Global Outsourcing Company Quality Area Group Overview In
Global Outsourcing Company Quality Area Group Overview
In Brief About QArea Quality Area Limited is a global outsourcing IT company focused on development and testing of software solutions for corporate and consumer markets and rendering of integrated QA/QC services for technology and software companies. Number of successfully completed projects Established 2001 450+ Staff Number of customers worldwide 150+ employees 350+ Community Locations Kharkiv, Ukraine - Production Center Ta'Xbiex, Malta – Headquarters Nürnberg, Germany-Representative Office www. qarea. com QArea was entrusted to represent and host the Ukrainian Chapter of Mobile Monday international network Microsoft Certified Partner info@qarea. com
What Makes Us Different Global Outsourcing Company Quality and innovative solutions - these are the essence of QArea name and QArea business Quality Area Limited provides a full range of software development, design and testing services with a special approach in finding particularly optimal solutions for those who value high quality software. Vision and Mission QArea mission is to enable clients to optimize their business performance by providing fast and high-level development and testing efficiency and achieve mutually beneficial cooperation with the clients. We bridge the gap between creative user friendly and innovative cutting edge solutions. Quality Area Limited development team's commitment is to provide customer oriented development and testing services of the highest quality to the companies that seek to cut down on their expenditures with no loose in technology issues. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Production Departments 2. Business solutions 1. Business solutions Software development services in. NET Software development services in Java (J 2 EE) 4. Scalable Web applications 3. Mobile & Wireless solutions Software development services in C++, J 2 me, C# Software development services in PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby 5. Bug. Huntress QA Lab QA & testing services for software and technology companies 3 -rd party quality assessment for companies which outsource software development Quality Area Limited development and testing departments are driven by the efforts of highly qualified developers, designers and QA Engineers who always possess complete devotion to the project and yield excellent results. Our development and testing teams are flexible and can be resized and readjusted any time upon customer's request. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Cooperation Advantages Our customers get following benefits: Uncompromising commitment to quality Highly skilled managers, analysts, programmers and testers Well-established production and communication processes Creative approach and innovations Flexible business models and last but not least – QArea strives to be a Green IT company www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
References Customer’s opinion "QArea has been a great asset in helping us securing the quality of our Toolbars. When we needed quick help they were there for us and gave us access to a full team of testers within a matter of a few days. Over the course of our two years of partnership I have come to rely on QArea for providing quality resources both in testing and development at a reasonable rate. " "Thank you guys, you did a great job for Trigenix! We really appreciated the efforts that you put into the many test projects that you completed for us. Based on your recommendations, we implemented your suggested method of test automation in our QA department and it yielded excellent results. I’d like to extend my special thanks for the quality of your project management – we observed a high degree of professionalism and care taken over our projects. You went far beyond the contribution that we would expect. " Skype Ltd. Trigenix (acquired by Quallcom) Customer’s opinion "QArea has been an invaluable development partner for Exit Games in the past on numerous BREW, Java and Windows Mobile projects. Their QA has always been excellent. I can only highly recommend QArea services. " Exit Games Gmb. H "Our cooperation with Bug. Huntress team has a long history, multiple projects, dating back to early 2005. Compared to other companies, Bug. Huntress team provides top notch quality of testing services. They widely and, what is important, correctly applied automated testing through out our projects. Their non-trivial approach to tasks solving and deep understanding of the subject combined with stable and highly professional team allows them to reach excellent results. When we started our new project, which is under way now, we engaged several outsourcing companies – but after a few months into testing cycle we decided to move all of the QA activities to Bug. Huntress, since we weren't getting the same high quality results from another company as we are getting from Bug. Huntress. " Simple Devices/Universal Electronics, Inc. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Management Team
