Poland now shuts shops on Sundays but forgets how tech can get round law
Sunday closing to help smaller retailers just points to more tech innovation for shops that want to stay open.
Sunday closing to help smaller retailers just points to more tech innovation for shops that want to stay open.
If there's one thing that will knock a development project off track, then it's a communication breakdown between developers and designers - but it's not an intractable problem.
For Western businesses with teams in Central Europe, an appreciation of cultural differences is key to making projects run better.
Political instability in the region appears to be inspiring Ukraine's techies to seek pastures new.
As Ukraine's troubles continue, the effects are being felt in the country and further afield.
Before the current crisis, Ukraine was fast establishing a reputation as a rising IT outsourcing hotspot. How is the industry coping now?
As Poland's outsourcing industry continues to grow, the country's IT services companies are finding new ways to make sure their next generation of staff have the right skills for the job.
The number of Polish jobs in the business services industry is set to continue its climb, despite a downbeat economic prognosis in the country and challenges from lower-wage countries in the EU.
Poland remains Europe's undisputed outsourcing leader, but it's seeing Romania and Ukraine growing their presence in IT offshoring thanks to lower wage costs and an increasing range of services.
Big Blue has opened a new security operations centre in the Polish city of Wroclaw, marking yet more expansion for the company in the the country.