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ScienceSoft Overview
Copyright © 2011, ScienceSoft Inc.
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PRESENTATION PLAN:
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• COMPANY & SERVICES
• CUSTOMERS & TESTIMONIALS
• BUSINESS MODELS
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Company & Services
ScienceSoft’s Identity
• A mature international IT company
• One-stop IT vendor
WHO WE ARE:
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WHAT WE OFFER: • High quality deliverables
• Competitive prices
• Flexible business models
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Company & Services
What We Do
WHAT WE DO:
• Java, .Net, C++, PHP solutions
• SharePoint Portals
• Mobile Apps
• Database Solutions
• Technical Support
• Testing Services
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Consulting and Implementation
• MS Technologies & Business Platforms consulting
• Database Migration
Custom Software Development Specialized Services
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Company & Services
Quick Facts
• 250 full-time IT experts and a pool of 100+ developers
• Headquarters in Minsk, Belarus, EU office in Helsinki, Finland
• Customers in 24 countries including Fortune 500 companies
• 200+ successful projects of various scope
• IBM Core supplier for technical services, IBM PartnerWorld member
• MS Gold Certified Partner, Oracle Partner
• ISO certified, CMMI3 pre-assessed
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Our Team
• 90% of staff have 5-year academic education in computer science in addition to high school
• PhDs and MSc’s experienced in knowledge-intensive projects
• Creativity and flexibility allowing to meet any IT challenge
• Average age – 28
• Average work experience – 6 years
• Average retention at ScienceSoft – 5 years
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Company & Services
Technical Expertise
.NET .NET Framework, .NET Compact Frame-work, ADO .NET, ASP .NET, XML Web Services, WPF, WWF, WCF, MS AJAX, , SharePoint, Silverlight.
MOBILE/C++
Windows Mobile/CE/ 2000/XP/Vista, Linux, Unix, Mac OS, Brew, Symbian S60/S80, Specific Mobile Platforms.
JAVA SWING, EJB3, JPA, JMS, JAAS, J2SE, J2EE, J2ME, Web Services (JBossWS, Axis, RESTful).
LAMP Linux, Apache, My Sql, Perl, Python, PHP, RoR (relative technologies and frameworks).
TESTING Functional testing, test automation, performance testing, security testing, mobile testing, localization testing.
DATABASE Cross-platform database & data migrations, database design, stored procedures development, database administration: installation, upgrade, recovery; SQL queries tuning and optimization.
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Domain Expertise
• BANKING & FINANCE
• MANUFACTURING
• HEALTHCARE
• TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• EDUCATION
• RETAIL
• TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
• CONSTRUCTION
• MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
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Company & Services
Quality Management
ScienceSoft Quality Management System
• ScienceSoft QMS is based on classical methodologies RUP, MSF, CMMI;
• ScienceSoft specialists actively apply modern approaches: Agile (Scrum based model) and DDD (Domain Driven Design);
• Quality Management System is based on ISO 9001
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COMPANY & SERVICES
CUSTOMERS & TESTIMONIALS
BUSINESS MODELS
CONTENTS:
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Customers & Testimonials
Our Long-Term Customers
an American technology and consulting multinational a global marketing and research company headquartered in NYC
a software maintenance company, Italy
a consulting, software and informatin management services provider, Germany
a cheminformatics software and consulting company based in the US and UK
a knowledge and information management solutions provider, Germany
a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide, France
an innovation software and services provider , the US an independent software vendor, Sweden and the UK
a healthcare management system provider, the US a medical imaging software provider An enterprise software provider, Norway
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Customers & Testimonials
Customer’s Geography
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Customers & Testimonials
Testimonials
"ScienceSoft quickly took on a complicated heterogeneous project (UNIX, Windows, mainframes)... Overall, ScienceSoft has proved itself to be a trusted partner for proceeding with a long-term relationship.”
“ScienceSoft has attracted top talent in its local area to work on our projects resulting in products we can market and sell to our clients. ScienceSoft has shown innovation when creating solutions to complex problems that result in cutting-edge ideas and results.”
“ScienceSoft have done an excellent job in developing handset applications to our specifications and have in many instances innovated with ideas and suggested improvements over and above what was expected. Multipartytalk is very pleased to be a ScienceSoft customer. We remain impressed.”
“It has to be said that I find all the staff at ScienceSoft a pleasure to work with.
You are all very dedicated and eager to see that the work is carried out to the highest standards. I hope that we can work together again in the near future and I very much look forward to that opportunity!”
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Success Story
Customer wanted to augment the development of Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager through establishing a highly qualified dedicated offshore team within a short period of time.
CHALLENGE
SOLUTION
RESULT
Within two months ScienceSoft built an offsite team of 19 highly experienced software and QA engineers with an extended set of skills and experience.
• A stable and growing offshore development team with the current size of 55 experts.
• Increased stability of Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager product with 5 successful main releases.
ODT FOR CONSUL RISK MANAGEMENT, AN IBM COMPANY
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Realization of Tieto development strategy toward cost-effective solutions and provision of high-quality services to its customers through establishing of ODT.
