The Company is primarily focusing on software application and product development using cutting-edge .NET, Java, PHP, C++ technologies.
- 1. Scand Ltd.Innovations behind your successSoftware
development in Minsk, Belarus12+ years in IT, 300+ projects, 160+
engineers 20002012 Scand Ltd.
2. Company ProfileKey DataName: ScandType:Industry:Privately
heldIT services,Why Scand?software development outsourcingSuccess
StoryYear of Foundation: 2000Our differentiators are successfully
developed products and solutionsNumber of Employees (2012):
160+with complex functionality in the area of Webbased
applications. Ourproducts are used by NASA, IBM, Cisco, FedEx, Bank
of America,Services: Custom software developmentDresdner Bank,
Reuters, Yahoo!, Siemens, Merrill Lynch and many otherDesign,
redesign, support, integrationfamous companies.and maintenance of
custom softwareSoftware testingDuring our 12 years in IT we have
successfully completed over 300Information technology
consultingprojects. We have earned a reputation for delivering top
qualityWriting technical documentationsolutions on time and within
budget, resulting in long-term customerCustom webdesign and
original artworkrelationships. Since its establishment in 2000
Scand has constantlygrown and expanded. Today our staff comprises
over 160 proficientLocation: Minsk,
Belarusengineers.Website:www.scand.comContact Information:Tel/Fax:
+375 (17) 256-07-76Price and Quality EquilibriumE-Mail:
[email protected], [email protected] offer highquality and
costeffective software development services.Also find us on:
Facebook, Twitter,Delivering offshore software development services
recognized by theLinkedIn, Google+best quality, timeliness and
creativity at prices considerably lower thanthose onshore or
nearshore, we help our clients to extremely reduce thecosts of
IT-development.Easy Communication and Convenient Time ZoneWe are
easy to communicate with: all our specialists have goodcommand of
written and spoken English. Another benefit is our timezone which
is very close to European time and convenient to work withfor
American companies. 2 3. 160+History120+These 12 years of history
are the most convincingevidence of Scands stability and quality of
our services, 120 engineersbut we are looking for more
opportunities in the future, We releasedpossibly with you as our
new client. We offer you oura range 100 employeesvaluable
experience in technology and outsourcing area of our ownalong with
the professionalism and talent of our employees softwareaccumulated
during the decade within the IT. products: Phoebius (PHP
framework), SkyRemote, SVG for Indesign and some moreWeb 2.0
applicationresembling web-OS usingAjax and dynamic html.Net and
Java;Agile andScrum methodology;WPF, Silverlight, Groovy,Grails for
Java and Python 20 employees Intensive10 people use of .NET PHPJava
and C++2000 200120022003 20042005 2006 20072008 20092010 2011
2012Custom softwareDevelopment of ourMobile softwate System drivers
Development for Cloud computing Residentdevelopmentown
productsdevelopmentdevelopment iPhone mobile platformof Hi-Tech
Park 3 4. ServicesCustom software developmentWe comply with the
latest development and technology standards,apply cutting edge
software engineering methodologies and integrationprocedures
adjusted to every specific case.Design, redesign, support,
integration and maintenanceof custom softwareWe are ready to go an
extra mile to be always at hand when support,maintenance or our
creative activity to perform design or redesignis required.Software
testingWe provide our customers with the important information
about thequality of their software or our product that is planned
to be used fortheir purposes. Our usage of advanced testing
procedures ensuresScand predominantly specializes in developing
software based on Java,software positive performance..NET, PHP, C++
technologies. However, we have accumulated experiencein a wide
range of other technologies like Objective C, driverInformation
technology consulting development, Python.To make offshore software
development efficient and reduce therelated costs our customers
often request process and technologyWhile working on the projects
we get in close touch with theconsulting that prove to be of
considerable use to them while buildingcorresponding professional
sphere and scrutinize its every aspecta productive model of
software development outsource. specific for the software under
development. That is why, Scandpossesses deep knowledge and broad
practical experience in suchWriting technical documentation
industries as printing, eCommerce, product life cycleWe also offer
compiling technical documentation for the software we management
(PLM), postal services, banking sector, etc.develop. Software
documentation serves as a detailed explanation ofthe application
functions.We welcome every opportunity to be helpful to our
customersin everything regarding software development. Working with
everyCustom webdesign and original artworksingle client we apply
the latest development standards and innovativeSupplying our
clients with custom web design services we help themtechnologies
and offer various methods of work. Sure, well be ableindividualize
their business and make it stand out of the crowd.to work out the
model suitable for you! 4 5. Core CompetenciesScand provides
software development outsourcing services. During ourmore than 12
years of being in operation we have been involvedin projects
dealing with many areas of IT, however, the best resultsachieved by
us lie within the following spheres:Web application
developmentSince 2000 we have used Java, PHP, ASP, and now we also
utilize .NET,Python, Ruby to implement serverside functionality and
have beenworking really keen with such technologies as LAMP, Ajax,
J2EE, Spring,Struts, Hibernate, WPF, Symfony, Grails, RoR, jQuery,
ExtJS, etc.Custom software development for Windows, Mac OS and
UnixIn this sphere we have managed to aggregate knowledge
andexperience at practically all levels from lowlevel
softwaredevelopment (for example drivers for Windows and Linux)
todeveloping user interfaces with .NET, Objective C, Qt.Database
design, development and managementWe have gained an extraordinarily
rich experience working with suchwellknown databases as MySQL,
Oracle, MS SQL Server, Postgresql,MS Access. We have lately worked
a lot also with the so-called NoSQLengines like MongoDB,
CoachDB.Mobile software developmentOur specialists have developed
dozens of applications for iPhone,Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian,
Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry and we arecontinuously expanding our
client list in this field. 5 6. Experience Technologies and
Programming LanguagesJava Web and LAMP JDK, J2SE, J2ME, JavaFX,
Groovy, PHP (including PEAR, Propel,AWT, Swing, Applets, Java
Beans, Symfony, Yii frameworks)JNDI, JCE, JavaMail, JMF, JAXP,
JavaScript and DHTML, CSS 1-3JiBX, OC4J, JNI, RMI and CSS
selectors, AJAX Spring (all modules) Python, Perl, shell, awk, sed,
tcl/tk, Struts 1 and 2, JSF, SpringMVC,AJAX (including
prototype.js, dojo,Grails, Cocoon, Velocity,ExtJS, jQuery, YUI,
mootools andTapestry, JSTL, JoSSO, Axis 1.x, original
frameworks),Axis 2.x REST, Cold Fusion ORM: JPA, Hibernate,
TopLink, WebDAV, SSL, HTTPS, TLS, OpenSSL,JDO, GORM Adobe Flash /
Flex / AIR JMS, JMX, JTA, JAAS, JDBC, JCO Apache modules, CGI,
fastCGI Servlets, JSP, J2EE, JavaEE5, EJB Adapters, Connectors,
JCA,.NETNeco/XHTML .NET Framework (1.04.5)Desktops and C++ CORBA /
DCOM / SOAP JavaCC, SableCC NET Compact Framework UNIX: Linux,
FreeBSD, Solaris, LDAP Java WebStart ASP.NET, C#.NET, VB.NET,
ADO.NET, Reliant UNIX, AIX Driver development for Linux, XSLT/XSLFO
Entity, MVC IBM: OS390, AS400 Solaris, Windows Ant, Maven, xUnit,
CruiseControl, LINQ, Azure, WPF, SilverLight Mac OS X(NT 4Windows
2008)Continuum, Bamboo, Lucene, Solr Windows Forms, C# and J#, XML
C/C++Jenkins/Hudsonand Web services Visual Basic / VBScript / VBA
Mobile devices ASP VBScript and JScript, CGI COBOL, RPG, Prolog and
iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7,XML Infragistics NetAdvantage FORTRAN
Symbian, BlackBerry, Pocket PC XML / XSL / XSLT, DOM, SAX,
Microsoft Sharepoint YACC / LEX Driver development forXSL-FO, SVG,
FOP, Batik, Saxon BizTalk 2003+ Encryption: RSA, MD5/SHAWindows CE
/ Windows Mobile Azure Blowfish/Twofish, IDEA,RC2/RC4, GOST,
elliptic curves,etc.; 6 7. ERP/CRM, Integration and DatabasesCloud
computingApplication /Web Servers Amazon EC2 Cloud, RackSpace,
Apache and modulesAmazon S3, Cloud Front MS Internet Information
Server Computational and HA clusters, ResinMap/Rediuce clusters
nginx Tomcat clusters and session Lotus Domino (from version
5.0.1)replication Macromedia ColdFusion MySQL Master-Slave
Microsoft MTSand Master-Master replication BM WebSphere and
MQSeries Oracle Real Application Clusters Oracle Application Server
WebSphere clusters Interprise Application Server WebLogic clusters
Reuters Triarch JBoss clusters BEA WebLogic JBossDatabases JOnAS
PL/SQL, T-SQL, SQL, Apache TomcatODBC / JDBC, ADO, BDE, DAO,
JettyOCI, PL/SQL, OLAP, ETL, BI, GlassFishData integration ORM
ObjectRelationalERP systems Methodologies and MathematicsMapping,
Oracle 6, 7, 8, 9i, 10g SAP R/3 IBM DB/2 7.1+
CICSMethodologiesMathematical algorithms MS SQL Server ESSBASE
Rapid Application Development Neural Networks, image(6, 7, 2000,
2005, 2008, 2012) MS GreatPlains and MS Navision Agile (Scrum,
Extremerecognition, cluster analysis Informix 7 IBM IMS (including
z/OS)Programming, Retrospection, Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT),
Sybase Continuous Integration,Computer Based Training (CBT)
Interbase, Paradox, xBaseTest Driven Development) Text and Speech
Recognition MySQL (4.x, 5.x) eCommerce Object-oriented Programming,
Mathematical Modelling PostgreSQL (7.x, 8.x) Interchange
Architecture, Design and Aspects Mongo DB oscommerce Rational
Unified Process Intershop Microsoft Solutions FrameworkCMS MIVA
Merchant Oracle CASE*Method Drupal MS eCommerce Server Fusebox
Joomla CyberCash CashRegister EMF, UML, 4GL WordPress Magento 7 8.
