Press review week 10/2010
Embedded World 2010: it’s over…
3 days to present our services, contact potential clients and prospective suppliers, explaining the concept of Offshore, and how it works and discovering new products and concepts.
3 days is definitely too short!
Speaking of products and concepts, the main idea that
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What is so special about CeBIT?
Hanover, 2-6 march 2010. Under the motto “Push your business”, CeBIT 2010 opened this edition with new forces despite the economical crisis that constantly threaten the well course of the exhibition. This year many participants confirm that CeBIT keeps its leader
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From Tel Aviv to Amsterdam!
This week was exceptionally busy. Yesterday evening, we arrived at an agreement with our Israeli partners to create a Pentalog subsidiary in Tel Aviv. As for today, I am writing this blog from Schiphol airport since we are studying the
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Embedded World 2010 – Nuremberg
Embedded World 2010 started this morning and we are in full swing. The number of visitors and the number of nationalities represented are still impressive despite the crisis we are in, and far from the sluggishness announced by some people
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Press review week 09/2010
Pentalog will close its first quarter in 2010 with a growth rate at least equal to 20%
In this climate of considerable uncertainty which characterizes the beginning of 2010, the Pentalog Group is maintaining a provisional growth rate of at least 20% throughout this quarter. This figure is slightly insufficient to meet the objectives of the plan
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Business has started strong in 2010
Since I became Sales Director I haven’t taken yet the time to look at all the indicators in this sector. My first responsibility was to boost sales and only then count the points.
Since early this year I have become more
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PENTALOG at OPENi ICT Conference
Here is an article that Livia Rusu asked me to publish:
“OPENi is a project organized to bring relevant and valuable impact on all its participants in terms of IT knowledge to which they don’t have access during their studies.
Professors, IT
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Two consecutive weekend seminars, discussing Lab, Cloud, and Green IT
Yes, from a physical point of view, one seminar after another held every weekend, are difficult. Especially, when they were held with more than 2000 kms between them. Luckily, except from the intellectual rhythm that is required, two seminars I
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Press review week 08/2010
Moving towards a Pentalog HD video-conference solution?
A year ago, I posted a note about Pentalog’s efforts towards reducing its CO2 emissions in our travels. We are moving forward with this project, and it is time to make a progress report.
During this past year we have studied
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In urma articolului ZF
I do not often write in Romanian language on this blog but I have no Romanian blog, so… I would like to follow-up with an article published by the most important Romanian economic newspaper, about the 2009 performance of the
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Pentalog in the newspaper
A few days ago, we have been interwied by Wall-Street in Romania. The article is about the main figures we released at the beginning of the year, the results of 2009 and the main thrusts of the 2010 Pentalog strategy:
http://www.wall-street.ro/articol/IT-C-Tehnologie/80236/Outsourcing-ul-si-criza-Cum-abordeaza-Pentalog-anul-2010.html
For
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Pentalog will be at CeBIT 2010, from March 02 to 06 (Hall 4, Stand B56)

Pentalog will be an exhibitor at this year’s CeBIT in Hanover Germany, the largest trade show in the world dedicated to the IT sector. In 2009, during a year of an especially acute economic crisis, this event drew nearly 4,300
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Press review week 07/2010
iPhone: already 10 applications on the road map…
After developing an initial application for one of the leading French companies in social networking, tourism and entertainment on the Web, Pentalog followed up with an application for energy management and home automation before starting the development in regards to
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Happy Year of the Tiger

Well, no it isn’t yet the New Year for us
Vietnam (and other countries across Asia) is celebrating the New Year following the lunar calendar. In Vietnam this period is called the Tết. The first day of the year usually
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The crisis… because it’s not over
How long has this lull lasted? Thursday, the 4th february saw the return of fear in the financial markets. The debts of developing countries have created a lot of panic. Whether it’s in countries like Greece, Portugal or in Spain.
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Pentalog at Embedded World 2010, in Germany

From 2nd to 4th of March 2010 in Nuremberg, for the second time, Pentalog will be part of the exhibitors at Embedded World, the largest exhibition in the world, dedicated to embedded technology. This event draws nearly 700 exhibitors, and
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Your sandwich:
- Flight Bucharest Paris canceled. Shall be in plane at 6.50 am!
