EMC opened R&D Center in St. Petersburg, Russia

EMC, the world’s leading provider of products (like Documentum), services, and solutions for information management and storage, has announced the opening of a new research and development (R&D) center in St. Petersburg, Russia. With this, EMC follows examples of Alcatel, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Sun Microsystems and Intel, the companies already benefiting from St. Petersburg software engineering talent.

St. Petersburg share in Russian IT exports volume is estimated to be 30% and the city presents a lucrative location for European and American enterprises willing to access the vast talent pool and benefit the strong cost advantage. The local government has been positive in assisting the IT companies in the region and strives to cooperate with the IT community in the city.