State Corporation
"Rostec" is negotiating with the German company
SAP . The possibility of localizing its software products and developing Russian software based on them is being considered. SAP is interested in creating a joint venture.
Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Communications and Mass Media, said that the conversation about the joint venture has been going on since the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications announced plans to create a registry of Russian software. “After that, SAP came and said that it was ready to work on new conditions, including leaving license fees for its products in Russia,” the minister said.
Under the terms of the decree, only companies that are controlled by Russian shareholders for more than 50% and deduct less than 30% of their turnover abroad can enter the register.
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The signing of the agreement was scheduled for Friday, May 29th. However, the parties could not agree on all the necessary conditions. SAP representatives were not ready to discuss the details, Vedomosti reports, citing its own sources.
Also on Friday it became known that Rostec had agreements with
IBM and
Huawei . General Director of the Corporation Sergey Chemezov notes that cooperation with Huawei began a long time ago. Now it will go to another level.
Together with IBM will be developed "trusted" equipment. This will eliminate the likelihood of bookmarks in hardware and software.
In July last year, Nikolai Nikiforov requested from the SAP management the source codes of their products. They were going to analyze the Russian experts.
"Those companies that disclose the source code of their programs do not hide anything," he noted. According to Nikiforov, the refusal to fulfill such a request may mean that the products have hidden undeclared capabilities - the so-called bookmarks. These opportunities can be used for personal gain.
Rostec is going to discuss the possibility of creating a joint venture only with those companies that are ready to fully localize their products in Russia.