SolovatSoft OffshoreOverview

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PRESENTATION March 28, 2006 Your Global IT Outsourcing Partner

Contents: 

Contents Russia Advantages Voronezh Advantages SolovatSoft Advantages Corporate Structure Our Team Clients List Domain Expertise Summary

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Excellent Technical and programming skills European/Western Culture Good Educational System Low Labor Costs Russian engineers are highly skilled in software development. Russian universities won five of the top ten places (including first place!) in the 2004, 2003 and 2005 International Intercollegiate Programming Contests. They beat MIT, Harvard, and Cal Poly. Why Russia?

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SolovatSoft enables companies to deliver better applications, by providing products and process that manage reliable software evolution. Established 15 years ago, with corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, CA and Voronezh, Russia Sales offices across the world 2 sales offices in the USA (Denver and Menlo Park) Project Management Office in Moscow European distributors Development centers in: Voronezh, Russia – System and Enterprise Development Izevsk, Russia – Wireless application development Customers across the Fortune 2000 300+ in the United States 50+ across Europe Corporate History

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1995 - SolovatSoft started as a software development company focusing on delivering high quality software services for clients worldwide. 1995 – database product line started (embedded, wireless, enterprise versions, development IDE and tools) 1995-2004 - SolovatSoft client base grows from one to 300+. 1998 - First Fortune 500 client, Lucent Technologies 1998 -present - SolovatSoft has been an exclusive software development partner of ADIC for development of data storage product line. 2000 - SolovatSoft opens an office in San Francisco and Denver. 2004 - SolovatSoft grows up to 180 employees. Corporate History

Benefits of ODC: 

Benefits of ODC Constant Team – The continuity of the same people helps to quick start projects, protection of investment, long-term relationship, mutual rapport building and a lower learning curve. Adherence to standards – The team of professionals being aware of the client’s standards and procedures ensures adherence to standards. The overall business knowledge of the client helps in understanding of client applications. No Long-term investments – Being actually a branch of your business in Russia, DDC does not require any long-term commitments or up-front investments. But it saves you from a continuous headache about incorporation issues, legal fees, payroll, and legal compliance, long-term office leases. Full Operation Control – You manage your DDC as if it were your local IT division. You have your development schedules and deliverables, which your DDC team adheres to. Reasonable Expenses – You pay only for what you need and use – there are no hidden wasteful expenses. You are not paying for any overheads or administrative costs associated with establishing a DDC. Flexible Pricing and Financing – DDC offers a very custom - friendly pricing practice with no hidden costs. You can choose among a variety of pricing models to suit your needs best. Infrastructure – Companies often face the space crunch during the expansion process due the non-availability and cost of the same. The advent of Internet has made distance a non-issue especially in a low cost country like Russia.

R&D Comparsion: 

R&D Comparsion Comparative Advantage: R&D Researchers Per Million Inhabitants Source: Unesco Institute for Statistics, 2001

Technology Skills: 

Technology Skills Platforms: MS Win NT/2000/XP, UNIX, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD Application Servers: MTS, MS Commerce Server, Weblogic, Websphere, jBoss Distributed & Enterprise Technologies: DCOM, RMI, JINI, J2EE (EJB. JMS) XML-based Technologies: DOM/SAX Parsers, XML, XSLT, SOAP Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access, Oracle, Postgres Wireless Technologies: WAP, WML, J2ME Network Technologies: TCP/IP (Winsock/Internet Protocols), VOIP Component Technologies: COM, ATL, CORBA, JavaBeans Languages/Tools: C, C++, C#, MFC, J2EE, J2SE, J2ME, VB.NET, ASP. NET, Perl Object Oriented Design Methodologies/Tools: UML, Rational Rose Version Control/ Tracking Systems: Visual SourceSafe, CVS, ClearCase, TestTrack Pro QA Tools: SilkTest, JUnit, WinRunner, LoadRunner, TestDirector, Rational Test Studio

Why Our Dev Center?: 

Why Our Dev Center? 40 minutes south from Moscow Project Management Office in Moscow Highly Professional Staff (All employees hold University degrees in applied mathematics or computer science and have 3 to 20 years of experience). Low Employee Turnover (3-4%) Large Technical Labor Pool Commitment to Quality Reasonable Price (Software development starts at only $22 per hour )

Why Outsource to SolovatSoft ?: 

Why Outsource to SolovatSoft ? Most Engineers have worked in our company for more than 6 years 85% of employees have MS or PhD Degrees Local US Project Management Established Engineering Processes: ISO 9001:2000 Certified Strong Connections to local Universities Scalable IT labor resources picture

SOLOVATSOFT WORLDWIDE: 

SOLOVATSOFT WORLDWIDE USA Menlo Park,CA(HQ) Newark, NJ Denver Atlanta (planned) Chicago (planned) Russia/CIS Voronezh Moscow Izevsk Tula (planned)

Corporate Structure: 

Corporate Structure System Analysis Department System Development Application Development QA Department Professional Service Technical Support Department Project Management Design Studio System Analysis Department System Development Application Development QA Department Professional Service Technical Support Department Project Management Design Studio

Professional Staff : 

Professional Staff 85% have Master/PHD Degrees English Required 5.6 years Avg. programming exp 5% Attrition Rate Dedicated QA Team US Based Project Management Office

Development Methodologies: 

Development Methodologies Traditional RUP Agile Development (XP) RAD Microsoft Solutions Framework

Russian Clients: 

Russian Clients The Russian Defense; The Russian Federal Security; The Russian Internal Affairs; Radio Equipment Research Institute (air traffic management system development); Voronezh State University; Russian Research Center “Kurchatov Institute” (nuclear reactor control systems);

Application Development Methodology: 

Project Phases Application Development Methodology Business Modeling Deploy Requirements Environment Analysis & Design Implement & Test Configuration & Change Deployment

Clients: 

Clients Sony Lucent Technologies Toshiba American Telephia Siemens

Offshore Application Development Framework : 

Offshore Application Development Framework

Application Maintenance Process: 

Application Maintenance Process T I M E V A L U E Knowledge Gathering Scope Definition Transition Maintenance Major Enhancement Major Enhancement Quality Management System Documentation & Knowledge Base Management

Development Methodology: 

Development Methodology Project Initialization User Requirement Documentation Design Specification Changes Support and Enhancement Training Handover and Acceptance Software Development and Tasting

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EXPERTISE Business Domain Services EAI / Middleware (MQ Series, WebMethods) Application Servers (WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, Apache,Tomcat, MS Server Suite) Databases (MS SQL, Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Terradata, embedded databases) SOA (SOAP, XML, WSDL, UDDI) OS (Windows, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX) Wireless Development Platforms (J2EE, .NET, Open Source) J2EE, .NET, C/C++ Data Warehousing Enterprise Portals Embedded Development SCM Technology Financial Services Manufacturing (Aviation) Health Organizations Technology Companies

SERVICES: 

SERVICES Application Development and Maintenance; Architecture Consulting; Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing; Database Consulting; e-Business; CRM/ERP Integration; Quality Consulting; Enterprise Application Integration; Technology Infrastructure Services; Global Support Teams Web Services.