Kiev, Ukraine -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/16/2010 -- September 15, 2010 - Kyiv, Ukraine - ELEKS Software, a global organization delivering software services and solutions for diverse markets in the USA and Europe, announced that the company is sponsoring the "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2009".

The "Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Review" is an annual research conducted by the Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA). One of the main objectives of the research is to provide a complete overview of the IT outsourcing services market for the 16 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and to promote the CEE region as a destination for nearshore and offshore IT outsourcing services for both European countries and North America.

The "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review" research was first conducted in early 2008 for the year 2007. Upon completion, an estimated 10,000 people accessed the report across the globe. Many research companies used the finding as a resource for their commercial reports. Following positive feedback for the 2007 Report, the CEEOA decided to commission another report for 2008 and 2009.

Currently, the "CEE IT Outsourcing Review" is the most complete and called-for analytical source about the IT outsourcing market development in the CEE region.

Oleksiy Skrypnyk, CEO of ELEKS Software and Board Chairman of the IT / BPO Business Services Cluster, a non-profit group dedicated to the promotion of technology based businesses in Ukraine, noted, "We consider the reports to be the most comprehensive source of information available today about IT outsourcing services for the CEE region. We feel that the results obtained not only provide an accurate picture of the industry in the region, we also see the results helping to promote the various IT markets directly, specifically for Ukraine. Ukraine, one of the largest countries in the region, attracts a great deal interest for IT outsourcing services. In 2008, KPMG, a global audit, tax and advisory services provider, ranked the Ukrainian city of Lviv, where ELEKS Software is headquartered, among the 50 best cities in the world for IT and software outsourcing in their special report "Exporting Global Frontiers"".

About CEEOA
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) (www.ceeoa.org) was founded in 2008. The members of the association are the leading national IT and Outsourcing associations from the Central and Eastern Europe, among them Baltic Outsourcing Association (BOA), Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing Association (HOA), Employers' Association of the Software and Services Industry (ANIS) from Romania, Bulgarian Web Association (BWA), Czech ICT Alliance, Belarus Hi-Tech Park and ASPIRE - Association of IT & Business Process Services Companies (Poland). One of the main objectives of CEEOA is to promote the Central and Eastern European Region as competitive alternative to other Global offshoring destinations, and to increase services delivery quality and volume to the recognized standards.

About ELEKS Software
ELEKS Software is a global organization delivering software services and solutions for diverse markets in the USA and Europe. The company provides software product development services including conceptualization, architecture design, implementation, quality assurance, and localization, as well as web programming and design. ELEKS Software specializes in software solutions for the Finance, Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Logistics, Engineering Design Automation, Power Distribution Analysis and Management, and e-Government markets. Customers rely on the exceptional experience and talent of the employees of ELEKS Software to facilitate the delivery of high quality services and solutions.

For more information about ELEKS Software, please visit http://www.eleks.com.

CONTACT Information:
ELEKS Software
7g, Naukova St.
Lviv 79060, Ukraine
Tel.: +38 032 297 12 51
Fax: +38 032 244 70 02
Nataliya Bulhakova
Marketing Specialist
marketing@eleks.com

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Kiev, Ukraine -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/30/2010 -- SoftServe, a leading global provider of proven high quality software development, testing and consulting, announced that the company became the General Sponsor of the "CEE IT Outsourcing Review 2009" research. The "Central and Eastern European IT Outsourcing Review" is a project of the Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA).

The main goal of the research is to provide a complete overview of the IT outsourcing services market in Central and Eastern European countries, and to promote the CEE region as a cluster of provision of nearshore IT outsourcing services for the EU countries and offshore outsourcing services for the USA.

The "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review" research was first conducted in early 2008 for the year 2007. The 2007 research report of "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2007" indicated that there was a great interest to the CEE as a prospective region for IT outsourcing services. The report was accessed by an estimated 10,000 people and many research companies used it as a resource for their commercial reports. Thus, in 2008, KPMG referenced the report in their own research "Exploring Global Frontiers".

The data for the research is gathered by interviewing national IT and outsourcing associations; experts; as well as a large number of companies operating in IT outsourcing industry in the CEE region. Currently, the report is the most complete and demanded analytical source about the IT outsourcing market development in the CEE region.

