http://www.muranosoft.com/default.aspxMuranosoft - Software Outsourcing Companyhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssinfo@muranosoft.cominfo@muranosoft.comhttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx?type=pr#94Murano Software, one of the <a href="/">leading software development outsourcing companies in Russia</a>, offered to develop and improve the design of the new official Web site for the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco. Mr. Vladimir Vinokurov, Consul General, agreed with the idea and described his expectations for the new site. Now it is much easier and faster to find visa information for business tourists from Silicon Valley.Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#95Murano Software has improved the design and developed of the new official Web site for the Consulate General of Russia in San Francisco. Now it is much easier and faster to find visa information for business tourists from Silicon Valley.Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#96Three times during recent years, the Russian teams became champions of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, the largest annual multi-tiered competition among the universities of the world. We are interested in supporting this achievement and contributing to the improvement of the image of Russian programmers.Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#98The traditional model for startups gaining traction in their home market and then expanding internationally is under extreme pressure. Some VCs say they only look at deals that come to them with well-defined global strategies. It&rsquo;s no longer unusual for a startup to develop its technology offshore, while securing its funding in the U.S.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#97Our clients' projects are actively growing, so every week Murano Software recruits new, highly skilled professionals. Therefore, we involve young talent in software development, so that later they can join our clients' projects as mature, creative professionals.Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#99From the very beginning, Murano Software has actively supported the Russian .NET User Community. It allows us to keep an extensive network of highly skilled technical resources and access to top technical talent in Russia. This enables us to quickly find technical professionals with the right mix of expertise and skills to meet the unique needs of our clients.Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#100It was Murano Software that made an important contribution to the development of the Russian .NET user community. Now Murano Software also extends its connections in the Russian Java community. Murano Software supported the regular Russian Java User Group meeting in November 2007. The leader of the group emphasizes that only prominent specialists with significant development experience have a chance to be invited as speakers at the groups&rsquo; meetings.Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#90We encourage professional development of Murano specialists, and recently some of them were awarded the Java certificates.Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#89This summer we celebrate the 6th anniversary of Murano Software. We continued to actively grow and doubled our presence in the field of highly skilled software developers this year. Today, Murano Software teams consist of 100 bright technical specialists.&nbsp;Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#87Our company invited Ralph Kamena, a famous photographer, to visit our office in St. Petersburg. Ralph Kamena is an artist for a project started as part of the presidential Changing Faces program.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#88Russoft Forum took place in St. Petersburg on June 20-22. It revealed the new tendencies in the Russian IT industry development.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#86Compared to the first meeting, the number of specialists eager to take part in the conference doubled this time. The representatives of Murano Software gave speeches about ASP.NET AJAX and Linq.Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#85The vice president of Murano Software, Andrew Filev, participated in organizing the international conference Software Development Best Practices Moscow (<a href="http://www.sdexpo.ru/" target="_blank">SDBP Moscow</a>) as a member of the program committee.Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#84Murano Software has received the Smart Client Development Specialization at the Microsoft Certified program.Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#82Murano Software has successfully started the new year, having earned the highest Microsoft Partner status – Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Custom Development and Data Management Solutions. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx?type=pr#83Murano Software has received the highest partner status of Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Custom Development and Data Management solutions. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#81The Russian Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) market will grow 40-45% in 2007 predicts the management consulting firm <span class="in_text"><a href="http://www.neoit.com" target="_blank">neoIT</a></span>. The recent study of this organization is dedicated to service globalization trends for 2007.Sun, 28 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#79Dimitri Nikouline, president of Murano Software, is taking part in a panel discussion dedicated to perspectives of software outsourcing to Russia.Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#80The Review Board of the Microsoft Certified Architect Program is will be taking place in Singapore January 15-19. The VP of Murano Software Andrew Filev is among the architect gurus at this session. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#78It seems that Saint-Petersburg has become not only the cultural but also tourist’s capital of the Russian Federation. <span class="in_text"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/ref/travel/20061210_wheretogo_map.html?mkt=travelpho" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></span> even entered this marvelous city in its list of “22 places to go in 2007”. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#77The minister of IT and communications of RF, Leonid Reiman, reported on December 18th that the volume of the Russian IT market has reached $13,9bln. Thus the IT branch grew by 17,3% in 2006. Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#76The Vice-President of Murano Software visited the <a href="http://www.svod.org/">Technology Investment Conference, SVOD-2006</a>. More than 300 executives, venture capitalists and other IT specialists from the United States, Russia, Ukraine and Israel attended this event.Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx?type=pr#74Bill Gates visited Russia in order to join the Microsoft Business Forum, traditionally the largest conference for the company’s executives. The closed Innovation Technology Summit, where Bill Gates met with some leaders in the IT sphere in Russia was also held. The Vice-President of Murano Software, Andrew Filev, was invited to the Summit.Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#75The Vice-President of Murano Software, Andrew Filev, was invited to the closed Innovation Technology Summit, where Bill Gates met with some leaders in the IT sphere in Russia was also held. Bill Gates visited Russia in order to join the Microsoft Business Forum, traditionally the largest conference for the company’s executives. Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#73Microsoft Corp and Russoft Association announced in a memorandum on October 5, 2006, their joint intention to cooperate in the promotion of innovations in the Russian IT market. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#72On September 24-25, 2006, MVP Open Days took place. The MVPs from the Eastern European countries attended the Days as a presenter on the topics of development, information and client tracks. Murano Vice President Andrew Filev also present as a speaker in the technical session, covering the topic of Pragmatic Mash-ups. Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#71The meetings of the Russian .NET user group in Voronezh and Ukraine The .Net Alliance in Kharkov were held with great success on October, 19 and 21. It was dedicated to the Pragmatic mash-ups and got lots of positive feedback. Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#70Murano was proud to participate in the Fifth Annual International Smart-Sourcing Conference, which took place September 21-23, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA. The conference was dedicated to making outsourcing smart. Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx?type=ou#92Agile processes are traditionally implemented in one site, where customers and developers can meet face-to-face and communicate easily. Offshore development projects, on the other hand, are traditionally implemented as fixed-bid consulting agreements, executed either using waterfall processes or at best in iterative way. However, it is possible to use agile software development process when working with offshore teams. Our successful projects have employed a mix of agile techniques and organizational models.Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx?type=ou#66In modern software development there are two trends that allow people to get more for less: agile development and offshore outsourcing. Let’s look at how and when to successfully combine both to raise the competitiveness of your business.Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttp://muranosoft.com/news/news.aspx#67An article written by Andrew Filev was publushed in "The Architecture Journal". Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT