Ulyanovsk: An Emerging Software Development Hub
The Russian city of Ulyanovsk is located along the Volga River, 893 kilometers east of Moscow
Aug 25, 2014
With a population of nearly 700,000, the city is a major industrial center as well as the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin. In addition to a UAZ automobile factory and the Aviastar aircraft company, it is also home to international businesses such as Mars, Inc., Takata-Petri and Anadolu Efes. With Ulyanovsk State Technical University and Ulyanovsk State University educating about 30,000 students a year from 20 countries, the city is fast becoming a hub for innovative development.
The largest innovation companies include, Script which created the acclaimed Bread and Milk mobile application. Conceived as a joint shopping list for couples with a minimal interface, synchronization between devices and other useful features, Bread and Milk recently became the most popular shopping list app in the world.
Creative Development also calls Ulyanovsk home. The company's products include the Ecwid, X-Cart and LiteCommerce solutions for e-commerce. These products are used in more than 180 countries and hundreds of thousands of online stores. Considered one of the most successful Russian startups, the company currently employs over 130 people.
Simbirsk Technologies, which produces CS-Cart, is another popular e-commerce solution company located in the Volga region. With more than 30,000 stores in 163 countries using their product, the Simbirsk Technologies employs over 100 people. Ulyanovsk is also home to many companies developing similar solutions, many of which are becoming more and more popular. In addition to the major three mentioned above, there are hundreds of smaller companies that are engaged in support and the modification of existing product.
Itech Group is one of the largest online agencies in Russia whose main office is in Ulyanovsk. With more than 100 staff members, the company also maintains a branch in Moscow. Itech Group focuses on websites, online advertising, mobile applications, games for social networks and other projects for major Russian and international brands, including Sony, Renault, GinzaProject and Ingosstrakh. The Runet Rating ranks Itech ninth among leading web developers in Russia and the CIS.
The MST Digital Agency is a branch of Red Keds, a market leader in digital advertising. In 2011, MST occupied 14th place in the Tagline ranking of web studios. The company has won numerous professional competitions and boasts major clients that include Panasonic, M.Video, Gazprom, Rosneft and others.
The ITM Group is the creator of AdVantShop.NET, one of Russia’s most popular e-commerce solutions. The platform is distributed as licensed product and as SaaS, both in Russia and abroad. The company's portfolio also includes projects designed for Sberbank, Gameland and others.
My Media Company is among Russia’s 100 best marketing agencies according to Tagline. In addition to the development of web-projects, the company also created the 3D City project and a unique, technology-based social marketing 3D-tour, which has been used by the Seliger Forum and the Ogilvy advertising agency.
Interra Digital is a full-service advertising agency that counts Stroytransgaz, Ulmart, IKEA and Ararat among its clients. In early 2013, the company began offering its own software products.
Echo, a California-based company that has opened a development office in Ulyanovsk, is currently developing a technology ecosystem of its own and partner products for the rapid deployment of real-time web applications. Among the company’s clients are Sony, NASDAQ, NBC and the Universal Music Group.
Undev has developed "an uncompromising technological platform for broadcast TV over the Internet." The company is widely known among rails developers. They have created the public projects Telemarker.ru and Webvybory2012.ru. The company maintains a team of thirty developers in Ulyanovsk.
Simbirsoft is the largest developer of custom software in Ulyanovsk. More than 80 professionals create systems based on C ++, Java, C #, JavaScript, PHP, Objective-C and other languages. The SimbirSoft portfolio includes projects in the financial sector (banking systems, FOREX), software for embedded systems (motion control), architectural environment design, project management, CRM and much more. The company manufactures software for businesses located in Russia, Europe, the U.S., Japan and Israel. In recent years, the company has developed business applications for Android and iOS.
Kaizen is focused on Ruby on Rails outsourcing, auditing and consulting. The company’s clients include Kommersant.tv, VOOP and Tulp.ru, for which Kaizen is involved in the formation of a development team in Ulyanovsk. Kaizen offers master classes in Ruby on Rails and seminars about approaches to XP, Agile and DDD development. They are also engaged in attracting investment as well as technical experts to the region.
