It is indisputable that Russia has recently seen major improvements in domestic input factors, infrastructure, and software industry as a whole. A "platform of maturity" has been archived and further dynamic growth continues. As reported by Forrester, at the moment advantages of outsourcing to Russia include:
Large Talent Pool
Government investments in IT business parks
Good avaliability of venture capital
Cultural affinity and multilingual skills
St. Petersburg and Moscow are two major metropolitan areas that drive growth in information technology outsourcing. The largest global enterprises including Google, Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Intel, Borland, HP and Dell have voted for our home city as a preferred destination for application development and internal R&D.
Secure Infrastructure
We guarantee a safe business environment through maintaining 24/7/365 control over security issues. In order to protect intellectual property, employee and consultants’ access to confidential materials is restricted to the personnel directly executing each specific part of the project. All staff members undertake a course on the use and application of corporate proprietary information.
ETNA Software arranges the following measures to ensure physical protection and networks security.
Guarded Entrance
CCTV Surveillance
Smartcard Access
IP segregation
Anti-Virus Protection
Firewalls
Intellectual Property Protection
We see IP Rights as a keystone of successful business operations in the Digital Age. Hence we take serious steps towards protecting our customers and our own intellectual property assets. It is accepted that source code, object code and certain elements of the “look and feel” of a software program are subject to copyright protection and are retained by the customer. So called "moral rights", including the right to be acknowledged as the author of the work, are not generally adopted across ETNA Software.
Upon successful launch of a new outsourcing project ETNA Software maintains a high level of ownership controls and assignments, as well as ensuring compliance with Russian laws. We recognize trade secrets as intellectual property rights and arrange total control over nondisclosure. All in all, our legal policy reflects common practices applied in the United States.