- Already 10 iPhone AppS in pentalog’s road map! Will Chisinau become skill center?
- Reading: “Net : un outil de recrutement pour 48% des employeurs par Neteco.com” (
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www.madeinoffshore.com
Formerly this domain name was dedicated to the Pentalog BPO business line, but it has recently changed its vocation as it now houses references and other Pentalog success stories. Following in line with other new sites, such as www.choosingmyitserviceprovider.com and
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Enjoy:
- Pentalog remporte une consultation de l’Agence de Presse Autrichienne. Bravo à Pentalog Deutschland !
- Reading: “Des blogs dénoncent les dérives en #SSII” ( http://bit.ly/aOYIPC )
- Reading: “Les prédictions 2010 de Deloitte pour l’IT” ( http://bit.ly/dpT7ui )
- Reading: “Les éditeurs de logiciels
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Don’t forget your sandwich:
- 2 seminars in Brasov this WE. All eastern unit managers are talking about recruitment&management. IT,R&D, infra managers focuse on strategy
- Coliba Haiducilor in poiana brasov cu prietenii
- Day 1 for Pentalog labs!
- We never have saluted
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Press review week 06/2010
Vodka & suit + snow boots
I never thought one day of attending business meetings wearing snow boots… In Russia, it is common. And rare are the few people who do not wear the fur hat, it is THE essential accessory for your survival on the
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Pentalog, Russia, an SAP proposition
Alex and I took the road to Russia recently. We were very far away from what we know as the geographical borders of Europe, at the foot of the Urals, to assess the possibilities of a relationship with one of
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Big, old and…
Wherever I go in the world, and see the different offshore IT structures, the more I realize they are better in every way than their Western counterparts. Whatever the point of view I take, the comparisons always turn to their
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Enjoy:
- Reading: “Marc Simoncini va miser 100 millions dans des start-up ” ( http://bit.ly/cT1Y8R )
- Reading: “« Social business » : Muhammad Yunus promeut son modèle via les partenariats” ( http://bit.ly/9iXSUh )
- Reading: “Le Performance Management, un antidote de la crise ?”
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Are you hungry?
- pense à lancer son blog perso sur l’ensemble de ses projets, essentiellement liés aux ressources humaines et la gestion de compétences
- Could St Pertersburg be bigger than Bengalore among ITO cities? Unusual point of view… needs clarification.
-
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The 2nd sandwich of the week:
- RT @Pentalog: presents this week’s Press review: http://bit.ly/bMcuwD
- Pentalog Create your own development team for an #IT #offshore project: http://bit.ly/bqFWvE
- Reading: “Que sont devenus les #fournisseurs #informatiques (2e partie)Vingt ans après” ( http://bit.ly/bDov3r )
- en train de mettre sur Picasa
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Metrics: a word, which is now a part of the Pentalog community vocabulary
A few weeks ago, Pierre, head of the IS Business Line, published an article on the topic of the metric system. Here is a 2nd post concerning this subject:
As a follow-up of an earlier post on metrics, I would
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Press review week 05/2010
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A new week has started:
- vous cherchez une prestation? vous savez pas encore quel mode contractuel choisir? quelle monnaie? http://bit.ly/8oIOCw
- RT @Pentalog: The difficult issue of wages in an international ITO group: http://bit.ly/axDDDj
- ANIS_20 all social efforts, really
RT @LoredanaNiculae:
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Here is the PentaMac for the weekend:
- Telecom 3G Embedded Software Development Engineers – Bucharest, Sibiu (RRO428): Job description: 2008 has represe… http://bit.ly/a6ZB5t
- We’ve been travelling from 6AM (St peter time) to 1PM (Orléans). Happy to be back home. Hope
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The difficult issue of wages in an international ITO group
Pentalog is now working in 5 countries, which have different levels of practices and types of wage scales. Thus, in addition to the question of salaries, there is a genuine “large difference” between the gross annual salary in France and
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If you are hungry or not, here is your sandwich:
- @EvgeniyG thx Evgeny! We won’t hesitate to come
- Pentalog is looking for #Telecom 3G #Embedded #Software #Development Engineers. See the details: http://bit.ly/caAOnI
- OutsourcingInfo Radiotime to Outsource Software Development to the Philippines [http://tinyurl.com/yeaab7c] #outsourcing
- Assessing #offshore #destinations- First
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A good sandwich:
- aponcier The Horizon Report 2010: the impact of emerging technologies on learning
- aponcier 30+ Best Tools for building and managing your twitter popularity http://j.mp/5GzgTH via @jeanlucr
- aponcier Le social au secours de l’entreprise 2.0 by @VinceBerthelot http://bit.ly/6IOwMj via @tweetmeme
- jpbarralis RT @fred_montagnon: Comment les
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Press review week 04/2010
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Enjoy!
