Sibers is an

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company that is headquartered in

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, Silicon Taiga,

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. Currently, Sibers is one of the largest IT outsourcing companies in Russia with development offices located in Akademgorodok,

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and

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(

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) and a total of 120 employees as of 2010. Sibers’ also has representatives located in

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, and the

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. The company operates under its registered

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name HireRussians as well.

History

Sibers was established in 1998 by graduates of the

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mathematics program. Having determined to launch an IT venture, they joined forces to create a dedicated team of software developers and were subsequently employed by the American company, IWC (Interactive Web Concepts), thus forming the IWC Russian Division. The developers – 5 of them working in one office in

– completed projects provided to them by their single client, IWC. This was the team's first step to creating what soon became known as Key-Soft Ltd., and would later become Sibers. The founders started the company with an initial investment from their own savings. In the late 1990s^when?, during the

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bought IWC, including its Russian Division. It was at this time that all employees became official contract workers of the 3COM Corporation. During the spring of 2001 the Russian team, now composed of ten employees, became an independent offshore

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company known as Key-Soft Ltd. This was the same year Key-Soft registered with

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and created their own profile to gain their first independent contracts. In 2005, in an effort to unite a circle of Russian software developers, Key-Soft created its virtual service outlet called HireRussians. Following

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and CMM standards, Key-Soft delivered hundreds of projects for

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, real estate, health care industries,

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and

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for children and adults. The key market at this time was the United States only. In 2006, Key-Soft was officially renamed "Sibers". The new name reflected the geographical location of the company and differentiated it from the numerous "xxx-soft" teams at that time. At the time, the company employed 70 developers and

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and continued to grow by widening its presence on Elance as well as other

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marketplaces. The company gradually continued to expand the range of key territorial markets to include Canada, England, France, and Scandinavia. In 2006, Sibers earned its first million dollars on Elance and became one of the site's top providers. After almost a year of consideration Sibers' trademark was registered for outsourcing in the field of software development in 2008 by

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. Sibers then entered the German IT market with a new regional website and solutions for Green IT in November 2008.

References

External links

* {{official, http://www.sibers.com/ International information technology consulting firms Outsourcing companies Software companies of Russia Information technology consulting firms of Russia Companies established in 1998 Multinational companies Companies based in Novosibirsk