EPAM Systems, Inc., a leading software engineering and IT Outsourcing provider in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), announced today that it has been named to the ‘Leaders’ category in the 2011 Global Outsourcing 100®, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) annual ranking of the world’s best outsourcing service providers and advisors.

The Global Outsourcing 100®, a rigorously judged, independent ranking based both on a set of measurable standards as well as evaluation by a panel of industry-recognized outsourcing leaders, provides a benchmark for identifying the best outsourcing service providers across the globe. Selection to this list requires outsourcing companies to demonstrate sustained excellence in such critical categories as size and growth, global presence, customer references, company recognitions, company certifications, employee management, and executive leadership.

EPAM has also been honored in a variety of sub-lists featuring leaders in specific vertical and geographical categories. Through its inclusion in these rankings, EPAM reasserts its technology and regional leadership, as well as its expanding global reach and competitiveness.

“To be referenced as a CEE leader in the outsourcing industry is a great honor for us, and a welcomed recognition of our company as a trusted outsourcing provider”, said Arkadiy Dobkin, EPAM CEO and President. “This achievement is a reflection of the unrivaled industry knowledge and technical expertise of EPAM’s 6,000+ employees worldwide, and of their commitment to delivering best-in-class IT outsourcing services to each of our clients.”