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Get insight into the emerging trends, Central/Eastern Europe and Russia's software development industry prospects, key players from the leading technology thinkers.
RUSSOFT
RUSSOFT's survey gives an insight in the Russian software export industry, current trends, opportunities and challenges a foreign partner may face while selecting a provider of technology and solutions or investment projects in Russia.

The RUSSOFT's survey on Russian Software Developing Industry and Software Exports is based on the polling of C-level managers of software developing companies and personal interviews of several company directors. It covers both actual data on the state and growth of software exports as well as their evaluation by main market players, including EPAM Systems referred to as one of the leaders' group.

The survey highlights key competitive advantages of Russia as an IT outsourcing hub and the latest changes the sector went through to become one of the most dynamically growing IT industries globally.

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Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group provides strategies and best practices for getting the most value from outsourcing application development and maintenance

Having examined the IT outsourcing strategies, plans, and effectiveness for more than 200 enterprises in several industries by surveying the companies' executives, managers, and other business professionals, Aberdeen Group has identified the emerging best practices for offshore IT outsourcing and worked out the recommendations for actions. According to the survey results, summarized in Aberdeen's benchmark report "Who Outsourced the Outsourcers?", while India remains the leading offshore destination for many companies, the Eastern European, Russian, and Asian providers are maturing quickly and sustaining double-digit growth, making the practice of offshoring more complex and no longer just commodity based.

A copy of the report can be obtained at Aberdeen Group's website

IDC
IDC summarizes the viewpoints of the Western European and U.S. customers on the IT project engagements with the Russian software and services providers

The IDC study, commissioned by the RUSSOFT Association, is based on in-depth, executive-level interviews with 20 Western European and U.S. companies that have used the Russian software and services providers for offshore software development projects. The whitepaper "Russia as Offshore Software Development Location: Should You Consider This Your Next Move?", summarizing results of the study, specifies the provider selection criteria used by the companies, as well as the benefits and challenges the companies have experienced from the engagements with the Russian ISVs.

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neoIT
neoIT highlights Services Globalizationsm Trends for 2007

neoIT highlights the Services Globalizationsm Trends that will have an impact in 2007 predicting emergence of the new offshore and nearshore locations with hard-to-ignore players, M&A's, scaling up of capabilities, and subject-specific expertise. neoIT emphasizes the strong position of Russia, which specializes in the high-end and embedded software product development, both on the European and global outsourcing destinations scale.

You can obtain a copy of the white paper at www.neoit.com.

WorldTrade Executive International Business Advisories
WorldTrade Executive International Business Advisories provide a comprehensive overview of the rapidly developing Russian IT outsourcing industry

WorldTrade Executive's Buyer's Guide to the Russian IT Outsourcing Industry is a comprehensive independent overview of the rapidly developing Russian IT outsourcing industry. The Buyer's Guide's original and reprinted materials provide practical information and advice from experienced business executives, analysts, academics and attorneys. Besides, the Buyer's Guide contains case studies from both customers and vendors, and a list of resources for further research.

The Buyers' Guide features one of EPAM's case studies - "Development of the Next Generation Flight Portal for AeroMexico" - as an example of the project successfully implemented by the Russian company.

The full text of the report can be obtained at http://www.wtexecutive.com.

Download a pdf copy of the Buyer's Guide Table of Contents. 

Baker & McKenzie neoIT
Baker & McKenzie and neoIT provide expert advice on outsourcing to Russia

The Baker & McKenzie and neoIT professionals delve into the Russian business and tax environment for software engineering outsourcing in the "Global Sourcing: Destination Russia" webinar. The webinar provides insight into the key issues enterprises should consider when outsourcing to Russia, as well as reviews the country's core capabilities and assets to tap into. In the overview of the Service Provider landscape, EPAM is highlighted as one of Russia's 2 largest IT outsourcing companies. Check www.bakernet.com for the availability of the recorded webinar or download the related presentation 

