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Latest Forbes article about Ukraine’s technology industry says that six Ukrainian tech companies have the potential to become billion dollar businesses in the next five years, which can be a turning point that can help Ukraine break out and become a true technology hub. Every great startup culture requires a catalyst, one breakout company that spawns [...]

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The National Outsourcing Association Awards (NOAAs) took place on Thursday 20th November at the 5* London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square. The NOAAs recognise best practice in outsourcing projects, and reward buyers, suppliers, advisors and destinations. The awards were presented by up and coming comedian and host, Jimmy McGhie. After the presentations and speeches, the Party Rockers took to the stage, and [...]

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In a move widely seen as targeting Google, European Union legislators have called on antitrust regulators to consider unbundling search engines from other commercial services as a way of maintaining competition in the search market. While the non-binding resolution adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday didn’t mention Google, the company is the obvious target, [...]

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Part of the team of Russian developers working for video chat service Skype is to move abroad as Microsoft, who have owned the company since 2011, closes down its Zelenograd office. A number of international centres will take over the work formerly done in Zelenograd, including one in Prague, to which part of the team [...]

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2014 is already shaping up as one of the highest-valued years in terms of IT outsourcing spend. The Information Services Group, the report says, has reported a €7bn spend on outsourced technology for the third quarter of this year. IT in EMEA outsourcing contributed to a 15% increase in actual contract value for the first [...]

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European regulators have said banks need to tighten up their governance over IT outsourcing partners. There have been too many outages and security breaches for action not to be taken. The call comes from the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (JCESA), which in turn represents he European Banking Authority, European Securities and Markets [...]

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Romania has landed on the 3rd position in CE_FAST50 2014 with six companies in the competition that ranks the fastest growing technology companies based on their revenue growth over a five-year period, according to a Deloitte press release. For the 2014 ranking, revenues from 2009 to 2013 were analyzed. Four of the companies present in [...]

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Intel and Russia’s Technopark Association signed an agreement last week covering cooperation in the support of innovation and the development of the country’s high-tech ecosystem, CRN Russia reports. The agreement was signed during the Third International Business Summit by the Director of Operations for Intel Russia and Scandinavia Daria Kiryanova and Director of the Technopark [...]

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The mobile economy has exceeded expectations with its rapid pace of growth over the past decade. The global mobile economy is currently $1.6 trillion and will reach $2 trillion by 2017. The success of the mobile economy rests on the creation of a platform of technologies. Devices equipped with broadband Internet connections power applications that [...]

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Free IT Community claiming outreach to over 5 million IT pros globally, Spiceworks has just released their Annual IT Report 2014 based on the survey of 1,121 IT professionals in North America and EMEA. Some of the data presented in it are rather interesting and trailblazing, as they reflect certain IT trends and future technology adoption and staffing [...]

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