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In 2022, the majority of Western vendors and foreign products left the market, the corporate segment and the public sector received significant damage. For example, it became impossible to purchase and further maintain imported systems and equipment.
But this is only the tip of the iceberg: the question is not only in the availability of the necessary technologies, but in the possibility operazzjonali import substitution.
Thus, in 2022, instead of the planned transition to technologies in key sectors of the economy, key players in the digital services market were faced with the need to completely get rid of import dependence in an emergency mode.
In some areas (engineering, software, pharmaceutical industry and partly radio electronics), domestic products are not only competitive, but can also outpace foreign technologies.
One of the most successful examples in import substitution is the ELAR corporation, which independently develops and manufactures industrial scanners, documentation software, provides professional document scanning and database creation services, and conducts research in the field of artificial intelligence.
ELAR scanners not only occupy 90% of the market of professional scanners, but are also exported abroad, including to Europe and Asia. Taking into account the completely localized production in the Federation, the risks when using the company’s products are almost reduced to zero, and operating costs are lower than when using foreign solutions.
The company implements its projects both in the public sector (Presidential Administration, Government of the Federation, authorities of the regions of the Federation) and in large businesses (OMK, Gazprom, KOMOS GROUP, SUEK, PhosAgro).
Pitfalls of the “National Regime”
To support the domestic manufacturer and ensure national security, the state establishes restrictions on public procurement of radio electronic products. So, according to the Decree of the Government of the Federation No. 878 dated July 10.07.2019, XNUMX1, a unified register of radio-electronic products (REP register) was created and a list of radio-electronic products originating from foreign countries was approved, in respect of which restrictions for purchases are established.
When purchasing goods from this list, a “national regime” applies, that is, customers are required to give preference to products from the REP register. A catalog of goods, works and services has also been created, which indicates typical characteristics for different categories of products (Decree of the Government of the Federation No. 145 of 08.02.20172). The customer is not entitled to indicate additional characteristics of the goods, therefore, in the procurement documentation, he is obliged to use only the information that is included in the catalog.
This has led to the fact that for some categories of radio-electronic products it is difficult for customers to find domestic analogues within the framework of import substitution. And if there is an opportunity to purchase imported goods, then the set of characteristics for competitive purchase is very limited. But even if the required products are registered in the REP register, there is always a risk that the manufacturer will not be able to meet the ever-increasing volumes of government orders.
ElarScan scanners: complete import substitution
ELAR has been producing scanners under its own brand since 2004. Initially, the company, like many others in the Federation, purchased foreign equipment, but it had to be constantly refined due to the peculiarities of office work and archiving in Our Country. Moreover, the maintenance of these devices was difficult due to the lack of constant access to components.
Today in Our Country, only ELAR is able to provide the planned production of professional scanning equipment in the required volume, since only its products (more than 20 models) are included in the REP register. The share of ELAR in the market at the end of 2021 amounted to about 90%, according to the State Purchases portal3, for the last 10 years the company has been the leader in terms of the number of equipment sold in Our Country.
To date, ELAR has its own plant for the production of scanning equipment under the brands “ElarScan” and “ELAR PlanScan”. Manufactured products are supplied to customers, some of them are exported to Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the CIS. The share of exports is growing every year, ELAR equipment has gained popularity among foreign users around the world and successfully competes with the best examples of scanning equipment from European manufacturers even in the current conditions.
Alexander Kuznetsov, Head of ECM at ELAR Corporation, claims that registration in the REW “allows in a short time and with minimal labor intensity to purchase equipment in full compliance with 44-FZ4 and with the use of the national regime. According to him, all restrictions imposed by Decree of the Government of the Federation No. 878 are observed, and all scanners are always available for order.
The import-substituting line of scanners “ElarScan” is assembled in Our Country and consists of a domestic hardware base. ElarScan models are equipped with fully domestic industrial cameras with resolutions of 50, 100 and 150 megapixels. The development of cameras was carried out for several years by the forces of the ELAR production center. This component is not inferior in terms of shooting characteristics to the best foreign analogues.
Scanners operate under the control of domestic professional software “ELAR ScanImage” from the register of software (No. 36025), which provides an extensive list of tools for managing digitization projects and batch image processing. As an operating system, the Astra Linux is used. This means that ElarScan equipment is suitable for working with documents of any level of secrecy.
Scanners are supplied as software and hardware systems and are immediately ready for use on the day of installation. Service is available to all users throughout the country.
