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The key factors affecting decisions to outsource certain business functions are changing, suggest KPMG. Speaking at the Shared Services Outsourcing Network conference in Amsterdam, KPMG’s director, Claudio Altini, said the decision to outsource is no longer simply about reducing costs or headcount. His comments follow research from KPMG that show more than two-thirds of service [...]
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All three Baltc countries continue to do well as providers of outsourcing for Western companies. Among others, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has set up a call centre in Latvia while Cytic industries, world’s second largest manunfacturer of carbon fibre, moved its financial and personnel department ot Latvia in 2010. The company now has 130 employees [...]
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EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM), today announced it has attained a Gold Business Intelligence competency, demonstrating a “best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment and distinguishing itself within the top 1 percent of Microsoft’s partner ecosystem. To earn a Microsoft gold competency, partners must successfully complete exams [...]
Continue reading EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM), a leading software engineering and IT Outsourcing (ITO) provider with development centers across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), today announced a partnership with Netbiscuits, the world’s leading cloud based platform for the development and delivery of next generation web apps across all mobile and connected devices. The partnership between Netbiscuits and [...]
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When it comes to decide an outsourcing partner one needs to be ultra careful as that relationship is bound to have a deep impact on a company’s reputation among its end customers. Having said that, a company needs to see many factors including profitability which is usually the prime reason for such a move. Despite [...]
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Sirma Mobile, Inc. announced the release of mTimeCard, a new, free mobile app for both iPhone and Android that lets SMBs to easily manage their employee’s time attendance. Many small businesses do not need complex solutions to monitor their employee’s check-in and check-out. These companies usually hire only a few temps and shift workers, and [...]
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Outsourcing remained a popular option among companies around the world in the first quarter of the year, despite the difficult economic environment most find themselves working in. A new report by the Everest Group found 441 outsourcing deals were completed in the three-month period, compared to 433 in the final quarter of 2011. The total [...]
Continue reading HTP Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with Sovereign Wealth Fund ”Samruk-Kazyna“
May 15, 2012 No Comment
Kazakhstan delegation headed by Umirzak Shukeyev, Chairman of the Board of ”Samruk-Kazyna“, visited HTP within the frames of the visit of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to the Republic of Belarus. Following the meeting between top-management of the Fund and HTP Administration, the parties signed Memorandum of Cooperation. The signing ceremony took place on [...]
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Small business owners could be tempted to outsource certain projects after one expert highlighted the benefits. Ewan McKay, marketing manager at Response, said that outsourcing projects like IT and marketing can help businesses save costs, increase their knowledge and offer an improved service to their clients. The expert also claimed that outsourcing can help companies [...]
Continue reading Russian Fund to Invest ˆ20 Million in French Startups as Russian-French Tech Ties Grow
May 15, 2012 No Comment
The Russian high tech fund New Generation Investment (NGI) announced last week that it will launch a ˆ20 million division dedicated to French startups, the French business daily Les Echos reported. “We are focusing on telecoms, web technolgies and tech-oriented media,” said NGI shareholder Leonid Reiman. France will serve as a testing ground for one [...]
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