CTI Professionally Synchronizes Onshore and Offshore Software Projects

KIEV, Ukraine – November 19, 2008 – Ciklum, an IT outsourcing company that specializes in nearshore software development in Ukraine, announced today the launch of Ciklum Team Infrastructure (CTI), a software lifecycle and project management solution that supports the remote collaboration and practical synchronization between onshore and offshore project participants.

CTI’s key advantage is enabling independent software vendors (ISVs) to decrease time to market and achieve faster revenue growth by focusing on core activities. CTI saves time, money and effort, as well as enhances the whole software development process in terms of smoother cooperation, effective collaboration, predictability, transparency, reliability, risk reduction and employee satisfaction.

"With CTI, companies have a professional software environment for both their home organization and offshore team. Not only does this allow them to work together more effectively, but it also frees up valuable time for the onshore and offshore organization to focus on customers and the key development activities, which can enhance the entire business," said Torben Majgaard, CEO of Ciklum.

Ciklum handles the set-up of CTI for both the onshore project participants and the offshore team, configuring the solution to the individual needs of the specific user groups. Ciklum then provides this full set of integrated and licensed tools on an ongoing basis, complete with hosting and ensuring operational support in a stable and secure environment. As a supplement to CTI, Ciklum’s Services and Consulting Department (CSC) offers support and consulting on the design, implementation and optimization of project management methods and frameworks. CSC incorporates CTI with best-practice project lifecycle models processes, coaching and complete configuration and customization of CTI to the individual customer and their offshore team. The offshore team and onshore project participant can achieve a substantial enhancement in the overall process maturity of their software development project, and thus increase productivity and reliability.