Why "Basalt SPO" products are the basis of import substitution in IT for the public sector. A domestic competitor Windows Pro has appeared in Russia Operating system basalt

Basalt SPO products are based on one of the world's largest independent free software repositories, created as part of the Russian project Sisyphus (Sisyphus). This allows the company to provide a full software life cycle and long-term support.
Basalt SPO provides technical infrastructure for almost any import substitution project. Constantly improving its technologies, porting the repository to new hardware architectures.
The entire life cycle of Basalt SPO solutions is controlled from the Russian jurisdiction. The company has Russian founders, Russian development centers.
"ALT" is a mature OS that maintains continuity with ALT Linux - the oldest and most widespread domestic OS.

Only Basalt SPO products can be used as a reliable basis for import substitution of critical IT systems of any scale and complexity

Enterprise-level servers are automatically integrated into the existing IT infrastructure based on MS AD. And they also allow you to completely replace it with import, using only packages already included in the repositories and guaranteed to be updated.
"ALT" is the only OS that technologically and organizationally supports integrators. The OS contains original technologies and tools for the creation and maintenance by integrators and IT departments of several categories of their own specialized products (specialized distributions, modified assemblies).
This allows integrators to earn not only on Linux licenses, but also on their own high-margin products and services.

Licensing of OS "ALT" is convenient for all categories of customers

It is simple, non-limiting, and supports CAPEX (capital expenditure) and OPEX (subscription only) schemes.

"ALT" is the only domestic operating system that has high-quality scalable technical support throughout the Russian Federation, which is not inferior to the best Western operating systems.

Technical support for Basalt products is a single SLA throughout Russia and real IT processes adapted to the features of open source software. The level of technical support allows you to use the OS "ALT" in responsible systems supporting the main activities of the enterprise.
Technical support "Basalt SPO", which relies on the resources and technologies of a strategic partner - ALP Group and operates in more than 300 cities of the Russian Federation - this is a joint service professional IT outsourcing service providers(ALP Group, 1st, 2nd lines), the competence center of the ALP Group and the competence center "Basalt SPO", which is responsible for the 3rd line.
Professional vendor technical support service providers provide: quick start of support, wide geographic coverage, easy scalability, manufacturability, consideration of all the features of Russian and free software, mature IT processes, a clear understanding of the needs of narrow market segments.
Combining the competencies of "Basalt SPO" and ALP Group allows for any flow of requests to guarantee fulfillment of even the most stringent SLA conditions for requests of any complexity. In addition, professional technical support guarantees prompt troubleshooting if they do occur.

Additionally

ALT from "Basalt SPO" is the only OS, guaranteed to support all Russian processors Elbrus-2000 and Baikal-T1
ALT from "Basalt SPO" is the only domestic OS that comprehensively supports educational process based on open source software in universities. With the help of "Basalt", universities can organize both a system of advanced training for users and developers, and full-fledged training in IT specialties.

Important technological features of OS ALT

Compatible with Active Directory at both the server and workstation levels.
Own domain controller based on FreeIPA (for Linux workstations).
Replacing Collaboration Tools with Exchange (SOGo).
A virtualization system included in a certified distribution kit (cloud solutions).

Office suite (LibreOffice) with good compatibility with the office suite from Microsoft.
Availability of a separate certified FSTEC of Russia product that can be used for personal data processing systems and state secrets (up to category "C"). The certificate prescribes the application of security updates immediately, and not after an inspection
ESIA support

About products "Basalt SPO"

Operating systems (OS) "Basalt SPO" for servers and workstations

OS Alt Server and Alt Workstation are backbone IT solutions for large geographically distributed government organizations.
OS Alt Education is focused on everyday use in planning, organizing and conducting training in universities, training centers of large IT companies, etc.
With their help, the customer can form and effectively support traditional, cloud or hybrid IT infrastructure, including directory service, collaboration tools, support for virtualization and clustering.
The technologies integrated into these operating systems allow a large government organization to migrate smoothly, without wasting time and money, from Microsoft OS to Basalt SPO operating systems.

Basalt SPO systems, designed for use on servers and workstations, contain, in addition to the OS, a wide range of application programs. They are compatible with a wide range of other domestic programs.
The solutions embedded in them also make it possible to completely replace the infrastructure, including the Active Directory directory service and the MS Exchange collaboration system.

Directory service

The domain controller for Microsoft Active Directory is:

A single space for user and group accounts.
Centralized settings for access to resources.
Pass-through authorization in the network with a single password entry.

