29-Jun-11

DrupalCon London 2011

DrupalCon London, an international event that brings together the community that utilizes, develops, designs and supports the Drupal platform, announced today a spectacular line-up of 60 sessions for the upcoming event being held 22-26 August at South London’s Fairfield Halls. The panels, selected from 341 proposals, will provide fresh perspectives and unique learning opportunities for the Drupal Community.

The DrupalCon London program schedule consists of 12 sessions balanced across five tracks: Site Building and Environment Set-up, Business and Best Practices, Code & Coders, Design, UX & Theming, and Ecosystem. A detailed list of sessions with descriptions, speakers, time and location are listed on the DrupalCon London site. Attendees can now build their own schedule by visiting: http://www.london2011.drupal.org/conference/schedule.

About Drupal

11-Feb-11

The PHP Benelux 2011

The PHP Benelux 2011 conference gave their presenters the tag #phpbnl11 , allowing attendees, and people who were not able to attend the event, access to the presentations.

About PHPBenelux

13-Jan-11

Sources of information about cloud computing

The search for a cloud solution to match a particular use can be arduous and expensive, and at times confusing. As a first step towards orientation, we have assembled a number of examples of applications and offerings on the topic of cloud computing, as well as links for further information.

IT infrastructure (IaaS), Platforms and development environments (PaaS)

Service on demand applications (SaaS)

Online stores for free downloads, and for the purchase, sale and lease of applications

Open source cloud platforms

Source: http://cebit.de/en/about-the-trade-show/topics-trends/topics/cloud-computing/wetterfront

29-Nov-10

Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2010

Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) released its annual report on the state of IT outsourcing service providers market in the CEE region ‘Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2010’

The main objectives of the research are to provide impartial and varied perspectives on the state of the market for IT outsourcing services i n the CEE region; to provide potential clients with all the information needed to make decisions about outsourcing activities to the region; and to lower the barriers for entry into the CEE outsourcing services market.

Research for ‘Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2010’ was conducted from February to July 2010. Respondents include more than 300 companies from 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe that participated through online surveys, as well as market experts and representatives of national associations were interviewed to receive the data on the market volume assessment and the main development trends in the IT outsourcing industry in the region.

The official version of the report ‘Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2010’ is available at the CEEOA website (http://bit.ly/fwu6c1) and at the information portal ITOnews.eu (http://itonews.eu).

Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association

Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) (http://ceeoa.org) was founded in 2008. The members of the association are the leading national IT and Outsourcing associations from the Central and Eastern Europe, among them Baltic Outsourcing Association (BOA), Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing Association (HOA), Employers’ Association of the Software and Services Industry (ANIS) from Romania, Bulgarian Web Association (BWA), Czech ICT Alliance, Belarus Hi-Tech Park and ASPIRE - Association of IT & Business Process Services Companies (Poland).

03-Jul-10

Turkey is Partner Country for BITKOM and CeBIT in 2011

Turkey is an attractive, emerging market for high-tech enterprises. As a result, the German IT and telecom industry has teamed up with CeBIT to make Turkey the official Partner Country for 2011.

Currently, the Turkish market for IT and telecommunications is experiencing rapid growth. For 2010 the international market research institute EITO estimates growth of 8 percent for a total volume of 20 billion euros. This is a stronger rate of growth than is enjoyed by the majority of EU nations. Despite the economic crisis, last year's ICT sales volume in Turkey climbed 2 percent to reach a total of 18 billion euros, with IT outsourcing and investment in the country's telecommunications infrastructure figuring as the key growth drivers.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

About CeBIT

CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations. Deutsche Messe AG has organized CeBIT in Hannover each spring since 1986. The next CeBIT is scheduled for 01 - 05 March 2011.

In future, CeBIT aims to tailor its services more closely to the requirements of its customers. The clearly structured CeBIT 2011 - comprising the four platforms CeBIT pro, CeBIT gov, CeBIT lab and CeBIT live - ensures optimum transparency. With a profile tailored to key vertical display categories, the world's largest ICT trade fair will bring users and providers closer together than ever before.

24-Apr-10

eSP expands Global Presence

eSP announced that it has strategically expanded its global operations to provide unmatched development service and support to companies across North America.

eSP today announced that it has entered into the agreement with Pyramida Soft LLC. Pyramida Soft is Canadian-Ukrainian software Development Company that offers programming, design, and consulting services to a wide range of industries and business areas.

The strategic partnership brings together eSP’s robust software development experience and dedication to best practices and processes, and Pyramida Soft’s profound industry insight and recognized consulting expertise to drive greater value for their customers.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

About Pyramida Soft

Pyramida Soft is a software development company located in Montreal and offers full cycle custom software development and implementation for small and medium size businesses, development of iPhone and Blackberry applications and games, and IT outsourcing. Find out more at http://pyramidasoft.com/index.html.