SoftServe Inc., a general sponsor of the research, is one of the major players in the software development outsourcing industry in Central and Eastern Europe with its professional excellence recognized worldwide. The company partners with such industry giants as Microsoft, Oracle, Dell, Adobe, Cisco, and HP.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner since 2004, SoftServe was chosen as a Finalist of the global Microsoft Partner of the Year Award Program in 2006 and 2007. The company was also awarded by Microsoft, Partner of the Year in Central and Eastern Europe in 2008 (Mobility Solutions) and Information Worker (2009). Other key mentions include:

- Inclusion in the 2008 Black Book of Outsourcing, in the Top Ten Outsourcing Providers in Central and Eastern Europe.
- Ranked in the Top 10 to Watch in Emerging European Markets category by GlobalServices 100 of 2008 and 2009, a study recognizing excellence among global IT and BPO service providers.
- Recognized by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and named to the best outsourcing service provider list of the 2010 Global Outsourcing100.

SoftServe's President, Taras Kytsmey noted, "SoftServe takes an active part in the promotion of the CEE region and specifically Ukraine as an outsourcing destination. Therefore, we support the outstanding initiative of the Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association purposed to provide a full picture of the growing industry landscape in the region".

To attract more respondents for the research "CEE IT Outsourcing Review 2009", CEEOA launched the online survey http://research.ceeoa.org. All companies that completed the survey received free company profiles in the online catalogue of IT outsourcing companies from the CEE region - ITOlist.eu (http://itolist.eu). The catalogue ITOlist.eu will be officially launched with the Report issue at the beginning of September.

About SoftServe, Inc.
SoftServe is a leading global provider of proven high quality software development, testing and consulting services. At SoftServe, we are passionate and committed to bringing the best commercial software to market for new and established independent software vendors and software-enabled businesses. To accomplish this, we utilize AbilitonTM, an approach that develops an assessment and certification framework making it simple to create the right standards, certifications, tools and team structure to repeatedly deliver development success for our clients. Through the years, SoftServe has partnered with hundreds of companies globally on a wide range of products and technologies, successfully completing over 2000 projects. Founded in 1993, SoftServe is headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida, with an award-winning development organization based in Ukraine and the Philippines. For more information, please visit http://www.softserveinc.com.

About CEEOA
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) (http://www.ceeoa.org) was founded in 2008. The members of the association are the leading national IT and Outsourcing associations from the Central and Eastern Europe, among them Baltic Outsourcing Association (BOA), Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing Association (HOA), Employers' Association of the Software and Services Industry (ANIS) from Romania, Bulgarian Web Association (BWA), Czech ICT Alliance, and ASPIRE - Association of IT & Business Process Services Companies (Poland). One of the main objectives of CEEOA is to promote the Central and Eastern European Region as competitive alternative to other Global offshoring destinations, and to increase services delivery quality and volume to the recognized standards.

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Kiev, Ukraine -- (ReleaseWire) -- 12/18/2009 -- Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association are to host a set of webinars designed to present IT outsourcing potential of the largest countries from Central and Eastern Europe. The webinars are scheduled for January 2010 through March 2010 and will provide the presentation of the opportunities for IT outsourcing development in the countries of the CEE region – Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria. The national industry associations will host the separate webinars on each country presentation.

The main objective of the webinars is to popularize the Central and Eastern European region as a provider of offshore and nearshore outsourcing IT services. The participants of the webinars will be able to receive the detailed information about each country from the region, learn the advantages of business setting up and development in the countries, level of attainment and number of the graduates of IT professions. The speakers will present the main centers of IT outsourcing in the countries and the most significant case studies.

The webinars are intended for the audience of outsourcing services consumers, who are looking for the opportunities to collaborate, set up R&D offices in the CEE countries, and those who are interested to start working in the IT outsourcing industry.

Mr. Saulius Masalskis, Chairman and Managing Director of Baltic Outsourcing Association, noted, "It is our first series of online presentations on the general overview of the CEE countries, but we intend to hosting the webinars on continuing basis with the detailed reporting about the separate market segments and presentations from the leading CEE companies. The webinar format allows us to be more closer to our clients and to cover the sector of middle and small business, which is still not enough using the advantages of outsourcing for their business activities."

The series of webinars will consist of 6 independent webinars, first of which will be held on 13th of January.

Webinars schedule and organizers:

13 January, 2010 – Ukraine, the webinar is hosted by Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative (http://www.hi-tech.org.ua)
27 January, 2010 – Romania, the webinar is hosted by Employers' Association of the Software and Services Industry –ANIS (http://www.anis.ro)
10 February, 2010 – Hungary, the webinar is hosted by Hungarian Service and Outsourcing Association – HOA (http://www.hoa.hu)
24 February, 2010 – Lithuania, the webinar is hosted by Baltic Outsourcing Association – BOA (http://www.balticoutsourcing.com)
10 March, 2010 – Poland, the webinar is hosted by Association of IT & Business Process Services Companies – ASPIRE (http://www.aspire.org.pl)
24 March, 2010 – Bulgaria, the webinar is hosted by Bulgarian Web Association – BWA (http://www.bwa.bg)

Attending of the webinars will provide an opportunity to make the first step in the collaboration with outsourcing companies from Central and Eastern Europe.

