| QArea Takes Part inthe II Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum | | | | Group, Lohika Systems, Inc., Infinity Internet Institute, |
| Kharkiv, Ukraine - November 30, 2005 - QArea ( the | | | | Infopulse Ukraine, GSC Game World, Bonus |
| leading developer and tester of applications for PDA's | | | | Technology, Sunbay Software Crimea, InterLink Ltd., |
| and smart phones also being the originator of the | | | | Program-Ace LLC, Lava Computer MFG, Inc., |
| pioneering BugHuntress Test Suite - automated testing | | | | Kvazar-Mikro, Baker & McKenzie, TechnoPark Corp., |
| system for PDA applications, took part in the II | | | | IT Personnel, ua, Addforce/Ancor. |
| Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum organized by Ukrainian | | | | Also, in the II Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum, participated |
| Hi-Tech Initiative. | | | | and contributed the following foreign organizations: |
| QArea, an offshore software development company | | | | Austrian Federation for the Information Industry |
| made a presentation at the Second Ukrainian | | | | (Austria), Softjourn, Inc. (USA), University of |
| Outsourcing Forum which took place in Kyiv on | | | | Jyvаskylа (Finland), RUSSE (Russia), |
| November 29-30, 2005. The II Ukrainian Outsourcing | | | | (USA), Anergy Ltd. (England), Scandinavian HOUSE |
| Forum was organized by Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative, a | | | | (Norway), EPAM Systems Inc. (USA). |
| leading Ukrainian alliance in Offshore Software | | | | About QArea: QArea is the one of the largest |
| Development and the IT industry ( The subject of the | | | | offshore software development companies in Eastern |
| presentation performed by, Eugene Kovalik, QArea's | | | | Europe since 2001. Its primary focus is brought upon |
| Sales and Marketing Director, was Kharkiv Leadership | | | | application development for handheld devices, (j2me |
| at Ukrainian IT Outsourcing Market. | | | | development), Symbian, WinCE (Windows Mobile), |
| In the report, the main idea was in delivering the | | | | Palm devices and related. Also, QArea cultivates |
| essential information on Kharkiv leadership potential in | | | | strong .NET and Java development teams performing |
| supplying the biggest pool of certified software | | | | standalone and web-application development services. |
| developers and qualified related professionals, already | | | | About Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative ( Ukrainian Hi-Tech |
| existing professionals pool, statistics on software | | | | Initiative is a leading Ukrainian alliance in Offshore |
| offshore outsourcing market players in Kharkiv region, | | | | Software Development and IT industry. |
| unique IT and data security branch organizations | | | | Objectives of the Initiative: |
| located in Kharkiv. | | | | - presentation of Ukrainian market of offshore |
| Particularly resonant was the fragment of the report | | | | outsourcing services; |
| dealing with Kharkiv contributed technologies and | | | | - accumulation of international contacts in order to |
| essential business models and trends, like ODC and | | | | establish cooperation in IT development sphere; |
| BOT, and their extremely short time-to-market and | | | | - Partners Screening and Selection Service as well as |
| starting time. | | | | BPO in Ukraine; |
| In the II Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum the following | | | | - organization of meetings between Ukrainian and |
| Ukrainian-based companies took part as contributors: | | | | foreign companies; |
| QArea Group, Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative, Ukrainian | | | | - formation of investment for the progress of Ukrainian |
| Association of Software Vendors (UAPPO), Mirasoft | | | | software development. |