SoftServe Took Part in the Fourth Annual Russian Outsourcing and Software Summit (ROSS)

The software outsourcing industry is growing rapidly. That is why we believe that participation in trade shows, fairs and conferences is urgent for players who want to hold a strong position on this market. Recently SoftServe participated in the international summit - ROSS - 2004, one of the largest outsourcing industry events devoted to offshore software development. The Summit took place within the framework of the "Tenth Annual Week of High Technologies, Innovation and Investment" and became its major international event.

230 companies from 26 countries participated in the summit, including 12 Ukrainian companies. Within the agenda of the Summit, there were over 20 sectional sessions and "roundtables". Thirty companies presented stands at the exhibition, and there were five separate press conferences and sessions of the press club. During four days, participants shared their experience and established business relationships.

The program of ROSS 2004 was focused on such topics as globalization of IT Outsourcing, match-making with potential suppliers, net tendency of market consolidation and creation of large software development companies, and new investment opportunities in the software development projects. The traditional meetings, featuring leading international analysts, were a particular success at this year’s Summit. They were dedicated to the position of CIS programming development sector on the global market, as well as a meeting with the Vice President of the NASSCOM Association, Mr. Vandrevala.

Separate meetings focused on the most pressing issues confronting the software development industry:

• upsurge in the sphere of the software development quality assurance;
• issues concerning the high education ad training of personnel;
• management of distributed projects in software development;
• measuring and lowering the project risks.

On the final day of the conference, June 12, representatives of programming development associations from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus met at a roundtable and took a decision on the formation of a Union of Programming Development Associations for the CIS. This will undoubtedly benefit the growth of the industry in these countries and assist in the promotion of their joint interests on the world market.