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Joint Development and Testing IBM Research:

IBM Research seeks to cooperate with companies working on innovative technological solutions. Clients of IBM research receive a broad range of support from our researchers, as well as access to powerful computing infrastructure and a broad range of software, which helps them reduce the amount of time spent on R&D as well as the cost of R&D.

 

IBM Research Center in Moscow:

  • Cloud Computing
  • Near Field Communication Technologies
  • Database management Systems
  • Big Data Analysis
  • Optimized modeling of oil and natural gas fields
  • Smart cities
  • High-performance computing

 

Internships for college seniors:

  • IBM offers part time employment to students who wish to complete internships whilst working on their thesis.
  • All interns receive a monthly allowance of RUB 15,000

For details see: ibm.com/jobs

 

Events organized jointly by IBM and Skolkovo

  • IT Cluster Partner Day, 2014
  • IBM Innovations Day (May - June 2014)
  • Startup Village
  • Open Innovation
  • IT Cluster Friends’ Clubs; IT Cluster Cloud Club 

IBM’s Global Entrepreneur partnership program for startups and SBM representatives is offered in the following areas:

  • IT security
  • Distributed and cloud computing
  • Big data processing and analysis
  • New search and  recognition technologies
  • New development and testing systems

 

Opportunities offered by the program:

  • Access to IBM’s software and hardware
  • Access to a huge library of technical documentation in Russian
  • Tech support for your project
  • Consultations
  • Assistance as you seek to promote your product on the market

 

Free Access to IBM Products

As part of IBM’s Global Entrepreneur program free access is provided to IBM software and hardware for the purposes of development and testing:

  • Software: Information Management, Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, Websphere
  • Platforms: z/OS, z/Linux, AIX, i/OS, Linux, Windows, Windows Server
  • Hardware: System z, Power Systems (System p, System i), System x, Blades, System Storage

 

IBM Smart Camp Projects Contest (Part of the Global Entrepreneur program):

  • The company seeks out budding entrepreneurs implementing projects that support IBM’s Smart Planet concept (mobile, b2b (business-to-business) software, cloud, Big Data, Analytics, Internet of Things)
  • Mentoring, business networking, sharing of experience and professional information (startups, business leaders, venture capital investors, serial entrepreneurs, industry experts, senior IBM managers)

 

The Soft Layer Catalyst (IaaS) initiative within the Global Entrepreneur program offers opportunities to:

  • Receive a loan of USD 1,000 a month to pay for a year’s hosting
  • Receive mentoring from the Soft Layer Innovation Team
  • Increase brand awareness on the market (guest blogs, video interviews, publications.)