Russia has a 40-year history of manufacturing computers and producing original software for them. For many years Russian universities put into the market more and more high qualified IT professionals to satisfy the growing needs of military enterprises and research institutes in human resources. Political and economical changes of recent years caused serious production cutback in many branches of industry.

Firstly St.Petersburg is rich in IT professionals. Russian oldest and most respectable centers of education - St.Petersburg State University and St.Petersburg Technical University (former Polytechnic Institute) are located in our city. In addition to these two, every year more than 20 St. Petersburg Collages and Universities train thousands of software professionals having B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. degree in computer science. Another important factor is St.

Basically, offshore development is about reducing the costs usually involved with your development operations by contracting highly specialized personnel located in a low-cost environment, such as India. Lower development costs imply a smaller price for your product / services, and a better position on the market for your company.

Ans: We can explain you the whole development methodology in detail through our offshore development methodology white paper (it's a separate document by itself, and please request us to send you a copy of it). However it's not a whole lot different from any other outsourcing project.

Firstly, there are no offshore companies in the USA. Companies offered on the market with the endings Corp, Corporation, Inc, Incorporated are not offshore in any case, whether they conduct business in or outside the US or if they have accounts in or outside the States. These companies could cause a lot of trouble to their owners and people who operate their accounts.

Yes, we do support all software we design and deliver on the basis of a separate support/maintenance contracts. This generally includes bug-tracking and fixing. Feature enhancements and developments are handled as separate contracts. We track all post maintenance requests, issues, bugs, etc. in our proprietary software TAR Manager. We also do support and maintain software developed by other vendors. We have confidentiality agreement with our with each and every team member.

General communication between AROBS and its clients is done via e-mail. Each message gets sent to the task developer, the expert in the field (i.e. database expert, GUI expert, business module expert, etc) and the project supervisor. Each type of mail has a specific response time interval (i.e. 1 hour for a production bug, 2 days for design analysis).

by sending you the last versions of the programs being developed. Normally we do this by-monthly, but we can reduce the time interval between two consecutive "deliveries" if the circumstances require it by means of the time sheet reporting system. Programmers access this system online to record all the time they spend on projects. You can also access the time sheets based on a user name and password we supply to you

We regard quality as the most important aspect of our activities. Hence, we take all the necessary steps to ensure we deliver products of the highest quality possible. To do so, we rely on a testing department which we can scale up or down, based on customer requirements. We are committed to providing you with a bug free code.

Mainly RPG III, RPG IV, Java (Visual Age and SanFrancisco), Centura, C, Microsoft Access, C++ (Microsoft, Borland, Code Warrior), Visual Basic.

Just for the sake of jumping on the bandwagon, we can offer you the following popular slogan to describe our pricing: "with AROBS you are getting the greatest value for any dollar you pay". Depending on the salary levels from your local markets, you can save up to 50% of the total labor costs by enlisting our service. We are not promising the lowest rates available because such an approach signals low quality.

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Our standard method for project tracking and handling issues and request for change is the web-based project management software iManagement. In order to track progress in nearshore / offshore software development projects we can use weekly project status reports, reports on demand or we can use the method / tools preferred by you. Data may be transmitted via email, fax or telephone.

From our experience, the right size for a nearshore / offshore software development project profitable for both parties is over 3MM. The cost reduction benefit from nearshore / offshore outsourcing is of course in proportion with the project size. Volume benefits appear in case we set a framework for repeated project for the same nearshore /offshore partner because the costs of setting up the partnership and communication are one-time costs.

In project based collaboration, ensuring dedicated resources is a key element for short reaction time. This is implied in the nearshore / offshore dedicated team nearshore / offshore collaboration. In both cases, the reaction time is one of the level of service terms agreed upon before the start of the nearshore / offshore collaboration and has to be convenient for the client as well as for us, ensuring the productive work of the nearshore / offshore development team.

To coin a popular phrase in describing our pricing: "with Digitella you are getting the greatest value for any pound you spend". Depending on the salary levels for your local market and platform, you can save up to 60% of the total labour costs by enlisting our service. We do not promise the lowest rates available because such an approach signals low quality.

Russia, together with Byelorussia and Ukraine are known worldwide for manufacturing fine, high quality and inexpensive linen, still produced according to the old traditions, with the use of hand embroidery and folk patterns. Linen, made with love to nature. The Russian Art of lacquer miniatures is rooted in remote ages. It is a part of the rich popular spiritual culture.

The offshore development methodology does not change, whether the development is done domestically in the United States, Europe or any other part of the world. Our team works with an industry standard offshore development methodology. You will be in direct communication with the project manager who will track your project through all the phases of development, from needs analysis, requirements documentation, prototyping, development, testing, release, business practice integration and support.

Tigress has been actively working in Russia for over 11 years and has been supported by our Tyumen office for the last 10 years. We have built a solid user base in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (The CIS), and have gained an excellent reputation for integrity and reliability by our Russian clients.

When you need to go beyond your own organization to get software development done, there are several types of resources you can rely on: quot;Independent Consultant" - Go for it If your needs are small, and coordination with a lot of people is not a key factor for you. There are a number of individuals working on their own who have excellent skills and can be reasonably priced since they usually work out of their own homes, which is less expensive as far as additional costs.

Several software companies in India claim to provide comprehensive IT solutions and services to clients all over the world. What differentiates CIL Technosoft from the crowd is a combination of factors. The prestigious Choudhary International Group of Companies is the parent company for CIL Technosoft. As a result, CIL Technosoft can boast of a great deal of financial stability which most medium sized software companies in India lack.

The offshore development team is based in India and can develop the highest quality sites at a price considerably cheaper than in the UK . Many major technology companies outsource projects to offshore development centres in India for this reason and the fact that the IT education in India is probably the highest quality in the world. Companies that also outsource to India include Microsoft, Oracle and IBM to name just a few.

We have own development centre in New Delhi, India and we do not sub-contract. This is basically to safeguard the interest of our clients/partners and also to have a greatest control over the processes, people and projects.

Requirement analysis. Our representative(s)/partner(s) or our CTO/CEO will discuss with you in person to make sure that we understand what you want and what we are going to do. A talk over the phone will do for a very small project (say a small static web site). test. Besides test on our own, we may ask our client to test our software to get early information of our work in long distance.. Deployment. Either remote installation or installation locally in the US by our representatives/engineers.

No, the largest software development companies like IBM and Cisco have cross-patent protection. Since between them these companies hold most of the software patents issued so far, each company indemnifies the others from notice of patent violation, while having a similar indemnification from each of the other companies.