CHALLENGE
SOLUTION
RESULT
After thorough review process and negotiations with shortlisted Eastern European candidates, ScienceSoft was chosen as Tieto's partner in Belarus.
ScienceSoft has helped Tieto to establish its presence in Belarus. For over a year joint venture Tieto Belarus brings expected benefits to its parent company in Finland.
BOT FOR TIETOENATOR
Customers & Testimonials
Success Story
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COMPANY & SERVICES
CUSTOMERS & TESTIMONIALS
BUSINESS MODELS
CONTENTS:
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Our Business Models
ScienceSoft Business Models
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Business Models
Offshore Dedicated Team
• ODT Model gives you maximum control over the development process
• ODT is an extension of your in-house team
• Members of ODT are hand-selected by you from our database of IT specialists according to your criteria
• The ODT complies with all your corporate practices and development methodologies
Offshore Dedicated Team (ODT)
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Business Models
Fixed Price
• Choose FP Model if you want no-brainer approach to your project
• FP Model is a pre-packaged all-inclusive solution
• ScienceSoft commits to deliver according to pre-set deadlines and budgets
• Best for projects with well-defined deliverables
Fixed Price (FP)
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• T&M Model balances flexibility of ODT Model with no-brainer approach of FP Model
• You can dynamically add extra tasks and resources to your project while maintaining control over budgets
• You will receive end-of-the-month invoice according to the work actually done during the month
Time and Material (T&M)
Business Models
Time and Material
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Typical Fixed Price Project
NDA is signed to properly protect customer’s confidential information.
Technical proposal along with cost estimates and risk management plan is delivered.
Contract type: fixed price with defined budget, milestones and deadlines.
Dedicated project manager is assigned; regular reports and scheduled deliverables are provided.
Software, source codes, project documentation are delivered after they meet the acceptance criteria.
We are happy to offer our maintenance and support services for the after-warranty period.
DETAILED PROPOSAL
AGREEMENT
DEVELOPMENT
ACCEPTANCE
MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT
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Typical T&M/ODT Project
NDA is signed to properly protect customer’s confidential information.
ScienceSoft’s staff CVs are provided and pre-selected employees are interviewed.
Work starts with a pilot project.
Upon trial period completion the Customer evaluates ScienceSoft’s team performance.
In case team’s performance, work quality, and communication meet customer’s expectations, long-term Time & Material/ODT project begins.
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Value Proposition
• Pilot projects to build trust. Start small – think big!
• Cost-effective solutions as a result of skills, price and domain knowledge combination
• High-quality development team – our biggest asset is our people: experienced, certified and English-speaking professionals
• State-of-the-art methodology and tools in the product development processes – whether customer is looking for a classic development approach or is interested in Agile methodology, we will provide the needed option.
• The ability to ramp up quickly
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Our Responses to Concerns related to Outsourcing
ScienceSoft has over 20 years of successful history, our customers from 24 countries will be glad to share their experience with you.
All our experts are English-speaking professionals able to easily communicate both written and verbally.
There is only a 1 or 2-hour difference with major European cities. For more geographically distant customers we offer flexible timetable of our team availability.
Belarus is situated in Europe, we are close in culture and mentality to our customers.
ScienceSoft coordinators and PMs keep the customer abreast of the project status by providing regular reports and organizing status meetings. For some projects we offer Agile approach to allow the customer even more control over the project development.
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FAQ
How can I entrust my project to someone I don’t know?
ScienceSoft has over 20 years of successful history, our customers from 24 countries will be glad to share their experience with you.
How easy is it to communicate with people from your country?
What about cultural and language differences?
Belarus is situated in Europe, we are close in culture and mentality to our customers. All our experts are English-speaking professionals able to easily communicate both written and verbally.
How can I communicate daily with a team, if we are situated in different time zones?
There is only 1-2 hours difference with major European cities. For more geographically distant customers we offer flexible timetable of our team availability.
How can I control the project?
How can I be sure that deadlines are met and quality is high?
ScienceSoft coordinators and QA experts keep the customer abreast of the project status by providing regular reports and organizing status meetings. For some projects we offer Agile approach to allow the customer even more control over the project development.
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Summary: Why ScienceSoft?
• Founded in 1989, constantly growing
• Large, flexible and highly competent pool of resources
• English is the official company language
• Clients from 24 countries
• Catering for SMEs and start-ups
• Competitive prices
• State-of-the-art methodology and tools
• One stop IT vendor
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Contact Details
SCIENCESOFT, INC.4th Floor, 2 Bedy Str., 220040 Minsk, BelarusPhone: + 375 17 293 3736 USA phone: +1 619 822 2935USA Fax: +1 617 249 0477Email: [email protected]: www.scnsoft.com
SCIENCESOFT OYPorkkalankatu 20 A00180 Helsinki, FinlandPhone: +358 50 388 3000Email: [email protected] Web: www.scnsoft.fi
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• One stop IT shop
• Top talent
• Attractive wages
• Flexible business models
• State-of-the-art methodology and tools
Thank you!
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