Equelli headquarters and development center are located in Omsk city, Russia. This is the area of Western Siberia. GMT+06, DST timezone.

The following are the main advantages of Omsk city, as a geographical direction for software development outsourcing:

• High skills of software developers

• Good system of technical, mathematical education and education in the field of computer science, which is recognized all over the world

• Low wages

• Availability of experienced specialists in the field of outsourcing; software development process, based on modern methodologies Agile and RUP.

• Sufficient level of IT infrastructure maturity

• Political and economic stability

Equelli has developed a detailed analysis of climate for outsourcing in Omsk, you can request the complete document by contacting us.

Here are some shortened parts of the research.

Labour-market of software developers and IT specialists (scale, fluctuation of personnel)

The volume of labour-market of qualified software developers and project managers in Omsk can be assessed as about 1000 people. Yearly 3 departments of Omsk universities: Mathematics Department of Omsk State University, Computer Science Department of Omsk State University, Information Technologies and Computer Systems Department of Omsk State Technical University that specialize in training specialists in the field of software development, graduate about 300 specialists, about 150-200 of these specialists continue to specialize in the field of software development after graduation. About 20-40 more specialists in the field of software development graduate from other universities and departments of Omsk city. So the total annual increase is about 170-240 people.

Equelli functions at Omsk labour-market employing main production staff – software developers and project managers – at the local market. Developers and project managers get involved in the work from the other companies because of wage appeal as the wage level in our company is higher than market average rate (calculated on companies specialized in software development), because of comfort conditions for developers and high-technology projects. We also recruit university graduates and upper-course students who undergo professional training courses and further training within the company and external places as well.

Due to existing advantages in our company in comparison to competitors’ ones at Omsk labour-market our company keeps a great number of developers from moving to other big cities such as Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Maturity of IT infrastructure

IT infrastructure is highly developed in Omsk:

• More than ten Internet-providers function here

• The downtown is fully covered with Internet access networks, in most cases each building has two or three Internet-provider networks

• Access to the Internet is performed via dedicated lines, DSL modems, WiFi channels and satellite-communication antennae

• Unlimited Internet access is widely spread

• Action period without any failures of reliable Internet-providers is about 99%

For the past few years nonprofit cooperation of Omsk companies in the field of information technologies has been developing. In 2008 in Omsk the IT community was established, this community is in charge of identification of unsolved problem in the field of IT, interaction with the government and participants of IT market – to solve vital questions and problems.

Political and economic stability

The government of Omsk region and Omsk city is interested in the development of IT services field. The projects of IT field support and development are in force in Omsk, like the ones that the government of the Russian Federation has. The projects are:

• Competitions of Internet-projects among students

• Investment fund for innovative projects

• Omsk IT community

• Non-profit organization «Sistema Elektronnykh Sdelok» (Electronic Deals System), that unifies companies interested in e-commerce development in Omsk and entirely in Russia.

The economic situation in the region is stable enough, Omsk is one of ten large cities of Russia because of population factor. This city is a large industrial and economic centre; the city will celebrate its 300^th birthday in 2016.

Summary

Omsk is an attractive geographical direction for software development outsourcing. Equelli is trying to get across each of listed above advantages to our client, i.e. to you. We make an effort to be a reliable service provider of remote software development for you and we will be happy if you appreciate these advantages of cooperating with our company and if you choose our company as your long-term partner.

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