XIM, Inc.

XIM, Inc.
Private
Industry IT Services
Wireless Services
Founded 1994
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
Area served
 Globally
Products XIMAD
Smart Automation System
Services Mobile Application Development
Social Network Application Development
Quality Assuarance
IT Consulting
IT Recruiting
Smart Home Automation System Development
Number of employees
 200 (2010)
Website www.ximxim.com
smart.ximxim.com

Xtra Information Management Incorporated (XIM, Inc.) is an IT consulting, software and system integration provider headquartered in San Francisco, with 7 offshore development centers in Eastern Europe. It is a medium size 21 years old Silicon Valley-based Company with a large focus on the mobile/wireless development,Quality Assurance services and Smart Home Automation Home Automation System Development.

History

The company was founded in 1994. It is headquartered in San Francisco and has 7 offshore development centers in Moscow, Obninsk, Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Kaluga, Minsk and Gomel. XIM Offshore Software Development and Testing Services is an overseas extension of XIM long-standing U.S. based services.[1] XIM Inc. provides strategic consulting, application development, integration and testing services.

In its first 10 years of service XIM engaged in projects supporting ISV's and OEM's, as well as end users in various 'verticals', including Wireless/Mobile field.[2]

In 2003 XIM Inc. created the first offshore center in Moscow. Later in November 2004, a Research and Development Center was opened in Obninsk, a town known as the first Science City in Russia, boasting 12 scientific research institutes, including 3 highly acclaimed State Scientific centers in the Russian Federation.[3]

Moscow branch consisted of two departments - Quality Assurance and Software Development and had 3 different sections, parted according to project subjects:

In February 2004 the company opened the first American Software Quality Assurance School in Moscow. Primarily it was aimed at QA and software testing. XIM Inc wanted to invest in education and Research and Development abroad and not to hire contractors to complete projects offshore but to have their own employees.[5][6]

In 2005 XIM Inc. introduced Remote Mobile Application Testing Service. XIM termed this new bundled service the 'Remote Testing Lab' and focused on solutions related to mobile/wireless and EAI.[7]

The company did not position itself as a pure offshore company. XIM had its own focus, rather than trying to do outsourcing projects in general.[5][8]

In August 2009, XIM decided to expand into development of its own products for a wide range of mobile platforms.[9][10] XIMAD. XiMAD focuses primarily on mobile games and entertainment development. The division builds mobile applications under its own brand. A number of applications, such as popular Bubble Birds, Pandas vs. Ninjas, and Brain Cube have been recognized as top applications in a variety of application stores, both platform-specific and cross platform.[11]

XIM Development, QA and Porting teams have completed porting of XIMAD apps on: iOS (iPhone/iPad),[12] Windows Mobile,[13] Windows Phone 7,[14] J2ME, Google's Android platform, BlackBerry,[15] Symbian,[16] Palm WebOS,[17] JIL, Flash Lite.

Technology Focus

Charity

XIM Inc is a business partner of a charitable organization Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, one of the oldest and largest family service institutions in the United States.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Company profile, Zoom Information, Inc.
  2. ↑ Application integration on mobile devices, SVForum 2004-11-4
  3. ↑ XIM, Inc. opens an R&D center in Obninsk, Russia, SymbianOne 2004-11-22
  4. ↑ Company description, LinkedIn.com
  5. 1 2 “Russian School Passes Test” by David Rubinstein, 2004-08-01 SD Times
  6. ↑ “Outsourcing Has No Easy Answers, Say Panelists” by Isabel Awad, October 2004 Stanford GSB News
  7. ↑ XIM, Inc. Introduces Remote Mobile Application Testing Service, 2005-04-20 DeviceAnywhere
  8. ↑ Company profile, BoogarLists
  9. ↑ XIM, Inc. News
  10. ↑ XIM, Inc. product reviews
  11. ↑ XIMAD description, XIMAD website
  12. ↑ "The children's bible", XIM, Inc. mobile application for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch 2010-08-09
  13. ↑ "Bubble birds", XIM, Inc. mobile application review by George Ponder 2011-02-11
  14. ↑ XIM, Inc. products for Windows Phone 7
  15. ↑ "3001 Wisdom Quotes" Archived August 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., XIM, Inc. mobile application for BlackBerry 2010-11-11
  16. ↑ "5001 Amazing Facts", XIM, Inc. application for Symbian 2010-09-02
  17. ↑ "Celebrity Tweets" Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., XIM, Inc. mobile application for WebOS
  18. ↑ XIM, Inc. Presentation on Wireless Services, Authorstream.com 2007-10-30
  19. ↑ Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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