Published: 15 May 2017
Purpose. Formation of the idea of the digital economy, the possibility of its development in Russia. Identifying ways to improve the efficiency of the country's human resources. Methods. Analysis and evaluation of the performance of the Russian Internet, namely the share of GDP formation, the number of the target audience and the forecast of its activity in the next two years, as well as the number of people employed in RuNet. Research of the number of personnel IT-personnel in the leading countries of the world. Results. Effective directions have been identified that will accelerate the pace of development of the digital economy. The necessity of improving the educational process and creating a fundamentally new university of a national technological initiative for the formation of a trajectory of human development, including the necessary competencies, is grounded. Scientific novelty. The digital economy is the newest stage in development, which the state aspires to emerge. Formation of models of development of directions that require scientific progress will allow to get as close as possible to effective implementation of the set goal