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MS SWIT 2010: First Day

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

On December 2 in Kiev was started the Microsoft SWIT 2010 Conference. MS SWIT is the largest event for Ukrainian IT professionals where they can communicate and share the experience with the colleagues.

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The two-day event is dedicated to the innovative MS products and technologies, such as Windows Azure, Windows Phone 7, SharePoint 2010, System Center, Visual Studio, etc. About 30 lecturers from Microsoft and its partner companies take floor in three specialized sections.

Softheme takes part in MS SWIT 2010. Our company is very interested in new information technologies, software development trends and cloud computing. We have participated in a discussion of various topics such as

Application Development for Windows Phone 7
Sergei Lutay

Mobile devices have become an integral part of human life. Important role in establishing this fact played a most possible devices, and capacity to create different kinds of applications, allowing each of us to more effectively utilize their resources. In this report Sergei told us about what advantages the platform Windows Phone 7 makes for developers to create business applications and how to develop high-performance applications for the platform.

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Extend Your English Education

Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

As a season that doesn’t allow for lounging at the beach or sipping Mai Tais at the pool, autumn is in full force and is the perfect time to start extending your educational expertise. With language school galore, it’s never too late to pick up a foreign language, and as English is one that everybody uses these days. Here it is a great list of such schools just waiting for you to register.

International House

ihThe International House World Organisation is one of the largest groups of language schools worldwide and one of the oldest. IH are committed to implementing high standards of quality and innovation in education and training. IH Kyiv was founded in 1992 and affiliated to IHWO in 1994 and receives professional support from this educational network which helps to ensure that the school uses up to date materials and employs highly qualified teachers trained in the latest methods. Their teaching staff consists of professional Ukrainian and foreign teachers with international experience of teaching. All teachers are constantly advancing their proficiency by travelling within the network of International House language schools and sharing their international experience of teaching. Most IH teachers are also teacher trainers and authors of well-known books. IH’s courses include Basic English, Business English, English for kids, training programs for teachers, exam preparation and more other.

Vandy Vasilevskoi 7/Geroiv Stalingrada 24
238-9870/428-0330
Weekdays 10.00-21.00, Weekends 10.00-14.00

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Investment Criteria for Startups in CEE Region

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

angel_investorsIn today’s world there are a lot of interesting ideas for projects. But very often developers have not enough money for their implementation. That’s why they need investments for further develop the ideas.

October 29, on a conference at the Investor Day participants talked about how you can attract investment, and how most investors look for a final decision on investment. Edward Shenderovich (Kite Ventures), who was participated in the discussion, noted that the main attention is paid to people, team. Investor looks at their level of professionalism, the ability of this team to realize the project as well look at attitudes in the command itself.

Bohdan Kupych (KM Core) noted that there is a tendency in Ukraine: there are a lot of talented technicians who are capable of implementing any idea, but there are only a few people who are able to bring the idea to market. It should be noted that in the world, there is a myth that the Russian and Ukrainian companies will never become global. But for example, take the company Kaspersky. Just a lot of companies that do not recognize this, since it is considered that it might scare away large customers.

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Global Trends in Venture Capital: Outlook for the Future

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010

vcAs part of the Investor Day CEE 2010 were examined global trends in venture capital.

According to Mark Lewis (Deloitte) on the global market will decrease the number of investments in the countries of the old world, and will be implemented in less developed countries that will stimulate the development of new markets. It was also noted that the volume of transactions in the U.S. in large markets will decline, while emerging markets will increase.

At the event were raised questions about the involvement of venture capital in emerging markets. In order to attract investments to the market, the support of the state. Particular importance is attached to the tax environment(system). If you can not keep a substantial amount of income, it makes no sense to invest in this market.

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Investor Day Central and Eastern Europe 2010

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

icdee-logoOne of the most outstanding and must-attend investors and entrepreneurs conferences in Europe, IDCEE 2010 took place in Kyiv, Ukraine on October 28-29, 2010. The event attracted over 1,500 attendees, including top selected start-ups, most successful entrepreneurs, internet and technology enterprises, experts, thought leaders, business leaders, venture capitalists, industry top publishers and journalists from Central and Eastern Europe.

IDCEE 2010 brought together and distributed the ideas and knowledge of the world’s best start-ups and innovators with expertise and abilities of world’s leading angel investors and venture capitalists, through a top-class conference and expo, a broad selection of participative sessions, panels and keynotes, matchmaking events.

Having no analogues in Ukraine, the conference is must-attended event for all the leaders and innovators in the technology sector throughout CEE region. IDCEE 2010 is a top focus conference for international players and markets.

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SWIT Investor Day