

On March 13, the Minsk City Executive Committee passed a resolution to create Street of Programmers in Minsk, Belarus. The street will be located on the territory of High-Tech Park, the Belarusian Silicon Valley. Thus, the Belarusian capital decided to give proper respect to the professional community of Belarusian software developers the history of which [...]
Continue readingThe Hi-Tech Park is presenting its IT-developments at the international exhibition HANNOVER MESSE-2012, which will be held in Hannover April 23rd – 27th, 2012. The following HTP resident-companies will participate in the exhibition: Intetics Bel, Ozone Consulting, Softeq Development, Applied Systems, Altoros Development. The companies will be placed on the exposition stand in the Digital [...]
Continue readingETNA Software announces the results of the international programming competition, Creative Spark Day #2. This competition was organized by one of ETNA’s clients, Service Repair Solutions, Inc. ETNA Software programmers, who took part in the competition, won the top two prizes at the event. “We have been partners with Service Repair Solutions for more than [...]
Continue readingOutsourcing is definitely a great business move for every organization, big or small. Entrepreneurs at all levels are experimenting with outsourcing to free up their additional time that would otherwise have been spent doing non-critical tasks. When you decide to outsource to a service provider, there are certain key facts to keep in mind: Identify [...]
Continue readingOn 10 of March the world’s biggest trade show for the information and telecommunications sector – CeBIT 2012 that took place in Hannover, Germany from 6th to 10th March – was closed. On CeBIT 2012 IT-business was represented by the companies from different countries, including the huge international IT-corporations. Infopulse was also very active: we [...]
Continue readingWe registered a 40% growth compared to 2010. Around 94% of the business came from the Western market, but there was a significant growth in the local market where iQuest has added 11 new clients, out of the 22 new clients added to our portfolio. “Our turnover has grown by over 40% in 2011, well [...]
Continue readingAccording to a preliminary estimate by the IDC research group, more than 250 thousand Windows Phone 7 smartphones were sold in Russia since the first WP7 device was introduced to the Russian market. If the trend persists, chances are Windows Phone will exceed iOS in amount of sold devices in Russia in the first quarter [...]
Continue readingOn March 21, a conference entitled The 1st SAP forum. Corporate Governance and Boosting Investment Appeal of Companies took place in Minsk, Belarus. IBA Group participated in the event as its exclusive partner. Representatives of four IBA Group companies, namely IBA Minsk, IBA Gomel, NIIEVMService, and IBA Training Center participated in the forum. The forum [...]
Continue readingGartner IT Key Metrics Data 2012 indicates the average annual IT outsourcing spend is 23% of total IT spending. Cost savings is typically one of the primary drivers for outsourcing, although often times too much focus on cost usually leads to dissatisfaction, because many savings are unsustainable, or are never truly achieved as market price [...]
Continue readingThe number of European and US IT jobs sent offshore will decline from 2014, as businesses begin to run out of roles that can be carried out abroad. Within the next 10 years the flow of IT jobs offshore is likely to cease, as there will be few roles left suitable for moving to low-cost [...]
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