RUSSIAN "STEP LOGIC" CO. CONSIDERS ARMENIAN IT POTENTIAL SUFFICIENT

ARKA
March 28, 2008

YEREVAN, March 28. /ARKA/. The Russian system integrator "Step
Logic" company considers Armenia’s IT potential quite sufficient, the
President of "Step Logic" Co. Ltd. Yury Kantarovskiy told journalists
in Yerevan.

He stressed the current active growth of investments in Armenian
economy.

"We see how many major enterprises open their branches in Armenia.

Interest of the business in application of efficient high technology
solutions is apparent. We sincerely hope to be able to help our
partners and clients make their business most efficient and profitable
and, through it, to take the leading positions in IT industry in
Armenia," Kantarovskiy said.

In his turn, the Vice-President of "Step Logic" Yevgeniy Yuditskiy
said that Armenian state agencies showed interest toward the services
of the Russian company, but no certain agreements have been made
yet. "We have great experience of work with state agencies in Russia
and are ready to apply it in Armenia," he said.

He also pointed out that the services offered by the company are
not expensive and "cost what they cost under severe competition
circumstances". "Step Logic" is coming to Armenian market with a
service-oriented approach, he said.

Yuditskiy also reported the company’s intention to implement
educational programs for young specialists in the country.

Preliminary agreements have been made with Yerevan State University
and State Engineering University of Armenia. He said that manpower
competition is quite severe, but "the company is not afraid of
competition as it assesses the situation more soberly and as it is
more solvent".

"Step Logic" Russian system integrator opened its regional office in
Armenia – "Step Logic South" – on March 27.

Russian "Step Logic" company offers networking and system integration
services and is the leader on the Russian information technologies
market. The company’s headoffice was opened in Moscow in 1992.

"Step Logic" is also an authorized partner of world’s leading producers
such as Alcatel, APC, Avaya, Cisco Systems, EMC, HP, Ð~icrosoft,
Huawei, Nortel, Siemens and SUN.

The company is developing solutions based on a wide range of products
– networking and channel-forming equipment, telephony and video
conferencing tools, call centres and IP-telephony, computers and server
equipment, as well as bundled software for different purposes.

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