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• 07/29/2010

  

  Sphere’s new blog post is about a full-text search in Rails applications with Sphinx.
  Whether you run an online store, community or news portal, one day you might want to add a search option for your users. And they will expect it to work fast and to provide relevant results. At Sphere we tend to use Sphinx. It’s an open source, super fast and reliable solution.
  Learn about our approach here and share the thoughts about yours!

• 07/28/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting employees are not only working hard on their projects, but they also find time for profound research activities in Information Technology field. This time Mykhaylo Sorochan, a Ruby developer at Sphere Consulting, conducted a research on a highly interesting subject about Domain Specific Languages Interaction…

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• 07/23/2010

  

  When you develop an app from scratch, your audience will grow gradually. But it can explode literally overnight to thousands of users. How do you ensure your application supports your business? Here is a paper where we share our experience in scaling web apps. You can download it here. Hope you enjoy reading it - and let us know what you think!

• 07/22/2010

  

  Our Ruby on Rails team has just produced a white paper where you can find all the tricks you need to boost the performance of your Rails apps. Also, we provide techniques for scaling Rails for high-load websites.

  You can download it here: 5 ways to boost the performance of your Rails apps. Hope you enjoy reading it - and let us know what you think!

• 07/06/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting is passionate about Rails and consistently takes part in Ruby conferences and other related events across the globe. RailsConf 2010, the largest official event for the Ruby on Rails community, was the place where Sphere participated this time...

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• 06/17/2010

  

  The Enterprise 2.0 conference was a topnotch event for anyone interested in how social technologies fit into the enterprise. Big vendors like IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Novell and lots of smaller companies and start-ups were there. Sphere Consulting leadership team represented by Leon Ginsburg and Svetlana Kostikova joined Enterprise 2.0 community in discussions and networking. “It’s been great to catch up with the latest trends in enterprise social tools and services and meet with real practitioners who are implementing E2.0. The Conf has been also an amazing series of discussions about next-generation IT apps”, said Mr. Ginsburg...

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• 05/29/2010

  

  On May, 29, in Kiev, Agile Base Camp II conference was the epicenter of the Agile movement. The speakers shared their Agile tips, tricks, and traps with software developers, QA teams, and Project Managers. Sr Software Engineer from Sphere Consulting, Volodymyr Zhelezniak, took part in the exchange of fresh ideas and best practices at this event.

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• 05/28/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting team headed by Valery Prokopchuk, Director of Custom Software Development, celebrated two outstanding achievements…

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• 05/21/2010

  

  The third annual web conference REMIX 2010 was held in Moscow on May, 21.

  Slava Pocheptsov, Sphere’s Team Lead and Microsoft .NET Solutions Architect, took part in this event and witnessed the hottest Microsoft web technologies and projects. “It was exciting to get a high-level overview of the Windows Phone 7 Series Application Platform,” – says Slava.

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• 05/21/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting, Inc along with Engine Yard and Ruby Central continues to support Ruby community by sponsoring more events and conferences. This time Sphere was a Gold Sponsor of Ruby Shift 2010 conference held in Kiev. Yuri Lapitsky, Sphere’s CTO, spoke about our experience with scaling Ruby applications and shared his experience on how Sphere team implemented high traffic messaging system using Ruby on Rails.

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• 05/17/2010 – 05/18/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting is actively participating in the best international IT events.
  This time, DevConf 2010 was on the must-attend list. The Event took place in Moscow, in the Crocus Expo Hall and more than 1000 attendees were registered for it.

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• 05/14/2010 - 05/15/2010

  

  ..."Sphere’s goal is to build a mutually beneficial partnership with our peers in the global industry" - said Svetlana. "In the United States, Russia and Ukraine, as descendants of the Soviet Union, still maintain an impressive reputation as a repository of high-level mathematicians, scientists, and software engineers. Rather than try to create a new area of expertise for Russia and Ukraine, we have embraced a strategy that advances our existing reputation in science and mathematics. I was very happy to share our success stories about developing fashionable iPhone Apps and using neat solutions in Ruby on Rails" – concluded Svetlana.

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• 05/09/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting increased its exposure to the hottest trends in BI and DW by attending the latest TDWI conference in Chicago, May, 9-14.