08-Oct-09

Spain named "Partner Country 2010" for BITKOM and CeBIT

Spain is not simply one of Europe's most popular holiday destinations. It is also an attractive place for high-tech industrial companies. This is clearly confirmed by the decision of the German IT and telecommunications sector and CeBIT in favour of Spain as the official Partner Country in 2010.

CeBIT 2010 therefore represents an ideal opportunity for exhibitors and visitors from across the globe to capitalize on the potential of the Spanish ICT market, including new ventures, co-operation and business leads.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

About CeBIT

CeBIT offers an international platform for comparing notes on current industry trends, networking, and product presentations. Deutsche Messe AG has organized CeBIT in Hannover each spring since 1986.

18-Jul-09

eSP participated in the first iPhoneDevCamp, Ukraine

The first iPhoneDevCamp Ukraine that took place on the 18th of July in Kyiv, Ukraine set high standards of professionalism for the future events of such level in the Ukrainian iPhone Community.

More than 350 IT specialists connected to the development for the iPhone platform were given the chance to learn from the leading Ukrainian and international experts in the field and to network amongst the peers. In the format of lectures, workshops and coffee breaks of an informal miniBarCamp, the keynote speakers covered various topics on iPhone development such as iPhone SDK frameworks, principles of development using accelerometer, unit tests, common mistakes in development, importance of Human Interface Guidelines from Apple, etc.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

About iPhone Developers Community in Ukraine

24-Apr-09

eSP will visit London

eSP will visit London 28th and 29th April on a focused 2-day Trade Mission, aiming to meet like-minded UK companies for mutual business benefit. The Mission is combined with the participation in the Internet World trade show. The Internet World is Europe's longest running, best attended and biggest event for digital marketing and online business, attracting over 13,000 visitors and more than 300 exhibitors. It is the only event that helps IT companies to formulate and implement their online strategies, from digital marketing to ecommerce, content management to hosting. It showcases the UK’s leading suppliers and delivers Europe’s best free education program.

In recent years the Internet World has grown to become more than just a trade exhibition. It has expanded to include a number of different channels all dedicated to educating end users and providing a forum to bring buyers and sellers together.

Apart from visiting the Internet World, the Mission programme will include business meetings with business organisations based in UK which can support the Mission participants in entering the EU market as well as with the UK companies, which can be potential business partners.

eSP will be ready for dialogue on a range of commercial options including: leveraging the professional outsourced IT services at good rates, forming value added reseller (VAR) relationships and engaging the expertise and local presence to access Eastern European market.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

15-Mar-09

CEBIT: IT industry will be back, Schwarzenegger says

In partnership with SIPPO (Swiss Import Promotion Programme) we are exhibiting on Cebit 2009 from 3 - 9 March in Hannover Germany.

Earlier this month our company attended CeBit 2009 held in Hannover, Germany. Despite the world recession, business' cautiousness in the context of the global economic downturn, CeBIT 2009 succeeded in inspiring optimism in the world of ICT industry. Over 4 300 companies from 69 countries faced the challenges of international crisis and chose the CeBIT 2009 platform, in order to search for new opportunities, partners and horizons.

During the 6 day show we had a steady flow of visitors stopping by the booth to discuss IT-outsoucing and to see what new solutions and services our company had to offer. The fair proved to be rich in business contacts with representatives of companies from Western Europe, USA and Canada. It was established more than 60 business contacts aimed both at the development of eSP's outsourcing IT-business and the integration of program systems and IT-consulting into Ukrainian and CIS markets.

The company was present at the joint Swiss Import Promotion Programme stand and in addition to the opening ceremony. We were among the 2,000 prominent international guests from the worlds of politics, business and technology including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board Intel Corporation and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governor of the Partner State California.

'Some might say that this is the worst time for a big trading show like this, but they could not be more wrong,' Schwarzenegger told other politicians and industry leaders at the opening of the CeBIT. 'Losers whine, but winners move forward in a strong and powerful way,' he said at world's biggest tech fair.

We even have shaken hands with Mr. Schwarzenegger at Hannover Congress Hall after opening ceremony of CeBIT. Our company was invited to the official welcoming receptions of California - partner state of the exhibition and Ontario Exhibitors (Canada). We also took part in German-Californian ICT Business Summit and events organized by The Future Match 2009.

We also met with Ken Hensley, Musician, Singer-songwriter, Guitarist, Producer. He wrote or cowrote the majority of Uriah Heep's songs during this period, including such hits as "Look at Yourself", "Lady in Black", "Easy Livin'", "Stealin'" and "Free Me". Ken Hensley was presenting a 2-hour songwriting workshop/master-class at the CeBIT fair as the guest of IBM and in support of their Sawubona Music Jam project.

As we already mentioned before we were invited by the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) to participate at CeBIT-2009 at a joint SIPPO stand.

About CeBIT

CeBIT is the world's largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work environments. The key target groups are users from industry, the wholesale/retail sector, skilled trades, banks, the services sector, government agencies, science and all users passionate about technology.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

About SIPPO (Swiss Import Promotion Programme)

SIPPO is the official import promotion programme under the patronage of SECO, the State Secretariat for Economy of the Swiss government. It supports private businesses in emerging markets and markets in transition that are endeavouring to access the Swiss market as well as markets in the European Union.

30-Jan-09

Ukraine is once again included in Gartner's 2008 List of Top 30 Countries for Offshore Outsourcing

For the second year in a row, Gartner's research named Ukraine as one of the top 30 countries for Offshore IT Outsourcing. In 2008 Gartner used 10 criteria to determine its Top 30 countries: government support and infrastructure, language and cultural compatibility, educational system and talent pool, cost, political and economic environment, global and legal maturity and intellectual property privacy and data security. The fact that Ukraine was included in the list for the second time proves its strive for excellence in providing outsourced services in a variety of areas.

On assessing 72 offshore locations, Gartner generated its new list of Top 30 Hot Spots for offshore outsourcing. According to Gartner, the analysis of offshore locations showed the dynamic growth of the outsourcing market and helped identify countries that are most likely to become credible alternative to such traditional locations as India and China.

Ukraine is listed in Gartner's Top 30 among other EMEA countries (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Egypt etc. Gartner determined that Ukraine as well as other EMEA locations became a powerful nearshore center for outsourced services. Ukraine continues to attract its mature neighborhood such as EU and the Nordic regions as a high quality and low cost services provider.

eSP hopes that in the conditions of the economic turmoil Ukraine will grow as one of the most effective offshore and nearshore destinations in EMEA region and will continue to be listed among Gartner's Top 30 countries in 2009.

About Gartner

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is the indispensable partner to 60,000 clients in 10,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 4,000 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 80 countries. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

15-Jan-09

AlarSoft Ltd. — the spin-off of eSP Consortium will participate in CeBIT 2009, the world's largest international IT trade show

This year AlarSoft Ltd. will participate at CeBIT, the world's largest international IT trade show (March 2 - 8, 2009, Hall 2, Stand B32, Hannover, Germany).

The Swiss government has chosen AlarSoft Ltd. as a market leader of the Ukrainian software export industry for a joint participation at the collective stand of Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) within the framework of Electronics and Software trade promotion activities. At SIPPO stand at Cebit 2009 – selected market leaders from several transition countries are offering excellent solutions (complete solutions, wide range of software applications, standard and customized solutions, security products and applications) with an outstanding price/performance ratio.

Supported by Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO)

For more information, please contact Sergiy Salenko

About AlarSoft Ltd.

AlarSoft is an offshore web and software development & outsourcing company and provides professional services focused on custom web and software and web solutions for businesses worldwide. AlarSoft always seeks new and innovative ways to deliver high-quality, cost-effective solutions and services in order to boost performance as shown in our custom project development and outsourcing services. AlarSoft is member of Microsoft BizSpark program and Partner of eSP Consortium.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets. Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise.

About SIPPO (Swiss Import Promotion Programme)

SIPPO is the official import promotion programme under the patronage of SECO, the State Secretariat for Economy of the Swiss government. It supports private businesses in emerging markets and markets in transition that are endeavouring to access the Swiss market as well as markets in the European Union.

13-Oct-08

eSP was selected for participation in “Support to the Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian SMEs — International Dimension” Project

The European Commission has been actively involved in supporting the development of a successful economy in Ukraine. Considering that the support for the development of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) required additional assistance, a new project called “Support to the Development of Business Capacity of Ukrainian SMEs – International Dimension” was initiated together with the State Committee of Ukraine for Regulatory Policy and Entrepreneurship (SCURPE), which will act as the Project’s main beneficiary.

The Project will be implemented by the WYG International led Consortium. The Project will contribute to the development of SME competitiveness through institutional capacity building and policy advice to SCURPE and the main SME policy institutions, technical assistance in export and investment promotion and attracting foreign investments and through the increase of awareness of business internationalization in the country. The Project activities will be divided into three components:

• Improvement of state policy in the sphere of SME support development;
• Facilitate commercial links with EU companies and other foreign enterprises;
• Increase awareness of business internationalization in the public and SME sectors.

WYG International is the international arm of White Young Green plc. It is a UK-based, international management consultancy and economic development advisory group with registered companies in Turkey, Russia, Poland, Belgium, and Romania; country offices in Egypt, South Africa and Ukraine, and a network of project offices around the world.

