The beginning of Sigma Ukraine history can be considered in 1995 when co-workers from several IT departments of Hartron Corporation have organized the ITC Group. The main focus of its activities was development of software projects for European and US customers. In 2000, in order to enhance the competitive position on the growing outsourcing market eSP Consortium was created, bringing together more than 280 experts from 6 Kharkiv IT companies.
In 2002, the managing company of the Consortium was registered under a new name - Eclipse Software Programming (Eclipse SP). So May 10, 2002 is considered the official date of the company establishment in its current composition of guidance. From that moment, the active qualitative development of the company had started: developement office in Odesa and representative in Arlington, USA were opened, as well as representative offices in Switzerland and Austria; the company had obtained the status of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner; the development centers for large U.S. and European clients were established. Also, we’ve started to develop our own products.
In 2006, Eclipse SP had become a part of the Sigma Group (www.sigma.se), which allowed us to start working on the Scandinavian market and together with Swedish colleagues take part in development of new interesting projects for world-known brands.
In 2011, the company had changed its name to Sigma Ukraine, thus confirming its status as a member of the international group of companies Sigma, which has offices in 9 countries and employs more than 1400 specialists.
Chronology:
| 2011 | The official company’s name change to Sigma Ukraine confirms the strong representation of the Swedish Sigma group on the Ukrainian market. The company employs more than 300 people. Have accomplished iPad projects for world-known Japanese automotive brands. Started the big booking seats project with Swedish transportation company together with Sigma IT & Management AB. |
| 2010 | Successful development of mobile competences; the conclusion of a major contract with Finnish company to develop Microsoft SharePoint portal; holding of a contest for students in partnership with GTECH G2. Active development of Kharkiv and Odessa office. Started the cooperation with Swedish real-estate software house. |
| 2009 | Opening of offices in Austria and Switzerland, creation of a development center for FormPipe Software to develop document management software, partnership with Greece IT company Qualco to sell their product Qualco Collections software in Ukraine. Start of work for an American, LA based consultancy company JLOOP. |
| 2008 | Opening of the representative office in Kiev, participation in the initiatives of the Swedish Government and the Swedish Trade Council in Ukraine. The yield on the Ukrainian market with products of our partners in the field of document management. Entering the pharmaceutical market, confirmation of GAMP compliance, started the project with world-wide known pharmaceutical company. |
| 2007 | Getting the status of Gold Certified Partner of Microsoft®; getting the status of official representative of the Stellent® (as part of Oracle since 2008) in Ukraine; started the long term cooperation with Swedish world-known automotive brand. Starting development of exciting e-commerce solution for US-based technological startup company. |
| 2006 | Joining the Sigma Group, getting the certificate of conformity to ISO 9001:2000 quality standard, establishment of a development center for Swedish gaming company Boss Media (now GTECH G2). Company employs 60 people. Started cooperation with the industry-leading digital mapping and navigation company. |
| 2005 | Opening of an office in the United States, Arlington, partnerships with companies in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Started cooperation with Negentis. Developed the first application for mobile industry for the client from Scotland. |
| 2004 | Gaining the experience in document management, started the development of enterprise printing solution for Germany company in Potsdam. |
| 2003 | The company employs 15 people, active engagement into the Telecom product development for UK Customer. Startup web portal project for a Switzerland company. Development of a complex portal solution based on .NET technology in tourism industry for US company. |
| May 10, 2002 | Date of Eclipse SP establishment. |