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Siberia's hot spot
In the moment, we have in Austria a really hot summer with high temperatures but also in Siberia the average maximum temperature (in June) is about 20 degree Celsius. As I was thinking about a holiday-trip to Siberia, I found in FORTUNE magazine an interesting article about the hot technology sector in Russia. In my opinion, for most of us, Siberia brings to mind images of isolation and snow. But a former centre for Sorviet scientisits is rapidly becoming an important location for software and technology services. Akademgorodok, or Academy Town, in Novosibirsk is being called "Silicon Forest" because it is attracting well-known technology firms such as IBM and Intel.
Built in the early 1960s as a place where scientists could gather away from major cities, Akademgorodok was pratically abandoned by the 1990s. Many young scientists left for the US and Europe. At about the same time, Western firms began to discover that the region was a source of employees with strong academic backgrounds - and low salaraies. Russia follows China and India as an outsourcing destination for software programming, and the local economy, at Akademgordok is growing at a rate of 15 per cent a year. Steve Chase, president of Intel Russia at Academy Town, told FORTUNE magazine what employees at his company say: "If you have something tough, give it to the Americans. If you have something difficult, give it to the Indians. if you have something impossible, give it to the Russians."
In the moment, we have in Austria a really hot summer with high temperatures but also in Siberia the average maximum temperature (in June) is about 20 degree Celsius. As I was thinking about a holiday-trip to Siberia, I found in FORTUNE magazine an interesting article about the hot technology sector in Russia. In my opinion, for most of us, Siberia brings to mind images of isolation and snow. But a former centre for Sorviet scientisits is rapidly becoming an important location for software and technology services. Akademgorodok, or Academy Town, in Novosibirsk is being called "Silicon Forest" because it is attracting well-known technology firms such as IBM and Intel.
Built in the early 1960s as a place where scientists could gather away from major cities, Akademgorodok was pratically abandoned by the 1990s. Many young scientists left for the US and Europe. At about the same time, Western firms began to discover that the region was a source of employees with strong academic backgrounds - and low salaraies. Russia follows China and India as an outsourcing destination for software programming, and the local economy, at Akademgordok is growing at a rate of 15 per cent a year. Steve Chase, president of Intel Russia at Academy Town, told FORTUNE magazine what employees at his company say: "If you have something tough, give it to the Americans. If you have something difficult, give it to the Indians. if you have something impossible, give it to the Russians."
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