MERLION announces creation of a new company to promote solutions in the field of big data analytics and machine intelligence

MERLION, the leader in the Russian market of Value Added Distribution, took part in the creation of the IT company AnalyticsHub, focused on providing services in the field of Big Data Analytics (AI) and machine intelligence (AI/ML). In addition to the distributor, AnalyticsHub's shareholders included the top managers who worked for more than ten years at Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) in the field of analytical consulting, creating analytical ecosystems and implementing the concepts of mass digitalization of the customers' business on their basis. The AnalyticsHub team of experts they assembled has many years of experience in successfully implementing complex IT projects in banks, retail, government agencies, and energy companies.

“We invest in a partnership with AnalyticsHub because this company has unique expertise and competencies for the Russian market, ” comments Dmitry Vinogradov, General Director of MERLION. - AnalyticsHub experts, using the best world practices, can create business solutions for the development of customer processes, organization and IT infrastructure in the context of digital transformation, and subsequently provide integrated support services for the created information-analytical systems. Besides, supporting a new line of business represented by AnalyticsHub for MERLION as a VAD distributor provides an opportunity to promote some promising IT solutions from leading manufacturers, including SAS, Alation, ForgeRock, HVR, and several others."

“According to expert estimates, the big data market in Russia will exceed $5 billion by 2022. Our company intends not only to gain a foothold and enter the list of leaders in big data analytics but also develop new demanded segments, which we call “Pervasive Data Intelligence” and “Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning”, said Angelina Gurkina, CEO and co-founder of AnalyticsHub. “To do this, we are building an adaptive resource platform that brings together a pool of our qualified specialists, expert resources from our Russian and Western partners, and access to technology.

We aim to create flexible, high-tech, and scalable solutions using advanced data analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technologies and focus on holistic architectural solutions, regardless of technological limitations.

AnalyticsHub solutions and methodologies are based on world best practices and many years of experience in implementing projects in various fields. The demand for our services is based on the fact that the effectiveness of the use of analytical tools today is becoming the most important factor affecting the strategy and operational activities of companies in any area. A wide arsenal of AI/ML/DL solutions and technologies and a partnership with the leading VAD distributor, MERLION, allows us to look into the future with confidence and declare ourselves today as one of the significant players in the Russian market of highly qualified IT services.”