Industry FocusesMain Industry FocusesWe have developed and
implemented successful solutions for anextended range of industries
including: HighTech Banking Accounting Insurance Automotive Energy
RecruitingWe also develop custom software for businesses involved
innumerous industries: energy carrier production and consumption.
Such solutions aredirected at both manufacturers and consumers of
energy carriers; architecture and construction;Customer Geography
publishing; Despite of the fact that our customers are located
globally - in Germany, providing information safety and secure
banking services access;Sweden, Norway, Finland, the USA,
Luxemburg, Switzerland, advertising;the Netherlands, Japan, Latvia,
the Russian Federation - we are able to postal services;maintain
flawless communication and keep in touch during production eciency
control;the negotiation, development and support stages. production
management as concerns product life cycle management(OPI project is
an innovation web platform for PLM system creation, We focus on
individual approach to each customer withinEQM (product quality
management) and GSM (delivery management)the framework of every
single project, taking all possible endeavorsmodules). to ensure
successful solution development.To start working with us is easy -
just send us an e-mail describing yourrequirements to the software
product you need.8 9. People1. Core Competence2. Experience10+
years 15%People are Scands greatest value and asset. Our major
concern is our JAVA 40% .NET 25%13 years 25%customers and our
employees success.At Scand we put a strong emphasis on personal and
professionalprogress.Our staff members are provided with top
quality work environment,challenging yet amicable and encouraging
atmosphere and the best35 years 30%opportunities to advance in
theoretical knowledge and hands-onexperience. LAMP 20%C++ and .NET
15%510 years 30%Training sessions for new employees, regular
refresher programs forthe experienced personnel and continual
English language upgrade3. Education4. Foreign Language
Competenceare always available. We are happy to help our people
cultivate their %%manifold talent through continuing professional
training in software 100100development technologies, methodologies,
project management 8080and other spheres. 6060Intelligence and
TalentScands location in Minsk being the home for the best
Belarusian 4040universities and the place inhabited by superior IT
companies and brilliant specialists is the reason for high
concentration of software2020development intelligence and talent
which is close to the maximum 0 0allowable. University graduates
EnglishWe welcome and strongly support the desire of our selected
experts University undergraduatesGermanto learn and grow both
personally and professionally.College graduatesSpanish
Post-graduates Japanese9 10. How to StartFrequently Asked Questions
CommunicationHow to start?Just send us an email with any questions
that might be interesting orWhen a company needs to outsource some
of its tasks to anothernot clear to you. Or, if everything is clear
and you wish to work with us, company, probably the most important
and critical factor of successplease send us a short description of
your needs (probably a concept for this process is how well
communication between these twoor specification of your project); a
time plan required, if any; or thecompanies is organized. Most
books about organizing outsourcingnumber of people you want to work
for you and their required skills. processes place emphasis on the
quality of communication as the key to success.We will analyze your
request and answer you ASAP and send you ourproposal and a time and
costs estimation on completion of the job as To avoid a bundle of
problems we do our utmost to keep tightwell as resumes of our
recommended employees.communication with our customers during the
entire development period.Also, we will offer you to create a free
initial prototype of your project.If you like it, we will continue
working together and charge you for Achieving a decent level of
communication in the Internet age isthe following tasks only. Your
feedback is always welcome! incredibly easy and the variety of
communication methods is impressive:I am interested in establishing
a partnership with Scand.Is it possible? E-mail and post (serves
for more or less formal messages or documentWe have established
relationships with several companies resellingexchange);our
services onshore. By employing just a few software engineers, small
Instant Messengers (Skype, Google Talk, ICQ, AOL, MSN,
Yahoo!);companies are able to obtain and to develop large projects
by reselling Project Management Systems (JIRA, dotProject,
etc.);our services. Charging normal or lower onshore price and
outsourcing Versioning Systems (Subversion, git, Mercurial,some
jobs to us, you can achieve huge competitive advantage and even CVS
- whatever you like);benefit using price difference. Bug Tracking
Systems (Bugzilla, etc.); Reporting Systems (for keeping track on
whats going on andWhere is Belarus located? What city are you in?
