National standards for managing projects, programs, and project portfolios came into force in Russia on September 1, 2012. The developers of these standards, including PM Expert, a company of ARMADA Group (MICEX-RTS: ARMD), participated in a press conference held on September 11 in Moscow. “The application of standards is expected, among other things, to improve [...]
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Applicants to the «Global Services 100» rating were required to provide detailed information about their companies by completing an online survey. The rating, however, is not a list of the largest IT outsourcing service providers. The analytical model of GS100 is based on 4 basic criteria: efficiency and leadership, quality and maturity of the client [...]
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Russian news service RIA Novosti reports that iCarnegie, the technology arm of Carnegie Mellon University, has announced plans to open an IT training center in what is now developing as Innopolis, an ‘innovation city’ outside of Kazan. The city is the capital of Tatarstan, an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation. The international educational and [...]
Continue reading KOMIX Places Emphasis on Protecting Its Employees’ Health and Caring for the Environment
September 19, 2012 No Comment
KOMIX s.r.o. has successfully undergone two recertification audits and has been awarded certificates confirming the compliance of its system of environmental management pursuant to the ČSN EN ISO 14001:2005 standard and management of occupational health and safety pursuant to the ČSN OHSAS 18001:2008 standard. These certificates are valid until 2015. KOMIX thus demonstrated that it [...]
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Less than a third of public sector organisations receive IT services from offshore or nearshore location despite 90% outsourcing IT. This is one of the findings of KPMG’s in depth research of UK outsourcing contracts. The annual survey looks at UK contracts worth a total of £14bn from 230 organisations. It has some interesting findings [...]
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Contrary to what some people have been saying, outsourcing IT is on an upward trend. Indicators leading to the forecast for long-term growth in IT outsourcing can be seen in the latest report from Computer Economics. Based on outsourcing as a percentage of IT budget, the gradual climb has moved from 6.1 percent in 2009 [...]
Continue reading Alexander Pozdniakov, CEO, First Line Software: “Our Team Taught the World How to Do Distributed Scrum”
September 19, 2012 No Comment
St.Petersburg-based First Line Software is this year’s Silver Sponsor. First Line has been supporting SECR since 2010, its first year of operation. In less than 3 years First Line has evolved from essentially a small startup into a successful and reputable provider. CEO Alexander Pozdniakov explains the reasons behind the success. How have you been [...]
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“Thank you for your continuing support with F5’s UNITY Partner program which has successfully proven to be the best partner program of the industry. I have pleasure confirming your new F5 partner status as a Silver UNITY Partner under the Welcome Citrix Partner program.I also want to extend our gratitude to you in being part [...]
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Asseco South Eastern Europe (ASEE, Asseco SEE), a leading company producing banking software and providing IT services in South Eastern Europe, acquired Turkish company Sigma, specialized in web-based business solutions with focus on Corporate Spend Management and Lease&Asset Management applications for Financial Services, Telecom and Public. Sigma solutions are complementary to ASEE product portfolio and [...]
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A group of thirty amateur sportsmen and Rafał Wilk – this year’s double gold medallist from the Paralympic Games in London – this is the line-up for the second edition of the Ericpol Classic rally. On September 21, they will face the 240-kilometre distance from Kraków to Łódź. The goal: to reach the finish line [...]
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