Pick Systems Inc, Irvine, California is making rather a splash in the former Soviet Union and has now been awarded what it reckons is one of the largest computer automation projects to be undertaken by the Russian government in the next 12 months. Its wholly-owned Pick Systems Ltd of Moscow has signed a contract with […]
Pick Systems Inc, Irvine, California is making rather a splash in the former Soviet Union and has now been awarded what it reckons is one of the largest computer automation projects to be undertaken by the Russian government in the next 12 months. Its wholly-owned Pick Systems Ltd of Moscow has signed a contract with the Russian Tax Department through the commercial arm of the Russian Ministry of Finance to provide Pick software and development services to computerise Russian tax collections. The initial order calls for 350 multi-user tax collection systems to be installed in Moscow by the end of the year. The systems will vary in size from six to 33 users and are expected to provide on-line tax collection system support to more than 3,000 tax officials by the end of the year. The company notes that in the past six months, Pick Systems has also provided municipal services software for the city of St. Petersburg and has established Pick training centres in most of the major Russian scientific and technical institutes. Pick is also installed at the Moscow City Archives, Russian Ministry of International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, and Department of Tractor Export. Pick Systems got into the market early by establishing sales operations through French resellers more than 10 years ago. It was translated to Russian and became a popular minicomputer product in the former Soviet Union, where more than 600 mid-range machines have been operating Pick-based applications for the past 10 years. Pick claims nearly 4m users worldwide and says it is available in English, Russian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
