Auriga Announces Membership in Software Engineering Institute
Jun 04, 2003
AMHERST, NH - Auriga Inc., an Amherst-based IT consultancy with a well-established software engineering operation in Russia, announced its membership in Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute (SEI). The SEI mission is to provide leadership in advancing the state of the practice of software engineering to improve the quality of systems that depend on software.
"Auriga membership in the SEI is consistent with our goal of providing our customers with timely, innovative, and cost-effective solutions. Our membership will support the company's commitment to quality and business process improvement efforts which allow us to ensure accuracy, efficiency and client satisfaction throughout all stages of a project lifecycle", said Yuri Kirkel, Auriga VP of Engineering.
Auriga's processes and methodologies are aligned with best practices of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM), the standard for measuring the effectiveness of an IT organization. Auriga is currently preparing for a CMMI appraisal that ties in with the company's business objective to focus on a consistent improvement in efficiency levels and productivity enhancement.
"The SEI initiatives have already enabled us to significantly improve our software engineering management practices," said Igor Pochinok, Director of Contract Programming at Auriga. "Auriga's project management processes allow us to effectively monitor the projects, avoid deadlines and schedule constrains, apply risk management mechanisms immediately when necessary, and provide integrated communication with the clients across different phases of the projects. As a SEI member, we are better able to meet the growing needs of business in productivity and efficiency improvements".
About Auriga, Inc.
Auriga, Inc. is an IT consultancy that provides offshore and in-house software development services. Headquartered in Amherst, NH, Auriga has a state-of-the-art software engineering center in Moscow, Russia, with a staff of over 100 people in Russia and 30 employees in the U.S.
Auriga's core areas of expertise are systems programming and programming for web-enabled applications, client server systems and database applications. Auriga engineers have extensive experience in UNIX application, kernel, and driver development, embedded and real-time systems, programming for Windows, as well as software development for information portals, document and content management systems.
For 12 years, Auriga has been catering to a global clientele. Many Fortune 500 companies have benefited from Auriga solutions: Hewlett-Packard, Motorola Computer Group, Intel, Force Computers, Siemens and others. Auriga has extensive experience in establishing offshore engineering teams, dedicated to specific clients.
In September 2002, Aberdeen Group cited Auriga as one of the companies exemplifying best practices in IT offshore outsourcing. Auriga had passed through a rigorous selection process and, in September 2002, was approved as a software solutions provider for the U.S. state government organizations according to ITS07 contract vehicle of the New England states. In 2002, Auriga Inc. was ranked by Purple Squirrel magazine within the top 50 fastest growing staffing companies in the U.S. for a second straight year.
About the Software Engineering Institute
Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics [OUSD (AT&L)]. The SEI contract was competitively awarded to Carnegie Mellon University in December 1984. The SEI technical program is executed by approximately 225 members of the technical staff from government, industry, and academia with an average of 10+ years of experience in the field of software engineering.
The U.S. Department of Defense established the Software Engineering Institute to advance the practice of software engineering because quality software that is produced on schedule and within budget is a critical component of U.S. defense systems. The SEI mission is to provide leadership in advancing the state of the practice of software engineering to improve the quality of systems that depend on software. The SEI accomplishes this mission by promoting the evolution of software engineering from an ad hoc, labor-intensive activity to a discipline that is well managed and supported by technology.
"Auriga membership in the SEI is consistent with our goal of providing our customers with timely, innovative, and cost-effective solutions. Our membership will support the company's commitment to quality and business process improvement efforts which allow us to ensure accuracy, efficiency and client satisfaction throughout all stages of a project lifecycle", said Yuri Kirkel, Auriga VP of Engineering.
Auriga's processes and methodologies are aligned with best practices of the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model (CMM), the standard for measuring the effectiveness of an IT organization. Auriga is currently preparing for a CMMI appraisal that ties in with the company's business objective to focus on a consistent improvement in efficiency levels and productivity enhancement.
"The SEI initiatives have already enabled us to significantly improve our software engineering management practices," said Igor Pochinok, Director of Contract Programming at Auriga. "Auriga's project management processes allow us to effectively monitor the projects, avoid deadlines and schedule constrains, apply risk management mechanisms immediately when necessary, and provide integrated communication with the clients across different phases of the projects. As a SEI member, we are better able to meet the growing needs of business in productivity and efficiency improvements".
About Auriga, Inc.
Auriga, Inc. is an IT consultancy that provides offshore and in-house software development services. Headquartered in Amherst, NH, Auriga has a state-of-the-art software engineering center in Moscow, Russia, with a staff of over 100 people in Russia and 30 employees in the U.S.
Auriga's core areas of expertise are systems programming and programming for web-enabled applications, client server systems and database applications. Auriga engineers have extensive experience in UNIX application, kernel, and driver development, embedded and real-time systems, programming for Windows, as well as software development for information portals, document and content management systems.
For 12 years, Auriga has been catering to a global clientele. Many Fortune 500 companies have benefited from Auriga solutions: Hewlett-Packard, Motorola Computer Group, Intel, Force Computers, Siemens and others. Auriga has extensive experience in establishing offshore engineering teams, dedicated to specific clients.
In September 2002, Aberdeen Group cited Auriga as one of the companies exemplifying best practices in IT offshore outsourcing. Auriga had passed through a rigorous selection process and, in September 2002, was approved as a software solutions provider for the U.S. state government organizations according to ITS07 contract vehicle of the New England states. In 2002, Auriga Inc. was ranked by Purple Squirrel magazine within the top 50 fastest growing staffing companies in the U.S. for a second straight year.
About the Software Engineering Institute
Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics [OUSD (AT&L)]. The SEI contract was competitively awarded to Carnegie Mellon University in December 1984. The SEI technical program is executed by approximately 225 members of the technical staff from government, industry, and academia with an average of 10+ years of experience in the field of software engineering.
The U.S. Department of Defense established the Software Engineering Institute to advance the practice of software engineering because quality software that is produced on schedule and within budget is a critical component of U.S. defense systems. The SEI mission is to provide leadership in advancing the state of the practice of software engineering to improve the quality of systems that depend on software. The SEI accomplishes this mission by promoting the evolution of software engineering from an ad hoc, labor-intensive activity to a discipline that is well managed and supported by technology.