Next month the Russian research Institute of Information Technologies and the firm ArgusSoft are due to open an Open Systems training centre equipped with Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations. The centre will have a network of 12 computers. For the Russian Ministry of Science this represents a large investment. The centre will provide free training for […]
Next month the Russian research Institute of Information Technologies and the firm ArgusSoft are due to open an Open Systems training centre equipped with Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations. The centre will have a network of 12 computers. For the Russian Ministry of Science this represents a large investment. The centre will provide free training for Ministry staff and some other state organisations. With the movement of responsibility for the Russian market from the UK to its Mountain View headquarters in California Sun has made a considerable drive in the scientific and academic markets in Russia. At a recent presentation in Novosibirsk, Commonwealth of Independent States regional manager Robert Hall said Russian customers will be given slight market discounts on top of the 20% to 40% educational discounts the company already offers. This is different from Sun’s previous strategy which basically charged Russian customers European list prices plus high shipment costs. Hall said that organisations in Novosibirsk will now be able to buy Sun IPC workstations for as little as $3,000.
