RUSSIA OUTSOURCING COMPANY

DESCRIPTION
Auriga - is an IT outsourcing services provider, incorporated in the U.S., and operating software development centers in Russia since 1990. Auriga has 17+ years of experience combining onshore account and project management for U.S. and European clients with Russian offshore software engineering capabilities. Auriga was the first to adopt the Remote Engineering Center client engagement model concept focused on satisfying the specific needs of software and high-tech companies as its driving strategy. Auriga focuses on delivering robust business and technology solutions to the high-tech and specialty equipment manufacturers worldwide and software vendors.

Auriga positions to the fields of software development which are most sophisticated and challenging from technology standpoint. During years Auriga has been attracting best Russian engineering talents, famous for their mindset for creativity. That is why high-tech businesses consistently call for Auriga’s services. With 270+ employees at 5 development centers in Russia (3 in Moscow, Kazan, N. Novgorod), Auriga assures highest quality with stringent control mechanisms developed in the US and implemented across all services:

• Full life-cycle system level/embedded development and maintenance;
• Application software development and maintenance;
• Technology conversion (Re-engineering & porting);
• Technology consulting;
• Software testing and QA;
• Localization.

Specializing from the start in the embedded/system level development, and having augmented it with strong enterprise-level applications expertise, Auriga has build up significant strengths in:

• Linux and UNIX kernel and drivers;
• Board Support Packages (BSP);
• Windows and Windows Embedded internals;
• Real-time systems;
• Embedded platforms;
• Networking, distributed and web applications;
• E-Commerce, enterprise applications, sales support, CRM;
• Document, workflow, and content management.

Proven expertise in the following verticals and segments:

• ISV and OEM;
• Telecom;
• Healthcare and medical devices;
• Aerospace and transportation.

Clients

Auriga treats each client with the closest concern of his unique business needs and technology requirements and offers very flexible and targeted solutions as far as the engagements models are concerned. The company has 8 active clients with tenures greater than 2 years, engaging about 150 engineers in these accounts.

• BroadVision
• CROC
• Draeger Medical
• IBM
• LynuxWorks
• NMS Communications
• Pigeon Point Systems
• Queplix
• et.al.


Recognition

• Auriga is included in CMP’s Global Services 100 list since 2006. The company was ranked as one of the “Top 5 to Watch in Central and Eastern Europe” and the “Top 10 to Watch in Emerging European Markets”.
• IDC, Gartner, Forrester Research, AMR Research and Ernst&Young recognize Auriga as one of the leading software outsourcing vendors.
• Auriga is included in "Top 10 ITO: Offshore Eastern and Central Europe" by Brown-Wilson Group, a non-for-profit outsourcing management consulting firm, authors of The Black Book of Outsourcing bestseller, based on the independent survey of 872 outsourcing vendors in 63 countries.
• Aberdeen Group selected Auriga’s client to exemplify world’s best practices in offshore software outsourcing.
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved Auriga as a software solutions provider for the government (multi-state ITS07 contract vehicle).

Contacts

www.auriga.com
info@auriga.com

U.S. +1 603 673 2300
France +33 4 42 16 03 11
Russia +7 495 975 7400

SKILLS
From its foundation, Auriga focuses on providing services for high-tech and software product companies, ISVs, OEMs. Auriga is proud to offer a full spectrum of services for such companies. Our service lines are based on the 17 years of studying the needs of our clients and other companies of that type and optimizing the models we offer based on the experience of dealing with companies of all sizes from SMEs to large multinationals like IBM.

The provided services cover the diverse portfolio of tasks arising during product development:
• Product Engineering and ADM ("engineering BPO" and ITO)
• Full-Cycle Product Engineering and Product Lifecycle Management
• Requirements Gathering and Analysis, Conceptualization and Architecture Design
• Custom Software Development
• Product Maintenance
• Re-engineering and Porting
• Localization and Globalization
• Software Testing and QA
• Automated and Manual Testing
• Test Strategy Consulting
• Certification and Compliance Testing
• Consulting and Integration
• Technology Consulting
• Customization and Integration
• Product Support
• Local Technical Representative Office
• Level 2 and 3 Support
• Installation and Field Support
• Pre-Sales Support
• Research
• Technology Research, Concept Piloting, and Prototyping
• Representing in Standardization Bodies
• Project Management and Software Development for Academic Research Groups
• Training

Our key technical expertise areas include:
• Linux and UNIX kernel and drivers;
• Board Support Packages (BSP);
• Windows and Windows Embedded internals;
• Real-time systems;
• Embedded platforms;
• Networking, distributed and web applications;
• E-Commerce, enterprise applications, sales support, CRM;
• Document, workflow, and content management.

TERMS
Auriga offers a wide range of engagement models to cover diverse needs of our clients:
• Remote Engineering Center - a unique solution for software and high-tech companies
• Offshore Development Center
• Project Outsourcing
• Resource Augmentation

Although we are ready to work according to any offered model, Auriga’s priority is establishing serious long-term relationships with the customers. When a client initiates ongoing projects on the regular basis, using the dedicated team approach is the most efficient way to arrange the cooperation. The mutual benefits of this practice are proved by the time and are especially noticeable in the following areas:
• Increase in management capabilities
• Knowledge accumulation and skills building
• Minimization of costs

Based on our 17+ years experience, we've created an engagement model based on the dedicated team approach, called Remote Engineering Center (REC), specially optimized for software and high-tech companies. Having a rich experience working with such companies, Auriga has analyzed the set of needs that they have, and created a model focused on satisfying those particular needs.

In brief, REC model was developed as an evolution of a dedicated team approach. It combines flexibility and integration of a convetional Offshore Dedicated Center and Resource Augmentation models with high responsibility of service provider and low management overhead on customer’s side of the Project-based model. The main additional elements of REC compared to a conventional dedicated team approach include:
• Process definition and QA on Auriga side
• Joint long-term planning
• Project management entirely on Auriga side
• Knowledge management control on Auriga side
• Quality management strategy definition on Auriga side
• High attention to communications management on Auriga side
• Focus on cost effectiveness and client’s business goals on Auriga side

LOCATION Russia - Moscow, EMPLOYEES 100-499 YEARS IN BUSINESS 11+ years CONTACT INFORMATION Register or Login to view the outsourcing service provider contact information.