Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 9)

Sramana Mitra: I think part of this trend is also because outsourcing as an industry has come from very low-end, commoditized work. You know, Y2K is where it all started, remember? Alexei Miller: Of course, I remember! It is so big now, and what people talk most of the time are the two polar ends

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 8)

Sramana Mitra: There is another trend I’m tracking that I would like your comments on. There is this notion of multiple supply chains developing in the software outsourcing world among large enterprises, large banks in your case, or large medical insurance companies, and so on. Clients are working with their primary outsourcing partners, wherever they

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: I have a couple of follow-up questions to what you said. What other companies do you see in deals? When you are competing for a particular deal, what kind of competitors are you seeing?

Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: That is the most competitive part in every region. We are seeing getting that talent is the most competitive part of the value chain. How do you compete in that space?

Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: So, are you doing quantitative analysis for hedge funds and banks and work like that as part of your offering? Alexei Miller: Not exactly. We are doing a software system that works with those models. What we found several years ago when we explored that particular market was that this is the kind

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: And when you talk about this domain knowledge, where does it begin? Are you getting involved at the business analysis level or functionality specification level, or are you coming in more at the implementation level? Alexei Miller: We try to get involved in the architectural level. It is quite popular among outsourcing companies

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 3)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada Sramana Mitra: How do you identify this kind of group of people, [who will stay with you and build the company]? Alexei Miller: We search for them. We have very strong managers in Russia and Ukraine who are scouting different regions. They go and meet people at

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Outsourcing: Alexei Miller, Executive Vice President Of DataArt (Part 2)

By Sramana Mitra and guest author Sudhindra Chada Sramana Mitra: That gives me a way into drilling down into what is going on in Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Croatia – these countries have emerged as major software destinations. Would you talk more about that part of your strategy? How many people do you have in

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