for billing purposes);Belarus is located in Eastern Europe, between
Poland and Russia. Its Regular phone/Skype calls and
visits.population amounts to 10 million. Our office is located in
downtownMinsk, the capital of Belarus. We normally use a visiting
scheme where both the customer and our engineers meet each other
several times during the project life cycle.10 11. WorkflowThe
variety of projects has brought about a wide range of engagement
Methodologiesmodels, working schemes and types of workflow. At
Scand we provideeach project with individual workflow everything
works in the wayWe endeavor to apply fundamental yet personalized
approach to everymost convenient to you. We are flexible and have
enough experience customer and their project. For example, we use a
long-reputableto implement almost any kind of workflow preferred by
the client.Waterfall method of software development as well as
cutting-edge Agile, Scrum and Kanban methodologies.Examples of
workflow schemes Waterfall development method is ideal for projects
with clear taskRPFformalization and fixed scope of work, i.e. for
small and medium-sizeAnalysis Estimation & ProposalBudget
Architectureprojects. Waterfall methodology comprises the following
steps: working out system requirements, drawing up and approving
theNew VersionsSupport SuccessQA Development specification; design
and prototyping; development;Consulting Request delivery;
support.Real ProductionAnalysisProposals Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.
methodologies have their own distinctive features:
SuccessQADevelopment speeding up software system commissioning;
minimizing development iteration cycles;Redesign/Re-engineering
Request reduced periods of feedback between market/user
requirements andAnalysis ProposalsBudgetfunctions implementation;
iteration-based approach and adaptive production methods;
retrospective procedures allow to fix defects promptly and
enhanceSupportSuccess DeploymentQA Development productivity and
quality. 11 12. LocationWe are located in Belarus, a country in the
heart of Europe bordering onRussia, the Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia
and Poland. A former post-sovietRepublic, Belarus established its
independence in 1991 and over its twodecades of sovereignty has
managed to preserve its most prominentproduction and technological
infrastructure, educational establishmentsand highlyqualified
specialists and enhance its international presencethrough economic
development. Today Belarus is a stable economyshowing gradual yet
steady growth.Belarus is a perfect option for software development
outsource forseveral reasons: first, high educational level and
prominent academicand technological basis have been inherited from
the USSR whereBelarus was a major research and development centre;
secondly,educational continuity and comparatively low IT brain
drain to othercountries, which allows to conduct successful
offshore softwaredevelopment in Belarus; finally, salary rates are
considerably lowerthan those in Europe.Scand Ltd. is located in
Minsk, the capital and high-tech core ofBelarus. Minsk has long
been a top-notch industrial and besttechnologically and
economically developed city in Belarus. It is thehost site for
supreme Belarusian universities, including BSUIR the leading
Belarusian IT university. The most advanced IT work forceand
leading software development companies are also concentratedin
Minsk. 12 13. ProductsApart from being engaged in offshore software
development projectsand outsourcing IT services for our global
customers we succeed infinding time and resources to develop our
own products and takepleasure in making them highly competitive,
valuable and innovative.We endeavor to implement our creativity and
technological ideas inour own products, some of which are open
source.TrafficPanel network traffic management. Full web traffic
TreeTable light-weight Java applet to display
hierarchicalmanagement flows in company network through a
gateway.grids: editable, sortable, XML-driven, JavaScript-enabled
withuseful event handlers and dynamic loading.SVG Kit for Adobe
Creative Suite direct support of SVGformat for Adobe InDesign and
Adobe Photoshop.JTree use this high-performance Java applet to
representyour hierachically organized data.Phoebius a truly
object-oriented PHP5 framework forcomplex applications.Vault this
Java applet provides multiple file upload anddownload capabilities
along with related file manipulationSkyHistory Extra/Addon for
Skype that stores and managesroutines. It lets you create robust
and powerful file uploadthe chat history regardless of the Skype
client settings. system that can be available right from your web
browser.SkyRemote easy Share Your Desktop with any Skype User Urfin
is the Wizard of Filez. It is a tool that turns an oldwho has
installed SkyRemote as you have.dream of many people into reality:
to find any file located inlocal area network just per a single
mouse click - withoutSmart Feed Reader Smart & Organized.
Full-featured RSS, installing any software just using your favorite
browser.ATOM Reader for iPhone and iPod touch.JNDI2R is a JNDI
service provider to Windows registry. ItOutlook4Gmail easily
synchronize the contacts from theprovides JNDI API and supports
serialized Java classes inAddress Book between Outlook and Gmail
Accounts.registry. 13 14. Contact InformationTel: +375 (17)
25607-76E-Mail:[email protected], [email protected]:
www.scand.comAlso find us on: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter,
Google+AddressScand Ltd.8b/1520 Fabritsiusa str.220007 Minsk,
BelarusTel./ Fax: +375 (17) 2560776 14
