Microsoft sets about development of the Russian IT industry

Microsoft has opened the first Russian Innovation Centre in the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI). The Innovation Centre unites people from the IT industry, from students to representatives of government organizations. The centre provides services in three areas. The first is accumulation of intellectual capital, including courses on software development, student training and employment programmes. The second area relates to partner programmes in software licensing. The third and most important area of the Centre is the development of software. Microsoft partners will also take part in the operation of the Centre.