The ElarScan line fully complies with the requirements of regulators (VNIIDAD, Rosarkhiv). Libraries, archives, museums, BTI and many other institutions develop departmental digitization standards, focusing on the capabilities and characteristics of ELAR technology. Over the past year, more than 100 state institutions throughout the country have been equipped with ElarScan scanners.
Astronomy and archiving
For industrial digitization of documents, the most commonly used planetarju и document scanners. The first type has the greatest autonomy and versatility compared to other types of scanners. For example, all devices of the ElarScan line are equipped with built-in computers. In a planetary scanner, the scanning element is located above the subject, and there is no direct contact with the document. However, a document scanner is an excellent choice if you need to scan a large number of loose-leaf paper documents of high quality and no historical value.
But only on a planetary scanner can the most valuable specimens be digitized without fear of damaging them. Filming is carried out using industrial cameras with high-resolution sensors. Planetary scanners provide the highest image quality, the ability to scan documents inline at the same settings and quickly change them if necessary.
However, it is a mistake to think that the scope of the planetary scanner ends here. Such a device is ideal for digitizing archival documents (especially stapled), books, newspapers, magazines and art objects.
The sensor captures the entire image, without stitching, the resulting image can be seen in the preview and the settings can be adjusted if they are not correct. Optical zoom allows you to transmit small details close-up, and the scanning time of one document is on average 1 second.
The object being scanned is not placed on the glass, as in household scanners, but lies in the “cradle”. The “cradle” is a two-plate mechanism that allows you to choose the optimal placement of the original and adapt the surface to the thickness of the document.
Billions and years
On February 11, 2022, President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Digital Development, the Federal Archives and the Academy of Sciences to study the issue of transferring the entire Archival Fund of Our Country to digital format.
But in reality the task is much more difficult. Although the order refers specifically to the Archival Fund, departmental archives, archives of scientific and industrial enterprises and libraries also contain a huge number of important documents, many of which are in a single copy. And they also need to be dealt with.
Representative of ELAR Alexander Kuznetsov I am sure that the process of digitizing archival documents should be divided into several subtasks. Funds of federal archives should be digitized en masse. Such works include the creation of an electronic fund for use and a scientific reference apparatus. Such volumes can only be carried out with the involvement of specialized contractors.
“At the municipal level, it is advisable to approve digitization plans and, at the first stage, equip institutions with standard domestic scanning equipment that will allow scanning in accordance with the recommendations of the Federal Archive,” said Kuznetsov.
What is certain is that in a project of this scale and importance, all technologies used must be domestically produced, and contractors must have the experience, as well as the necessary regulatory licenses to work with a high level of secrecy.
Artificial intelligence under operator control
Approaches to document digitization are divided into two main types – the purchase of services from a specialized contractor and self-scanning by the customer.
The first option is expedient for large volumes, when a mass conversion of archival documents accumulated over many years into digital form is carried out.
ELAR operates entirely on its own hardware and software and has all the necessary licenses to work with documents containing state secrets. Therefore, the company can guarantee the safety of valuable funds and transparent terms of project implementation.
Work with documents at ELAR is carried out literally with all their types: with financial and banking documentation, with the library fund, with archives and file cabinets, not to mention all possible options for departmental documentation. Information from many documents is important for fulfilling the requests of citizens and legal entities. For example, on the basis of paper funds of Rosreestr, BTI and other departments, databases are created, which speeds up the execution of public services.
All materials are not just scanned, but also recognized, brought into a single form and integrated into the necessary registers. ELAR uses software algorithms to recognize data, and the company also employs about 5000 operators. More than 400 scanners of various types are involved in the “digitization factory”, and all these devices are designed and manufactured directly by the corporation itself.
A very important process is bringing data to uniform standards, especially when it comes to official documents.
ELAR, being a leader in the digitization of documents on the market, regularly fulfills orders from government departments. The state has set high standards for the digitalization of public services, the share of public services available in electronic form is constantly growing. Order of the Government of the Federation of April 11.04.2022, 837 No. XNUMX-r6 the concept of transition to the provision of the absolute majority of state and municipal services without the need for the personal presence of citizens in the 24/7 mode was approved.
“Context”: ECM for office work
Scanning is just one step in creating and managing a digital archive. An important part of the work is cataloging and automating work with documents. For this purpose, there are ECM-systems – specialized programs for content management.
ECM – Enterprise Content Management – can literally be translated as “Information Resource Management”, in terms of meaning, this product is close to electronic document management systems.
ECM-system “ELAR Context” (registry of domestic software No. 12298 dated 21.12.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX7) allows you to fully automate document flow of any level of complexity, set up document routing in an organization, and create an electronic archive of any kind.
