Luxoft Held a Round Table On Offshore Programming
Nov 02, 2001
On 25 October 2001 LUXOFT held a round table "Offshore programming and Russian software exposure to the world markets" in terms of the first international exhibition & forum INFOCOM-2001. The speakers' list included Evgeny Dmitriev, LUXOFT Director of Software Engineering, Alexander Pivovarov, Marketing and Business Development Director at Parallel Graphics, and Igor Frolikov, Sales Director of the Spirit company.
Nowadays offshore software development industry develops impetuously, which was expressively illustrated by the figures, cited by Evgeny Dmitriev in his presentation. By mid-90s, for example, according to the data by AT Kearny, over 47% of software development was executed off-site, and analysts forecast that by 2005 offshore software development turnover should reach $90 bln. It's evident that Russia, which has a set of competitive advantages in the field, will not stay aside, but will aspire to occupy its share of the market, especially in the light of current favorable international and political situation. In his report Evgeny Dmitriev paid special attention to the key factors of success for Russian offshore software developers on international markets. In his opinion the most significant constituent of success is to establish and develop long-term partnership relations with customers, which allows developer not only to carefully consider all the peculiarities of the client's industry and business, but also contributes to lower risks and time and money costs both for the client and for the developer.
Alexander Pivovarov, introducing Parallel Graphics as one of the most successful on international markets Russian IT company said that the company's success is based on its continuous aspiration for innovation, new niches search and wish to offer the market the most revolutionary products and solutions. And Igor Frolikov from the Spirit company thinks that that basic factor of success is to identify major development directions and to constantly polish expertise in those directions.
In terms of an active discussion participants of the round table expressed their opinions concerning the outlook for offshore software development in Russia, major difficulties and obstacles the industry faces, and the necessity and forms of the support the state could offer to this young but impetuously growing and strategically important for the country industry.
Nowadays offshore software development industry develops impetuously, which was expressively illustrated by the figures, cited by Evgeny Dmitriev in his presentation. By mid-90s, for example, according to the data by AT Kearny, over 47% of software development was executed off-site, and analysts forecast that by 2005 offshore software development turnover should reach $90 bln. It's evident that Russia, which has a set of competitive advantages in the field, will not stay aside, but will aspire to occupy its share of the market, especially in the light of current favorable international and political situation. In his report Evgeny Dmitriev paid special attention to the key factors of success for Russian offshore software developers on international markets. In his opinion the most significant constituent of success is to establish and develop long-term partnership relations with customers, which allows developer not only to carefully consider all the peculiarities of the client's industry and business, but also contributes to lower risks and time and money costs both for the client and for the developer.
Alexander Pivovarov, introducing Parallel Graphics as one of the most successful on international markets Russian IT company said that the company's success is based on its continuous aspiration for innovation, new niches search and wish to offer the market the most revolutionary products and solutions. And Igor Frolikov from the Spirit company thinks that that basic factor of success is to identify major development directions and to constantly polish expertise in those directions.
In terms of an active discussion participants of the round table expressed their opinions concerning the outlook for offshore software development in Russia, major difficulties and obstacles the industry faces, and the necessity and forms of the support the state could offer to this young but impetuously growing and strategically important for the country industry.