VMark Software Inc is aiming to establish an office in Russia probably a joint venture – in the next few months. VMark European managing director Sylain Pavlowski said the company had used a US consultant living in Moscow to handle the bureaucracy and was just awaiting a final OK from the US. VMark currently has a handful of working Pick-under-Unix Universe installations in Russia, including two hotels, two production companies and two banks, but the company only localised the package in December. Pavlowski said VMark was currently evaluating two options: either to localise western application packages or to recruit Russian distributors who could develop their own applications, and that the Natick company had yet to decide exactly where the emphasis should lie.