Operational since 1991, WYG International has become one of the best known medium-sized UK consulting resources. Working with governments, businesses and civil society organisations, its objective is to reduce poverty and enrich the lives of people in the poorest of environments by improving business competitiveness through restructuring, supporting the creation of small businesses, advising on economic and social reform and encouraging new approaches to regional and municipal development.

Much of its work is funded by, and in response to, the needs of, the world’s donor agencies (such as EuropeAid, World Bank, DfID,), though other work is privately commissioned by institutions and enterprises around the world.

12-Sep-08

350 000 voices choired “Life must go on!” with Queen+Paul Rodgers in Kharkov!

Playing an awareness-raising outdoor concert in Kharkov's Freedom Square, the second largest Square in Europe, the show by Queen + Paul Rodgers attracted more than 350,000 to see the overture concert for its 33-city tour of Europe and immediately entered the record books as the biggest charity event devoted to the fight against AIDS in Ukraine.

Post-show a visibly moved Brian May, Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers gave their accounts of the experience of the Kharkov concert, with Brian May saying: “Our show in Kharkov was an unforgettable experience … one of those rare things in life which you know you will never forget. It was a meeting in Music, but also a fateful coming together to fight a common enemy … HIV AIDS.... we felt privileged to be part of this pivotal point in Ukraine’s journey …”

Roger Taylor: “We would like to say a big thank you to the people of the Ukraine in giving Queen such a wonderful welcome after so many years. We hope the concert helped to bring a message of awareness of the terrible threat of HIV/AIDS to all the people! We have suffered the great loss of our dear singer Freddie Mercury – we hope this kind of loss does not happen to you. Be kind to yourselves – be careful – be alive!”

And from Paul Rodgers: “To all who came out and rocked with us thank you. We believe that our Aids Awareness message was received by 20 million! Hopefully we touched those hearts and minds and I pray that it makes a difference.”

eSP joined the concert and subscribes to an opinion of Roger Taylor Be kind to yourselves – be careful – be alive!

25-Jun-08

eSP PARTICIPATED IN UKRAINE-LATVIA BUSINESS FORUM IN KYIV

President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko and President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers took part in opening of this event.

The meeting highlighted the significance of the economic and political dialogue between Ukraine and Latvia, including the importance of high-level visits, and outlined further measures for the promotion of co-operation. Both counterparts expressed their satisfaction with the increasing economic co-operation between Ukraine and Latvia.

Addressing those present Victor Yushchenko said that stirring up cooperation between Ukrainian and Latvian businesses promises benefits for both countries. He also promised that Ukrainian authorities would help foreign businessmen, including those from Latvia, in organizing effective and profitable work in Ukraine. At the end of the event, in presence of Presidents Victor Yushchenko and Valdis Zatlers, Ukrainian and Latvian organizations signed a number of documents:

• Exchange Information Agreement between Ukrainian state enterprise “Information-Resource Center” and Latvian «Lursoft - IT».
• Memorandum on cooperation between Ukrainian Centre for Foreign Investment Promotion and Latvian Investment and Development Agency.
• Agreement on cooperation between Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine and Latvia.

Within the framework of Ukraine-Latvia Business Forum, eSP representatives took part in the discussions between Ukrainian and Latvian delegations and met with seven ICT entrepreneurs from Latvia. “We believe that our participation in Ukraine-Latvia Business Forum will become a good start for better understanding of Baltic business and open up new opportunities for us,” said Sergiy Salenko, CEO of eSP.

29-May-08

eSP Goes Green

Computers account for 5% of the global consumption of electricity. No wonder "Green IT" is the next big thing and it's also the motto of eSP for future. That is why eSP Consortium decided to take part in World Bioenergy 2008 conference which was held 27-29 May 2008, Jönköping, Sweden.

The Swedish Royal Family’s keen interest for climate and environmental issues is well known. His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden is Patron of World Bioenergy 2008 and H.R.H Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden inaugurated the event on May 27.

“Decision-makers and manufacturers from around the world gathered here,” said Sweden’s Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson. “Together we are making history. That’s how important World Bioenergy is.”

"eSP has come to World Bioenergy to do business and is seeking everything from know-how to potential investors and business partners", said Sergiy Salenko, CEO of the eSP Consortium.

World Bioenergy confirmed the conference and trade fair’s position as the world’s leading meeting place for the energy production and new technologies of the future.

22-Dec-07

Saga Software becomes a member of eSP Consortium

SAGA Software is a Ukrainian Company that has been involved into developing with consequent maintenance of miscellaneous software products for more than eight years.

The mainstream of the company's activity is focused upon the development of offshore projects for Europe, USA and Canada customers.

SAGA Software specializes in developing software for most popular operating systems including Windows and Unix-platforms.

