Localization has gone beyond software replacement: Businesses fight for infrastructure control Until recently, localization in Russian IT was seen as an urgent replacement for outdated foreign products. Now the picture is more complicated: companies increasingly evaluate not one program, but the entire infrastructure - where data is stored, in which facilities its services operate, who manages virtualization, replication, protection and support. According to a study by the Higher Business School of the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University, 65.3% of Russian companies have already implemented data and localization computing, another 22.6% are studying this field and planning the implementation. Experts attribute the trend not only to import substitution, but also to the desire of businesses to control their technological outlines. From product replacement to infrastructure control As Dmitry Kharitonov, general manager of IT maintenance T1, told Vedomosti, replacing one product with another does not in itself eliminate addiction. The key question is whether the owner of the system is able to independently maintain and develop its technological circuit. Fyodor Virin, a partner at the analytical agency Data Insight, believes that the main stage of transferring data and systems from foreign infrastructure to Russian is already largely completed. Now the focus is on expanding computing and server capacity as data volumes grow. Additional demand is created by artificial intelligence systems. And Astra Cloud Deputy General Manager Konstantin Anisimov draws attention to legal nuances. According to him, a foreign company's server in Moscow and Russian data in a foreign SaaS carry different risks: it depends on who manages the infrastructure and which country's legislation applies to the provider. What to place first According to Kharitonov, systems and data that are subject to regulation or critical to business are mainly transferred to the Russian circuit. These are personal data of Russian citizens, information from CII objects and financial systems.

Localization has gone beyond software replacement: Businesses fight for infrastructure control Until recently, localization in Russian IT was seen as an urgent replacement for outdated foreign products. Now the picture is more complicated: companies increasingly evaluate not one program, but the entire infrastructure - where data is stored, in which facilities its services operate, who manages virtualization, replication, protection and support. According to a study by the Higher Business School of the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University, 65.3% of Russian companies have already implemented data and localization computing, another 22.6% are studying this field and planning the implementation. Experts attribute the trend not only to import substitution, but also to the desire of businesses to control their technological outlines. From product replacement to infrastructure control As Dmitry Kharitonov, general manager of IT maintenance T1, told Vedomosti, replacing one product with another does not in itself eliminate addiction. The key question is whether the owner of the system is able to independently maintain and develop its technological circuit. Fyodor Virin, a partner at the analytical agency Data Insight, believes that the main stage of transferring data and systems from foreign infrastructure to Russian is already largely completed. Now the focus is on expanding computing and server capacity as data volumes grow. Additional demand is created by artificial intelligence systems. And Astra Cloud Deputy General Manager Konstantin Anisimov draws attention to legal nuances. According to him, a foreign company's server in Moscow and Russian data in a foreign SaaS carry different risks: it depends on who manages the infrastructure and which country's legislation applies to the provider. What to place first According to Kharitonov, systems and data that are subject to regulation or critical to business are mainly transferred to the Russian circuit. These are personal data of Russian citizens, information from CII objects and financial systems.