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Marketplace for Software Projects – the offer is valued by users and expanding

Munich, 10th December 2013 The pliXos B2B marketplace for software development projects (www.plixos.com/market) is getting positive recognition by users. Many providers have already been acquired in order to foster the basic idea of fast and safe awarding of projects to the best fitting service providers for customers. Additionally, a new rating system was defined and... Continue reading

Off the shelf outsourcing solutions for the SME market / the Mittelstand

The sector of “mid-sized businesses” (e.g. those with a turnover of up to £250M) is a major driving force in the German economy. In many ways, the challenges they face and the strategies used to tackle them are similar to those seen by large corporations. However when it comes to using outsourcing solutions and service... Continue reading

Start ups in Germany: Not Berlin vs. Munich or B2C vs. B2B but “just more customer trials”

As a German entrepreneur being engaged in the market with an own, seed capital backed start up I want to share some of my perceptions and encourage you to provide your viewpoints on the ecosystem for SW and Internet start ups in Germany.

Crowdsourcing in SW Development – New Opportunities when Managed Well

I follow the discussions around the power of the crowd with big interest. The emerging start-ups dealing with crowdsourcing alone are a source of inspiration. Some university professors even call it “the Future of Digital Work”. I truly follow their perceptions that the new options to reach out to a global mass of highly creative... Continue reading

Industrialisation in SW Dev – Already Reality or Just a Dream?

In a recent discussion by CIOs

Soft factors for selecting IT service provider

In our last blog “Key Criteria of SMEs to Select IT-Consultants or Service Providers” we mentioned the role of soft skills when selecting IT-Service providers. Although hard criteria (like skills or price) play a vital role, especially for small of mediums sized companies (SMEs) soft factors play a significant role as well. We think it´s... Continue reading

Key Criteria of SMEs to Select IT-Consultants or Service Providers

Recently we found an interesting working paper dealing with selection criteria of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) when trying to find a suitable consultant in the area of IT (www.sml.zhaw.ch). Although this paper had a slightly different focus by positioning universities as alternative option for IT-consultants we found it of value to SMEs in general.

Rating system for SW-Service providers

Fabian Lajtkep, Bachelor-Student, IISM (Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg), fabian.lajtkep@plixos.com pliXos launched a new B2B Marketplace for outsourced software development in end of August (www.plixos.com/market). The fist enhancement will be introduced during the next months. The enhancement will be a rating system of service providers which can be divided into two parts. The first part... Continue reading

A new era in sourcing

The Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange Author: Hartmut Jaeger, HDP Management Consulting GmbH As of: July 2013 At the beginning of the year 2014, Deutsche Börse Cloud Exchange AG will launch the first neutral, secure and transparent trading site for the industry with outsourced storage and computing capacities, or “cloud computing” resources. The transformation of IT... Continue reading

DCG-SMS Webinar

DCG-SMS Webinar: Automating the Governance of Agile Applications Development – a Case Study Date: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 Time: 12:30 pm BST Presenter: Joerg Stimmer Automating governance streamlines the process and ensures better consistency. Joerg Stimmer discusses how an SAAS approach to automation enables these advantages to be leveraged alongside Agile development methods. partnersite:... Continue reading