On the basis of the ELAR Context platform, import systems for storing and managing documents are being replaced. The system is used in the implementation of platform solutions in digital transformation projects of the public sector and large commercial enterprises.
This is a completely domestic product, and the cost of maintaining such a system is lower compared to foreign counterparts, but at the same time its stability does not depend on the political actions of other countries in relation to Our Country.
The system is completely cross-platform, it has full support for domestic software solutions: Alt and Astra OS, Postgres DBMS, Elbrus-based storage systems, etc.
“ELAR Context” is a FSTEC-certified information security tool (certificate NDV-4). If necessary, the system based on “Context” can be certified to the required level of control for storing and working with information under the heading.
Each user of the system can be assigned a different access level. And if external partners in your organization need access to documents, you can also set it up. If the standard software capabilities are not enough for the client, ELAR will be able to modify it for specific tasks.
Digitalization of the public sector
In recent years, the competencies of software and hardware developers have increased, which provides the market with significant opportunities in import substitution. A good example of digitalization is the Gosuslugi portal8where we can solve many bureaucratic issues without leaving home.
But much remains to be done. For example, the segment of departmental information systems for federal departments and state corporations, where many processes have not yet been digitized, or serious custom software development is required to replace foreign-made industrial products.
Within the framework of the state order, ELAR implemented a number of successful solutions of its own design. Among them are the electronic archive of the President of the Federation, a complex of systems for the Administration of the President and the Office of the Government of the Federation, an automated system for supporting competitive activities of the FSR, projects for the Ministry of Defense and a number of implementations at the level of subjects of the Federation in the field of public administration.
“Everywhere we used our own developments and domestic industrial solutions. In the structure of ELAR, a software development center with more than 100 people, at the moment we are ready to provide import substitution tasks at the level of departments and state corporations in almost any area of activity, including our extensive competencies in the development of technologies based on artificial intelligence “ - clarified Alexander Kuznetsov, head of ECM at ELAR Corporation.
For example, one such major project is electronic archive system of the President of the Federation, built on the ELAR software core. She keeps more 15 miljun dokument.
Thanks to the introduction of the software core, the efficiency of working with documents has increased, including the efficiency of their processing, as well as compliance with the internal regulations of the Administrative Code of the Federation.
В Primorsky Krai set up as a pilot project unified regional system for recording technical documentation for the local BTI. Initially, to provide data upon request to the BTI, the application went through several stages of approval, which took at least several days. And since the information was provided on a paid basis, the accounting department had to manually track the receipt of the applicant’s payment.
Thanks to the introduction of an automated accounting system, three tasks were solved: the processing of requests is fully automated; a single space has been created for entering, processing and storing all documentation; processes of search and use of documentation are automated. As a result, the deadlines for responding to requests from applicants have been reduced to a minimum, and due to this, revenues to the federal budget have increased.
В Reġjun Tyumen żviluppati mill regional digital archivecommissioned by the regional government. The project solved several problems at once. First, government agencies were given access to official documents with the ability to search and download information. Secondly, the project ensured integration with regional information systems and implemented a unified long-term electronic storage of government documents. Taking into account cybersecurity threats, the electronic archive allows you to guarantee access to important information at any time. And the use of UKES (enhanced qualified electronic signature) based on CryptoPRO with a timestamp made it possible to provide legally significant archival storage of documents in electronic form.
Data storage systems are based on Elbrus-8C multi-core processors, general system software consists of PostgreSQL DBMS and Alt 8 SP Server server OS. The main element of the project is the electronic archive system based on the ELAR Context platform.
В Reġjun Arkhangelsk ELAR created The system of electronic archive of world justice (SEAMYU) based on the “Context” platform. Also, sites for digitizing court cases based on ElarScan scanners with a domestic recognition system built into the ScanImage software (included in the register of the Ministry of Digital Development)9).
Thus, a single information space has been formed in which each document is quickly available, and the immutability of each piece of information is also guaranteed. And most importantly, this solution reduces the need to turn to paper archives, since each magistrate can instantly find a complete set of documents on any case considered.
Of course, these are not all ELAR projects related to the public sector. The company is the executor of such projects as “Memory of the People”, “Memory Road”, “National Electronic Library”, within the framework of which several hundred million paper documents were converted into electronic form and terabytes of databases were created.
“Digitization” of corporations and holdings
Western vendors stop cooperating with companies, so many software systems cannot be developed or maintained. It is important that software products with source code owned by foreign developers, including those from countries unfriendly to Our Country10, can pose a direct threat to information security.
