In 80s a joint Soviet-Indian company Sovindeita was set up. The company started from assembling PC systems for motor-car industry. From the very outset the Company had considerable scientific potential due to which it successfully realized perspective elaborations. At the end of 80s the specialists of the company began elaborate the system of automation of citizens’ identification using fingerprints. Further this tendency became basic for the Company. Soon Sovindeita was reorganized into Sonda Technologies CJSC.

In 1992 the first version of Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) was installed for experimental exploitation in Expert-Criminalistic Department at DIA of Magnitogorsk. In 1993 Sonda AFIS took the first place in Testings of ECC at the MIA of Russia in the search mode «latent - fingerprints». Sonda distribution in Russia had been started from that time. At first it was installed in ECC at the MIA of Russia, and further in Municipal Expert-Criminalistic departments in Krasnodar, Yaroslavl, Vologda, Kaluga, Magnitogorsk.

December 2009 SID SDK certification in International Labour Organization Sonda SID SDK was successfully certified by ILO for standard ILO-SID-0002 confirmation.

November 2009 Algorithm certification in FBI, USA FBI Criminal Justice Information Services had tested SONDA algorithm.

February 2009 Sonda algorithm in MINEX tests Sonda Technologies, Ltd. took part in MINEX tests.

January 2009 Microsoft Certified Partner Sonda Technologies, Ltd. had got the status of Microsoft Certified Partner.

December 2006 International Quality Certificate The Company successfully passed certification on International Quality System ISO.