Alexander "Sasha" Galitsky, Ph.D.

Virtuozzo provides hyperconverged cloud software and services for CSPs, MSPs, ISVs and enterprises. From Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service to Anything-as-a-Service, our mission is to make cloud easy, accessible and affordable for all. Using our production-ready OpenStack cloud platform reduces cost and improves margins for cloud service providers, and reduces cost and complexity for their customers too. Virtuozzo developed the first commercially available container virtualization technology and is an active contributor to many influential open source projects and foundations, including Linux kernel, OpenVZ, Docker, Kubernetes, CRIU™, KVM, libvirt, QEMU, OpenStack, CNCF and OCI.

Founded in 2014, Octonion is a deep-tech software company providing an Industrial Machine Intelligence solution that continuously diagnoses the machine lifecycle at the Edge. Octonion empowers Industrial equipment vendors with a self-care AI solution for on-time fault forecasting. Octonion invested more than five years to research and development in the embedded AI domain, focused on sensor data analysis optimized for low power microcontrollers. Octonion team has deep expertise in unsupervised and supervised machine learning, AI model personalization, and industrial equipment behavior forecasting. Octonion has its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and operations offices in Paris, France (sales & marketing), and Minsk, Belarus (research and development).

Moscow-based technological start-up launched in 2014. CarPrice develops technology, infrastructure and services for used cars transactions between private sellers and professional buyers. The major part of the business is an online auction. CarPrice also offers logistics, warehousing, corporate services and financial solutions for used cars market players in Russia and Kazakhstan. CarPrice offers technologies and infrastructure for used cars transactions between private sellers and professional buyers facilitating liquidity in the market. For private sellers CarPrice is a transparent, convenient and safe way to sell the car. For professional buyers CarPrice is a stable and reliable buying channel. To sell the car the seller comes to a CarPrice representative, the car goes through legal check and standardized technical inspection. Technical report and legal data are then uploaded to CarPrice online auction platform available for authorized buyers only. Buyers bid for the cars, maximum bid wins. The winning bid is offered to the seller as purchasing price. The seller can accept or reject the offer. All the services are free for the seller. Buyers pay for the access to the platform and CarPrice fees for each transaction.

Petcube is a company reimagining pet care, and using technology to keep people connected with their pets. Its first product, Petcube Camera, is an interactive pet monitor with real time video and built-in laser pointer. It allows pet owners to watch, talk to, and play with their pet from their smartphone, no matter where they are. Founded in Kyiv in 2013, Petcube was funded on Kickstarter and became one of the most successful crowdfunding pet products in history. Since graduating from the prestigious Y-Combinator incubation program, Petcube has gone on to launch two additional products, Petcube Play and Petcube Bites, as well as a cloud video recording service, Petcube Care. Petcube products are available online and in stores including Brookstone, Best Buy, and Petco.

StarWind is a pioneer in storage virtualization and hyperconvergence technologies. The company is a real innovator that has been developing and integrating IT infrastructure production optimization solutions years before virtualization hit the mainstream. StarWind combined its high-profile expertise and critical thinking about customer needs, which resulted in the creation of the trailblazing StarWind Virtual SAN. StarWind VSAN is a software-defined storage solution like no other. It completely eliminates the need for physical shared storage, like SAN and NAS, and achieves high availability on commercial hardware starting with two nodes already. It’s the only virtual shared storage on the market that has no hardware compatibility lists, works with any hypervisor, and comes at a reasonable price. To further bring enterprise-grade features without the bank-breaking price tag to ROBO, SMB and Edge, the company designed StarWind HyperConverged Appliance. StarWind HCA is a turnkey hyper-converged platform that combines storage, compute, networking, and StarWind software. StarWind enclosed the power of an entire data center in a small two-node box that brings ground-breaking rates of constant uptime and fault tolerance to organizations of any size. You also get ProActive Support that monitors your environment 24/7/365. StarWind Virtual SAN acquired the VMware Ready certification and it’s listed in the VMware Hardware Compatibility List. It is also officially certified for Windows Server 2012 R2, WS 2016, WS 2019, as well as for Citrix XenServer 6.5, 7, and 8. Since 2003, StarWind has been the solution of choice for over 30,000 global users in more than 100 countries, from SMBs, companies with ROBO scenarios, and Edge locations, to governments, Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. You’re welcome to explore our: #StarWind_success_story #StarWind_webinar #StarWind_how_to #StarWind_handy

