For IT service providers, 2020 was one of the most challenging years for revenue growth. Their profitability fell as organizations resorted to cost optimization amid the COVID-19 crisis. According to analysis by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, 50% of the top 20 IT service providers by revenue reported YoY revenue decline in 2020, while nine saw a drop […]

More important than all the tools and platforms that exist are the ways in which companies can use social media (social media) to increase the effectiveness of marketing programs, to generate new and relevant marketing opportunities, to serve and understand customers better and to become more valuable partners. by Gabriela Streza, Business Development Director, Valoria In order to do this, […]

Creating value for customers with relevant, digital tools for their global supply chains and service excellence is key for logistic leaders. With this goal, GEFCO, the global integrated logistics expert and European leader in automotive logistics has selected Blue Yonder’s cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) and warehouse management system (WMS) to revolutionize its customer service and accelerate growth. With 70+ […]

New technological solutions for governments require effective communication and education to invoke the interest of stakeholders. The expert suggests engaging the public through effective IT project communication strategy, including traditional and social media, might help the new govtech solutions to reach their full potential. Since the beginning of last year, governments have been pouring investments into e-systems, which can be […]

More than half of the 175,000 self-checkout units shipped globally last year were cashless, as COVID-19 encouraged retailers to invest in solutions to reduce contact between customers and staff Surge in activity at pan-European and domestic grocery chains 2020 saw another record year of investment in self-checkout technology, with shipments increasing by 25% globally, according to Global EPOS and Self-Checkout […]

A year ago, I used this platform to talk about Dell Technologies’ vision to become the most essential technology company for the data era. To say it’s been a consequential year is an understatement. I’m proud to say our team continued to deliver in extraordinary ways for our customers and it showed in our record first-quarter financial results. But what […]

The COVID-19 crisis has changed Romanians’ attitude towards living at the countryside: 59% of the surveyed urban Romanians state that the pandemic influenced or changed their opinion on living at the countryside, according to the Digitising Europe Pulse, a new survey commissioned by the Vodafone Institute, and conducted by Kantar, with over 15,000 interviewees from 15 European countries, including Romania. […]

Veeam® Software, the leader in backup solutions that deliver Modern Data Protection, announced the appointment of Amaury Dutilleul-Francoeur as Vice President of its EMEA Partner Network, and Graham Crich as Vice President of EMEA Partner Services. These appointments reflect the diverse nature of Veeam’s EMEA ProPartner Network with two key priorities: the digitisation of processes and cloud service offerings and […]

Vodafone today confirmed that its entire European operations – including mobile and fixed networks, data centres, retail and offices – will be 100% powered by electricity from renewable sources from 1 July 2021, marking a key step towards Vodafone’s goal of reducing its own carbon emissions to ‘net zero’ by 2030 and across the company’s entire value chain by 2040. […]

GEFCO Austria, a subsidiary of the GEFCO Group, a global multimodal supply chain expert and a leading provider of automotive logistics in Europe, today announced the opening of a workshop to refurbish used cars on its finished vehicle logistics (FVL) compound in Vienna. To service mobility players in the used car market, GEFCO’s workshop provides customers with a full range […]

Employer demand for technology workers across 10 European countries experienced a significant increase in the first quarter of 2021 with employers posting nearly 900 000 advertisements for open positions, according to a new report released today by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce. CompTIA’s “European Tech Hiring Trends” reveals that employer job postings for […]

DRUID has just announced a technological partnership with Smartree, the leader in Romania in the outsourcing of payroll and people management services, to implement conversational solutions for human resources departments. Smartree launches its first virtual assistant, on DRUID technology, MySmarty, to ensure automated interaction and instant access of employees to information and documents specific to personnel management, such as various […]