01-Nov-07

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum '2007

Over the past 20 years, customers and available service providers have gathered extensive experience in outsourcing. The arrival of suppliers specializing in outsourcing saw the creation of a complex service industry with increasing maturity and a value-added chain with ever increasing differentiation. With first-generation outsourcing, the focus was on IT systems. The primary goal was to reduce costs. A restriction to cost reductions alone, however, is not sufficient to fully exploit the optimization potential. The know-how of external service providers can considerably improve a company’s own business processes and the quality of its products and services. Clients who merely offer historically established infrastructures or business processes to outsourcing service providers are missing out on opportunities. These days, business and IT processes must be closely linked and able to provide a direct image of the dynamic changes in business life. Before individual business and IT processes can be outsourced to professional service providers, they generally have to be subjected to re-engineering. As a result, traditional outsourcing is turned into business-transformation outsourcing or next-generation outsourcing. New business models are increasingly arising for service providers in projects which involve next-generation outsourcing. These provide for performance agreements founded in the major changes in the client’s business environment and they are principally aligned with the business objectives or the operation of business processes which may result from previous transformations. The integration and operation of business and IT processes, as well as the development of business partnerships in next-generation outsourcing, are based on the assumption of highly varied capabilities among service providers. The essential point is to simulate and monitor integral business processes in real time. The customer expects a higher degree of flexibility than was available in the past, as well as an increase in the overall availability of business processes. Successful next-outsourcing generation projects already exist, but there is still a great need for information. elite Software Products Consortium and Partners are organizing the “4th Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum 2007” (November 1-2, 2007, Kiev) for companies which would like to meet, discuss concepts and share experience. We look forward to seeing you there!

22-Oct-07

Startup Camp NYC

elite Software Products Consortium took place in the Startup Camp, an unconference-style event that's dedicated to bringing together the various members of the startup community for a face-to-face collaborative meetup.

Starting up? It's a jungle out there

Its not easy to start your own business. There are countless decisions to make from how you differentiate your product to how you support your customers and provide timely service. The choices you make today can have enormous implications down the road. Will you have the capacity to support a growing concern? Everyone uses PCs, but are you secure? Can you manage your business finances with the software you have installed? Has your company made it over the startup stage, but now faces the hurdles of efficiently managing growth? What about funding vs. financing? Finding the right people? Outsourcing versus insourcing?

Birds of a feather…

The good news is you are not alone. There are many other startups like yours just beginning the road to viability. Luckily, others have gone through some of the same challenges and might have insights that could prevent you from making costly mistakes.

17-Oct-07

IT Forum, Kharkiv '2007

elite Software Products (eSP) Consortium together with Eclipse SP, a member of Sigma Group, JSC Investor, Moody Int. Ukraine, Quality Centre and Consulting Center Expert organized VIP conference focusing on the ways to improve business performance and efficiency which took place in Kharkiv on October,17. The conference gathered chief executives of the leading enterprises of the region representing various industries including manufacturing, foods, real estate, retail and professional equipment and industrial companies.

The main idea of the conference was creating a site for sharing experience and acquainting decision makers with cutting-edge methods and technologies aimed at enhancing business efficiency as well as innovations in management and business analysis.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets.

Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise. The members of Consortium are eSP Consulting, MBS, SoftPro Workgroup, Insart, Finport Technologies, Inc.

About JSC Investor

JSC Investor is one of the biggest holdings in Kharkiv region specializing in finance, gas mining, heat and electricity, agriculture, foods, distribution, construction and mass media.

About Moody International

Moody International — World leader in the field of compliance certification and education on ISO standards and technical inspection. More information about Moody International can be found at www.moodyint.com.

About Consulting Center Expert

Consulting Center Expert is a company employing certified business-trainers, professional psychologists and business consultants, specializing in TOP-management and HR-manager training and skill improvement as well as education programs development.

More information about Consulting Center Expert can be found at www.hatka.kh.ua/expert.html.

About Quality Center

Quality Center is a consultancy specializing in business analysis, ISO-compliant quality management systems development, deployment and certification preparation (ISO 9001, ISO\TS 16949, ISO 14000), BPM, Balance Scorecard, budgeting and integrated management systems development and deployment.

More information about Quality Center can be found at www.qcentre.com.ua.

About Eclipse SP and Sigma

Eclipse SP LLC provides top-quality IT services to customers in such segments as telecommunications, banking and financial services, aerospace, e-business and real estate as well as in the tourism and entertainment industries. The company’s three major business areas are software development, system integration and IT consulting.

Being ISO 9001:2000 certified Eclipse SP provides services to its customers located primarily in Western Europe and the US markets, in which the company has regional offices since early 2005. Eclipse SP also has sales and support partners in Switzerland, the UK, Germany and Austria. Since April 2006, Eclipse SP is a member of Sigma.

