Five Ukrainian IT-companies are in world's Top-10 Software Application Testing Firms

Research Company Clutch, based in Washington, has published the ranking of the best companies in the field of software testing. All in all it is mentioned 25 companies from all over the world.

It is noteworthy that nearly half of the top-10 is represented by Ukrainian outsourcers. They are: N-iX and Eleks from Lviv, Trust Sourcing from Kyiv, eGo Creative Media Solutions from Dnepropetrovsk and IT Craft from Kharkov.

https://clutch.co/developers/testing/leaders-matrix

ALMOST 200 STUDENTS PASSED SUMMER TRAINING CLASSES AT SIGMA SOFTWARE IN 6 MONTHS

July 21, 2015

In the mid-July the summer training classes at Sigma Software Kharkiv and Kyiv offices came to its end. 130 students from Kharkiv National Aerospace University, Kharkiv National Polytechnic University, Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and Kyiv National Aviation University were trained by company`s experts in the fields of .NET and Java. The winter training classes 2015 gathered 65 students, giving a total almost 200 future specialists, who passed practice at Sigma Software.

The students of the 2-4 years of study were invited to receive their first experience, as well as to get acquainted with the current processes and technologies in IT. Sigma Software experts of Senior and Middle levels mentored the students, shared experience. Apart from that, a series of seminars on usability, prototyping, and front-end development were held.

Summer internship is a great opportunity to meet the best students, get to know them personally, and select candidates for the further training. Last year about 100 students took summer training classes at the company, this year the number has already doubled. It will grow even more, as we plan to launch .NET internship in early August for the students of Kharkiv, Kyiv and Lviv universities.

“The number of students, which come at the company is growing every year. It is not only because our company is developing, opening new offices in Ukraine, launching cooperation with new higher educational establishments. It is because the level of the students becomes higher from year to year. We meet a lot of talented minds, who are pleasant to work with,” says Nataly Potapova, Head of Training Department at Sigma Software.

SIGMA SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTED A COMPREHENSIVE INTRANET PORTAL FOR A GLOBAL MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

July 17, 2015

In late June Sigma Software team in cooperation with Sigma IT Consulting has successfully accomplished the development of a sophisticated intranet portal for a leading medical technology company, which delivers innovative products and solutions that contribute to quality enhancement and cost efficiency within healthcare and the life sciences.

The portal is intended for more than 15 thousand Customer`s employees working in over 40 countries. It enables the company`s specialists to review news feed, filtered according to the office location, review colleagues profiles and learn company`s hierarchy, watch video, browse events calendar, upload documents, create and fill in online forms, conduct surveys, look through the job opportunities in different locations and apply by sending own CV. The main content is loaded on a web page dynamically, so the user doesn’t need to wait until the entire page loaded to see the content. This is really important in the areas with low Internet channel capacity.

The portal has a solid and handy search that was implemented as the mix of two Cloud services — Azure Search to search through content and SharePoint Online Search to search through people`s profiles.

The team has been working for four months to deliver the solution by the end of June. Sigma Software specialists used the whole stack of the latest Microsoft technologies, including EPiServer 8.0 and Entity Framework 6, as well as JavaScript frameworks. The portal is hosted in the Cloud and integrated with Customer`s Aсtive Directory.

Responsive design makes it really easy for all Customer`s employees to access the portal anytime and from any device. It is now in the process of deployment. In the future, the Customer plans to add even more useful features to the portal, including a forum.

“Effective information management is one of the strongest competitive advantages for businesses and organizations today. Sigma Software has an extensive experience in developing various intranet and extranet portals. We apply best practices and the latest technologies to make it really easy for our Customers to handle corporate information,” says Anatoly Kochetov, Head of Microsoft Solutions Department at Sigma Software.

Luxoft moved 536 engineers from Russia and Ukraine

The company wants to be closer to customers and to avoid country risk

Offshore software developer Luxoft transported 536 developers from Russia and the Ukraine to Poland, Romania and Bulgaria. This is stated in the financial statements of the company for fiscal year 2015, ended March 31, 2015. In the current fiscal year, the company plans to take out of Russia and Ukraine more employees.

This is a part of Luxoft’s program “Global Upgrade”, which assumes employees to be spread across regions in order to reduce operating and macroeconomic risks. In the long term Luxoft wants to have no more than 25% of the company's personnel in each office, the report said.

In Ukraine today operates 42% of the company's personnel. Last year this share was 49%, while in Russia this figure was reduced to 25% against 30% in the previous fiscal year, according to company statements.

SIGMA HOSTS THE INNOVATION CLUB IN HUNGARY

June 25, 2015

Sigma Software together with Sigma Technology Hungary launched the series of Innovation Club events in Budapest within the framework of Swedish-Hungarian Days 2015. On June 10th, the first Innovation Club dedicated to Usability took place, welcoming the Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary Niclas Trouvé and representatives of business.

