OREANDA-NEWS. On 26 June 2009 Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) and Sitronics Labs, the corporate research center of Sitronics, announced the launch of a trial access to Springer eBooks and eJournals in Mathemathics and Statistics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Engineering, and Computer Science.

With immediate effect, all Sitronics R&D staff gains access to SpringerLink, the global digital content platform. The agreement between SITRONICS Labs and Springer library –is a new step in the international scientific cooperation between the Russian researchers and the largest international sources of the information.

"Access to high-quality scientific literature is a crucial factor of success for a research-intensive business such as ours", said Maxim Kharchenko, director of Sitronics. “I am convinced it can bring us to a new level of research quality. We would like to thank Springer for this opportunity."

"We are happy to announce the launch of trial access to Springer scientific database for Sitronics", said Elwin Gardeur, licensing manager at Springer. "This experience is crucial as we work towards identifying all relevant and useful content resources for Sitronics staff. We would like to encourage every employee working in research and development to test it and make use of it in their activities".

SITRONICS Labs is a corporate research center of SITRONICS founded in conjunction with Russian Academy of Sciences. The primary purposes of SITRONICS Labs are to foster scientific research, maintain ties with academia and facilitate technology commercialization. Currently SITRONICS Labs focuses on telecommunications and e-medicine, the key technology areas of SITRONICS.

SITRONICS is a leading provider of telecommunication solutions, including software, equipment and systems integration, IT solutions and microelectronic solutions in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States with a strong presence in Central and Eastern Europe and a growing presence in the Middle East and Africa.

SITRONICS serves over 3,500 clients, maintains offices in 32 countries and exports its products and services to more than 60 countries. SITRONICS has over 10,000 employees of whom approximately 4,500 are involved in research and development.

SITRONICS’ key Telecommunication Solutions operations are based in Prague, Czech Republic and Athens, Greece, while the company’s IT Solutions and Microelectronic Solutions divisions are based in Kiev, Ukraine and Zelenograd, Russia respectively.

Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) is a leading global scientific publisher, delivering quality content through innovative information products and services. The company is also a trusted provider of local-language professional publications in Europe, especially in Germany and the Netherlands. In the science, technology and medicine (STM) sector, the group publishes around 2,000 journals and more than 6,500 new books a year, as well as the largest STM eBook Collection worldwide.