2. Greetings
“Dear partner!
As CEO of Tau Technologies I am pleased to introduce our products and services to you!
Tau Technologies is an independent software vendor company working since 2015 in the
field of software development, mostly focused on enterprise and mobile solutions. Tau
team consists of about dozen of very experienced engineers and managers, with each of
them having more than 10 years of software development experience in areas of mobile,
enterprise, system, web, telecommunications and gaming software.
Being an effective software engineering team and technology company means to never
stop learning, to keep the technology pace and to be ahead of it. That is what we practice
in our everyday work, and, combined with our broad experience and expertise, we are able
to offer our clients top-level IT solutions helping to digitally boost their businesses.”
Alexander Epifanov
CEO
Tau Technologies
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aepifanov/
3. Quick facts about Tau
- Tau’s main directions of activity are development of tools and frameworks
for creation of business applications, outsource development on a project
basis, and consulting services.
- We are working since 2015 as an independent company, and core of the
team was working together on different projects since the end of 2000s.
- Tau is technology partner of Zebra Technologies. Zebra’s Enterprise Browser
solution is based on RhoMobile platform, developed by Tau.
- Tau is a primary maintainer of RhoMobile cross-platform solution (MEAP), a
powerful toolset for implementing enterprise mobility projects of any complexity.
- Fortune TOP 100 industry leaders like Home Depot and CBRE Group are using our
solutions.
- Tau is a member of ARPP - Russian Software Industry Association.
- Our engineering team is mainly located in Russia, whilst sales and operations are in
the United States. Tau provides its services worldwide.
4. What we do
- Outsource software development projects and
develop turnkey solutions;
- Support and maintain applications in
production;
- Maintain and extend RhoMobile platform;
- R&D and projects assessment;
- Provide DevOps and cloud migration services,
software behavior analytics;
- Consult and teach development teams;
- Audit software for security and performance
issues.
7. Software development
Technology stacks we work with include but not limited to: We offer:
- Agile- and waterfall-based project
implementation;
- Fixed-fee pricing based on level-of-effort
estimation by specification;
- Time-and-material pricing based on actual
resources spent for a project.
We focus on projects for mid- and large-sized enterprise customers. We provide a full cycle of project implementation
including management, specification, architecture, coding, testing, delivery and maintenance. We are particularly proud on
our expertise in mobile cross platform, hybrid and native applications as for consumer as for enterprise mobile devices.
Mobile native iOS, Android, WinCE, Aurora OS
Mobile cross
platform
RhoMobile, React Native, Xamarin,
PhoneGap, Flutter
Desktop RhoMobile, QT, Electron, WPF
Server Java, ASP.NET, Ruby on Rails, Node.JS
System OS kernel adaptation ( Linux, AOSP ),
drivers, web browser engines ( Gecko,
WebKit ). Design and development of
toolchains, DSL compilers, debuggers
and IDEs.
8. Some examples of our projects
- Field service mobile application and service for a
Fortune 500 company;
- Porting of Sailfish OS to Chainway mobile computers;
- Web browser application and browser engine low-level
optimization for Aurora OS ( Sailfish ) for Open Mobile
Platform ( Russian vendor of Aurora mobile OS );
.
- Mobile adaptation of several Linux distributions:
implementation of mobile shell based on KDE Plasma,
support for hardware capabilities of rugged tablet
devices;
- Projects for VR headsets;
- Design and implementation of DSL, compiler and tools
for one of leading Russian enterprise technology
vendors.
9. DevOps and cloud migration
DevOps
- We analyze infrastructure and IT processes of our
client. Conduct interview, read code, write reports,
calculate budget for infrastructure;
- Prepare development environment. Set up version
control, autobuilds, run tests, design and launch test
benches;
- Implement deployment pipeline. Upload and store
build artefacts, monitor product health, notify in case
something goes wrong;
- Set up production environment to launch the project.
Plug in logging and monitoring, gather feedback from
users, set up backups.
Cloud migration
- We assess the readiness of the current infrastructure
to be transferred to the cloud: AWS, Azure, Google,
MCS, Yandex and develop a migration strategy
specifically for your project;
- Deploy Kubernetes in the cloud for the necessary
benches: development, staging, production, QA, etc.;
- IaaC: write configurations for Kubernetes,
CloudFormation, Terraform. Write scripts for building
and packaging: Maven, Gradle, Ant, Rake, CMake,
SCons, NuGet.
Learn more at
10. R&D, projects assessment and consulting
- We provide project assessment for feasibility, required
resources, pricing. Selection of suitable technology
solutions. Applicable to new and legacy projects.
- Application audit. Assessment for potential security and
performance issues. Evaluation of the efficiency of
development teams.
- As a part of R&D and pilots we perform, we do
development in fields of AI, AR/VR, computer vision, IoT
services, proximity and indoor location tracking. Such
development can be integrated as to third-party projects
as to solutions based on our products.
12. - RhoMobile is a free and open source MIT-licensed solution.
- Develop cross platform native mobile applications using web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Ruby.
- Move HTML/CSS/Javascript code across web applications, Cordova/PhoneGap and RhoMobile.
