EPAM Systems, an offshore software engineering outsourcing provider with development centers in Central/Eastern Europe and Russia, has won a Stevie Award as the “Best MIS & IT Organization” in the 2007 International Business Awards program.

The International Stevie Business Awards are the only all-encompassing business awards program honoring great performances in business. Companies from all over the world were eligible to compete in any of more than 40 categories. Recipients of 98 International Stevie Award trophies were selected from more than 1,000 nominations received from companies and individuals from more than 30 countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, the U.S. and the U.K.

With offshore software development centers in Russia, Hungary, Belarus and Ukraine, EPAM offers a resource pool in Central/Eastern Europe and Russia combined with the strongest onsite management and delivery capabilities in North America and Europe.

In “The 2007 Global Outsourcing 100” EPAM was ranked amongst the top Central/Eastern European and Russian ITO service provider, and was the only CEE/Russian IT outsourcer included in the leaders category. EPAM is also the sole CEE/Russian IT outsourcing company listed on “The 2007 Top 50 Best Managed Outsourcing Vendors.”

EPAM’s customer base includes industry leaders such as Reuters, London Stock Exchange, Colgate-Palmolive, British Telecom, William Hill, Empire and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Schlumberger and Halliburton and technology firms such as SAP, BEA Systems, Microsoft and Hyperion.