Auriga is Selected by Aberdeen Group to Exemplify Best Practices in Offshore Software Outsourcing.Business/Technology Editors AMHERST, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2002 Auriga Inc., a U.S. software services supplier with development facilities in Russia, announces that it has been selected by Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. as one of the most compelling examples of successful offshore service delivery for its special report on "Best Practices in Offshore Outsourcing Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. " released on September 4, 2002. Aberdeen Group, a leading market analysis and positioning services firm, has named Auriga, along with other 14 service providers, "best of breed" in offshore software outsourcing practices for its contribution to a dedicated sourcing relationship with Interleaf Desktop publishing software that was widely used for DOS, Windows 95/98, NT, and a variety of Unix-based computers from Interleaf, Inc., Waltham, MA. Interleaf's full-featured program supported a large number of document and image types, including its ability to handle extremely long , a pioneer in the field of electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. , and, later, BroadVision, a leading supplier of e-Business platforms and tools. "Over time, BroadVision and Auriga have created collaborative processes and a sense of shared responsibility that qualifies their current relationship as an example of best practices," says Stephen Lane, Aberdeen report author, in his research. "That the relationship survived and continued to grow following an acquisition speaks to how important it is for clients and suppliers to apply due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. not only to qualifications and requirements but also to understanding each other's organizations, strengths, and capabilities." To meet the client's requirements, Auriga developed a sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. model for effective offshore software development which proved viable. It was a pioneering strategy back in the mid-1990s when offshore outsourcing was in its early stages. Since then, the model has been continuously refined based on inputs from Auriga's accumulated experience and maturing relationships with the clients. Auriga's highly experienced and skilled engineers, as well as its dedicated management staff members, are cited in the report as factors in Auriga's success. Selected for its senior-level engineering staff and because it was a U.S.-based company with a strong local presence, Auriga very soon proved its best-in-class skills. Auriga has been directly involved in the transformation of Interleaf's BladeRunner into BroadVision One-to-One Publishing and its continued development into a leading content management solution. "We are proud to be selected by Aberdeen Group", said Alexis Sukharev, President of Auriga, Inc. "This high recognition is a significant accomplishment. Auriga's case is an example of how the outsourcing model works in Russia. Auriga is focused on having Russian engineering talents work in IT projects of our clients, the way it is and has been with Interleaf and BroadVision for 7 years." About Aberdeen Group Since 1988, Aberdeen Group has been a leader in providing market analysis and positioning services that help business technology suppliers meet the challenge of establishing leadership in fast-changing markets. Aberdeen's consultants provide up-to-the-minute global IT market insights in more than 25 IT market segments. Research practices focus on emerging market opportunities, market growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. , important industry trends, and customer buying patterns. About Auriga, Inc. Auriga, Inc. is an IT consultancy that provides offshore software development services. Headquartered in Amherst, NH, U.S., Auriga has a state-of-the-art software engineering center in Moscow, Russia. Auriga's core areas of expertise are systems programming and programming for web-enabled applications, client server systems and database applications. Auriga engineers have extensive experience in UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). application, kernel, and driver development, embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. and real-time systems Real-time systems Computer systems in which the computer is required to perform its tasks within the time restraints of some process or simultaneously with the system it is assisting. , programming for Windows, as well as software development for information portals, document and content management systems. |
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