Industry partners

For two decades since 1993 Kraftway has devoted itself to providing cutting-edge technologies to Russian customers and has become a technology leader in this country.

As Intel premiere provider Kraftway was the first Russian company to launch its own Intel Itanuim-based servers in 2002 and blade systems in 2003. With the announcement of G-Scale servers in 2003 Kraftway in alliance with Bull extended its server product line to provide powerful, reliable, cost-effective data center solutions and unique service packages to Russian corporate and government customers.

Kraftway is the only company in EMEA entitled to co-label Hitachi Data Systems mid-range storage products. In 2004 to broaden its high-end multiprocessor server offerings the company signed an OEM agreement with Silicon Graphics.

In 2005 Kraftway became the first Eastern European company to sign an OEM agreement with Red Hat and in 2006 was the first Russian IT-manufacturer entitled to open Oracle competence center (grid and consolidation technologies).

In 2009 Kraftway became the first Silver partner of Infortrend in Russia.

The beginning Kraftway’s partnership with Microsoft dates back to 1994. Today the company enjoys a status of Microsoft Gold Partner and Windows Embedded Silver Partner.

In 2010 the company signed an agreement with a telecom giant Cisco establishing a special procedure for the certification of Cisco products in Obninsk manufacturing facilities.

In 2012 Kraftway became a 3 Star Partner of Allied Telesis.

The same year Kraftway became a partner of Fujitsu when the companies signed an agreement for the production of Fujitsu PCs and notebooks with a trusted BIOS in Obninsk plant.

Kraftway is also a member of UEFI Forum, а non-profit collaborative trade organization formed to promote and manage new industry standards.