RUSSOFT
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RUSSOFT, headquartered in Saint-Petersburg, is a multi-national association of software companies from Russia
, Ukraine
and Belarus
. It was founded on September 9, 1999 and has merged with the Fort-Ross Consortium in May 2004. Today RUSSOFT unites more than 80 companies with 7000+ of highly qualified programmers and software engineers with advanced graduate level degrees in Technology & Computer Science. RUSSOFT cooperates with the leading Universities which form the unique human potential of Russia.
Similarly to Indian NASSCOM
, RUSSOFT was created to represent Russian software development companies on the global market, to enhance marketing and PR activities of its members, and to lobby their interests in their countries' governments.
Members of RUSSOFT are companies meeting certain requirements of size and experience and paying an annual fee. Companies may be either full or associate members.
RUSSOFT is a part of the Russian Information and Computer Industry Association (APKIT) where it plays the role of Software Development and Export Committee. Being a part of APKIT enhances RUSSOFT's abilities to lobby the Government to support the IT industry.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. It was founded on September 9, 1999 and has merged with the Fort-Ross Consortium in May 2004. Today RUSSOFT unites more than 80 companies with 7000+ of highly qualified programmers and software engineers with advanced graduate level degrees in Technology & Computer Science. RUSSOFT cooperates with the leading Universities which form the unique human potential of Russia.
Similarly to Indian NASSCOM
NASSCOM
The National Association of Software and Services Companies of IT software and services related activities for use of both the software developers as well as interested companies overseas....
, RUSSOFT was created to represent Russian software development companies on the global market, to enhance marketing and PR activities of its members, and to lobby their interests in their countries' governments.
Members of RUSSOFT are companies meeting certain requirements of size and experience and paying an annual fee. Companies may be either full or associate members.
RUSSOFT is a part of the Russian Information and Computer Industry Association (APKIT) where it plays the role of Software Development and Export Committee. Being a part of APKIT enhances RUSSOFT's abilities to lobby the Government to support the IT industry.
Board of directors
- Valentin Makarov, President of RUSSOFT Association
- Nick Puntikov, Chairman of RUSSOFT Association, President of MIT Enterprise Forum of Russia
- Alexander Andreev, CEO, SoftJoys
- Dmitry Dahnovsky, CEO, Tekama
- Arkadiy Dobkin, CEO and President, EPAM SystemsEPAM SystemsEPAM Systems is a USA provider of offshore software engineering outsourcing services with software development centers located in Hungary, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The company maintains European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, with support and delivery operations in Frankfurt,...
- Alexander Egorov, CEO, ReksoftReksoftReksoft is an offshore software engineering company specialising in software development and system integration services, specifically software product engineering, enterprise application services and dedicated centres. Reksoft has passed certification audit ISO 9001:2008, and is assessed to comply...
- Dmitry Loschinin, President and CEO, Luxoft
- Andrei Pronin, General Manager, Auriga, IncAuriga (company)Auriga is a software R&D and information technology outsourcing services provider. The company is a privately-held C-corporation, incorporated in the U.S., while the development centers are in Russia and Lithuania. Auriga was founded in 1990 and is one of the oldest in the Russian software R&D...
- Andrey Sviridenko, Chairman, SPIRITSPIRIT DSPSPIRIT DSP develops embedded software solutions for real-time voice and video communication over IP networks – voice and video engines.- Products and Solutions :...
- Andrey Terekhov, CEO, Lanit-Tercom
- Arcady Khotin, CEO, Ardin Software Oy
External links
- RUSSOFT: Official Web Site (English section, links to Russian language version)
- RUSSOFT: 3rd Annual survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions
- RUSSOFT: 4th Annual survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions
- RUSSOFT: 6th Annual survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions