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A new site for DataArt

A new site for DataArt has started up and is a noteworthy event in the life of the company. This new site, which incorporates personal photo-materials of company staff, is the work of DataArt's own Design Studio.

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DataArt in a new perspective

A new site for DataArt has started up and is a noteworthy event in the life of the company. This new site, which incorporates personal photo-materials of company staff, is the work of DataArt's own Design Studio. Developing the corporate site, which is one of the most difficult tasks for a company with its own design studio to undertake, took three months to complete. Michael Zavileysky, chief executive of DataArt in St. Petersburg, said, "I'm very pleased that DataArt got its new site. Even though the previous design was serving its purpose, the time for a change had come. And it's great that starting up the new site coincided with the relocation to the new office space. We also hope the new site will win some contests for our Design Studio and so continue the tradition of excellence at DataArt."

About DataArt

DataArt has been involved with software services since 1995. The head office is located in New York City with representative offices in San Francisco and London. 148 people are working in DataArt. Specializing in .NET technologies, DataArt was the only Russian IT-company mentioned by Bill Gates in the framework of his world presentation on the Microsoft .NET Visual Studio.

http://www.dataart.com

DataArt finds new home in St. Petersburg

On June 28^th, DataArt finished moving into its new two-story office on Bolshoi Sampsonievski Prospect. This move is the logical continuation of persistent company growth, as DataArt has spent the last eight months expanding into two separate offices. Now, all sections of the company are working together under one roof.

DataArt is the largest tenant of the new business center and also the first settler. All 1050 square meters of the second floor are now occupied by the design studio, the 24/7 support service, developers, and offices of the company.

There is a cafe, a conference hall, and also an educational center on the ground floor. In the near future, DataArt will begin a new program that allows students to see a Software Development Company from the inside out. Annual Olympiads are planned as well.

The new phone number for DataArt is simple and easy to remember:
(812) 333 4440. The former number is working as an answering machine.

Commenting on this event, Michael Zavileysky said, "We were waiting for this change. The whole team is now gathered together in one location. This will undoubtedly simplify cooperation between departments and personal contacts inside the company. DataArt is ready to hire new employees, and we are glad we can offer them such good working conditions."

Demonstration reels provide another avenue of help for DataArt clients

DataArt is happy to report a new startup; the QA and bug-fixing procedures have been enriched with an effective tool of action tracking. Before, the problem in client-developer negotiations within the bug-fixing and testing process was to make the problem clear. Explanations often took a lot of time and did not lead to quick understanding. DataArt developers have found the solution: Provide a demonstration reel to show the actions logically to the customer.

Our QA engineer has found a tool that tracks and saves each action performed to a reel in Macromedia Flash. This reel shows all performed actions in the application and allows for the addition of tool tips. The result is a clear and easy guide through the application for the client. The acceptable file size is nearly 200 kb, which is comparable to a documentation pack. Showing problems and providing bug-fixing information is of great use for both the client and developer.

Always accommodating its clients with well structured and detailed manuals, DataArt's approach is to provide easily understood and complete documentation so the client feels at ease with our product. In the past, a documentation pack was the only available solution. Now we add a number of demonstration reels to make the performance easier and clearer.

DataArt attends Russian Outsourcing Summit

DataArt recently attended the Russian Outsourcing & Software Summit (ROSS-2004) held in St. Petersburg. For this conference, which attracted more than 450 participants from 26 countries, founders Fort-Ross Consortium coupled with LISA Forum Europe (Conference of the Localization Industry and Standardization Association). There were many experts speaking on a great variety of topics.

The Russian Software Outsourcing Industry was examined from many different points of view: Benefits and Risks of Outsourcing by William Metz, Global Business Services Organization, Procter&Gamble; Global IT Outsourcing Industry and Russia's place in the global picture, by Joseph Feiman, VP, Gartner Group; and The Future of BPO in Software Development as discussed by Mr Phiroz Vandrevala, Former Chairman of NASSCOM, Les Mara, Managing Director, CapGemini (UK), and John Stepper, Deutsche Bank.

Views on the Russian Outsourcing Industry were presented by professor Erran Carmel of American University in Washington D.C. He reported on "The Views On Offshore Outsourcing From Inside Washington D.C.: The Politicians, The Press, The Public". Professor Carmel, along with his colleague, professor William McHenry, recently discussed outsourcing issues with DataArt’s top management.

A number of product presentations were held at the summit including EPAM Systems and the best IT solutions of Russian software companies.

A ceremony for the Software Excellence Award 2004 was held in which DataArt was honored with Best Employer of the Year.

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