SigmaTec

Solutions
Your Off-shore Software Development Partner
Our Goal
Our Goal
To Be the Cost-Effective and Experienced
Off-shore Engineering Team
for Small and Medium Sized Companies
that want to develop SaaS Applications

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Our Services

How SigmaTec can Help You

Prototyping

 Identification of Risks and Risk Reduction Plan

 Development of Prototype/Sample Screens
 Proof of Concept (POC)
 Requirements Specifications - Functional/Usability

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Product Design & Development
 Requirements Definition
 Architecture Design
 Product Development
 Release Management
 Q/A and Testing
 Documentation

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Quality Assurance
 Highly Experienced Quality Testing Team
 Functional Testing
 Regression Testing
 Performance and Stress Testing
 Unit and Integration Testing
 System and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
 Test Planning and Case Development
 Automated Quality Assurance
 Quality Tracking of various Releases
 Process Oriented Development and Documentation
 Agile Development Methodologies

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Product Maintenance & Support
 On Spot/Remote Support & Help
Desk
 Consulting analysis for quickly
identifying new functionalities
 Capability to:
 Add new features
 Improve existing features
 Add components to a specific
functionality
 Make software available on
various platforms (porting and
migration)
 Adapt existing software as web
services

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Product Reengineering
 Platform Migration and Support
 Database Migration (SQL Server, Oracle, DB2
etc)
 Re-architecture of the product to enterprise
level (scale-up) or single user level (scale-
down)
 Application Service Provider (ASP) and
Software As A Service (SaaS) Enablement
 Programming Language Migration
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The
Relationship
How to get things started with SigmaTec
Determine the Services You Need
Where You Are
Have a Software Idea,
and need to see it in action
Your idea is approved/funded, and now you
need to develop the First Version of Your
Software
or
You have an existing software that is built on
obsolete technology and needs to be Re-
Engineered
Your Software is built, but has
Too Many Bugs or Does not Perform
at par
Partner with SigmaTec to:
Design the Interface
Create the Information Architecture
Create a Working Prototype of the Software
Create the Software Architecture
Choose the Technologies you need to use
Determine the Optimum Development
Methodology
Develop the Software
 Deploy the Software
Comprehensively Test the Functionality of your
Software
Comprehensively Test the Performance and
Scalability
Plan and Execute the Fixing of the Software
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Start Working
Iterative Development Efficient Communication
Short Release Cycles: as short as 2 Wikis for Collaboration on Project
weeks between Teams

Design-as-you-Go: No excessive Video-Conferencing

upfront documentation required
On-site SigmaTec Consultant Online White-boarding

White-boarding sessions to understand

your requirement Online Project Management

Quick decision making and

communication

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Don’t Worry About:
Infrastructure: Quality of Code
6 Mbps Broadband Internet Connection Highly Experienced Quality Assurance
Team
100 KVA Power Backup
High Level of QA Automation
10,000 sq. ft. of Office Space

Project Management Cost

Experienced and Qualified Project Less than 1/4th of the Cost of Hiring an
Managers On-shore Team
Commitment to Always meet No Hidden/ Charges. Simple per person
Deadlines charge – all inclusive

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About Us

Get to know SigmaTec Solutions

Our Experience
 Developing SaaS application
 Landslide: Sales Workstyle Management System
 Landro StudySite: Online Analysis of Football Games

 Developing Enterprise Application

 SigmaTec Unify: An ERP Software for Small and Medium
Sized Enterprises
 SigmaTec Conduit: A Distribution Management System for
Large FMCG Manufacturers

 Building & Operating Offshore Teams since 2004

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Technology Expertise

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The Landslide
Experience
A Case Study
The Landslide – SigmaTec Story
In July 2004 SigmaTec
became the
“experimental team”
 Developed the first
prototype on time
 Expansion from
prototyping to full
engineering development
team
Design
Development
Quality assurance
Support
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 Fully functional beta
version delivered
 Delivering Landslide
releases time after time
 Handle all aspects of
product development life-
cycle for Landslide
 Manage a team of 50+
dedicated resources in
Pakistan
 Support and services
partner to Landslide in
Pakistan
Testimonials
 "For the past three years, SigmaTec has been a trusted partner,
providing development services for our software application
and has contributed dramatically to our success. I have been
especially impressed with the quality of their work,
professionalism of their people and the rigor of their
processes. I highly recommend SigmaTec for highly
important, mission critical software application development
projects.“
Tom Costa, President & Chief Operating Officer,
Landslide Technologies Inc. 