Jelastic is a Multi-Cloud DevOps PaaS for ISVs, telcos, service providers and enterprises needing to speed up development, reduce cost of IT infrastructure, improve uptime and security. The platform automates creation, scaling, clustering and security updates of cloud-native and traditional applications. Jelastic has a unique pay-as-you-use pricing model and is available as public, private, hybrid and multi-cloud in about 60 data centers worldwide. The platform supports Java, PHP, Ruby, Node.js, Python, .NET, Go environments, as well as Docker and Kubernetes clusters. - Public, Private, Hybrid and Multi-Cloud deployments - Support of microservices and legacy applications with zero code changes - Automated continuous integration, delivery and upgrade processes - More than 50 certified containers out-of-the-box - Managed multi-tenant Kubernetes and Docker containers support - Automatic vertical and horizontal scaling according to applications load - Superb developer web portal for easy provisioning, scaling and updating environments - Open API, CLI and SSH access for deeper containers management - Integration with Git, SVN & Continuous Integration services - Automated replication for application servers and databases - Multi-cloud and multi-region management of workloads distribution and live migration - Comprehensive billing engine, quotas and access control policies - Built-in metering, monitoring and troubleshooting tools More info at https://jelastic.com

The strategic goal of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre is to concentrate international intellectual capital, thereby stimulating the development of break-through projects and technologies. In the course of implementation of the project, companies that are engaged in innovative development are discovered. After a selection process, some of these become project participants of the centre. They are provided with all assistance necessary for development. The Skolkovo Foundation and its partners transform the infrastructure, resources and other possibilities of the centre, into effective services for companies that are project participants.

Acumatica Cloud ERP is a comprehensive business management solution designed for todays digital economy. Born in the cloud, it fosters connected, collaborative work environments. Tailored explicitly for small and mid-market companies, Acumaticas flexibility, customer-friendly practices, and industry-specific functionality empower businesses to adapt to rapid market changes and seize control of their future.

Parallels is a global leader in cross-platform and virtualization solutions that make it simple for businesses and individuals to securely access applications and data on any device, anywhere. Parallels operates two core businesses. Parallels Desktop enables individuals and organizations to run Windows applications on Mac computers, providing a seamless, native-like experience without changing devices or disrupting workflows. Parallels Workspace Solutions deliver simple, flexible, and secure virtual applications and desktops through Parallels RAS, Parallels DaaS, and Parallels Browser Isolation, offering a modern, cost-effective alternative to traditional VDI across hybrid and cloud environments. Together, Parallels helps customers reduce complexity, streamline IT operations, improve security, and deliver a seamless user experience across Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, iOS, Android, and the cloud and emerging application models. To learn more, visit www.parallels.com.

Virtuozzo provides hyperconverged cloud software and services for CSPs, MSPs, ISVs and enterprises. From Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service to Anything-as-a-Service, our mission is to make cloud easy, accessible and affordable for all. Using our production-ready OpenStack cloud platform reduces cost and improves margins for cloud service providers, and reduces cost and complexity for their customers too. Virtuozzo developed the first commercially available container virtualization technology and is an active contributor to many influential open source projects and foundations, including Linux kernel, OpenVZ, Docker, Kubernetes, CRIU™, KVM, libvirt, QEMU, OpenStack, CNCF and OCI.

