solutions, in particular: the latest interactive display models, affordable 60 '-90' PNQ series widescreen displays, a series of mid-range displays for PNY public space equipment, as well as complex solutions for integrating Sharp interactive displays and multifunctional devices (MFPs) to work with documentation. Thus, Polymedia adds new audiovisual equipment to its portfolio, the main distribution channel of which will be distribution.

2015: Opening of Visiology

Being at the forefront of the development of audiovisual technologies, the company brings new trends to the industry. Polymedia sees the future in the development of business analytics systems, and, using the accumulated experience and expertise, creates situation centers and turn-key control centers based on the information and analytical platform Visiology.

The start of a joint project with Intel, LEGO Education and EMC2 - STEM centers for students based on regional universities in the country.

2012: Opening of the Polymedia Development Center

The staff of technical specialists, engineers and programmers of the company by 2010 amounted to more than 50% of the total team. Gradually, by 2012, the company decided to open a Development Center on the basis of its head office. The first product of the center was the Flipbox electronic flipchart. Polymedia is already planning to enter the international market with it.

2014

InfoComm in Las Vegas

On June 14-20, 2014, at the 75th anniversary of InfoComm in Las Vegas, the company demonstrated domestic developments: Flipbox 65UHD, an intelligent touch 4K multifunctional display, its software version - Flipbox Software Suite for use on any touch screens, and software for managing visualization on video walls and Digital Signage systems - Polywall.

OGAU Information Technology Center Case

At the end of March 2014, the Prosecutor's Office of the Ulyanovsk Region announced that the court found the ex-head of the OGAU "Center for Information Technologies" Sergei Konzaev, who was responsible for organizing distance learning in educational institutions in the region, guilty of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The official was sentenced to 8 years in a strict regime colony with a fine of 12.8 million rubles in state income.

The investigation of this case was completed in November 2013. As the regional Investigation Department reported then, in the RF IC period from October 2012 to January 2013, Sergei Konzaev received To Moscow a bribe of 6.4 million rubles from representatives of the Polymedia-based company. Details - in. separate article

2013: PAC "Congress," Azerbaijan

• Release of the hardware and software complex "Congress." Opening of a representative office in Azerbaijan. Start of cooperation with PASCO Scientific
• Experts calculated that from 1998 to 2013, the company delivered 143,528 information display tools on the territory of the Russian Federation and the CIS - projection screens, video walls, displays - and laid about 3 thousand km of cable routes, which is approximately equal to the distance from Moscow to Omsk.
• In 2013, Edcommunity.ru communicate, create lessons and exchange the experience of more than 7.5 thousand registered users - teachers from all over the country and neighboring countries, organized by the company, and on average about 30 thousand users visit the site every month.
• On September 11, Polymedia becomes an exclusive partner of digital laboratory manufacturer PASCO Scientific in the supply and creation of solutions for engineering and technical education.
• On November 5, an office was opened in Baku.

2012: Flipbox, break with SMART Technologies, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

• On May 28, 2012, Polymedia officially announced its own innovative development - an intelligent all-in-one device for brainstorming and meetings. Flipbox
• On September 13, 2012, after 13 years of promoting SMART Technologies products and retaining 40% of the interactive whiteboard market, Polymedia announced the termination of its contract with the manufacturer. And on September 21, 2012, the company announced the beginning of cooperation with the British company Promethean in the field of creating innovative solutions for modern Russian education.
• On April 25 and November 15, representative offices were opened in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where the direction of the situation centers of the heads of regions is now actively developing.

2011: Publishing a Book on Situation Centers

As part of the creation of solutions for situation centers (SC), the company has gone much further than the commercial component - Polymedia is actively engaged in research and development in this area. In 2011, a book was published on the development and creation of situation centers, co-authored with the UIS Special Communications of the FSO: N.I. Ilyin, N.N. Demidov, E.V. Novikova "Situation Centers. Experience, condition, development trends. " The publication is very popular, and many developers and users of the SC serve as a methodological guide and reference material.

Among the largest and socially significant projects, the company highlights the Complex of Centers for Interactive Education and Teleconferences of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov, multifunctional multimedia audiences of the Skolkovo School of Business, equipment of the Moscow Technological College No. 14, interactive classrooms of the Russian State Humanitarian University and many others.

2010: Partner Network Development Begins

The company's booming new dealership in 2010 allowed Polymedia to refocus its regional offices on system integration without losing profits from equipment sales. Polymedia has about 700 partners nationwide.

2009: Opening of the R&D Department. Release of VIRD

Since 2009, Polymedia has been attracting engineers and programmers to its staff, such a development of engineering potential allowed the company to open ORVPR and acquire a new status among other AV and IT market players - "IT developer." The company has released a number of solutions. The very first was the VIRD software and hardware complex (today "Polywall" - editor's note) for operational visualization management in decision centers, which already has 39 implementations.

2008: Release of the first own product

In 2008, the Polymedia announced the withdrawal of its own line of LED equipment under the POLYLED brand. The company relied on the production of screens comparable in their characteristics to the level of LED products of well-known world manufacturers, but in a much lower price segment.

Modules for POLYLED screens are developed and designed by Polymedia technical specialists in close cooperation with leading specialists of the world LED industry, the production uses LEDs exclusively from leading American and Japanese manufacturers (Cree, Nichia), and product quality control at all stages of production is carried out not only by internal PTC, but also directly by Polymedia specialists.

2006: Opening of the Training Center

2005: Opening of ART Polymedia

Polymedia has been developing its rental direction since 2002, and already in 2005 it stood out as an independent structure - ART Polymedia, which now leads the rental project market, creating creative audiovisual solutions for large-scale shows, corporate holidays and events at the highest level. The company annually collects awards from leading awards in the audiovisual industry, and in the hands of ART Polymedia CEO Victoria Schechka also turned out to be Golden Puzzle "09 - an award for achievements in the field of special events and event marketing.

2004: Regional expansion begins

Starting in 2004, Polymedia started opening regional offices with the aim of increasing sales of its equipment (mainly in the educational segment).

2002: System Integration Services Start

In 2002, Polymedia created the Department of System Integration. Then the company identified for itself two priority areas of development: the construction of situation centers and the development of solutions for education. This division brings the company the most profit - 40%.

1998-1999: Start of sales of interactive boards

July 14, 1998 - the date of foundation of the company.

Polymedia stood at the origins of the Russian audiovisual industry and was also the first innovator in this area, bringing in 1999 an interactive board unprecedented before in Russia and presenting it to the educational community. The company has gained a leading position, occupying 40% of the Russian interactive whiteboard market. Over the years of active promotion, more than 60 thousand of these devices have been sold. By 2013, almost every school in the country does not do without this tool (in Russia there are only 50,977 schools).

Participation in associations

Polymedia is a permanent member of the InfoComm International Association of Audiovisual Technology Professionals and the SID International Information Display Community. The head of the company, Elena Novikova, is part of the club of the top 100 managers of the InfoComm International Association (InfoComm 100).

Awards

The company is a multiple recipient of the National ProIntegration Awards, International InAVation Awards, and CNews Awards.