Management Team Max Garkavtsev Elena Kusch Victoriya Pismennaya Founder Director of Commerce Head of Operations in Ukraine - 10+ years of experience in the IT industry along with business development and management expertise; - Profound expertise in management of testing and development of cross platform client-server apps; multi-user mobile; and scalable Web systems; - Membership of many international business clubs and communities. - 5+ years of experience in business, consulting, driving cross-functional initiatives and high commitment in business development. -7+ experience in Business relationship building, profound management expertise and business development understanding. www. qarea. com - 5+ experience in financial management, accounting, auditing; - Broad experience in strategic planning and budgeting in a rapidlychanging environment; - Good experience in developing and implementing infrastructure for rapid growth. info@qarea. com Aleksandr Kaydalov CTO - 10+ of experience in management, computer programming, business consulting; - World-wide experience in the high technology, design, development and implementation of dozen products and services, numerous business plans, papers, articles, manuals and patents; - Great team builder and leader
Services & Technologies
Services & Domains Services Software development services in. NET, Java, C++, PHP Custom Web solutions, e-Business applications, Web 2. 0 systems Software product R&D services QA and Software testing services QA/QC support and assessment in IT outsourcing projects Porting and localization of software products for the CIS market Domains Business process automation (Logistics, CRM, CMS) IT security Web 2. 0 scalable internet systems (e-Commerce, e-Communities, e. Media) Telecom, mobile and wireless (Vo. IP, GPRS, GPS, Wi-Fi, Blue. Tooth) Streaming video and audio processing Navigation and GIS systems www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Platforms & Technologies OSs Technologies Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Linux, Unix Apple Mac OS X Windows Mobile Symbian DBMS Languages J 2 EE. NET 2. 0 LAMP J 2 me BREW Oracle MS SQL Server My. SQL C# Java C++ PHP 5; Perl; Python; Ruby www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Testing Technologies Testing techniques Testing types Manual testing Automated testing Black / Gray / White Box Exploratory testing Scripted testing Automation Automated. QA Test. Complete Selenium Mercury QTP Load Runner www. qarea. com info@qarea. com Functional Regression Performance Load Stress Usability Configuration Compatibility Localization Installation Documentation User acceptance
Solutions & Expertise
Business Apps (. NET, Java) QArea team has strong skills in development of different business applications for our customers to achieve the maximum business productivity and flexibility: Document and Content management systems CRM ERP applications News portals Workflow management systems Supply chain management systems Technologies Java . NET PHP www. qarea. com info@qarea. com Oracle MS SQL Server
Mobile & Wireless Nowadays cell phones, smartphones, PDAs and other types of mobile terminals are widely spread. That is why mobile applications are of special importance. We have gained extensive experience in the development and testing of: Business client-server applications for corporate mobile users Mobile search systems with a distributed server part Mobile Web applications, WAP portals Security management applications for mobile devices Applications for data encryption on the fly GPS and Wi-Fi navigation Mobile OS Technologies Symbian (v. 6 -9; Series 60, 80, UIQ) Windows Mobile Java C# C++ www. qarea. com info@qarea. com J 2 me BREW Oracle MS SQL My. SQL
Web Applications Our goal is to help our clients to optimize their business performance. From solution development to software testing and localization services, our competence enables us to provide high-level efficiency. General features of the Web services that we develop: High scalability Comprehensive content management systems Multiple payment gateways Multilingual versions Wide range of solutions from web sites to browser plugins Technologies Java . NET J 2 EE SOAP XML/XSL PHP www. qarea. com info@qarea. com Python Ruby Perl
Testing Expertise Wireless Mobile applications m-Commerce WAP portals Games (stand-alone, multiplayer online) Embedded, PC Wi-Fi GPRS Ir. DA Bluetooth GPS Web 2. 0 Security software Anti-virus Device drivers Telecom Audio/Video players Business Web 2. 0 functionality Load/performance testing Compatibility testing Usability testing www. qarea. com e-Shops e-Auctions CRM applications ERP applications info@qarea. com
Case Studies
www. collanos. com Project Environment Project Images Type of software Community system / Content publishing system / PM system, Peer 2 Peer collaboration team work. Development environment J 2 EE 1. 3, Java 2 Standard Edition 1. 4, JXTA for P 2 P, Derby, Hibernate, OJB, Spring, Eclipse platform. Challenge The system should comprise several closely related subsystems destined for emulation of a physical business office. Solution An application uses an intelligent synchronization mechanism. It integrates and facilitates such office activities as: • document management; • account management; • project management; • workflow automation; • shared data storing, etc. Effort Over 16 000 man/hours Team 5 developers, 2 testers Result System helps geographically distributed organizations to improve their business processes. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
