L'viv, Ukraine -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/22/2008 -- Throughout October 4-5, 2007 Lviv Chamber of Industry and Commerce has welcomed the participants of the event "IT Solutions for Competitive SMEs". This seminar has been sequential to the workshop "Advanced IT solutions and Competitiveness of SMEs" held in 2006 within the framework of the Extended Enterprise in Enlarged Europe (E4) research project. The event targeted at contribution to the development of industrial SMEs, sharing information on the commonly applied IT solutions, current research projects and EU funding opportunities.

The organizers have introduced cross-sectoral approach to both learning agenda and networking, bringing together representatives of industrial sector, research institutions and IT suppliers, facilitating extensive collaboration and knowledge exchange. As compared to the previous year, the event demonstrated increased participation, assembling more than 60 attendees from Ukraine, Slovenia, Germany, Estonia, Belgium and Poland. The participants represented diverse sectors such as IT consulting, software development, business consulting and research.

The seminar was thematically divided into two parts. The fist provided valuable insights into connections between business, science and technologies; financially reasonable instruments for stock listing; modern automation instruments as well as highly productive mobile technologies. The genuine interest of Intellias representatives invoked presentations and discussions related to innovative software development for industrial SMEs along with Internet-based solutions. The second part of the seminar has covered such topics as benchmarking in clusterization within CEE region, SME inclusion into research projects as well as effective cooperation with consulting and training centers.

Vitaly Sedler, Intellias CEO for Marketing and Sales, has noted: "The interconnectivity of the modern digital economy imposes completely new principles of buyer-supplier relationship in software outsourcing. The developed solutions become increasingly industry-oriented, hence providing more tailored approaches towards resource planning, e-business and customer relationship management. Thus, I think the events that bring together the IT suppliers and major industry players generate significant interest from both sides".

About the Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry was created in 1850 according to the decision of the Austrian Caesar Franz-Josef. Today, the Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a reliable support for businessmen in protection and support of their interests.

About thousand of the most known enterprises of area, almost 200 of which are its full members, are the partners of the Chamber. The Lviv CCI has direct partner relations with chambers of the CIS countries, countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The Lviv Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a part of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the authoritative organization in the world of the Ukrainian business.

http://www.lcci.com.ua

About Intellias Ltd.

Intellias is an ISO-certified software development company with its Development Office in Lviv (Western Ukraine) and Sales & Marketing division in Zuerich (Switzerland). The company specializes in Internet/Intranet Applications, Distributed Systems, MS Windows Applications as well as Embedded Systems.

From the outset of its market presence, Intellias has completed more than 200 projects worldwide, featured with excellence of technical expertise and reliability of partnership models. Over the years, Intellias maintains its orientation towards German-speaking market, tailoring region- and industry specific software services.

http://www.intellias.com

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Lviv, Ukrain -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/19/2006 -- Targeting on further development of Ukrainian software development and IT outsourcing market, Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative together with PR Kvadrat are going to organize Ukrainian Outsourcing Forum 2006. The previous Forum experience being successful, the organizers have decided to broaden the agenda, incorporating in the schedule the variety of IT events, namely the Conference itself, Exhibition, Ukrainian IT Matchmaking Event'2006 as well as Round Table Discussions.

The forum subjects are perfectly matching the overall IT interest of Intellias. In particular, the Forum Program foresees coverage of highly relevant issues: Ukrainian business environment, outsourcing market trends and marketing strategies planning. The topic of utmost current importance, development trends of software companies, is outlined as a special point of reporting and discussion.

Finally, the practical dimension of the Forum would be framed in Ukrainian IT Matchmaking Event 2006, enabling business meetings, company presentations and initiating business relationships. Beyond any doubt, the B2B meetings with foreign participants will broaden the horizons of Ukrainian software development sphere in general and the participating companies in particular. Having considerable experience in business presentations and negotiations, Intellias is intending to initiate mutually beneficial contacts with business partners.

About Intellias Ltd.
Intellias is a software development company with its Development Office in Lviv (Western Ukraine) and Sales & Marketing division in Zuerich (Switzerland). The company specializes in Internet/Intranet Applications, Distributed Systems, MS Windows Applications as well as Embedded Systems.