MegaFon PJSC is a leading Russian universal telecommunication service provider, operating in all segments of the telecommunications markets in Russia. The Company and its subsidiaries have licenses to operate in all of the Russian regions and in the Republics of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Tajikistan. The Company was the first in Russia to launch 3G for commercial operations. In July 2012 MegaFon was awarded one of four ten-year licenses for the provision of 4G/LTE services throughout the entire Russian Federation and has already started providing these services in 50 different regions. In October 2013 MegaFon completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in Scartel/Yota, which hold significant 4G/LTE licenses, from Garsdale Services Investment Limited, its shareholder and a member of the AF Telecom group (see below).The Company is a leader in the provision of mobile Internet, and in the number two position as to the number of active subscribers in Russia. As a result of its acquisition of the Synterra Group, one of the leading Russian backbone operators, in September 2010, MegaFon substantially increased its fixed-line B2B and B2G businesses, as well as its provision of fixed broadband services In September 2012 the Company acquired the VAS Media group of companies, which was integrated with MegaLabs, its R&D subsidiary. In December 2012 the Company acquired a 25% interest in the Euroset retail chain, the largest chain in Russia providing telecommunications goods and services, and is committed to acquire a further 25% by December 2015. In November 2012, MegaFon successfully completed an initial public offering on the Moscow Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

Founded in 2014, Octonion is a deep-tech software company providing an Industrial Machine Intelligence solution that continuously diagnoses the machine lifecycle at the Edge. Octonion empowers Industrial equipment vendors with a self-care AI solution for on-time fault forecasting. Octonion invested more than five years to research and development in the embedded AI domain, focused on sensor data analysis optimized for low power microcontrollers. Octonion team has deep expertise in unsupervised and supervised machine learning, AI model personalization, and industrial equipment behavior forecasting. Octonion has its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and operations offices in Paris, France (sales & marketing), and Minsk, Belarus (research and development).

Acronis unifies data protection and cybersecurity, delivering cyber protection that solves safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges. Acronis offers antivirus, backup, disaster recovery, endpoint protection management solutions, and award-winning AI-based antimalware and blockchain-based data authentication technologies through service provider and IT professional deployment models. These solutions protect data, applications, and systems in any environment. Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, over 5.5 million home users and 500,000 companies, including 100% of the Fortune 1,000, trust Acronis. Acronis products are available through 50,000 partners and service providers in over 150 countries and 40 languages. Community Rules: At Acronis, we value respectful, meaningful conversations. We welcome constructive feedback, questions and commentaries. We expect our community to be respectful of each other and share relevant information. We reserve the right to remove or edit any comments and posts that do not conform to these Community guidelines, including: • Profane, offensive, hateful, harassing, threatening, violent or obscene language • Discussions regarding race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation or political beliefs • Personal attacks • Sexually explicit comments or links that contain such material • Spam or advertisements If you have a customer service issue, please visit https://www.acronis.com/support/. We will manage this page according to these guidelines and look forward to hearing from you.

Moscow-based technological start-up launched in 2014. CarPrice develops technology, infrastructure and services for used cars transactions between private sellers and professional buyers. The major part of the business is an online auction. CarPrice also offers logistics, warehousing, corporate services and financial solutions for used cars market players in Russia and Kazakhstan. CarPrice offers technologies and infrastructure for used cars transactions between private sellers and professional buyers facilitating liquidity in the market. For private sellers CarPrice is a transparent, convenient and safe way to sell the car. For professional buyers CarPrice is a stable and reliable buying channel. To sell the car the seller comes to a CarPrice representative, the car goes through legal check and standardized technical inspection. Technical report and legal data are then uploaded to CarPrice online auction platform available for authorized buyers only. Buyers bid for the cars, maximum bid wins. The winning bid is offered to the seller as purchasing price. The seller can accept or reject the offer. All the services are free for the seller. Buyers pay for the access to the platform and CarPrice fees for each transaction.