Company:NIX

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Short description: Ukrainian software company
NIX
TypeCorporate group, brand
IndustryInformation technology
ProductsSoftware development
Websitehttp://www.nixsolutions.com/ NIX Solutions

NIX — a group of companies with a team of 2,000 people worldwide, software developer, specialist in IT consulting, management and IT support; a pioneer of the Ukrainian IT industry.[1][2]

History

NIX was founded in 1994, which is why it became one of the first IT services providers companies in Kharkiv.

From 1994 to 1997, it worked on the development of specific software products, adapting existing developments to meet customer needs and automating customer projects using mainly C / C ++, Pascal and FoxPro. NIX started working with foreign clients, mainly Internet and telecom providers. Among them were the popular in the 90s LuckyNet (Israel), Doryanet (Israel), EZS Ltd. (USA), Barravoe Inc (Bolivia / Israel) and others.

In 1999, NIX got its present name: NIX refers to the names of the platforms that the company works with - Unix and Linux.

In 2000, the first large specialized departments and units were formed: PHP, .NET, Java.

In 2002, NIX first offered outsourcing services to Elance (now Upwork), global freelancing platform.[3]

By 2011, NIX had completed more than 250 projects for more than 90 clients in various business areas.[4]

In 2012, NIX began working with all mobile platforms: Windows Phone 7, Bada, IOS, Android. The number of employees exceeded 500 specialists.

In 2019 NIX is the №1 contractor in Europe and the TOP-3 in the world on the Upwork platform.[5]

By 2019, the NIX brand employs 2,000 IT professionals worldwide.[6]

As of 2019, there are 12 specialized departments within the group of companies: .NET, C ++, Android, Admins, CMS, iOS, Java, JS / UI, PHP, QA, Ruby, Python. To support the work of technical departments and to provide a full range of services, the following departments work: Sales, Project Management, Business Analysis, SEO, Public Relations, Marketing.[7]

Activity

The NIX activities cover the following areas:

  • IT Consulting and Cloud Stuffing
  • Software development
  • Mobile application development
  • Software Testing
  • Developing digital strategies
  • System administration and technical support
  • IT project management

Membership

NIX is a member of the following large international IT organizations:

  • Founding Member of Emerging Europe Alliance
  • corporate member of the International Outsourcing Association IAOP
  • member of Global Outsourcing Assosiation
  • Microsoft partner

Education

NIX together with Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute and UNIT.Factory launched Innovative Campus — joint educational project. It includes an innovative educational IT-program, School of small and medium-sized enterprises and coworking space.[8] As of 2019, students are studying on campus in 5 specialties.[9]

Technology

Companies operating under the brand NIX (NIX сompanies) specialize in developing high-tech solutions for web and mobile applications. Among the technologies and approaches that NIX uses in its work are:[10][11][4]

Awards and ratings

As of 2019, the company of the group is ranked 7th in the Top 50 largest IT companies in Ukraine by DOU portal experts.[12]

The brand has been repeatedly recognized in international ranking by Clutch as a leading software developer, most recently in 2019.[13][14]

GoodFirms research platform has named NIX a leading mobile app developer.[15]

In 2018, NIX entered the Software 500 international ranking as a leading provider of software development services.[16][17][18]

References

  1. "NIX Solutions: Services". http://www.nixsolutions.com/services/. 
  2. "The 10 Best Performing Software Testing Solution Providers 2018 August.pdf" (in en). pp. 30–31. http://insightssuccessdigital.com/2018/The-10-Best-Performing-Software-Testing-Solution-Providers-2018-August2018/#page=32. 
  3. "NIX Solutions Ltd | Upwork". https://www.upwork.com/o/companies/~012dcd59e2c1a72d1c. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Europe, Emerging (2018-04-26). "Data Science". https://emerging-europe.com/multimedia/data-science/. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  5. "Kharkiv: Ukraine's IT outsourcing hub". 2018-11-02. https://emerging-europe.com/intelligence/kharkiv-ukraines-it-outsourcing-hub/. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  6. "NIX United" (in en). https://medium.com/@nixunited. 
  7. Europe, Emerging (2017-04-24). "Ukraine’s NIX Solutions Expands to Israel and Beyond". https://emerging-europe.com/interviews/ukraines-nix-solutions-expands-to-israel-and-beyond/. 
  8. "NIX Solutions participates in creating Innovations Campus for Kharkiv IT-students" (in en-US). 2018-04-19. https://it-kharkiv.com/en/nix-solutions-participates-in-creating-innovations-campus-for-kharkiv-it-students/. 
  9. "Спеціальності" (in ru-RU). http://campus.kpi.kharkov.ua/specialties/. 
  10. Kuzmenko, Vladimir (2019-09-28). "Business innovation and digital transformation: How to stay ahead of the game". https://emerging-europe.com/voices/business-innovation-and-digital-transformation-how-to-stay-ahead-of-the-game/. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  11. "Blockchain" (in en-US). https://www.nixsolutions.com/cutting-edge/blockchain/. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  12. "6-е место в ТОП-25 крупнейших ИТ-компаний в Украине". http://jobs.dou.ua/top25/. 
  13. "В мировой рейтинг IT-аутсорсеров попало четыре украинские компании" (in ru-RU). 2017-12-08. https://ain.ua/2017/12/08/autsors-v-tope/. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  14. "Companies on the Exclusive 2018 Clutch 1000 Announced Today | Clutch.co". https://clutch.co/press-releases/companies-exclusive-2018-1000-announced-today. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  15. "Review & Rating of NIX Solutions Ltd. - GoodFirms". https://www.goodfirms.co/company/nix-solutions-ltd. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  16. "NIX Solutions — у рейтингу Software 500" (in uk-UA). 2018-12-18. https://it-kharkiv.com/nix-solutions-u-rejtyngu-software-500/. Retrieved 2019-10-30. 
  17. "Ukrainian IT companies are in the top 500 global software providers, along with IBM, Amazon and Apple". AIN.UA. 2018-12-11. https://ain.ua/en/2018/12/11/ukrainian-it-companies-in-software-500/. Retrieved 2019-12-04. 
  18. "NIX Listed in the 2018 Software 500 Ranking" (in en-US). 2018-11-27. https://www.nixsolutions.com/blog/nix-listed-2018-software-500/.