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Russian VCs Increase Activity

The National Association for Innovation and IT Development (NAIRIT) has issued its latest Russian innovation market report. “A sharp upsurge in activity” from Russian VC funds is the most noteworthy trend of the second half of 2012, the Association emphasizes. In August and September, NAIRIT found a 78 percent increase in new deals. Since the [...]

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Is IT Outsourcing a Dying Concept?

According to a recent survey by outsourcing analyst firm HfS Research, 63 percent of IT leaders would like to drop the term “outsourcing” to describe the IT services provided to them by third-parties and 68 percent of IT service providers want to do away with the designation. Some of that can be attributed to the [...]

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An Overview of Russian Media on Software Export

Kommersant takes a look at the latest report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on the subject of information economy. Since 2009, the world software market has grown $200 billion and is now estimated to have a volume of $1.2 trillion. The leading position as the largest domestic market is, like it [...]

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Russians Back Down From Leaked U.N. Internet Proposal

The Russian Federation has revised a controversial proposal to turn Internet governance over to the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union, CNET has learned. The revised proposal tones down some of the anti-Internet rhetoric of the original, but still calls on the UN to help member states seize control of key Internet engineering assets, including domain names, [...]

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BPO 2012 Trends and 2013 Predictions

As an annual event, the Proservartner Shared Services and BPO Point of View has become a recognized barometer, reading the developments within the market. In this webinar, the following will be covered:     The reality of cloud in captive shared services and BPO     Use of analytics in the industry     BPO provider landscape     [...]

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The European Shared Services Week

The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) is the largest and most established community of shared services and outsourcing professionals, with over 65,000 members globally. We provide the roof under which key industry experts and organisations share their experience, knowledge and tools, and your practitioner peers connect with others all over the world, face to [...]

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IDC Pan-European Utilities Executive Summit 2013

IDC is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural Pan-European IDC Utilities Executive Summit 2013. This invitation-only event will be held in Copenhagen, on March 4 and 5, 2013 and will gather up to 50 delegates from leading utilities in Europe. Utilities are leading the world’s future energy paradigm shift, embracing renewable, low-carbon energy [...]

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IBA Group at СNews FORUM 2012

On November 8, IBA Minsk and IBA Rus, members of IBA Group, participated in the CNews FORUM 2012, the largest IT event of 2012 in Russia. The goal of the CNews FORUM was to provide an independent platform for businesses, IT providers, and government institutions interested to discuss key issues of the ICT (information and [...]

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Mid-Tier Outsourcing: Minefield or Greenfield?

ISG research shows that mid-size organizations are increasingly turning to outsourcing IT systems and business processes to reduce costs, increase organizational agility and focus on core competencies. In other words, they outsource for the same reasons that their larger, global business counterparts do. As relative newcomers to the sourcing marketplace, mid-tier businesses can potentially benefit [...]

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IBA at SEF.BY2Students 201

On December 1, IBA participated in the 2nd Software Engineering Forum for Students 2012 SEF.BY2Students-2012 as the event’s partner. SEF.BY2Students is aimed at providing Belarusian students a possibility to learn more about modern information technologies and facilitating the process of career choice. The forum is one more chance for IT companies to demonstrate their employer [...]

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