Server and client side supported:

ALT workstations can belong to an Active Directory domain implemented on the basis of both Windows Server and ALT Server;
Windows workstations can be managed by domain controllers based on ALT Server;
Supports the inclusion and replication of Active Directory domain controllers based on ALT Server with the possible listing of domain controllers based on Windows Server.

Collaboration Organization (SOGo)

SOGo is a collaboration service that provides the customer with:

Work with e-mail, calendars and contacts, joint planning.
Full-featured web-based collaboration interface.
Supports Outlook 2010, newer and Mozilla Thunderbird as clients.
Integration with Active Directory domain with full support for Windows-based clients.

Supports smooth migration from Microsoft Exchange Server to SOGo with the transfer of all user data.

Introduction of products "Basalt SPO"

Medical institutions
(50,000 jobs)

Educational institutions (5,000 organizations)

State Duma of the Russian Federation

Portal of public services of the Russian Federation

State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM

All-Russian Research Institute of Automation

The company "Basalt SPO" - a Russian developer of operating systems (OS) for the public sector, state corporations and large businesses - has presented the first line of operating systems on the domestic IT market that supports all Russian processors, the company said.

The new development "Basalt SPO" opens up opportunities for the joint use of all Russian processors as part of modern information systems. A single operating system makes these processors attractive to customers, OEMs, and software developers. In three years the company plans to occupy about 80% of the entire OS market for Russian processors.

Supported processor architectures

ALT OS will support the following Russian processors: Elbrus (for high-performance servers, workstations, laptops and tablets, ARM (32- and 64-bit), MIPS (32- and 64-bit). A version of ALT OS will also be created for processors of the S / 390 family, widely used in mainframes. Industrial versions of the ALT OS for ARM (32- and 64-bit) are already being released; for other Russian processors, the OS will be launched on the market simultaneously with the mass production of computers based on it. time the company "Basalt SPO" will launch a corresponding program of cooperation with manufacturers of computer technology.

Thus, the ALT OS line covers all the main types of computing equipment: servers of various capacities, high-performance workstations, office PCs, industrial computers, mobile devices, controllers and telecommunications equipment (switches and routers), information terminals that are demanding on the speed of information processing and transmission.

We would like to emphasize the important quality of computing systems based on "Elbrus" - power of attorney. All key components of these complexes were created by MCST and do not have undeclared capabilities. This allows the Elbrus to be used in infrastructure with increased information security requirements.

Features of support for Russian processors in ALT OS

Let's note the main features of the ALT OS line for Russian processors.

Firstly, on each OS hardware platform ALT works in the "native" mode (and not in the mode of emulation of the x86 command system). This allows you to achieve maximum performance (the gain, depending on the tasks, can reach hundreds of percent), as well as to support all the specific features of the processor.

Secondly, the ALT OS line for Russian processors (as well as operating systems for Intel-architecture) is created on the basis of the Russian repository "Sisyphus", which is completely independent of any foreign repositories and is developed by Russian companies and individuals not under control of foreign legal entities and individuals. Today Sisyphus is one of the four largest independent software repositories in the world (along with Debian, Red Hat and SUSE), it implements a complete technological process of creating, modernizing and supporting the continuous life cycle of operating systems based on modern technologies.

The independence of "Sisyphus" from other repositories (for example, Debian) completely eliminates the risks that are unremovable for any dependent OS, for example, the inevitable rupture of the life cycle of such an OS, due to the fact that its developer has not yet had time to transfer his developments to the released version of the base OS, as the next version of the latter is already appearing. The full range of such risks is much broader. Among them, one can note the risks of information security, as well as the lack of support for domestic processors and the practical impossibility of influencing the direction of development of the repository and the underlying operating systems created on its basis. ALT operating systems are free from all these problems. The customer can safely choose them as the basis of complexes designed for a service life of tens of years.

Thirdly, for each family of Russian processors, Basalt SPO implements a full technological cycle of creating a line of operating systems, including porting tools that ensure work with the repository, assembling and testing the operating system itself and other distribution products for this hardware platform, as well as porting and testing application and infrastructure software ready for installation from system repositories.

