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InformationWeek 500 Conference & Awards Gala 2010

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Following the deep cost cuts and spartan efficiency programs of the past two years, CEOs and boards of directors are now demanding growth-new customers, new businesses, new revenue streams. It’s more critical than ever that CIOs and other business technology executives sit at the center of corporate decision-making to help make that growth happen.

2010 InformationWeek 500 Conference

At the 2010 InformationWeek 500 Conference, C-level executives from leading global companies will gather to discuss how they’re meeting The Growth Imperative. The conference will feature sessions on the technology organization’s role in:

  • Spearheading alternative business and IT models
  • Cultivating, sponsoring, and driving innovation
  • Boosting brand equity
  • Leveraging social networking for competitive advantage
  • Showing the business value of security investments

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Software Outsourcing Projects: Risks and Responsibilities

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Check out a new Softheme’s presentation covering the basics of outsourcing projects management. It reveals the importance of properly defined and distributed risks and responsibilities in software outsourcing projects, the role of technical expertise and evaluation, transferring business rules and scenarios to technical specifications and algorithms, project schedules and budget management, and more.

Risks and Responsibilities in Software Outsourcing Projects
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Trends in Software Outsourcing: Best Practices

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Softheme continues sharing knowledge about software outsourcing. How to select a vendor, to apply effective outsourcing strategy, to manage risks and sign service level agreements - all these topics are developed in a new Softheme’s presentation:

Trends in Software Outsourcing: Best Practices

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Software Outsourcing: Optimizing the Approach

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Providing outsourcing of IT services for more then a decade, Softheme, a Ukrainian software outsourcing company, gathered an extensive knowledge base on various aspects of the business. Analyzing our past experience we identified the approach which works best for our company and though it might be useful to share this approach with the community.

To learn more about how we optimize the approach to software outsourcing, please view the presentation below:

Software Outsourcing: Optimizing the Approach
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Softheme Summarizes 2009 Results and Achievements

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

2009 was a tough year for all businesses worldwide due to complex economic conditions. Software outsourcing has also experienced the influence of recession, being one of the most globally integrated business domains. It was the year of cutting costs and seeking new opportunities; and when it has passed, it’s a good time to summarize the outcomes.

“Today it’s evident that the past year not only slowed down some outsourcing trends but also streamlined the evolvement of others,” states Softheme Chief Executive Vadim Sharko.

Softheme Summarizes 2009 Results and Achievements

“iPhone development was one of those new trends for us which gained in popularity during 2009. Development of small and single-purpose applications for mobile devices is financially beneficial – they require relatively modest investments and are sold well. Each day Apple’s AppStore is refilled with a variety of new hot applications and tools.”

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