

Ministry boasts of increased transparency as NGOS cite flaws. The electronic marketplace seems one of the biggest achievements of the Interior Ministry’s push to fight corruption. During the first year of its operation, the system helped save €54 million on sub-limit orders, the ministry claims. Though experts praise the system, they say it is not [...]
Continue readingThe government wants to help startups and boost Polish innovation by establishing the Fund of Funds. With 500 M in the pocket, this would be the largest investment programme in Poland. The government announced the establishment of the largest Fund of Funds in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. With a budget of nearly PLN [...]
Continue readingMoldavian operators’ total fixed internet sales volume grew by MDL 110.6 million or 11.8 percent to MDL 1.50 billion in 2015 due to increases in the revenues of all local operators, according to a report by telecommunications authority Anrceti. Moldova’s number of fixed internet subscribers increased by about 25,200 (or 4.9 percent) to 534,400 in [...]
Continue readingThe economy ministry is planning to introduce “innovative” taxes on global tech giants such as Facebook or Google to enhance the relative competitiveness of Hungarian IT companies, business daily Világgazdaság said on Thursday. The paper said the ministry wants to take action because multinational tech companies pay minimal tax in Hungary despite their large earnings. [...]
Continue readingGlobal technology solutions provider SoftServe has entered into a long term partnership with Uniface, the low-code application development and deployment software for enterprises. As a Uniface SI partner, SoftServe will utilise the Uniface platform for rapid prototyping and new cross-platform application projects, and also support customers already using Uniface to implement new features. Uniface will [...]
Continue readingThe digitization of businesses is at the top of the agenda at CeBIT 2016, the world’s largest digital trade exhibition that is happening between 14-18 March, in Hannover, Germany. Each year, topics of the future are presented and relevant IT business questions are answered. Exhibitors and visitors number continue to increase every year, confirming [...]
Continue readingRecently, two of our lead developers, Daniil Rybin and Igor Mikheiko, were interviewed by Clutch to speak about their experience working with Xamarin and PhoneGap, and some of the other software we use to develop mobile apps here at *instinctools. Daniil and Igor’s reviews are a part of Clutch’s effort to produce the leading research [...]
Continue readingIBA Group announces its inclusion in the list of finalists for the IT Europa’s European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2016, the leading pan–European awards for Independent Software Vendors (ISV), Solution Providers, and Systems Integrators, and their vendor and distributor partners. IBA Group was selected finalist in the ISV category Information & Document Management Solution [...]
Continue readingCroats are keeping up with the most advanced technologies. Michael Paier has been responsible for IBM’s operations in the Southeast Europe since 2011, the region which includes Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and several other countries. He spoke about the IT situation in Croatia and the region in an interview with tportal.hr on March [...]
Continue readingTechnologies used: Microsoft SharePoint; ASP.NET; Microsoft SQL Server; IIS; SSRS; SSIS. Customer Background The client of Infopulse is one of Canada’s leading professional services firms and a member of a global network of firms that provide a range of professional services, including audit, assurance, legal, tax, consulting and other services. Regionally headquartered in Toronto, ON, [...]
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