Russian Post and Microsoft Rus sign cooperation deal
Russian Post and Microsoft Rus, the Russian subsidiary of the global Microsoft Corporation, have signed a cooperation agreement to modernise the outdated IT infrastructure of the Russian public postal operator.
The deal is part of Russian Post’s three-year programme to reduce losses and to modernise infrastructure and services. The modernisation programme was announced by Russian Post CEO Andrej Kazmin in April this year.
Under the agreement, the two companies will implement several projects in key areas that include among others developing IT solutions for monitoring electronic resources, establishing a unified e-mail service as well as exchanging technological and marketing information. The important steps include creation of software for information telecommunications infrastructure that comprises components designed for carrying out applied software operations.
Russian Post, with a network of 42,000 post offices and 415,000 employees, handles more than 1.5 billion letters and 48 million parcels every year.
Russian Post and Microsoft Rus, the Russian subsidiary of the global Microsoft Corporation, have signed a cooperation agreement to modernise the outdated IT infrastructure of the Russian public postal operator.
The deal is part of Russian Post’s three-year programme to reduce losses and to modernise infrastructure and services. The modernisation programme was announced by Russian Post CEO Andrej Kazmin in April this year.
Under the agreement, the two companies will implement several projects in key areas that include among others developing IT solutions for monitoring electronic resources, establishing a unified e-mail service as well as exchanging technological and marketing information. The important steps include creation of software for information telecommunications infrastructure that comprises components designed for carrying out applied software operations.
“Russian Post with its huge diversified branch network is facing a difficult task of unifying communication processes. The cooperation with Microsoft within the current agreement gives us a great opportunity to optimize the IT infrastucture,” said Andrej Pogodin, the deputy managing director of Russian Post.
When realizing common projects within the scope of the new partnership, Russian Post hopes to profit from the long time experience Microsoft has gained during the years of successful work in the public sector and with the major global players in the postal industry.
“The new agreement will help implement modern IT solutions in Russian postal offices and considerably enhance the quality of the customer services”, added Birger Sten, managing director of Microsoft Rus.
Russian Post, with a network of 42,000 post offices and 415,000 employees, handles more than 1.5 billion letters and 48 million parcels every year.
