| Type | Privately held companies |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software development IT consulting Web development |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | California, United States |
| Employees | over 200 (2011) |
Altoros Systems is a global software product development company that provides focused software product engineering, independent quality assurance, and testing services to software organizations and information-driven enterprises. Areas of expertise include Microsoft .NET, Ruby on Rails, Adobe Flex, Java, and mobile technologies. Altoros mainly focuses on developing software products for ISVs and start-ups.
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Microsoft .NET
The company helps ISVs develop .NET-based applications and provides the entire software product life-cycle management, including design, development, and quality assurance. Altoros's expertise in Microsoft technologies involves .NET Framework 3.5, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), WCF, Compact Framework, Windows Forms, LINQ, ASP.NET, MS Silverlight, C#, Team Foundation Server (TFS), etc.
Ruby on Rails
Altoros Systems provides Ruby on Rails development, including porting, writing GUI on Ruby, and more. The team of Ruby on Rails developers at Altoros consists of more than 30 specialists, which makes it one of the largest Ruby on Rails team in the world.
NoSQL/Distributed Computing
Altoros implements NoSQL and distributed computing solutions for data mining, analysis, etc., helping software companies grow along with their data processing needs.
Adobe Flex
The team of Adobe Flex developers at Altoros focuses on Rich Internet application and Adobe AIR development. Altoros’s expertise includes Flex + Java, Flex + PHP, Flex + .NET, and Flex + mobile programming, together with live streaming media support and Flex UI development.
Mobile Development
Altoros helps ISVs develop and port applications for handheld mobile devices. The team of mobile developers at Altoros provides expertise in Windows Mobile, Android, Apple iOS, and BlackBerry development.
Java/J2EE
Altoros helps technology-centered organizations deliver Java/J2EE software products. Altoros’s contributions to these companies have ranged from supplementing in-house development teams to managing the entire product development life-cycle. This involved a broad range of Java technologies, such as Spring Framework, Hibernate, iBatis, JSF, Struts, and Tapestry. Altoros is an active contributor to Apatar, Java-based open source data integration project.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale, California), Altoros has a representative office in Western Massachusetts and a software development center located in Eastern Europe (Minsk, Belarus).
In July, 2008, Altoros became a resident of Belarus High Technologies Park.
In October, 2009, Altoros established a branch office in Norway.
In 2011, Altoros opened representative offices in Denmark and UK.
During 2008-2011, the company also arranged a number of conferences for IT specialists in Belarus, featuring Microsoft, Adobe, SUN Microsystems, and Engine Yard representatives as speakers.
Altoros is an active member of MASSOFT (Massachusetts Software and Internet Council), a leading software trade association in Massachusetts, and NEBATA (New England Business and Technology Association), a leading technology trade association in New England.
Altoros is a co-founder of Belarus Java User Group, which unites Java developers in Belarus and lists more than 500 Java specialists. In 2010, Altoros developers co-founded Belarus Ruby on Rails User Group. Altoros is also a partner of Belarus .NET User Group, Adobe Flash Platform User Group, and Belarus Open Source Lab.
Altoros is an active contributor to Apatar, open source data integration project used by 15,000+ companies worldwide, and to other open source initiatives (Memcached, Couchbase/Membase, etc.).