Sigma — One of Sweden’s Leading IT Consultancies. Sigma delivers to an international market and concentrates on functional undertakings. Sigma is continuously ranked against strong competition as one of the leading IT consultancies in Sweden. Sigma is listed on the O-List of the Stockholm Stock Exchange and employs about 1,300 people in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Germany, France, China and Ukraine.

More information about Sigma can be found at www.sigma.se.

More information about Eclipse SP can be found at www.eclipse-sp.com.

26-Oct-06

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum '2006

elite Software Products Consortium took place in the Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum `2006 as partner. The Forum objective is to promote development of Ukrainian market of software development and IT Outsourcing Services. Ukraine has rather good potential for development of the most high tech area of world economy. Ukrainian IT Outsourcing market demonstrates high growth rate. During several recent years average growth rate summed up to 40% annually. This index has been one the highest for the Ukrainian economy and illustrates great opportunities of the industry.

Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum `2006 is aimed at development of cooperation between Ukrainian and foreign companies as well as presentation of possibilities of Ukraine as of a country with high production and scientific potential in Software development. Lectures of professionals from leading world and Ukrainian companies and dedicated round table discussions are planned to become tools in getting to know latest trends in software development area and learning about new achievements and products of Ukrainian IT Outsourcing market leaders.

15-Mar-06

“Information society & Innovation Outlook, Development of the Kharkiv region through information technologies” Forum

We begin the 21st century with a general expectation that the one-two punch of science and technology will, by itself, generate an unending flow of discoveries, tools and gadgets to bring us closer to a utopian future. This premise has also shaped a general understanding of innovation as equivalent to discovery, invention and the flow of new technotoys. In reality, invention has always been as distinct from innovation as rivers are from oceans: one clearly feeds into the other. elite Software Products Consortium in cooperation with academics and university leaders and Business partners organized the “1st Ukrainian Information society & Innovation Outlook Forum” for companies which would like to meet, discuss concepts and share IT- experience.

11-Jan-06

eSP Consortium will participate in CeBIT 2006, the world's largest international IT trade show

The Swiss government has chosen eSP Consortium as a market leader of the Ukrainian software export industry for a joint participation at the collective stand of Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) within the framework of Electronics and Software trade promotion activities.

eSP Consortium will present the capabilities for delivering professional software services, development of custom software solutions and business process outsourcing for Retail, Banking, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Tourism, Entertainment, Computers and Software industries.

For more information, please contact Sergiy Salenko

Supported by Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO)

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets.

Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise. The members of Consortium are Eclipse SP, MBS, The KIT Group, SoftPro Workgroup, Insart and Macfadden & Associates, Inc.

21-Nov-05

The Ukrainian Software World Directory is released

The latest online Ukrainian Software Directory features industry analysis and about 100 Ukrainian software companies and their solutions. The project was supported by SIPPO (www.sippo.ch).

See it online http://exdima.sippo.ch/it_ukr.html.

21-Mar-05

Switzerland promotes Ukraine

The annual and the world's largest IT trade show CeBIT 2005 dedicated to the progress in the sphere of high-technologies took place since the 10th till the 16th of March in Hanover, Germany. The fact that this year it was opened by the Chancellor of Germany — Gerhard Schroeder — highlights the importance of the fair.

An exhibition proved to be rich in business contacts with representatives of companies from Western Europe and USA. It was established more than one hundred business contacts aimed both at the development of eSP Consortium export business and the integration of program systems and IT-consulting into Ukrainian and CIS markets.

In the course of an exhibition the meeting of collective exposition of program members with Swiss government delegation headed by the Minister of Economy of Switzerland Mr. Joseph Deiss was held under the auspices of SIPPO.

Achievements of eSP Consortium in bridging productive and friendly business-dialogue between Switzerland and Ukraine were particularly notable among other SIPPO member-companies.

During the meeting with Mr. Deiss, Vladimir Beñk (Business Development Director of eSP Consortium) highly appreciated a considerable assistance of the SIPPO organization in providing favorable conditions for the development of IT-products and services being imported into Switzerland. Specifically, the gross sales of IT-services rendered by eSP Consortium increased by 35% in 2004 owing to the expansion of partnership with enterprises of Switzerland and other countries of Western Europe.

Swiss government delegation was also represented by: Mrs. Elisabeth Zoelch-Balmer, Minister of Economy in the canton of Bern, Mr. Kurt Zibung, Minister of Economy in the canton of Shwits, Mr. Walter Duss, Vice-President of Simsa (Swiss association of interactive media applications and software manufacturers), Mr. Boyko Doytchinov, Head of SIPPO' partnership programs and other official persons.

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets.

Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise. The members of Consortium are Eclipse SP, MBS, The KIT Group, SoftPro Workgroup, Insart, Finport Technologies, Inc. and Macfadden & Associates, Inc.