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Testimonials
 “SigmaTec had the drive that we needed and the quality that
they developed and managed for us was no less than any
software company in the US. The cultural match that they
created is phenomenal. Working with SigmaTec was the best
thing that happened to Landslide.”
Razi Imam, CEO, Landslide Technologies Inc.

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Testimonials
  “A shared commitment to see Landslide succeed is what
we’ve experienced from working with SigmaTec. The SigmaTec
team feels an ownership of the product which is reflected not
only in the quality of the product but also in the relationship
we now share with them. They have kept a completely
transparent environment for us freeing us from the nuisance of
communication hurdles. They have been very good at
scoping, estimating and delivering on-time. We feel confident
that if they commit to a delivery date they will actually deliver
on that date. Adhering to dead-lines is their strength and they
are better at it than any company I have seen or worked with.”
Anupam Singh, CTO, Landslide Technologies Inc.

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Pakistan – The
Country
The World’s New Off-shore Development Destination
Off-shore Companies in Pakistan

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Ratings, Rankings & Reviews
 Ranked among 30 top Offshore Service Locations of the world -
Gartner 2007
 “Competitive location in terms of cost, with salaries and infrastructure
costing less than most offshore destinations.“- Gartner 2007
 ‘Very good' in terms of “cost” - Gartner 2007

 “Surprising new home of offshore outsourcing in South Asia”- IDC ,

USA Pakistan as Rising Star, July 2006

 “Best IT fundamentals of any offshore outsourcing country.” - Lehman

Brothers Pakistan IT Industry Report, 2006

 Ranked 50 places above India & Brazil and 25 above China in terms of
“Ease of Doing Business” – World Bank 2008

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Infrastructure
 State-of-the-art
 Over 85% of telecom infrastructure on fiber optic cables connecting more than 40
cities
 100% digital telecom infrastructure being handled by 2950 digital exchanges
 First country in the region to establish DWDM telecommunications infrastructure
 Broadband licenses open to ISPs since 2004
 $ 16bn spent on internet and communication services in the last two years
 Reliable, high-speed connectivity available in over 1862 cities/towns across Pakistan
[P@SHA]

 Cost Effective
 Most competitive bandwidth charges in the whole Asia Pacific region
 Real estate, bandwidth and PCs easily available and reasonably priced

 Backup & Support

 Reliable digital telecommunications infrastructure with backup and reliable energy and
transport networks
 Redundant backup connectivity is available through PTCL for call centers

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Human Resources
 IT WorkForce Size
 Present IT workforce of 110,000 growing at 20,000 a year
 Home to over 2 million computer-literate people
 39% of graduating IT students possess 3 years of practical experience
 6.5 million English speakers
 Number of universities offering IT/CS programs - 110

 Population Demographics
 A culture that values education and hard work
 One of the youngest populations in the world (60% under the age of 20)
 33% of a total labor force of 41.2 million workers is urban labor
 Over 43% of Pakistan’s population is below 15 years of age
 The skilled urban labor force of Pakistan is over 15 million

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Government Support
 Liberal investment policy in IT
 Foreign investors allowed 100% ownership of equity in "IT/ITeS companies"
 Tax exemption granted till 2016 
 100% repatriation of profits, royalty, technical & franchise fee, capital, and dividends allowed
 7 years' tax holiday provided for Venture Capital funds
 No Government sanction required
 Foreign investment fully protected
 Pakistan ranks 19th worldwide on protecting investors (World Bank report Doing Business In South
Asia 2008)
 IT Infrastructural Support
 750,000 sq ft of world-class IT Parks with a rental rate of US$1 per sq ft/month, fiber optic
connectivity, libraries and conference rooms
 Biggest call center in the world being built in Karachi with 10,000 call seats under one roof
 IT Education Support
 Higher Education Commission’s annual budget $497 million in 2008 up from US$ 10 million in 2001
 27 different HEC PhD Programs
 118 HEC Recognized Universities
 9 state-of-the-art engineering universities being set up

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Contact Us
Contact Us
 Email: contact@sigmatec.com.pk

 Tel. (US): 412-567-4470

 Tel. (Pak.): +92 42 588-7084, 586-3060

 URL:
http://www.sigmatec.com.pk/OPDHome.html
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your time!