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IT offshore press review week 05/2012

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:58:58 +0000

Enjoy the IT offshore press review!

- Green IT: In search of an energy yardstick (January 30, 2012, Computer World)
- Twitter’s country-specific blocking brings hazards and hope (January 27, 2012, Computer World)
- Facebook IPO could come next week (January 27, 2012, Computer World)
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Situation and perspectives in the Arab world: What are the opportunities for France? – The Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce (National Assembly on January 23)

Fr�d�ric LASNIER — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:15:34 +0000

Last Monday, together with Guy, my father, I attended a fascinating conference at the National Assembly, on this Arab spring which looks down on the change of seasons, as it began almost a year ago (in the middle of winter).

In 2012, Pentalog has a surprisingly good start of the year for offshore-neashore activities

Fr�d�ric LASNIER — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:57:00 +0000

The first weeks of 2012 have been very intense and do not seem anything like a regular start of the year. For instance, in January, production has not registered the slump to which IT services departments are so accustomed during

IT offshore press review week 04/2012

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:40:25 +0000

2012 is set to be a year in which new opportunities start to rise for IT professionals. Let’s see what other subjects we have in the IT offshore press review this week. Enjoy!

- How to cope with HTML5’s dueling standards

Is Pentalog going to switch its mobile subscription to FREE?

Aymeric LIBEAU — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:42:46 +0000

Behind this title which is meant to be a trifle intriguing, I would like to tackle two current topics of interest. First, there is the buzz of the moment caused by the launch of offers by the French mobile network

IT offshore press review week 03/2012

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:07:49 +0000

It’s a new week, it’s a new IT offshore press review. We start with 2 articles on the cool stuff seen at CES 2012. Enjoy!

- Cool stuff from CES 2012 (January 12, 2012, Computer World)
- Scenes from CES 2012 (January 13, 2012,

Offshore and nearshore IT services company: Online estimate generator no longer available on the Pentalog site

Fr�d�ric LASNIER — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:44:49 +0000

It was indeed one of the key functions of the Pentalog Group’s website galaxy and one of our main differentiating aspects in the context of the transparency policy introduced in 2008 with our first free download services catalog. Nothing is

Mobile market liberalization may bring about a boom in M2M services and real productivity growth!

Micka�l HIVER — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:36:12 +0000

It is a fact that most of us hesitate when it comes to turning to a 100% mobile (online) world, as up to now fares have been really high. And, while we hesitate, all the related services fail to take

�300,000 profit sharing between 36 Pentalog employees!

Fr�d�ric LASNIER — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:23:30 +0000

In 2011, Pentalog has taken the extraordinary initiative to invite all the employees who started working for the company in 2005 and a few outstanding employees who joined the company after this date to take part in an unprecedented event. Together,

IT offshore press review week 02/2012

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:35:47 +0000

Welcome to the IT offshore press review. I think we should start with this question: do we really need new programming languages? Have you heard of Dart, Ceylon, Go, #F, Opa, Fantom or Zimbu? It’s just like people are trying

IT offshore press review week 01/2012

Alina RAFOI — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:12:55 +0000

Welcome to the first IT offshore press review of 2012. Enjoy!

- 2012 tech predictions: From IDG’s editors worldwide (December 30, 2011, Computer World)
- Cloud computing changes everything (December 23, 2011, Computer World)
- Five open source technologies for 2012 (December 28, 2011, Computer World)
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Vietnam December 2011

Aymeric LIBEAU — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:37:46 +0000

I have just spent 3 very instructive weeks in Vietnam touching our cloud projects. I had the chance to assess the project development process right from within the project. My expectations were confirmed, it is indeed a good team: motivated, involved

Pentalog is competing for 3 giant contracts, on its nearshore locations, with prospects in Middle East, Germany and Romania

Fr�d�ric LASNIER — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:42:25 +0000

It is not our business policy to speak about potential contracts before signing them. However, these 3 particular business deals have a highly significant meaning. Their respective volume, in countries which are very far from each other, prove to what

From tinkering applications to software business solutions

Cornel FATULESCU — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:07:08 +0000

From bright ideas to business solutions it is a long way and we all know that the best measure of success is progress. So we need to answer the following requirements:

IT offshore press review week 51/2011

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:28:30 +0000

The results of a hiring survey show that the IT job market will improve in 2012, but most companies choose not to expand. This and other subjects in the IT offshore press review.

- IT hiring expected to rise in 2012,

France determined to reconquer Southeast Asia

Tuan NGUYENQUOC — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:46:47 +0000

In my view, the 10th edition of the ASEAN forum organized in Malaysia (27 � 29 November) stood out in terms of quality and business perspectives which could ensue.

Around 300 business people attended the forum, among which the Minister of

IT offshore press review week 50/2011

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:58:37 +0000

Gartner considers that IT budgets and responsabilities are moving out of the control of the IT departments and into the hands of others, due to consumerization and cloud computing, among others. That is the Gartner vision for 2012 and the coming years.

ISO 9001:2008 Certification: renewal guaranteed!

Aleth DELCENSERIE — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:36:28 +0000

Following a 1000 km road trip and 5 days of audits performed on Pentalog sites in Brasov, Iasi and Chisinau, the AFNOR auditor has just decided in favour of the renewal of our ISO 9001:2008 certificate*, and its extension to People

Pentalog reporting an 18% increase in organic growth in Q4, slightly higher than in Q3

Monica JIMAN — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:03:30 +0000

Q4 is very similar to the previous quarter, being also marked by a strong boost in project renewals for 2012 and fairly higher new biz order intentions.

In France, just as in Q3, the growth is mainly due to the extension

IT offshore press review week 49/2011

Alina RAFOI — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:47:33 +0000

We start this week’s IT offshore press review with an article on Gartner’s top predictions for IT organisations and users for 2012.

- Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organisations and Users for 2012 and Beyond (December 2, 2011, CFO News)
- Mobile