Despite a war, this Ukrainian city's tech sector has tripled in six yearsTech businesses in the city of Lviv are thriving thanks to outsourcing, and 90 percent of the clients are US, Canadian, and European companies.July 19, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
50 years and still going strong: Will we ever be ready to kill off COBOL?Each of us uses COBOL ten times a day without knowing. What are the costs of retiring the language?August 12, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
Want to learn programming? This startup pays you cryptocurrency to study PythonBlockchain-based skills platform BitDegree has unconventional plans for connecting tech talent and recruiters.January 4, 2018 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
Could Bulgaria's open source law transform government software worldwide?Ripples from Bulgaria's recent decision requiring all software written for the government to be open source could build into something bigger.July 20, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
Software dev: Why do so many finance firms bank on Romania? It's not just payAlthough Romania is exerting a strong pull on top-level banks as a software outsourcing destination, other factors on top of affordable skills are coming into play.July 5, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
The 'software robots' changing outsourcing: 'Up to 60 percent of the tasks can be automated'Romanian startup UiPath is targeting the BPO industry by helping robots take over the jobs that human workers hate.September 24, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
Windows XP still running on a third of business, public sector PCs in some Eastern European countriesSecurity company Bitdefenders says many of its clients in Ukraine, Hungary, and Romania continue to rely on the outdated operating system.September 14, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
The obscure city luring Amazon and Oracle with the promise of dirt-cheap developersOut on the EU's eastern border, tech giants and outsourcing companies are thriving in a city where software development comes at bargain prices.January 5, 2017 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
This startup's 'software robots' are taking the jobs of low-skilled office workersWith customers in financial services, insurance, and healthcare, Romanian startup UiPath has just secured funding to help it add more AI to its software robots.May 3, 2017 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software
Why is Russia so good at getting women into technology?A century ago, Russia pushed for equal rights to education and work for men and women. The effects are still being felt in tech today.March 8, 2019 by Andrada Fiscutean in Enterprise Software