National Energy Company Ukrenergo and state-owned enterprise (SOE) Energomarket in December 2018 will launch software required for the operation of the retail segment of the new power market, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion has said. He said that the terms are outlined in the plan of the implementation of the law on the electricity market verified by the heads of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, the National Commission for the State Regulation of Energy, Housing and Utilities Services (NCER) and the parliamentary committee for fuel and energy complex.
“The first stage of the reform related to the retail market segment will start already in December 2018. Two months later, Ukrenergo and Energomarket will launch the required software, and NCER will approve the last part of the acts needed to effectively launch a new market,” Kistion wrote on his Facebook page.
The deputy prime minister added that the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, in turn, is obliged to forward the bills on the rules of ensuring the supply of electricity to protected consumers and the rules of holding a tender for the construction of generating capacities, the introduction of energy efficient measures to the government in the shortest possible time.
As of late 2017, 80% of software in Ukraine installed in PCs has no licenses, and since 2015 (the year of the previous study) the figure decreased by 2%, the BSA | The Software Alliance has said in its 2018 Global Software Survey. According to the document, the commercial value of unlicensed software declined by $21 million or 19.4% over the period.
In the Central and Easter Europe (24 countries), the amount of unauthorized software as of late 2017 was 57% (a decline by 1%).
According to the association, to cut the risk of malware attacks and increase profits, companies in Ukraine should check software in its IT infrastructure and get rid of unlicensed software.
President and CEO of BSA Victoria Espinel said that companies should introduce Software Asset Management (SAM) to get full control over the software installed. This would allow organizations to reduce a risk of cyber attacks causing serious aftermath for business and could increase profits.
The 2018 Global Software Survey: Software Management: Security Imperative, Business Opportunity estimates the volume and value of unlicensed software installed on personal computers in 2017, across more than 110 national and regional economies. It also reveals key attitudes and behaviors related to software licensing, intellectual property, and emerging technologies based on a global survey of more than 20,000 respondents.
With headquarters in Washington, DC, and operations in more than 60 countries, BSA pioneers compliance programs that promote legal software use and advocates for public policies that foster technology innovation and drive growth in the digital economy.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the action plan to support software industry of Ukraine for 2018.
According to government resolution No. 344 dated May 23, the plan includes designing of software for e-health and support of the implementation of the dual education projects on the basis of universities to practice software engineering under the bachelor’s programs.
The plan envisages the promotion of the increase in cybersecurity, popularization of the introduction of protected operation systems designed in Ukraine, harmonization of international standards in the sphere of information protection and information security.
In addition, Ukraine will invite representatives of leading analytical agencies to analyze information technologies for establishing connections and analyzing the potential of development of newest information technologies.