www. intorunning. com Project Environment Project Images Type of software Social Community website Development environment MS SQL Server 2005, . Net framework 2. 0, C#, ASP. NET, AJAX, Google MAPS API Challenge The system displays the map, where any user can create running routes or join other runners. Solution The solution is a multilingual online community to be used by runners as an ongoing site. The site is a practical planning tool for runners - the place where runners can publish their running routes and invite other runners to run with them. The functionality allows runners to organize and join running clubs and communities that can create their own spaces to plan and organise their running activities. Effort Over 690 man/hours Team 2 developers, 1 tester Result Most of the site functionality is realized with the help of AJAX technology, which allows to avoid flickering and reloading of pages, as well as reduces the time of server response. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
www. huffingtonpost. com Project Environment Project Image Type of software News web site & weblog service Development environment OS Linux; Perl, PHP, Javascript, AJAX, My. SQL, caching techniques Challenge News, blogs and video community which should have an ability to save perfect functionality under heavy and peak loads. And also to make definite entries appear among the results of running search engines queries, SEO optimization. Solution To ensure stable and efficient work under heavy and peak loads we have used the memcache technology that allows to speed up dynamic database-driven websites by caching data and objects in memory, to reduce the number of times the database must be read. Special features of the site: • Online Statistics shows the most popular search phrases; • Data Map Tool integrated with Google Maps; • Integrated Control Tools give a site administrator the ability to track all visits to the site and particular articles, to see how, when and why visitors come and go. Effort Over 1900 man/hours (ongoing project) Team 2 developers Result The site has been featured on the main page of Yahoo several times. The site lives perfectly with 200+k visitors per hour. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Positioning System (C++) Project image Project Environment Type of software Management system Development environment Symbian, Pocket PC; Embedded VC++ 4. 0, Pocket PC SDK 2000, MS Visual C++ 6. 0. Challenge The system of location definition by means of scanning available Wi-Fi access points. Solution The developed application consists of two parts: • The part of the system is a driver emulating the work of GPS receiver. • Another part of the system is responsible for scanning, defining of coordinates and recording of access points into the server database. Effort Over 12 000 man/hours (ongoing project) Team 8 developers Result Cross platform application that leverages wardriving data to create a simulated GPS device for other applications to utilize via a virtual COM port. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
e-Community (Testing) Project Environment Project Image Client US-based mobile content provider Type of software / system tested Consumer-facing portal that allows users to obtain, store, forward, and manage content for mobile phones - logos, ringtones, java-games, address book, reminder, etc. Among implemented features there is an ability to manage account, blogs and content via SMS. Type of testing completed Functionality, stress, load, usability, compatibility. Challenge Necessity to test application through a wide range of devices. Tough requirements to GPRS connection were set. Solution GPRS connection with the required capacity was emulated within the QA Lab. Specific devices were purchased. Effort Over 1500 man/hours Team 1 Sr. test engineer, 2 testers, 1 Project Manager Result The portal was successfully tested and launched into the mobile market. Customer was provided with: Test Plan, Test Cases, Bug Reports and usability suggestions, Acceptance test cases. www. qarea. com www. bughuntress. com
Company Inside
Green Initiatives Quality Area Limited strives to be a green IT company. We exert to minimise the environmental impact of our business and reduce the waste. Here are some measures we provide: We monitor ongoing energy consumption and try to minimize it; Unused equipment is turned off; We only utilize TFT (flat screen) monitors; Our equipment is regularly maintained, repaired and upgraded; Old PCs are not thrown away, they are reused in other organizations; Only luminescent and energy saving light bulbs are used in QArea office; We use mainly paperless documentation workflow and minimise printing; Our employees prefer public transport and the tube; We use flexible start and finish working hours; Virtual working and telecommuting is encouraged if it is possible; In the office the vast majority of our employees use ceramic cups and dishes instead of plastic disposable ones; and others. www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Office Ecosystem www. qarea. com info@qarea. com
Contact Us President: Max Garkavtsev E-mail: max@qarea. com Headquarters Matilda Court, App N 2, Guiseppe Cali Street Ta'Xbiex, XBX 1423 Malta Production Center O. Yarosha, 25 -A, 3 rd Floor Kharkiv UA-61072 Ukraine Tel. : +38 (057) 760 2105 E-mail: info@qarea. com URL: www. qarea. com www. bughuntress. com
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