The state is taking action. So, for critical information infrastructure facilities in accordance with Decree of the President of the Federation No. 166 dated March 30.03.2022, XNUMX11 the purchase of foreign software is prohibited, and from January 1, 2025, the use of such software is completely prohibited.
All this means that the security requirements of information resources of the leading institutions and enterprises of the country are given the closest attention.
Solutions of ELAR Corporation are also very effective at enterprises of various forms of ownership. These solutions are especially relevant today, when the work of foreign software products can bring harm instead of good.
Allura, per eżempju, agricultural holding “KOMOS GROUP” (owner of the Selo Zelenoe and Varaksino brands), ensured the protection of key backbone processes and documents using the electronic archive system based on ELAR Context.
Holding uses unified digital archive of documents. The main accounting and personnel processes in terms of processing, accounting, storage and use of all types of documentation have been digitized. The electronic archive system creates a single repository of the holding’s documents, ensuring their safe storage and quick access to any necessary information.
Thanks to this, the enterprise operates a paperless corporate environment: all paper documents instantly receive a verified digital copy and are sent to the archive. Further work with them is carried out in digital form. The product is integrated with the 1C: ZUP system.
għall United Metallurgical Company maħluqa minn shared service center process automation system. It contains more than 30 million documents, it is used by more than 7000 employees who work in 11 cities of Our Country. In addition to the electronic archive itself, the system has a document recognition module, and also integrates with software solutions from 1C, SAP and Oracle. The main function of the system is to ensure the transparency of the activities of all enterprises and reduce labor costs for working with documents, including accounting and tax accounting. So, after the introduction of the software, the costs of processing documents in the company decreased by 2.5 times.
First person conclusion
АAlexander Kuznetsov, Head of ECM at ELAR Corporation:
30 years is just the beginning
“Today, ELAR is one of the flagships of import substitution in the country, as well as a technological leader in the field of digitization, the development of information management systems and the production of domestic scanning equipment. We are one of the few companies that exports high-tech products, our electronic archive systems are among the top most reliable and secure systems for storing documents and information.
Electronic archive, retroconversion, planetary scanner – this is what ELAR created on an industrial scale and, in fact, formed the market when digitization and professional scanners were not even heard of. Today we have completely import-independent technologies in all aspects of accounting, storage, processing and digitization of documents. And most importantly: we offer our customers a painless transition to solutions. We are ready to carry out complex custom development, we are developing systems based on artificial intelligence. Therefore, I believe that 30 years of work is just the beginning, new challenges and accomplishments lie ahead.”
Our Country is a new center of leadership
“The market is actively developing, our products are ahead of foreign analogues in many respects. We see that users abroad increasingly prefer technology, refusing German, French, Italian planetary scanners. I think that Our Country will become the center of leadership in the professional scanning equipment market. And we actively contribute to this.
For example, ELAR organized a completely domestic production of equipment on the hardware base, developed and put into production its own domestic industrial cameras, which are in many ways ahead of competitors. And this is a significant breakthrough: previously only a few of the world’s leading players made their cameras.
The state has set ambitious tasks for the digitalization of various sectors of the economy. A lot of data and information, on the basis of which digital interaction is built, remains on paper, they will need to be digitized.”
The paper remains
“It is impossible to completely get rid of paper. There are documents of a permanent storage period and documents of the Archival Fund of the Federation, which, according to the law, must be kept on paper. But, of course, the processes of operational office work, personnel workflow, office, accounting, transport logistics, transactions in the retail segment are moving to electronic interaction, there are more and more such examples. And the state encourages it. There are initiatives that will make it possible to create electronic equivalent duplicates of physical media.
Information systems accompanying documentation processes need to be developed towards long-term trusted storage of information. Against the backdrop of sanctions and threats to information security, systems are required to provide secure storage and regular online access to information, regardless of changes in the information infrastructure, formats of the documents themselves, or growing threats to cybersecurity. Given the ever-increasing volume of document flow, users should have a “single window” to all key corporate information, which eliminates the risk of irretrievable loss of important information and documents.
We take into account trends and changes in the market, today our document management and information storage software includes promising technologies with a lot of potential for the future. ELAR has developed and successfully applies in projects technologies for big data management, text recognition, classification based on machine learning, builds electronic archives for long-term legally significant storage of documents.
This is where we see the future. The country needs to move to digital interaction, but it also needs to ensure the security of digital information and its long-term storage.”
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