Fourthly, free analogs of Microsoft Active Directory directory services and Microsoft Exchange collaboration tools (Samba DC / Free IPA and SoGo, respectively) are built into the ALT OS for Russian processors (as in the ALT OS for Intel-architecture), which significantly simplifies migration to import-independent software. Moreover, the directory service and collaboration infrastructure can be created on the basis of servers with Russian processors (for example, Elbrus). And other servers and workstations - with ALT OS (for any supported platforms) and Windows OS - will work under their control. This makes it possible to transfer infrastructure critical for the enterprise not only to the domestic OS ALT (which was the case before), but also - for the first time - to the complex of the Russian OS and Russian hardware.

Fifthly, ALT operating systems are provided with technical support based on SLA throughout the Russian Federation in 24x7x365 mode, in a “one window” format (implemented on the basis of partnership with ALP Gorup). Since 2017, the technology has been implemented to support the ALT OS complex (stack), DBMS (PostgresPro / PostgresSQL) and other infrastructure and application software products (for example, EDMS) as a whole. Similar technical support will be provided for the ALT OS for Russian processors - after the release of their industrial versions.

Market value

The new development "Basalt SPO" is of paramount importance for customer organizations, manufacturers of computer technology and telecommunications equipment based on Russian processors, as well as Russian software developers.

Elimination of explicit or disguised dependence on foreign software repositories and foreign operating systems and the use of computing technology without undeclared capabilities allows customers to dramatically increase the level of security of information systems.

The customer receives a single managed technology platform with an unlimited life cycle, centralized management, unified technology for migration to import-independent IT solutions, as well as the most unified wide range of ready-to-use application and infrastructure software. This allows the organization to reduce operating costs and optimize the cost of import-independent computing. In addition, the customer drastically reduces training costs, since, having acquired the skills to work with ALT OS and application software on any supported hardware platform, employees (users and system administrators) will keep them to the maximum extent when switching to computers built on any Russian processors. In many cases, this transition may not be noticeable at all.

A single line of operating systems (for servers, workstations and education systems), covering all Russian processors, eliminates market fragmentation, which is extremely inconvenient for all stakeholders. When porting it to Linux, it is much more convenient for Russian software developers to focus on a single technological platform, the most unified methods and toolkits, as well as a single set of developer support services. Effect: porting costs are reduced several times.

Taking into account all the above, a single line of OS ALT, which maximally reveals the capabilities of all Russian processors, sharply reduces the time of their entry to the market, and also expands their export potential.

02.12.2016, Fri, 14:33, Moscow time , Text: Denis Voeikov

The amount of investments in the development of "the only domestic analogues of Microsoft operating systems" of the enterprise class - the line of operating systems "Basalt" - amounted to 100 million rubles. during a year. In 2017, investments in the development of the line will amount to 200-300 million.

New project of the team from "Alt Linux"

The core development team of Alt Linux, headed by its former Deputy CEO Alexei Novodvorsky organized a new structure, called "Basalt SPO", and attracted p 100 million to create a line of domestic operating systems. These funds were invested in the project by the owners of the IVK company (represented by Grigory Sizonenko, CEO, Ekaterina Petrova, CFO and Vladimir Chepko, chairman of the board of directors) through the investment structure established by them "Agency for financial support", which now holds a 50% stake in "Basalt".

This was reported by the CEO of the CPI Grigory Sizonenko and Novodvorsky, who took over as general director of Basalt. “Next year, based on communication with potential customers (regional leaders, state corporations, etc.), we understand that we will earn p 200-300 million, which will be reinvested back into the project - into further development and the creation of a scalable sales and implementation system. ".

According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, LLC Basalt SPO was officially registered on August 10, 2015. 24% is now assigned to Aleksey Novodvorsky. 5% each belongs to Dmitry Levin, Anton Farygin and Vladimir Farygin... The remaining 2% are attributed to Ivan Korovin.

The OS "Alt Server", "Alt Workstation" and "Alt Education" created within the framework of the project are based on the Sisyphus free software repository, on the basis of which Alt Linux distributions were created. Basalt is now providing technical infrastructure for Sisyphus, developing its technologies, and also porting the repository to new hardware architectures.

According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Novodvorsky still holds a 10% stake in Alt Linux LLC. Another 19% of it belongs to Alexey Smirnov, which, according to the IVK, was the last of the key developers to move to Basalt. Among the other co-founders - OJSC "Open Technologies" (share of 50.5%), Ekaterina Marintseva(10%), Anton and Vladimir Farygin (5% each) and Open Source LLC (0.5%).

Alexey Novodvorsky left Alt Linux and received 100 million for a new project

Alt Linux has existed since 2001. In 2010, the blocking share in it belonged to the state corporation Rostec represented by OJSC Concern Sirius.

