russian software developing industry and software exports

Chapter 1.
Position of Russia in the Global Market of Software
and Software Development Services
number of Russian companies mentioned by rating
specialists has been invariably growing. In recent
5-7 years about 10 Russian outsourcing companies
have been included in the leading ratings. As a rule
they were named in the top-100 of global companies
as well as in several categories determined by
different criteria applied to the service industry.
If the main criterion remains unclear based on
the title of the rating, then the inclusion in this rating
reflects the significance of projects implemented in
the last year and the level of customer satisfaction.
Although the turnover is of importance, here it’s
secondary.
Broadly speaking, in ratings published last year
Russia’s representation remained solid, but in some
ratings it has reduced. This insignificant reduction
in leading company ratings may be caused by
several reasons. First, in recent years we have seen
the re-orientation of a part of our companies at
the rapidly growing Russian IT market. For rating
writers this meant a declining activity of companies
in the global market for they lack the adequate
information about Russian market of IT services
and, consequently, disregard operations of Russian
providers there.
Second, many companies see no benefits
from being included in this or that rating. Russian
companies are becoming more open, but for the
most part they are quite close compared to foreign
competitors.
The third reason of the reduced Russian
companies’ representation in world ratings is the
emergence of major companies in countries that
were previously less remarkable in the world market
of outsourcing services. Primarily, these include China,
Brazil, Philippines, Mexico, Malaysia and countries of
Eastern Europe.
The importance of every cause varies depending
on the author of the rating. For example, if the
main rating criterion is the company turnover or
growth, then the main factor of non-inclusion is
the unwillingness of Russian companies to disclose
business information and lack of understanding of
benefits from the communication with rating writers.
In other cases all the above causes are equally
important. The present survey analyses the following
world ratings: The 2009 Global Outsourcing 100,
The Black Book of Outsourcing and The 2009 Global
Services 100.
In The 2009 Global Outsourcing 100 – the annual
rating prepared by the International Association
of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) the number
of Russian speaking countries (Russia included) has
increased year-on-year. Companies Auriga, DataArt,
EPAM Systems, IBA Group, Luxoft and Mera Networks
were joined by Reksoft that was already included in
the top-100 of the world leading service companies
(according to different versions). Moreover, last year
Reksoft became one of 20 winners in the category
Financial Services – Insurance.
Additional categories of The 2009 Global Outsourcing entered by Russian (or Russian speaking) companies
Best 10 Rising Stars in Overall Revenue
By Industry Focus – Best 5, Rising Stars – Health Care
By Industry Focus – Best 5, Companies – Automotive
By Industry Focus – Best 10, Leaders – Entertainment & Media
By Industry Focus – Best 10, Rising Stars – Entertainment & Media
By Industry Focus – Best 10, Rising Stars – Financial Services (Banking, Markets)
By Industry Focus – Best 20, Leaders – Financial Services (Insurance)
By Industry Focus – Best 20, Leaders – Discrete Manufacturing
By Industry Focus – Best 20, Leaders – Technology (Hardware & Software)
By Industry Focus – Best 20, Rising Stars – Technology (Hardware & Software)
By Industry Focus – Best 20, Rising Stars – Telecommunications
By Service Area – Best 5, Product Manufacturing Services
By Service Area – Best 10, Document Management Services
By Service Area – Best 10, Leaders – Research & Development Services
By Service Area – Best 10, Rising Stars – Research & Development Services
By Service Area – Best 10, Rising Stars – Information/Comm. Technology Services
By Service Area – Best 20, Research & Development
By Region Served – Best 5, Companies in Eastern Europe
By Region Served – Best 5, Companies in Russia
By Region Served – Best 10, Rising Stars in Canada
By Region Served – Best 20, Rising Stars in Western Europe
By Region Served – Best 20, Rising Stars in UK
By Region Served – Best 20, Rising Stars in US
MERA Networks
Auriga
IBA Group
EPAM Systems
DataArt, MERA Networks
DataArt
EPAM Systems
Luxoft
EPAM Systems, IBA Group
Auriga, Reksoft, Itransition, Intetics
Auriga, DataArt, Intetics, MERA Networks, Reksoft
Luxoft
IBA Group
IBA Group
Auriga, DataArt, Itransition, MERA Networks, Reksoft
Itransition, Reksoft
Auriga, DataArt, Exigen Services, IBA Group
EPAM Systems, IBA Group
Auriga, Luxoft, Reksoft
MERA Networks
Auriga, DataArt, Intetics, Itransition, MERA Networks, Reksoft
DataArt, Intetics, Itransition
Auriga, DataArt, Itransition
Source: The 2009 Global Outsourcing
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