Belhard Group
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Belhard Group is a Minsk
, Belarus
-based and ISO 9001-2001 certified IT
-holding
, composed of more than 10 branch establishments with more than 30 activities. The parent enterprise Belhard Group (joint-stock company) was founded in 1994 by Igor Mamonenko and Andrey Grigortsevich.
The parent enterprise is a member of Minsk Department of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce
and Industry and a silver partner
of Hewlett-Packard
.
In 2006 Belhard Group became a participant of the Fourth Annual Survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions made by RUSSOFT
, a multi-national trade association
of software companies in Russia
, Ukraine
and Belarus
.
In 2007 BelHard Development (holding division) was registered as a resident of the Belarus High Technologies Park
(HTP), which Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
compares to Silicon Valley
. The decision about company registration was taken by the HTP supervisory board.
In 2004 consulting company Marketvisio conducted research in order to examine development tendencies of the Belarusian export-oriented software market. This research was conducted with assistance of the Group of Experts: SaM-Solutions, ScienceSoft, BelHard Group, IBA
, EPAM Systems
and System Technologies. According to the data of the market experts, Belhard Group is export-oriented company: export of IT services and products is the main business for most it. Experts’ rates represent market shares for Belhard and other Belarusian leading companies (see pie-chart “The leaders of Belarusian export-oriented programming market”).
In 2005 Belhard referred to medium-sized European IT outsourcing
providers, involving no more than 400 people in IT staff.
Today Belhard Group provides the following services:
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
-based and ISO 9001-2001 certified IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
-holding
Holding company
A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself; rather, its purpose is to own shares of other companies. Holding companies allow the reduction of risk for the owners and can allow...
, composed of more than 10 branch establishments with more than 30 activities. The parent enterprise Belhard Group (joint-stock company) was founded in 1994 by Igor Mamonenko and Andrey Grigortsevich.
Membership and business-partners
Chamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
and Industry and a silver partner
Business partner
Business partner is a term used to denote a commercial entity with which another commercial entity has some form of alliance. This relationship may be a highly contractual, exclusive bond in which both entities commit not to ally with third parties...
of Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
.
In 2006 Belhard Group became a participant of the Fourth Annual Survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions made by RUSSOFT
RUSSOFT
RUSSOFT, headquartered in Saint-Petersburg, is a multi-national association of software companies from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. It was founded on September 9, 1999 and has merged with the Fort-Ross Consortium in May 2004...
, a multi-national trade association
Trade association
A trade association, also known as an industry trade group, business association or sector association, is an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry...
of software companies in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
.
In 2007 BelHard Development (holding division) was registered as a resident of the Belarus High Technologies Park
Belarus High Technologies Park
Belarus' High Technologies Park was established on September 22, 2005 on the President of Belarus Decree "On the Hi-Tech Park" with the aim to develop modern technologies and expand their exports, as well as to attract both Belarusian and foreign technologies and companies to the sector.To...
(HTP), which Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been serving as the President of Belarus since 20 July 1994. Before his career as a politician, Lukashenko worked as director of a state-owned agricultural farm. Under Lukashenko's rule, Belarus has come to be viewed as a state whose conduct is out of line...
compares to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
. The decision about company registration was taken by the HTP supervisory board.
Business activity review
IBA Group
IBA Group is a Czech/Belarusian company, an alliance of IT companies that perform offshore, near-shore and on-shore projects. IBA Group serves clients in 30+ countries across diverse markets and industries, including banking, railway, telecommunication, manufacturing, healthcare, trade, and...
, EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems
EPAM Systems is a USA provider of offshore software engineering outsourcing services with software development centers located in Hungary, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. The company maintains European headquarters in Budapest, Hungary, with support and delivery operations in Frankfurt,...
and System Technologies. According to the data of the market experts, Belhard Group is export-oriented company: export of IT services and products is the main business for most it. Experts’ rates represent market shares for Belhard and other Belarusian leading companies (see pie-chart “The leaders of Belarusian export-oriented programming market”).
In 2005 Belhard referred to medium-sized European IT outsourcing
Outsourcing
Outsourcing is the process of contracting a business function to someone else.-Overview:The term outsourcing is used inconsistently but usually involves the contracting out of a business function - commonly one previously performed in-house - to an external provider...
providers, involving no more than 400 people in IT staff.
Today Belhard Group provides the following services:
- Software designSoftware designSoftware design is a process of problem solving and planning for a software solution. After the purpose and specifications of software are determined, software developers will design or employ designers to develop a plan for a solution...
and developmentSoftware developmentSoftware development is the development of a software product...
(offshore). - StaffingRecruitmentRecruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting qualified people for a job. For some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies.The recruitment...
and team creation (offshoreOffshoringOffshoring describes the relocation by a company of a business process from one country to another—typically an operational process, such as manufacturing, or supporting processes, such as accounting. Even state governments employ offshoring...
). - Maintenance and support of applications and systems.
- Software quality assuranceQuality AssuranceQuality assurance, or QA for short, is the systematic monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of a project, service or facility to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality are being attained by the production process...
.
See also
- OutsourcingOutsourcingOutsourcing is the process of contracting a business function to someone else.-Overview:The term outsourcing is used inconsistently but usually involves the contracting out of a business function - commonly one previously performed in-house - to an external provider...
- Information technologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
- Information technology consultingInformation technology consultingInformation technology consulting is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives...
- Offshore outsourcingOffshore outsourcingOffshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the products or services are actually developed or manufactured. It can be contrasted with offshoring, in which the functions are performed in a foreign...
- OffshoringOffshoringOffshoring describes the relocation by a company of a business process from one country to another—typically an operational process, such as manufacturing, or supporting processes, such as accounting. Even state governments employ offshoring...
- Software development processSoftware development processA software development process, also known as a software development life cycle , is a structure imposed on the development of a software product. Similar terms include software life cycle and software process. It is often considered a subset of systems development life cycle...
- Offshore software development
External links
- Belhard Group official site
- Ulad Radkevitch, "Belarus Attempts to Become the Eastern European Bangalore", Outsourcing Journal, March 2005