Auriga (company)

Auriga is a software R&D and IT outsourcing services provider. The company is a privately held C-corporation, incorporated in the US in 1993, while the development centers are in Russia (Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Novosibirsk) and EU (Vilnius, Lithuania).[1] Founded in 1990, Auriga is one of the oldest companies in the Russian software R&D and IT outsourcing industry.[2]

Auriga Inc.
Private C-corp
IndustrySoftware development
Information technology consulting
IT Services
Founded1990
HeadquartersWoburn, Greater Boston Area, MA, US
Key people
  • Vyacheslav Vanyulin
  • (CEO)
  • Yuri Kirkel
  • (Executive Vice President)
Number of employees
450
Websiteauriga.com

Auriga is the full member of RUSSOFT, the association of software developing companies from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.[3][4]

Auriga provides its services to customers in such industries as medical devices, telecom, mobile, finance, information security, media and entertainment, consumer electronics, education, government, automotive, avionics, logistics, robotics, industrial automation etc.

The list of Auriga's clients includes such companies as Broadvision, Chrysler, Dialogic, Digital Guardian, Home Credit, Parasoft, LynuxWorks, Conservation Services Group, Onmobile and many more valued customers whose names we cannot disclose.[5]

History

Auriga was founded on December 29, 1990, by Dr. Alexis Sukharev, a professor of the Moscow State University, in Moscow, Russia. Named Infort initially, the company was later rebranded as Auriga. In 1993, Auriga Inc. was incorporated in the U.S.[2][6]

The company has been designed to deliver offshore and nearshore software outsourcing projects for customers worldwide. Auriga's first project was to design and implement a database application for Hewlett-Packard to track contracts with outside consulting companies and independent contractors for several HP entities, monitor the completion time and project status, and generate reports on the financial status for the projects.

In 1991–1992, Auriga launched the first offshore project for ADE Corp. in Statistical Process Control and Quality Assurance and the first offshore system programming projects in real-time area for Aquila Technologies Group Inc. and Encore, Inc. In 1995–1996, Auriga launched the first projects for Interleaf, Inc. (in 2000, Interleaf, Inc. became a Division of BroadVision, Inc.) and Lynx RTS, Inc. (in 2000, renamed LynuxWorks, Inc.; in 2014, renamed Lynx Software Technologies, Inc.). Both companies remain Auriga's clients even today.

In 2002-2003, Auriga became a member of Bitkom, German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media and a member of New Hampshire High Tech Council (NHHTC); Massachusetts Telecommunications Council (MTC); MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge; Secure Digital Association (SDA).

References
  1. "Office Locations". www.auriga.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  2. "Russian Software Outsourcer Auriga Seeks Wider Skies". www.eweek.com. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  3. "RUSSOFT – Russian Software Developers Association". russoft.org. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  4. "About RUSSOFT.org". russoft.org. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  5. "Customer List". www.auriga.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  6. "Facts and Milestones". www.auriga.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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