At Microsoft, we're motivated and inspired every day by how our customers use our software to find creative solutions to business problems, develop breakthrough ideas, and stay connected to what's most important to them. We are committed long term to the mission of helping our customers realize their full potential. Just as we constantly update and improve our products, we want to continually evolve our company to be in the best position to accelerate new technologies as they emerge and to better serve our customers.

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 90 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. IBM Global Services is the world's largest information technology services and consulting provider. Approximately 180,000 professionals serve customers in over 160 countries, providing the entire spectrum of customers' e-business needs - from the business transformation and industry expertise of IBM Business Consulting Services to hosting, infrastructure, technology design and training services.
For more information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com.

Oracle's leadership, vision, and commitment to customers have made the company the world's largest enterprise software company, providing software and services to enterprises around the globe.
Oracle has always been an innovative company. It was one of the first companies to make its business applications available through the internet- today, that idea is pervasive. Now Oracle is committed to making sure that all of its software is designed to work together- the suite approach -and other companies, analysts, and the press are beginning to acknowledge that Oracle is right. What's in store for tomorrow? We will continue to innovate and to lead the industry- while always making sure that we're focused on solving the problems of the customers who rely on our software.

Siemens, headquartered in Berlin and Munich, is one of the world’s largest electrical engineering and electronics companies. Siemens provides innovative technologies and comprehensive know-how to benefit customers in 190 countries. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is active in the areas of Information and Communications, Automation and Control, Power, Transportation, Medical, and Lighting.

Since 1982, Sun has brought together the world's brightest technical minds to solve the world's biggest technical problems. Our vision of "Everyone and everything participating on the network" means that when people are networked, they share, they interact, and solve problems.

Founded in 1987, TechSmith is the world’s leading provider of screen capture and recording software for individual and professional use. People everywhere use our products to capture content from their screens in ways that help them communicate more clearly, create engaging presentations for diverse audiences, and analyze product usability and customer experience.
With products localized into five languages and a distribution network of resellers in more than 20 countries, TechSmith’s global reach is continually expanding.
Find more information at www.TechSmith.com.

The Higher School of Economics was established in 1992 at the initiative of Russian economists (Yasin, Kouzminov) and members of the Russian Government (Gaidar, Shokhin, and others) with the purpose to assist economic reforms in Russia by educating professionals in modern Economics and other Social Sciences, as well as through academic research, consultancy and policy advice in these fields.

Business-Informatics Faculty was founded in 2001 in response to the labour market demand for business informatics specialists. The faculty was set up with support of IBS, Microsoft, Lanit, 1C, SAP and other commercial IT enterprises. The curriculum is designed to offer training for future IT system analytics, IT consultants, designers and implementers of complex IT systems, corporate information systems managers, project managers etc. The qualification received allows graduates to excel in the following subject areas: Modeling and Optimization of Business Processes, Design, Construction, Management and Troubleshooting of IT Systems, Analytical Support of Business Management Decisions, Development, Planning and Implementation Management of IT Projects of various complexity. The department is fully equipped to provide quality training for its students.