Russoft Forum is the annual conference on software outsourcing from Russia and has traditionally been held in St. Petersburg, the country's technology hub.  Bringing together both industry leaders, smaller companies and media/analysts, the forum is the place to get all the details on the Russian software outsourcing industry at the industry's meeting place.

This year came as no exception, and Reksoft was among the key participants of the Russoft Forum (former ROSS), with Company's top executives speaking at five panels/round tables throughout the event.

Ekaterina Zabelinskaya, Reksoft Director for Software and Services BU, was invited to speak at the "Product Engineering from Russia" Panel to disclose the company's vast experience with product development.  Ms. Zabelinskaya also spoke at the "Maturing Outsourcing Engagements: higher complexity - new opportunities" roundtable, where she presented the Reksoft best practices in leveraging the local advantage through the set-up of Competence Centers for customers. Ekaterina also joined the "Nearshoring to Russia from Northern Europe" Panel, to share the information on the Reksoft services offer to the Nordic enterprises.

Alexander Egorov, Reksoft CEO, ran the panel on the Russian successes of vertical expertise in Telecom. The panel presented the best cases of cooperation between Russian software development companies and customers from the Telco industry and involved both service and product providers from Russia with real life examples of success in the global market.

Reksoft CEO, Alexander Egorov, was invited to participate in the ceremony of signing a cooperation memorandum between Microsoft and Russoft - the Russian IT Services association. 

The ceremony can be viewed as another milestone in the development of cooperation between Microsoft and the Russian software outsourcing industry.  The international endeavors of Microsoft, such as professional education and certification programs, support to promising start-ups in emerging IT regions - have been particularly fruitful in Russia - one of the most popular destinations of software outsourcing.

By signing the Memorandum with the Russoft association, the main representative body of Russian IT services companies, and the credible brand-bearer, Microsoft agreed to "provide specialized trainings for Russoft members aimed to stimulate Microsoft ecosystem product development initiatives" and to support "marketing and technical efforts of Russoft members in promoting Microsoft ecosystem products to the international markets".

Microsoft Corporate VP, Sanjay Parthasarathy, expressed willingness to help the Russian ESPs promote branding and innovation initiatives, whereas Russoft President Valentin Makarov emphasized the readiness of the Russian software development market players to become more transparent.

Alexander Egorov has been a board member of Russoft since the association's inception. He plays an active role in promoting Russian IT sector in the global markets, being a frequent speaker at related industry events, both in Europe and the US.

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