February 25, 2013 -- Sovzond – the leading Russian integrator in the field of geoinformation technologies – announced today that DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis, will be participating as Platinum Sponsor at the first International Forum, “Integrated Geospatial Solutions – the Future of Information Technologies,” to be held on April 17 to 19, 2013 in high-class Atlas Park Hotel in Moscow. 

As a result of its recent combination, DigitalGlobe now owns and operates 5 advanced highresolution satellites, capable of collecting more than 3M square kilometers per day and adding to an image library containing more than 3.8 billion km2 of high resolution imagery. At the Forum, DigitalGlobe will report the completion of their merger with GeoEye and present detailed information about integrated imagery collection, processing, and analytics capabilities, expanding suite of services and solutions providing unprecedented growth opportunities for partners and customers.

“Combined we are able to provide our customers with an even wider array of information imagery products and solutions” said Leon Rizzi, Regional Manager for DigitalGlobe. “Sovzond and DigitalGlobe will continue to provide industry leading geospatial services, providing more content and better insight to help our customers make more informed decisions faster.”

For detailed information e-mail to dmordovina@sovzond.ru or call +7 (495) 988-75-11.

About Sovzond Company
Sovzond Company is the leading integrator in the field of geoinformation technologies. Sovzond Company is the worldwide distributor of geographic information products and services acquired from foreign and Russian Earth observation satellites. Our company is an authorized distributor of the leading operators and developers of space systems (JSC Russian Space Systems, OJSC Research Institute of Precision Instruments, MDA Geospatial Services Inc., DMC International Imaging Ltd., DEIMOS IMAGING S.L.U. etc.). Sovzond Company is the sole RapidEye SÀRL distributor in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The company is the sole distributor of PASCO CORPORATION in Russia and CIS countries. Sovzond Company is the platinum distributor of DigitalGlobe Inc. and GeoEye Inc.

Being the exclusive distributor of Exelis VIS Company in Russia and former Soviet countries, Sovzond Company provides customers with the whole range of Exelis software solutions. Since 2008 Sovzond Company is the official partner of INPHO GmbH in Russia and CIS countries. Since January 2010 Sovzond Company is an official sub-distributor of Esri CIS engaged in the distribution, promotion and sale of Esri products in Russia and CIS countries.

Nowadays Sovzond Company has a wide network of partners in Russia and across the globe and covers all the segments of the market working closely with the main Russian ministries and federal agencies as well as with commercial companies. Our key customers include: Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the Federal Forestry Agency, largest oil and gas companies, Ministry of Natural Resources, etc.

Currently Sovzond Company offers innovative solutions for a wide variety of applications: defense and intelligence, mapping and analysis, environmental monitoring, oil and gas exploration, infrastructure management, Internet portals and navigation technology.