All webinars are free to attend. Register for the webinars now! (http://ceeoa.org/en/news/ceeoa-news/registration-webinars-ceeoa/index.html)

About CEEOA
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) (www.ceeoa.org) was founded in 2008. The members of the association are the leading national IT and Outsourcing associations from the Central and Eastern Europe, among them Baltic Outsourcing Association (BOA), Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing Association (HOA), Employers' Association of the Software and Services Industry (ANIS) from Romania, Bulgarian Web Association (BWA) and ASPIRE - Association of IT & Business Process Services Companies (Poland). One of the main objectives of CEEOA is to promote the Central and Eastern European Region as competitive alternative to other Global offshoring destinations, and to increase services delivery quality and volume to the recognized standards.

Marina Osadchuk
CEEOA
email: m.osadchuk@ceeoa.org
website: http://ceeoa.org

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Kiev, Ukraine -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/24/2009 -- The research "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2008" provides an evidence of the rapid development of IT outsourcing services market in the Central and Eastern Europe. The CEE cluster becomes the real player on the global outsourcing market. The clients are getting more interested in the "nearshoring" to the CEE region than in the offshoring to India or China. The customers become more sophisticated in their business relationships. There has been a shift from simple cost savings as a motivation to valuing the experience of outsourcing services providers and efficiency of cooperation between the client and provider teams. The advantages of the CEE countries such as cultural compatibility with Europe and North America, technical and business experience are of great value for the clients.

One of the main objectives of the research conducted by the Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) with the support of Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) is to provide the holistic view on the potential of the CEE region as a global cluster for provision of nearshore IT outsourcing for the Western European countries and for offshore IT outsourcing for the North American market.

"CEE IT Outsourcing Review" is conducted for the second time. The 2007 research report "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2007" indicated that there was a great interest from the clients consuming outsourcing services and research companies. Following positive feedback for the 2007 Report, the CEEOA decided to commission an annual review on "CEE IT Outsourcing Review", resulting in this 2008 Report. "CEE IT Outsourcing Review 2008" was conducted during January to July 2009. The national IT and outsourcing associations, largest outsourcing companies, and independent experts were invited as respondents. The Ukrainian software development company NET Technology Center WEB100 (http://www.web100.com.ua), who provide offshore outsourcing services and deals with the development of IT solutions for B2B communications and business solutions based on Social Media approaches, sponsored the research.

The research examines key development indicators of the IT outsourcing market in the 16 countries of the Central and Eastern Europe region including market value, number of professionals, number of IT companies providing outsourcing services and market rates.

"CEE IT Outsourcing Review" includes the detailed country profiles, experts estimations on the outsourcing market development during the recession period, their opinion on new tendencies and forecasts for the market recovery, profiles of the leading outsourcing companies in the region.

Victor Maznyuk, President of Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative, one of the CEEOA founders, noted, "Outsourcing industry in the Central and Eastern Europe does not suffer significantly during the financial crisis. At the outset of 2009 there was insignificant number of the outsourcing companies closures. The outsourcing industry always expected from the outsourcing players to meet the client requirements quickly and to control the expenses. Having a great experience of the development on the competitive market of outsourcing services provision, the Eastern European companies learned how to work successfully during the recession period without taking drastic measures and significant business changes.

As a whole, the crisis produced the effect of improvement in the industry. The number of IT specialists slightly increased, their salary and rental fee underwent insignificant drop. This allowed companies to reduce the cost of services and to be confident during the recession period. Without any doubt I can claim that outsourcing industry is ready for the increase of provided services value in view of the forthcoming economic recovery."

The official version of the research "Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2008" is available at the information portal ITONews.eu (http://www.itonews.eu) and at the CEEOA website.

About CEEOA
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) (http://www.ceeoa.org) was founded in 2008. The members of the association are the leading national IT and Outsourcing associations from the Central and Eastern Europe, among them Baltic Outsourcing Association (BOA), Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing Association (HOA), Employers' Association of the Software and Services Industry (ANIS) from Romania, Bulgarian Web Association (BWA) and ASPIRE - Association of IT & Business Process Services Companies (Poland). One of the main objectives of CEEOA is to promote the Central and Eastern European Region as competitive alternative to other Global offshoring destinations, and to increase services delivery quality and volume to the recognized standards.

Contact information:

Inna Sergiychuk
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA)

Phone: +38 044 458 1753
Email: innas@hi-tech.org.ua ceeoa@ceeoa.org
Web: http://www.ceeoa.org http://www.hi-tech.org.ua

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