Innovation Club is a series of events, where professionals with similar interests and focus meet up to socialize, discuss and share trends and novelties on current hot topics. The first workshop was organized by the Swedish trade and Invest Council Business Sweden, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (link is external) and was supported by Sigma, Ericsson and Electrolux.

In today’s fast changing markets, companies need to respond quickly by adapting their technologies, communication, and processes to new demands, services and consumer types. Nowadays, real-life performance and overall user experience of a product or system are not just important, but are key factors for success and even for survival of the products.

On June 10th, over 50 professionals, executives, experts and students have joined the Innovation Club in Sigma Technology Hungary’s office and contributed to lively group discussions on usability, interaction design, lean processes & project management.

The agenda included a keynote speech from Sigma Software expert, Elena Osichkina, Head of Design Department. She was talking about the definition of good design.

“Business goals, technological capabilities, fancy features — everything is quite important when creating a new product or solution, but in the end the users are those who matter. The user is the only person who really knows what is convenient and user-friendly. And we are here to find it out. UX expert is the user’s best friend, whose first goal is to make sure the product meets the main requirements defining user-centered design."

Ms. Osichkina’s speech was followed by the panel discussion, where usability experts shared their ideas about the topic, bringing examples from their respective industries. The session ended with an interactive game. Participants in teams bent to the task of designing the dashboard of a car. The jury evaluated the solutions and selected the winner.

ELEKS’ Wearable Technology Experience Demonstrated at Wearables Europe 2015 Conference and Meetup in London, UK

June 25th 2015

Markiyan Matsekh, ELEKS’ Mobility & Wearables product manager, spoke at premier industry events in the UK, showcasing the wearable technology opportunities for brands, enterprises and consumers. Demonstrations were based on ELEKS’ Apple Watch and Android Wear apps to control Tesla electric vehicles

Lviv, Ukraine, June 25, 2015 --(PR.com)-- ELEKS’ key Mobility & Wearables expert Markiyan Matsekh spoke at two prominent wearable industry events in London on May 27th (Wearables Europe 2015) and 28th (Wearables London Meetup).

The first event brought together innovation, business development and R&D executives to discuss recent monumental shifts in technology interaction, as well as the rapid expansion of wearables into enterprise, industrial and medical use. ELEKS’ presentation focused on smartwatch brand differences. Markiyan showcased ELEKs’ recent successful experiments with applications to control the Tesla Model S via Apple Watch and Android Wear.

Wearables Europe 2015 was followed by Wearables London Meetup, the UK’s principal forum to develop and debate wearable technology. The presenters of the meetup focused on drivers behind wearable technology implementation for businesses. Matsekh discussed ELEKS’ enterprise wearable app development and how those apps boost productivity in day-to-day employee operations and personal scenarios.

SoftServe’s Eugene Borukhovich Joins Rockstart Accelerator Program to Prepare Health Startups for Global Scaling

Amsterdam, 15 Jun 2015

SoftServe’s Healthcare expert Eugene Borukhovich joins the group of mentors of a key healthcare startup accelerator in the Netherlands.

SoftServe announced that healthcare expert Eugene Borukhovich has joined the group of mentors of Rockstart Digital Health Accelerator Program, a 180-days intensive startup accelerator program focused on digital health.

The aim of the Rockstart accelerator is to build, validate and scale digital health startups, as well as help them better understand product design, market fit and business models by enabling the startups to directly work with patients, professionals and other stakeholders. As a mentor Eugene will provide intensive individual mentoring and strategy sessions during the core program.

“I’m excited to have an opportunity to join the group of mentors of the Rockstart Accelerator and share my knowledge and experience with those who are passionate about making a sustainable impact on people’s health. I hope my mentoring and strategy sessions within the program will be helpful in the development of connected and the most accessible digital health ecosystem in the world.” said Eugene Borukhovich, SoftServe’s VP Healthcare, European Markets.

"As Rockstart, we are extremely happy to welcome Eugene as one of our key mentors. Eugene has extensive and in-depth knowledge of the healthcare systems and technologies in Europe and the US. We are very pleased that the startups in our program will be able to leverage Eugene's wide knowledge of health innovation." Maarten den Braber, Program Director Rockstart Accelerator Digital Health.

About Eugene Borukhovich
Eugene Borukhovich is an international expert on healthcare information technology innovation. He is also a member of HIMSS EU Industry Advisory Committee, convened in September 2014 to discuss and collaborate on key Healthcare IT topics. Eugene is a frequent speaker at various healthcare conferences and events, including HxRefactored, Health 2.0, Doctors 2.0 & You, etc. Eugene’s articles and blogs have been published in numerous healthcare resources including SoftServe United, HITECH Answers, mHealth News, CTO vision, MEDCITY News,EE Times, and many more. You can find Eugene on Twitter at @HealthEugene.