Mobirate is a developer of games for mobile platforms and has been in business since 2003. The Mobirate portfolio includes games for iPhone, Android, Nintendo DS, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Blackberry. The company works with Chillingo, Electronic Arts, Microsoft and Nokia.
The largest innovation companies include, Script which created the acclaimed Bread and Milk mobile application. Conceived as a joint shopping list for couples with a minimal interface, synchronization between devices and other useful features, Bread and Milk recently became the most popular shopping list app in the world.
Creative Development also calls Ulyanovsk home. The company's products include the Ecwid, X-Cart and LiteCommerce solutions for e-commerce. These products are used in more than 180 countries and hundreds of thousands of online stores. Considered one of the most successful Russian startups, the company currently employs over 130 people.
Simbirsk Technologies, which produces CS-Cart, is another popular e-commerce solution company located in the Volga region. With more than 30,000 stores in 163 countries using their product, the Simbirsk Technologies employs over 100 people. Ulyanovsk is also home to many companies developing similar solutions, many of which are becoming more and more popular. In addition to the major three mentioned above, there are hundreds of smaller companies that are engaged in support and the modification of existing product.
Itech Group is one of the largest online agencies in Russia whose main office is in Ulyanovsk. With more than 100 staff members, the company also maintains a branch in Moscow. Itech Group focuses on websites, online advertising, mobile applications, games for social networks and other projects for major Russian and international brands, including Sony, Renault, GinzaProject and Ingosstrakh. The Runet Rating ranks Itech ninth among leading web developers in Russia and the CIS.
The MST Digital Agency is a branch of Red Keds, a market leader in digital advertising. In 2011, MST occupied 14th place in the Tagline ranking of web studios. The company has won numerous professional competitions and boasts major clients that include Panasonic, M.Video, Gazprom, Rosneft and others.
The ITM Group is the creator of AdVantShop.NET, one of Russia’s most popular e-commerce solutions. The platform is distributed as licensed product and as SaaS, both in Russia and abroad. The company's portfolio also includes projects designed for Sberbank, Gameland and others.
My Media Company is among Russia’s 100 best marketing agencies according to Tagline. In addition to the development of web-projects, the company also created the 3D City project and a unique, technology-based social marketing 3D-tour, which has been used by the Seliger Forum and the Ogilvy advertising agency.
Interra Digital is a full-service advertising agency that counts Stroytransgaz, Ulmart, IKEA and Ararat among its clients. In early 2013, the company began offering its own software products.
Echo, a California-based company that has opened a development office in Ulyanovsk, is currently developing a technology ecosystem of its own and partner products for the rapid deployment of real-time web applications. Among the company’s clients are Sony, NASDAQ, NBC and the Universal Music Group.
Undev has developed "an uncompromising technological platform for broadcast TV over the Internet." The company is widely known among rails developers. They have created the public projects Telemarker.ru and Webvybory2012.ru. The company maintains a team of thirty developers in Ulyanovsk.
Simbirsoft is the largest developer of custom software in Ulyanovsk. More than 80 professionals create systems based on C ++, Java, C #, JavaScript, PHP, Objective-C and other languages. The SimbirSoft portfolio includes projects in the financial sector (banking systems, FOREX), software for embedded systems (motion control), architectural environment design, project management, CRM and much more. The company manufactures software for businesses located in Russia, Europe, the U.S., Japan and Israel. In recent years, the company has developed business applications for Android and iOS.
Kaizen is focused on Ruby on Rails outsourcing, auditing and consulting. The company’s clients include Kommersant.tv, VOOP and Tulp.ru, for which Kaizen is involved in the formation of a development team in Ulyanovsk. Kaizen offers master classes in Ruby on Rails and seminars about approaches to XP, Agile and DDD development. They are also engaged in attracting investment as well as technical experts to the region.
Mobirate is a developer of games for mobile platforms and has been in business since 2003. The Mobirate portfolio includes games for iPhone, Android, Nintendo DS, Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Blackberry. The company works with Chillingo, Electronic Arts, Microsoft and Nokia.