- tcoustenoble Gartner about the role of Cloud Computing in IT Organizations in the coming years : http://www.cloudave.com?bid=50000000680626
- In Perm. Back from nowhere. Inviting our BCSOFT friends in a restaurant.
- Pentalog_de #India’s position as a country offering IT and telephone #outsourcing is driving
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The end of the week has arrived:
- “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” –Thomas Edison
- Pentalog_de Assessing #offshore destinations – First stop:#India. Read more about our offshore strategy @BPOvoice http://bit.ly/8Sjk1u
- itespressofr Microsoft sort son
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A new Mac:
- ANIS_20 RT @RaduTiciu: (RO included) SMEs investor readiness in Balkans report just launched : http://ow.ly/YDcl . Download: http://ow.ly/YDeE
- Software Tester Francofon (RCHI420): Descrierea postului : In vederea extinderii echipei pentru unul dintre client… http://bit.ly/7rtnZG
- ourman British Embassy in Hanoi starts
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What will we do in Perm, Russia?
Alex and I are on our way to Perm, at the foot of the Urals. Why?
Without saying too much for the moment, we entered into a relationship, a few months ago with several companies established in the ERP sector in
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Here is your sandwich:
- Ingineri Telecom 3G (RRO383): Descrierea postului : Pentalog anunta in iunie 2008 lansarea in Romania a unui proie… http://bit.ly/dJSb4
- I’ll leave tomorrow to #Perm, #Russia. Looking forward to meet #embedded systems #engineers in St. Petersburg.
- Ouverture du procès
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The dinner is served:
- @networkvb voila, probleme resolu.
- Administrator sisteme si retele (RSIB419): Descrierea postului : Grupul Pentalog recruteaza un administrator de si… http://bit.ly/7uFKgs
- equipes dediees, #regie distante, regie sur site? #euro ou #dollar? faites votre choix! http://bit.ly/8oIOCw
- networkvb @bduperrin Nouveau post [fr] ::
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Other birthdays
It seems that the month of December was an anniversary month for Pentalog. Frederic told us two stories: the history of the war against nature that the Pentalog Family had fought and won and the story of the birth of Pentalog
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Press review week 03/2010
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Enjoy!
- People Centric France va bien: http://www.people-centric.fr/2010/01/15/type/6196-%C2%ABvotre-approche-est-la-bonne%C2%BB.html/fr/
- monday in Buc & Paris, tuesday in Orleans, wednesday in Paris, thursday flying to Perm (ru), saturday & sunday St Petersbourg
- Interessant! Les tendances en recrutement: http://bit.ly/71484K
- Sorti cdg. Va dejeuner ac #laurentclementz et
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The weekend has arrived:
- hungry? http://bit.ly/4JcenR
- good morning from Brasov, Romania.
- Is The Time Right To Build A #Mobile #App? http://bit.ly/55dD1Z
- eogez L’AFP lance son application pour iPhone : le courrier de la high-tech http://tinyurl.com/ydhylkd
- Interessant! Les 4 P du social marketing:
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Relocation of the Branch in Iasi
The moving season of Branch offices has finished with the branch office in Iasi (Romania). Since Friday 08/01 (a bit before), everyone was ready to move into the Tudor Office Center. In one of my last posts I described moving
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