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