Information technology management

The 1st Southeast European Innovation, Technology and Sourcing Summit took place with the active support of the Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency and with great interest from the business.

The Ministry of Tourism is the first state administration to offer all of its services online. They will be accessible round-the-clock and with no breaks. The e-access will be free of charge in the first year, reports BNT. 

The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the largest Greek-American organization in the United States, has received a $100,000 donation from E. John and Cleo Rumpakis of Portland, Oregon, Supreme President George E. Loucas has announced.

One of the world's leading business news organizations - the Financial Times, opens an office in Sofia in the autumn of 2018

It will host the major FT Core technology team that supports base platforms and systems running the FT.com website. This is clear from the announcement of the Xoomworks consulting company, based in Sofia, based on the Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) model.

According to the annual ranking of Business Process Outsourcing and Shared Service Location Index 2015, Bulgaria is third in the world in terms of direct foreign investments attracted in the outsourcing sector and ranks first in Europe, stated Economy Minister Bozhidar Lukarski at the opening of the annual conference of the leaders of the European Outsourcing Association.

Bulgaria "is mounting a convincing challenge" as a candidate for cost-effective, high-quality nearshoring," the outsourcing head of a Slovakia-based IT services company has said.

The county's potential "may come as a shock", according to the summary of a text by Tomas Turkovic, Soitron Director for Outsourcing, published by Channelnomics.eu.

Bulgaria was identified as the third most attractive outsourcing location in the world, according to research conducted by global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield.

Bulgaria moved eleven positions from its ranking in 2014, when it occupied 14th place, and is currently preceded only by Vietnam and the Philippines.

By Dimitra Manifava

Electronic commerce turnover grew 25 percent last year compared with 2012, reaching 3.2 billion euros, according to a report on online trade in Southern Europe published on Thursday by Ecommerce Europe. This is attributed to the proliferation of online offers and discounts in the crisis period.