The eSP Consortium is the full member of a number of national and Russian IT associations, including the Ukrainian national association of IT services and products exporters “IT Ukraine”, Ukrainian Software Development Alliance “Silicon Taiga”.

17-Jan-05

eSP Consortium will participate in CeBIT 2005, the world's largest international IT trade show

This year the eSP Consortium will participate at CeBIT, the world's largest international IT trade show (March 10—16, 2005, Hall 4, Stand A02, Hannover, Germany).

The Swiss government has chosen eSP Consortium as a market leader of the Ukrainian software export industry for a joint participation at the collective stand of Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) within the framework of Electronics and Software trade promotion activities.

eSP Consortium will present the capabilities for delivering professional software services, development of custom software solutions and business process outsourcing for Retail, Banking, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Tourism, Entertainment, Computers and Software industries.

Utilizing skilled software specialists and experienced managers from Eastern Europe, allows eSP to pass on significant cost savings to the customer without compromising quality.

For more information, please contact Sergiy Salenko

Supported by Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO)

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets.

Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise. The members of Consortium are Eclipse SP, MBS, The KIT Group, SoftPro Workgroup, Insart, Finport Technologies, Inc. and Macfadden & Associates, Inc.

05-Jan-05

eSP Consortium congratulates the Department of Informatics and Intellectual Property of the National Technical University “KhPI” on its receiving the academic grant IBM Faculty Award

This award was granted in 2004 to the Moscow State University (MGU), the Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering (MFTI), several private Russian high schools, the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University and the National Technical University “KhPI”.

The Department of Informatics and Intellectual Property of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (KhPI) is an academic partner of the eSP Consortium.

22-Dec-04

Finport Technologies Inc. becomes a member of eSP Consortium

Finport Technologies is a leading knowledge-driven IT company active in the fields of quality and cost-effective software development services. Founded in 2000 in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, Finport Technologies strengthens those companies looking to extract maximum return on their IT investments. Client success is central to our business approach; Finport fulfill your projects from concept to completion and beyond.

04-Jun-04

eSP Consortium to Participate in Russian Outsourcing & Software Summit 2004

On June 9—12, 2004 eSP Consortium will participate in the Fourth Russian Outsourcing & Software Summit (formerly Software Outsourcing Summit) to be held in St. Petersburg, in the Pulkovskaya hotel. ROSS is the largest event for software development companies on the territory of the former Soviet Union.

The Summit is organized by Fort-Ross - the Russian IT Consortium that unites major IT service providers from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.

For the first time, the Summit will couple with the LISA Forum Europe (Conference of the Localization Industry Standards Association). Therefore, ROSS 2004 participants will have a free access to all LISA events.

Please feel free to contact us to arrange for an appointment at ROSS 2004. We in eSP Consortium are looking forward to meeting our present and new partners at this IT event.

25-May-04

The eSP Consortium Delivered Innovative Business Solutions to its Clients

The companies of eSP Consortium developed and integrated software solutions to allow Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, World Travelvision and Stein's Garden and Gifts to operate their businesses more effectively.

WG Softpro of eSP Consortium helped Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to manage revenue and business process workflow automation.

The WG SoftPro was engaged by the biggest in Europe Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (Ukraine) to develop the corporate desktop/Internet application to manage revenue and business process workflow automation. The solution facilitates personal and group activity scheduling and financial monitoring.

The application is based on Advantage Database Server platform (Extended Systems, Boise, USA) and control huge data volumes, which are measured by many gigabytes.

As a part of the complete solution, Web-client is designed via WEB Application Adapter from Alaska Software Inc. (WG SoftPro is a authorized technology partner of Alaska Software Inc.)

The project was developed and started in 9 months. A next stage is being planned, where WG SoftPro will expand the application to control other departments of nuclear plant. Now it extends to the judicial office and to next parts of accounting department. Software will be adapted to provide the system integration with other applications, which are already used at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.

Eclipse Software Programming of eSP Consortium (also marketed as Tech Data Solutions in the USA) delivered a Microsoft.NET-based content exchange Internet portal to World Travelvision.

The client (WTV) has pioneered and perfected the design, development and distribution of Digital Brochures. WTV also produces Videos, CD-ROMs, E-Cards, DVDs and Web sites. The Hollywood, Florida based company works with a wide variety of travel clients including American Airlines, American Express, major international hotel chains as well as small hotels and travel suppliers.

WTV creates content for hotels (such as Pictures, Virtual Reality Shows (IPix) and Videos) and then distributes this content to partners in form of Digital Brochures and as stand alone items. Partners place links to WTV content on their web sites so that consumers can look at the content when they are searching for a hotel or a destination and make a better educated decision.

