Astra Group and Electronic Krasnodar MKU continue to transfer to import-independent decisions of regional authorities

2023: IT Infrastructure Support

Astra Group and Electronic Krasnodar MKU continue to cooperate and transfer to import-independent decisions of regional authorities. The partners signed a letter of intent. Astra Group of Companies announced this on November 24, 2023.

The municipal state institution of the municipality of the city of Krasnodar "Electronic Krasnodar" provides the administration and the city Duma of Krasnodar in terms of import substitution. The institution supports the operation of the telecommunications infrastructure and its services (more than 4,000 domain users). In the course of the phased implementation of the plan for the transfer of government agencies to domestic IT solutions, most of the computers of these organizations have already been previously transferred to OCAstra Linux. The results of the transition confirmed that the operating system allows employees to efficiently perform all tasks. And the customer decided to expand cooperation with the domestic vendor. An import-independent operating system with built-in protective equipment will be installed at workplaces in all industry, functional and territorial bodies of the Krasnodar city administration, as well as in municipal institutions.

Changing the operating system on user workstations is the first stage of the administration's transition to domestic software. We move on and select solutions to centrally manage network resources, user lists and their rights, security policies, and network policies. Replacement of the mail server, migration of mail clients, transfer of emails will not go unnoticed. All events are planned to be held in a seamless scenario, without stopping the work of users. The administration held preliminary consultations with the experts of Astra Group and reached agreements on the possibility of implementing a pilot project to introduce products from the company's portfolio, - said Valery Lysenko, head of the information and communication technologies and communications department of the administration of the municipality of Krasnodar.

The President of Russia instructed domestic state-owned companies to switch to Russian operating systems and office packages from the beginning of 2025. The Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation in the order gave recommendations on such a transfer of executive authorities of subjects and local self-government bodies of municipalities. The head of Krasnodar approved an action plan for the transition to domestic software by the end of 2024. This transition to Russian software is one of the most significant in the national project "Digital Economy." It will protect municipal information systems from cyber attacks and technical failures, minimize the risk of data leakage. Our cooperation with the domestic developer, Astra Group, allows us to carry out the necessary work efficiently and on time, "said Vladimir Podolsky, director of the municipal state institution of the municipal formation of the city of Krasnodar, Electronic Krasnodar.

The complete transfer of Linux the Administration of the municipality of Krasnodar to the Astra operating system is a real challenge, large-scale, but at the same time an interesting task that will allow the entire region to switch to an import-independent software and additionally secure. data Astra Group has extensive experience in implementing projects for the implementation and transfer to IT infrastructures Russian solutions. The methodology developed and tested by us makes it possible to ensure stability during the business processes transition. Therefore, we are confident that everything will be successful and comfortable for users. Even despite the fact that in different municipal institutions in the city of Krasnodar there are completely different equipment, - said Andrei Soldatov, director of the regional development department.

Astra Group provides a whole ecosystem of reliable solutions that allows you to cover all the main requests of partners in system and application software. Therefore, in the future it is planned to expand cooperation with the administration of the city of Krasnodar and use other products of the Russian developer in its IT infrastructure.

2022: Scaling the Astra Linux project

More than 3000 licenses are OS Astra Linux delivered in. Administration of Krasnodar The product will be installed on jobs in all divisions of the organization, including, Control and Accounts Chamber as well as in the City Duma. At the same time, active training is planned to begin in the region: to Russian to software Astra will Linux be used and studied in universities and schools. This was announced on November 15, 2022 by the Civil Code. Aster

Earlier, the first stage was held in government agencies, within the framework of which about 100 jobs of administration employees were transferred to the Russian platform. The results confirmed that the operating system allows personnel to efficiently perform all tasks, and therefore the customer decided to scale the number of installations of the protected solution.

The department notes that the issue of switching to non-import-dependent software, which has long been of strategic importance, has become especially urgent in 2022, it is possible to quickly resolve and at the same time maintain the stability of all processes even during the migration period. According to end users, adaptation to the domestic OS is quite fast and comfortable. In terms of functionality, it is not inferior to Windows, and the staff easily gets used to the new interface due to the fact that you can configure office software so that everything looks like in foreign counterparts.

The developers of Astra Group of Companies pay considerable attention not only to ensure maximum convenience in using and administering Astra Linux, but also to the quality of personnel training. So that customer employees know about all the advantages of domestic IT solutions and know how to effectively use them, the company has built a training system for working with its software for all levels of education: from schools to universities and DPO centers. Every year, tens of thousands of listeners gather audiences, the vendor cooperates with more than 400 specialized organizations, and there are more and more such partners. Courses are being developed, new authorized training centers are being opened, training is being conducted on the basis of customer organizations and a number of programs are operating: Astra School, Astra University, Aster shots and others. Work in this direction will develop intensively in Krasnodar.

The segment responsible for the information security of our telecommunications ecosystem in 2021 began to consist 100% of software and hardware produced in Russia: antiviruses, firewalls, means of organizing secure networks and much more. All other aspects of the infrastructure of the administration and authorities of Krasnodar in 2021 were determined in a program document, within the framework of which all import substitution measures are to be completed by 2024. As of November 15, 2022, the tasks of migration to domestic IT products of departmental information systems and ensuring their functioning are being solved. We gradually carry out a comprehensive analysis and for each division we give an opinion on which foreign software is advisable to replace, and what needs to be compensated by the implementation of ETL systems and microservices. Astra Group helps most effectively solve most of the tasks set for the city authorities in the field of ICT. This applies not only to the products themselves, but also to technical support, educational projects and personnel training. We plan to develop cooperation in the future, said Vladimir Khudyaev, head of information and communication technologies and communications of the Krasnodar administration.

noted Mikhail Agasiev, Deputy Director of the Sales Department in the Southern Federal District of Astra Group of Companies.