CMP's Managing Offshore neoIT
neoIT and CMP's Managing Offshore recognize EPAM as No. 1 of "Top 5 to Watch in Central and Eastern Europe" and No. 3 of "Top 10 Specialty Application Development Leaders" among the top global offshore ITO and BPO service providers in the "Offshore 100" ranking

The "Offshore 100" project was initiated by neoIT, offshore outsourcing advisory expert, and Managing Offshore, the monthly newsletter for global-sourcing managers. The aim of the project was to identify categories of competencies with a goal of setting benchmarks for global IT and BPO services providers. At the same time, the goal was to create the first-ever forum to recognize the leading and emerging offshore suppliers. The results of this initiative are summarized in the "Offshore 100" study that will be beneficial to corporate decision makers seeking information about the rapidly expanding, and shifting, range of offshore BPO and IT supplier options.

In the study EPAM is recognized as a leading contender that is well positioned to succeed due to its strong offshore business model and is awarded the 1st place in the "Top 5 to Watch in Central & Eastern Europe" ranking and the 3rd place in the "Top 10 Specialty Application Development Leaders" list.

A copy of the study can be obtained at www.theoffshore100.com or at www.managingoffshore.com.

Gartner
Gartner highlights EPAM as a Tier 1 Russian ESP with a long-term strategy vision

Gartner's research "Russia Is Building Up Its Offshore Services Credibility" follows the latest trends in the Russian IT services market by delving into the strengths, challenges, opportunities and risks of outsourcing to Russia. The research features EPAM as one of the largest Russian ESPs with a long-term strategy vision and refers to it as a "notable exception" with a broad pool of skills, including SAP capabilities, when compared to many other national ESPs.

The full text of the report is available at www.gartner.com.

Trestle Group
Over the next year Eastern Europe, Russia and Belarus will enjoy the greatest growth of outsourcing initiatives
In its Summer 2004 Outsourcing Survey conducted among upper-level management around the globe, Trestle Group found out that those firms successful in managing their relationships with their vendors will be able to reap the greatest benefits from their outsourcing initiatives. Both IT and business process outsourcing will increase substantially over the following 12 months (5% and 11% respectively) and in order to manage the on-going vendor relationships effectively companies will seek to outsource the IT function or business process to a service provider within arms' reach. Among the most preferred future outsourcing destinations respondents named Eastern Europe, Russia and Belarus.
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Forrester features EPAM as one of the most significant and referenceable software developers in its report "Selecting a Russian Offshore Software Developer"

The full text of the report is available at www.forrester.com.

Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group cites EPAM as a trendsetter in "A Buyer's Guide to the Russian Software Development and Services Export Industry"
In the overview of the Russian software development and services export sector presented by Aberdeen from a buyer's perspective EPAM is referred as a largest vendor in the former Soviet Union region and as a trendsetter for the industry drawing on its transparent on-site/onshore/offshore delivery model.

The full text of the report is available at www.aberdeen.com.

Giga Information Group names EPAM among the most risk-free Eastern European offshore software development companies in its report "Eastern European Offshorers: Managing Risk Also a Matter of Regional Subsidiaries"

The report is available to registered GigaWeb subscribers at http://www.gigaweb.com.

Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group selects EPAM to represent Best Practices in Offshore IT Services Delivery
The e-Commerce site EPAM created for West Group was selected for inclusion in Aberdeen Group's strategic white paper "Best Practices in Offshore IT Delivery".
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American Chamber of Commerce in Russia
American Chamber of Commerce in Russia advocates Russia's outstanding software development capabilities
In the "Whitepaper on Offshore Software Development in Russia" the IT and Telecom Committee of The American Chamber of Commerce in Russia highly appreciates the expertise, resourcefulness, efficiency and above all, talent, of programmers born and educated in the Soviet Union. Among other major advantages of Russia as an offshore software development resource are labor costs, proximity to Western Europe and America, and shared European culture and history enabling better cross-cultural understanding.
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