From the outset of its market presence, Intellias has completed more than 160 projects worldwide, featured with excellence of technical expertise and reliability of partnership models. Over the years, Intellias maintains its orientation towards German-speaking market, tailoring region- and industry specific software services.

http://www.intellias.com

About Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative
Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative is an alliance of leading Ukrainian Outsourcing and BPO Services providers. The company works in close cooperation with major half of Ukrainian Software Development companies and companies providing BPO Services.

http://www.hi-tech.org.ua

About PR KVADRAT
Since 1991 "PR KVADRAT" is one of the first real players on the Ukrainian market of event management and PR, with portfolio including more than 80 real cases, 20 large-scale and highly tailored events, PR and BTL actions.

http://www.pr2.com.ua

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Lviv, Ukraine -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/13/2006 -- Accelerating digitalization of business and communication processes brings to the agenda the issues of productivity and overall efficiency of IT enterprise solutions. Orbit-iEX 2006, the largest IT fair in Switzerland, taking place on May 16 – 19 in Zuerich Messenzentrum has introduced the latest novelties of the information technologies. The Key Concept of the conference has concentrated on Business Software, IT Services & Consulting, Hardware & Office Equipment, Web Applications & Business Processes, Security as well as Mobile Computing & Communication. Taking into consideration the importance of Swiss market to Intellias German-speaking market orientation, the company has decided to attend the event in order to get acquainted with the contemporary IT trends and initiate new business contacts.

Taking aim at introducing the most up-to-date knowledge and expertise, Orbit-iEX 2006 program has embodied Conference activities with 45 profound seminars offering innovative insights namely in Web based business solutions, IT security and Claim Management in IT Outsourcing projects. The emphasis in IT Outsourcing section is laid upon in its success-critical factors, proactive attitude towards Claim Management and Facility Management as an alternative to the accomplishment of the IT tasks.

"Outsourcing - a Nightmare?", a report presented by Lutz Peichert, Vice President Consulting to Forrester Research has briefed the participants on the minimization of risks in the outsourcing projects, fulfilling the customer expectations and avoiding common outsourcing pitfalls. "License to Claim' in ICT procurement and outsourcing projects" by Hansjoerg Buehler, CEO to Soberano-Sourcing GmbH and Thomas Eberle, Senior Contract Manager to TeleTrust Partner AG have provided valuable insights on purposes and practical implications of Claim Management with special attention devoted to the claims being reduced at early phases of the service life cycle.

The utmost practical importance of Orbit-iEX 2006 is preconditioned by favourable current IT tendencies in Switzerland. According to Weissbuch 2006 by Robert Weiss Consulting, the turnover from the Swiss ICT market has increased from from 15.76 billion FR in 2004 on 16.17 billion FR in 2005. Swiss IT industry growing at leaps and bounds, the overall interest to the IT outsourcing issues becomes increasingly precise. In this context, the Eastern European outsourcing service providers are winning stable positions on the Swiss market due to the cultural and geographical proximity as well as high level IT proficiency. Since the Swiss market is one of the core IT destinations for Intellias, the company is putting forth every effort to deliver the services matching the requirements and expectations of its Swiss clients.

"Nowadays IT outsourcing is not framed in terms of technical expertise and intelligent endeavour, in order to obtain lucrative market niche, you have to be highly attentive to regional particularities" – concludes Michael Puzrakov, Intellias representative at Orbit-iEX 2006.

About Orbit-iEX
Orbit-iEX is and remains the most important trade fair for IT and communication in Switzerland. It represents a comprehensive business platform for information and communication technology. Hardware, software and 'brainware' are the foundations of this industry and make up the core of what Orbit-iEX has to offer its visitors. The trade fair gives the industry a face, adds to its profile and at its best even drives the business forward.

http://www.orbit-iex.ch

About Intellias Ltd.
Intellias is a software development company with its Development Office in Lviv (Western Ukraine) and
Sales & Marketing division in Zuerich (Switzerland). The company specializes in Internet/Intranet Applications, Distributed Systems, MS Windows Applications as well as Embedded Systems.

From the outset of its market presence, Intellias has completed more than 160 projects worldwide, featured with excellence of technical expertise and reliability of partnership models. Over the years, Intellias maintains its orientation towards German-speaking market, tailoring region- and industry specific software services.

http://www.intellias.com

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