'Life is pretty good here for IT people': Where techies earn five times the average salaryRomanian software engineers have seen their paychecks rapidly increase over the past decade. Will the country maintain its advantage as an outsourcing location?November 26, 2014 by Andrada Fiscutean in Tech & Work
When a tough history becomes your asset: Bulgaria's plan to be a major force in technologyAfter the fall of communism, many of Bulgaria's IT experts left the country and headed to Western Europe. Today, a new breed of developers wants to prove that ambition is more important than money.December 15, 2014 by Andrada Fiscutean in Government
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
Big dreams, big failures: Why most startups flop and what we can learn from themIt might be harder to have a profitable startup in Eastern Europe than in Silicon Valley, but the lessons from failures are invaluable to tech entrepreneurs everywhere.March 31, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Startups
The rise of Lithuania as a force in IT: Why Google and Nasdaq are investing hereThe tech sector thrives in this Baltic state, and education in the STEM field is at the core of its growth.June 4, 2015 by Andrada Fiscutean in Innovation
10 reasons why Romania's capital Bucharest is a great place to work in techWith high salaries, low living costs, and warp-speed internet, Bucharest is an appealing destination for techies.September 21, 2017 by Andrada Fiscutean in Developer
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
Get them young: How Romania is creating next wave of white-hat hackers in schoolsCompanies, organizations, and the Romanian government are trying to attract children into the cybersecurity field by giving them something for free.November 2, 2016 by Andrada Fiscutean in Security
The mix of poverty and piracy that turned Romania into Europe's software development powerhouseNearly two-thirds of Romania's computers run at least one piece of illegal software – a sign of a technological heritage that means it now has the most technology workers per capita in Europe.August 28, 2014 by Andrada Fiscutean in Security