Information technology
Nizhny Novgorod is one of the centers of the IT Industry in Russia. It ranks among the leading Russian cities in terms of the quantity of software R&D providers. Intel has a big software R&D center with more than 500 engineers in the city, as well as a major data center. In Nizhny Novgorod there is also a number of offshore outsourcing software developers, including Itseez, Tecom, Luximax Systems Ltd., MERA Networks, RealEast Networks, Auriga, Soft Drom, and Teleca, and many other smaller ones that specialize in delivering services to telecommunication vendors.
There are 25 scientific R&D institutions focusing on telecommunications, radio technology, theoretical and applied physics, and 33 higher educational institutions, among them are Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod State University, Nizhny Novgorod Technical University, as well as Nizhny Novgorod Institute of Information Technologies (former MERA Networks training center), that focuses on information technologies, software development, system administration, telecommunications, cellular networks, Internet technologies, and IT management.
Nizhny Novgorod has also been chosen as one of four sites for building an IT-oriented technology park�a special zone that has an established infrastructure and enjoys a favorable tax and customs policy.
Engineering industry
The engineering industry is the leading industry of Nizhny Novgorod economy. It is mainly oriented towards transportation, i.e., the auto industry, shipbuilding, diesel engines, aircraft manufacture, and machine tools, with the auto industry being the leading sector (50%). Largest plants include:
* JSC "Gorky Automobile Plant" - personal cars, trucks, armored personnel carriers, and other autos;
* JSC "Krasnoye Sormovo" - river and sea ships, submarines;
* JSC "Sokol" - airplanes,
