East-West Digital News (EWDN) is the first comprehensive English-language online resource dedicated to Russian IT.
The site offers a full coverage of Russian market activity, providing news and data directly from Russian sources in English to bridge information gaps between the vibrant IT markets in Russia and the rest of the world.
EWDN offers a comprehensive range of information content – from daily news to in-depth studies – as well as a variety of professional business tools designed to improve business communication between market participants at all levels.
While Russia’s international reputation for software engineering and outsourcing has been well established for decades, the Russian emerging market for the Internet, mobile and digital TV industries is growing rapidly and has unique characteristics. Russia is currently witnessing rebounding economic growth of nearly 5% annually.
The country is alive with a new generation of entrepreneurs and actively pursuing modernization through increased technology development, as witnessed by the ambitious state-sponsored innovation hub in Skolkovo and many other initiatives.
Doing business in Russia, however, remains challenging for many outsiders. Up-to-date, accessible information in English is hard to come by – especially in the nuanced fields of Internet, mobile and digital TV. East-West Digital News is a platform for global business conversation between Russian entrepreneurs and business entities, market experts and media channels aiming to present themselves to an international audience and get in touch with potential partners regardless of their location in the world.
As the Russian market grows in its global importance, East-West Digital News can help the global business community achieve clarity and confidence in decision-making, boosting the effectiveness of investment strategy and improved bilateral understanding promoting trust, transparency and performance.
EWDN is a 100% privately owned media enterprise founded by Western and Russian industry experts and journalists. It is independent from any industry player or state-owned organization.
EWDN enjoys an unparalleled integration with a vast network of industry experts, media partners and consultancies providing accurate, high quality professional news and information. EWDN offers the majority of its content free to the public.
EWDN is shaped by a single goal – to inform the international business community about Russian IT industries in an objective and reliable manner.
EWDN is a finely tuned combination of news materials, professional analysis, market data and in-depth studies. The content is produced by the EWDN team and its network of expert contributors. Content is also provided by partnering media and industry players or based on selected extracts from the Russian or international press.
To the greatest extent possible, facts, statements and citations reported from EWDN sources are double-checked with alternative media sources or directly with the people or organizations concerned.
Although EWDN provides current, relevant and insightful industry news on a daily basis, it is not itself a provider of breaking real time news. In our position as a market insider and aggregator, we select, verify and translate information from reliable local Russian sources, adding value in cross referencing for clarity and accuracy. In the energetic Russian markets, being a trustworthy resource of information and data is even more important than being first to publish news. We aim to check the facts and fine-tune content to ensure the highest possible level of quality and reliability.
EWDN enjoys fully transparent relations with partnering media, contributors and companies. EWDN editorial independence is a non-negotiable condition in all matters pertaining to editorial or financial relations – be it advertising, sponsorship or investment.