- Target operating systems supported: Android, iOS, WinCE/WM, Windows 7/8/10, various desktop Linux distributions, Mac OS X,
Sailfish/Aurora mobile OS.
- Seamlessly sync data with help of RhoConnect: a middleware for data synchronization between mobile application and enterprise backend.
- Features Visual Studio Code plugin for application development.
- Features Tau Extensions - a set of platform extensions provided by Tau. Includes Node.js environment for mobile devices, proprietary port of
WebKit for WinCE/WM, advanced security and enterprise features.
RhoMobile
Suite
RhoMobile Suite
RhoMobile is a cross-platform solution for creating mobile and desktop applications, taking its focus
on quick development and seamless integration with any kind of enterprise systems. The platform
features an extended set of vendor-agnostic APIs to work with hardware capabilities of rugged
mobile computers, like laser QR/barcode scanners, RFID readers and others. RhoMobile apps work
on widely-used operating systems, desktop and mobile.
RhoMobile takes best from native, web and hybrid approaches, enabling internal teams to fulfill
business goals quickly and effectively, and dramatically reducing development and maintenance
costs of mobile solutions compared to native development.
https://tau-platform.com/products/
rhomobile/
RhoMobile is free and ready to use out of the box. For specific business needs and to ensure full sustainability for critical
business applications Tau provides paid support options and platform customization services by customer requirements. Also
we provide learning services and application prototyping for internal teams, and services reselling options for our partners.
13. RhoConnect
RhoConnect is the easiest and fastest way to connect mobile applications to business data and
ensure users have access to that data — whether they are inside your facility or out in the field. A
large percentage of application development is devoted to making the connections to the backend
business systems.
RhoConnect substantially reduces this effort by creating and managing those connections for you,
including tracking data to be synced when offline users obtain a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
Cross-platform
iOS, Android, WM, WinCE
support for mobile client.
Linux, MacOS и Windows for
server-side.
Any DB source
SAP, Siebel and Oracle
Easy integrated to any DB
source.
Offline access
Full access to data offline
(postponed synchronization)
Synchronization
Fast synchronization only actual
changed data.
Fast scalable server solution.
RhoConnect
https://tau-platform.com/products/
rhoconnect/
14. RhoBrowser
RhoBrowser is a powerful, next generation industrial browser that enables developers to build
feature-rich web applications even for legacy enterprise devices!
RhoBrowser’s feature-rich mobile application development tool allows users to seamlessly integrate
the browser into the native peripherals of a device, while enabling barcode scanning, bluetooth
printing, signature capture and much more.
What’s more important – we are ready to customize RhoBrowser for the needs of your business!
Cross-platform
iOS, Android, WM, WinCE
support.
Desktop systems support.
Barcode scanners
Barcode recognizing on
consumer devices.
Use camera.
Hardware barcode scanner.
RFID readers.
HTML/CSS/JS
Modern HTML5-CSS3-JS on
legacy WM/CE devices by
own port of WebKit.
Use lots of JS/CSS
frameworks to create your
web applications.
Customization
Customization RhoBrowser for
requirements of your business:
distribute web applications to
server or device,
install/manage web applications
on device,
other features by request.
RhoBrowser
https://tau-platform.com/products/
rhobrowser/
15. WebKit for Windows CE
A completely upgraded WebKit-based browser engine.
- Full HTML5 compliance;
- High performance;
- Compatible with WinCE 5/6, Compact 7 and Windows Mobile;
- Utilizes Cairo Graphics with FreeType support for superb rendering;
- Can be built in third-party products on the licensing basis.
16. Alexander Epifanov
CEO and co-founder
Expert in mobile and embedded software.
Core developer of RhoMobile.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aepifanov/
http://alex.epifanoff.name
Adam Blum
Creator and ex-CEO of RhoMobile.
Board member and mentor.
Founder of several successful startups.
Vladimir Tarasov
ex-CTO of RhoMobile.
Board member and mentor.
Dmitry Soldatenkov
CTO and co-founder
IT engineer and manager with over 20 years
of experience in different areas. Core
developer of RhoMobile.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsoldatenkov/
Konstantin Rybas
Co-founder
Core developer of RhoMobile
2008
RhoMobile founded by Adam Blum.
2011
Motorola Solutions acquires RhoMobile.
2014
Zebra Technologies acquires Motorola Solutions Enterprise
business.
2015
TAU Technologies founded by several former RhoMobile team
members.
2016
Zebra Technologies stopped development of RhoMobile platform
and made it fully open source.
Tau Technologies is announced as Zebra’s technology partner and
main RhoMobile contributor. RhoMobile Open Source FAQ.
RhoMobile v5.5 released by Tau Technologies.
2017
First major RhoMobile release by Tau ( v6.0 ) with many new
features. RhoBrowser is introduced.
2018-2020
Tau successfully works on several complex projects related to
system and browser software.
2021
Tau Technologies continues to work on existing projects and
products, and expands its expertise further to provide extra
services.
Tau Technologies management team and history
17. Let’s make great things together!
info@tau-platform.com
https://tau-platform.com
https://facebook.com/tauplatform
