ASPIRE will participate in the Executive Advisory Board for the World BPO/ITO Summit 2010, which will take place in New Jersey, 28-29 July. The event now in its third year is focussed on mid-size US companies ($200m – $1bn) [...]
ASPIRE members took 3 of 5 Forbes Awards at the 5th Polish Outsourcing Conference. Awards were given to State Street Services, IBM and Infosys BPO [...]
ASPIRE has been awarded the prestigious title “LIDER Malopolski 2009″ by the influential Association of Gminas and Powiats in Malopolska (SGPM). The award is given in recognition of outstanding contribution by an organisation to the social, economic and cultural development of the Małopolska region.
Discussion notes are now available from October’s ASPIRE Roundtable, organised in association with Associate member Modis International. The notes bring together the thoughts of 30+ CEOs who gathered to debate “What draws the BPO community to Kraków?”
The Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) have become a partner of the forthcoming CIO CEE Conference. The conference will be held on 25-26 January, 2010 at the Hilton Hotel in Prague and will focus on competitive intelligence as a key input for successful budgetary and strategic business planning. It is organized by Europe [...]
Krakow has jumped to 4th in the 2009 Global Services-Tholons annual ranking of Top 50 Emerging Global Outsourcing Cities (up from 5th in 2008) strengthening its position as the number 1 emerging city in Europe. Kraków also placed among the Top Established Cities for some functions: In F&A Kraków placed 4th behind Mumbai, Bangalore and [...]
Ramon Tancinco, Head of Strategy and Business Development at Cisco Poland, tells the influential Silicon Valley News about Krakow’s technology potential. Available here
CONFERENCE EU funds for IT and Business Process Services sectors Tuesday 22 September 2009 12 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. Kraków Town Hall (Sala Obrad) Plac Wszystkich Świętych 3/4 Introduction ASPIRE – the Association of IT & Business Process Services – in co-operation with the Mayor of Kraków and EDP – the Association of Education for [...]
ASPIRE welcomes five new Associate Members: Modis International, Leach & Lang, Hays Poland, Baker Tilly and Park Inn Hotel. Modis International provide a full range of information technology and engineering recruitment services and solutions. In Poland, Modis has offices in Kraków and Łódź. Visit Modis International website. Leach & Lang Property Consultants offer an exhaustive range of [...]
The 2008 “Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review” provides evidence of the rapid development of IT outsourcing services market in Central and Eastern Europe notwithstanding the economic downturn. The report confirms a shift from simple cost savings as a main driver to valuing the experience of outsourcing services providers and efficiency of cooperation between [...]