How Basalt was born

According to Sizonenko, it can be concluded that the company "Basalt SPO" arose solely due to the fact that the parties agreed to finance this project. Sizonenko says that Novodvorsky has long been hatching the idea of creating an enterprise-class operating system - an OS that can support the customer's business infrastructure throughout the Russian Federation and abroad.

The Novodvorsky team in IVK has been known since 2001, when the company ordered him to develop a firewall based on the Linux kernel. “When Alexey came in mid-2015, he said that he had solutions and technologies that would allow him to create a product line within a year, and that would require 100 million,” Sizonenko says. - This is how the Basalt company appeared.

“Today we are the first and only company in Russia that introduces products to the Russian market that can, can and must replace Microsoft solutions,” Sizonenko assures.

Technical details

OS "Alt Server" and "Alt workstation" are positioned as backbone solutions for large geographically distributed organizations. Basalt believes that with their help a customer can create and maintain a full-scale traditional, cloud or hybrid IT infrastructure, including directory service, collaboration tools, support for virtualization and clustering.

The developers assure that the technologies integrated into these operating systems, as well as their own methods of implementing Basalt, allow a large organization to smoothly migrate to them from the Microsoft operating system, having completed the transition of both the entire IT infrastructure and its individual fragments.

The service company ALP Group, which has a partner network in 300 cities of the Russian Federation, directly provides technical support to Basalt's clients.

The names of specific customers in "Basalt" are not disclosed. "The operating system has been comprehensively tested in several large projects of the scale of the Russian Federation region, and precisely as a system-forming IT solution that provides import substitution not only for the functions of the operating system itself, but also for directory services (Microsoft Active Directory, or MS AD) and Microsoft Exchange collective work system" , - note in the company.

Since September 5, 2016 "Alt server" and "Alt workstation" are included in the Register of Russian software under the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications.

Project economics

According to Sizonenko, on the eve of the launch of the project, the IVK conducted a market research, during which it was estimated that Microsoft earns about $ 1 billion annually on its OS in Russia. there is purely theoretically their creators will be able to earn the same.

Further, the IVK proceeds from the fact that with total import substitution, Russian enterprise-class OS will have only 60% of the market, because 20% of customers will consciously choose local specialized solutions, and another 20% will do it unintentionally, not fully understanding what they really need ...

At the same time, even under the most optimistic scenario, by 2019 the share of domestic software in the market will be only 70%. As part of the pessimistic, this indicator will be at the level of 30%, and only by 2023.

Based on these considerations, the IVK believes that in reality, in the future, in the future, the market for domestic OS of the enterprise class will amount to $ 300-350 million per year, and at first it will be Basalt that will dominate it, because it has no Russian competitors now. ...

December 14, 2017, Moscow Today the company " Basalt SPO "- a Russian developer of operating systems (OS) for the public sector, state corporations and large businesses - presents the first line of operating systems in the domestic IT market that supports all Russian processors. The new development "Basalt SPO" opens up opportunities for the joint use of all Russian processors as part of modern information systems. A single operating system makes these processors attractive to customers, OEMs, and software developers. In three years the company plans to occupy about 80% of the entire OS market for Russian processors.

Supported processor architectures

Features of support for Russian processors in ALT OS

Let's note the main features of the ALT OS line for Russian processors.

Market value

About company:

Basalt SPO was established in 2015. In 2016, the company released the first line of Russian operating systems for servers and workstations (OS ALT), designed specifically for large organizations and the education system as a backbone solution for an enterprise. These operating systems are included in the Unified Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases. Today, operating systems "Basalt SPO" for workstations and servers are being actively implemented by the company's partners in commercial enterprises and in the public sector. Since its appearance on the market, ALT OS have a single guaranteed level of technical support throughout the Russian Federation.

"Basalt SPO" is a developer software platform to create turnkey solutions and IT infrastructure of any scale. Basalt SPO developments are based on one of the world's largest independent free software repositories Sisyphus ( Sisyphus ) and the international community supporting him. Thanks to this, "Basalt SPO" is porting the repository and its developments to new hardware architectures and is developing complex free enterprise-level solutions.

The company "Basalt SPO" is a member NP RUSSOFT and is included in ARPP "Domestic software" The company has FSTEC licenses for the development and production of means of protecting confidential information (reg. No. 1612 and 3025 of September 16, 2016). Licenses are valid indefinitely.

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