WTV Interactive Content Exchange Portal is a reliable and scalable web platform for visual content management and delivery, having the following key features:

• Ability to create and manage content
• Streamlined process of signing new hotels and creating digital brochures for them
• Easy to use GUI for the portal visitors to become a partner of WTV and place WTV content on partner’s web properties
• Ability to generate statistical data on use of WTV content
• WTV control of availability of their content links on partner’s sites (smart links)
• WTV control to manage distributors, hotels, digital brochures, outside sales representatives

The following technologies has been utilized during development: ASP.NET, MS SQL Server 2000, IBuySpy portal.

The KIT Group of eSP Consortium helped Stein's Garden and Gifts to simplify the process of applying the discounts to its goods

Challenge:

The Client owns a network of shops selling plants (flowers, etc). There was the business requirement to provide the employees of the front office with the ability to implement easily and quickly a single discount system for all the branches. Each branch should print signs (advertising coupons indicating products and discounts for them).

Approach:

There's a single intranet (VPN) in the company. The employees of the front office can set discounts and then create advertising coupons with the help of a special sign creation engine using Crystal Reports. Printing service is set up at the main server, that's an application which connects to the main server automatically in certain time intervals and gets information about discounts, and prints advertising coupons (signs) for the chosen shops. Besides, a separate email service sending notifications to all the administrative department about the activity of the application is created.

Features:

• Windows 2000 Active Directory Authentication
• Use the Steins Active Directory for Authentication and security. All users of the system are already defined in Steins Active Directory.
• Web Service that runs on a schedule to print signs that have "ready" status for printing.
• Maintenance of Events
• Creation of signs with print preview (Crystal Report Engine used)
• Ability to reprint signs
• Ability to remotely browse all printer jobs
• Ability to remotely cancel printer job

Technology:

• Language: C# (.NET Framework 1.0, 1.1 supported)
• Database: Microsoft SQL Server
• Additional: Crystal Reports Engine

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets.

Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise. The members of Consortium are Eclipse SP, MBS, The KIT Group, SoftPro Workgroup, Insart and Macfadden & Associates, Inc.

Location of eSP Consortium at Kharkiv — Ukrainian technological and scientific center allows to provide its clients with the best in technology and design expertise at very competitive rates.

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05-Mar-04

eSP Consortium will participate in CeBIT 2004, the world's largest international IT trade show

This year the eSP Consortium will participate at CeBIT, the world's largest international IT trade show (March 18-24, 2004, Hall 3, Stand B15, Hannover, Germany).

The Swiss government has chosen eSP Consortium as a market leader of the Ukrainian software export industry for a joint participation at the collective stand of Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) within the framework of Electronics and Software trade promotion activities.

eSP Consortium will team up with Kyiv-based Ukrainian Software Consortium (USC). Since both organizations have comprehensive and complementary competencies, they aim to achieve a synergetic effect, jointly representing the gateway to Ukrainian software outsourcing.

eSP Consortium will present the capabilities for delivering professional software services, development of custom software solutions and business process outsourcing for Retail, Banking, Telecommunication, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Tourism, Entertainment, Computers and Software industries.

Utilizing skilled software specialists and experienced managers from Eastern Europe, allows eSP to pass on significant cost savings to the customer without compromising quality.

For more information, please contact Sergiy Salenko

Supported by Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO)

About eSP Consortium

eSP is an international Consortium of top-quality Ukrainian and American software development and hi-tech companies, specializing in professional software services, custom software solutions and business process outsourcing across vertical markets.

Originally founded in 2000, today eSP Consortium employs over 150 IT professionals jointly covering a wide area of technologies and target business expertise. The members of Consortium are Eclipse SP, MBS, The KIT Group, SoftPro Workgroup, Insart and Macfadden & Associates, Inc.

18-Dec-03

eSP Consortium participated in the International Outsourcing Forum

eSP Consortium took part in the International Outsourcing Forum which was held on December, 18 in conference hall of “ExpoPlaza”, Kiev, Ukraine. Sergiy Salenko, CIO of eSP Consortium, shared with the audience the aspects of practical experience being the sourcing vendor for variety of clients over the globe.

The workshop was organized with support of the State Committee of Communication and Information of Ukraine and the Center of investment innovation programs of the National Institute for Strategic Studies. Ukrainian Association of Software Developers provided the technical support of the event.

19-Jun-03

eSP Consortium took part in the Workshop with NewAdonis Consortium on 19th of June, 03

CEO of eSP Consortium, Sergiy Salenko reported about the collaborative initiatives of Ukrainian software service providers to provide broad range of high-quality professional services to the customers in Western Europe and USA.

NewAdonis is the name of a company, which currently is being created under the Belgian law by the members of Adonis Consortium. Members of Adonis Consortium are the participants of the Adonis Project, funded by the Information Society Technologies Programme of the European Commission.

The workshop was organized by The Ukrainian Association of Software Developers together with National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.