• 05/07/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting has published the white paper on Approaches to Query Optimization (Size: 295 Kb PFD). Authored by Oleg Olshanetsky, the paper describes the directions for optimization for SQL queries against large and/or distributed databases based on Oracle, DB2 or Teradata SQL servers.

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• 05/04/2010

  

  Sphere Consulting became an official member of TDWI, the premier provider of in-depth, high quality education and training in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry.

  Through TDWI’s membership, Sphere will have an access to the cutting edge education, researches and publications.

  The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI), a division of 101communications, is the premier provider of in-depth, high-quality education and research in the business intelligence and data warehousing industry. TDWI is dedicated to educating business and information technology professionals about the strategies, techniques, and tools required to successfully design, build, and maintain business intelligence and data warehousing solutions. TDWI Membership includes more than 4,000 Members who are business and information technology professionals from Fortune 1000 corporations, consulting organizations, and governments in 45 countries.

• 05/03/2010 – 05/06/2010

  

  Leon Ginsburg, Sphere’s CEO and Svetlana Kostikova, Sphere’s COO visited web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. It was a great opportunity for Sphere Consulting Inc. to reconnect with Clients, and collaborate with peers in the industry.

  “We are a cutting edge technology company and we strongly believe in collaboration with our peers and in contributing to the open source community. It is exciting to be able to exchange ideas with peers and be a part of the industry with no boundaries for innovation” – said Mr. Ginsburg in his comments about the conference.

  The Event featured a 30,000 square foot tradeshow filled with exhibitors showcasing all things Web 2.0—tools, technologies, services and infrastructures. The exhibitors list was long: Adobe Systems, Inc., Atlassian, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, iStockphoto, Microsoft Corporation, PayPal etc.

• 10/15/2009

  

  Sphere Consulting has become an official Apple iPhone Development Partner.

  As the Partner of the iPhone Developer Program, we offer you a complete and integrated process for iPhone or iPod touch applications. We can develop your application with the iPhone SDK and a wealth of technical resources in the iPhone Dev Center. We can test and debug your code on iPhone using sophisticated and elegant tools to finalize your application. We can also distribute your application on the App Store and reach millions of iPhone and iPod touch users.

• 09/17/2009

  

  Valeriy Prokopchuk from Sphere Consulting custom software practice attended quarterly Chicago OWASP Chapter meeting

• 09/15/2009

  

  Sphere Consulting, Inc joined Agile Alliance

• 09/12/2009

  Artem Lakin, Anton Fisunov and Leon Ginsburg from Sphere Consulting team attended Windy City Rails Conference

• 09/09/2009

  Sphere team has recently started a new engagement with a Chicago-based Real Estate Investment fund to develop custom software using Ruby on Rails technology.

• 07/05/2009

  Sphere Consulting, Inc enhanced Staffing services and announced the appointment of Ksenia Shulga as Director, Business Development and Recruiting. Ksenia will be responsible for developing professional, trusting and long-term working relationships with the US Clients and also leading the Company in the preparation of strategy, teaming, solution development, staffing and HR services. She brings extensive business development and US recruiting expertise to Sphere team. Meeting the Clients' staffing needs is our ultimate goal.

• 10/29/2008

  Sphere Consulting received Microsoft Certified Partner Status. As a result of the certification, we are able to provide you with the latest Microsoft software knowledge and capabilities such as business intelligence, reporting services, SSIS and advanced Microsoft .NET tools. Our employees attend Microsoft-sponsored seminars and work closely with the Microsoft marketing programs to bring efficiencies to our customers.

• 03/01/2008

  Sphere Consulting delivers a Microsoft SharePoint solution for Major manufacturing company for storing, sharing and version controlling hundreds of documents between internal sales staff, company partners and customers.

• 02/10/2006

  Sphere Consulting launches www.sarpinos-usa.com web site.

• 10/01/2005

  Sphere Consulting completes Summer Quest online application for Chicago Public Schools that is used by thousands of Chicago students to apply for Summer Quest program.

• 05/04/2005

  Sphere Consulting was selected to staff a dedicated Ruby on Rails development team for Leading internet lender