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Why outsourcing to Bulgaria. Technology facts

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Get to know Bulgaria in different light. See why it is such a desired destination for IT outsourcing. Explore more about its traditions in science and technology.

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WHY OUTSOURCING IN BULGARIA BULGARIA EXCEPTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FACTS 1
Bulgaria offers the benefit of set in ease of doing business place legislation ease of movement through the EU stable economy low country risk solid political environment established labour laws and taxation 2
Where is Bulgaria? • Europe • Strategic location 3
Country Facts NATO membership Religion: 83% Orthodox Christian EU membership Government: Parliamentary democracy Area: 42,822 square miles Population (July 2011): 7,093,635 Currency: BGN pegged to EUR at 1.95583:1 One of the EU's most favourable taxes Native language: Bulgarian Europe's most competitive salary Foreign languages: English, German, French, Levels Highly skilled, multilingual Spanish, Russian work force Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 4
Why outsource to Bulgaria There are highly trained and talented professional software developers and IT engineers in Bulgaria. English is widely spoken among professionals. In fact most professional people speak not only English but also another Western European language. Bulgaria happens to be in a close time zone too, so clients can communicate with their dedicated teams throughout the working day. Communication is smooth and easy, there are no time zone issues. Bulgaria has an unusually well-developed educational system specializing in electronics, engineering, and computer sciences. 5 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
Tech and Science Education At any one time, there are more than 5,000 Bulgarian students majoring in computer science. There are 47 universities in Bulgaria. Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 6
Tech and Science Rankings Bulgaria ranks first in Europe in IT-certified specialists per capita and 8th in the world in total ICT specialists Bulgaria ranks Bulgaria’s Bulgaria ranks second higher education second in the world in institutions rank fifth in the world in IQ tests amongst all countries SAT scores in sciences 7 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
Tech and Science Achievements Bulgaria became one of the first European countries to develop serial production of personal computers (Pravetz Series 8) in the beginning of the 1980s. In 2009 Bulgaria became the first country in Central and Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) to develop a national nanotechnology R&D centre. Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 8
Tech and Science Achievements Bulgaria also has a full scale humanoid robot project named Kibertron. This humanoid robot is among the most advanced in the world, containing 82 DOF. In 2004, Kibertron team was awarded with the “European Award for Innovations” during INNOVACT 2004. The first digital computer was invented by John Vincent Atanasoff, who, through his father, was a half Bulgarian (his mother being American). Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 9
Tech and Science Achievements Another Bulgarian-American inventor and scientist, Peter Petroff, became best known for his work in NASA . Petroff also invented the first digital watch (1970). At the Tokyo International Mathematics Olympiad in 2003 Bulgaria finished in first place from a total of 82 participating countries. Bulgaria also became one of only four countries in the history of the International Mathematics Olympiad to win that competition by having all six of its team members finish with gold medals. 10 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
Tech and Science Achievements As of 2007 CERN employed more than 90 Bulgarian scientists, and about 30 of them will actively participate in the Large Hadron Collider experiments. Bulgaria has the most powerful supercomputer in Eastern Europe (one of the top 100 in the world as of 2009), an IBM Blue Gene/P, entered service in September 2008 at the State Agency of Information Technology. 11 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
IT Outsourcing reasons The combination of Bulgaria has some of good education, the the most skilled big pool of world class software developers in software developers, the world and they can all speaking English provide high quality of makes Bulgaria a very service at a very attractive destination competitive price for IT outsourcing Many big companies such as HP and SAP outsource to Bulgaria, which has set a trend not just for big companies, but for many medium and small size enterprises from the UK and Europe 12
Flat Rock Outsourcing • Flat Rock Technology • Headquarters: London, UK • R&D Centre: Varna, Bulgaria 13
Flat Rock Outsourcing Services Software Open source development development ASP.NET Web UI & Design Mobile applications Content writing development 14
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Why outsourcing to Bulgaria. Technology facts

  • 1. WHY OUTSOURCING IN BULGARIA BULGARIA EXCEPTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FACTS 1
  • 2. Bulgaria offers the benefit of set in ease of doing business place legislation ease of movement through the EU stable economy low country risk solid political environment established labour laws and taxation 2
  • 3. Where is Bulgaria? • Europe • Strategic location 3
  • 4. Country Facts NATO membership Religion: 83% Orthodox Christian EU membership Government: Parliamentary democracy Area: 42,822 square miles Population (July 2011): 7,093,635 Currency: BGN pegged to EUR at 1.95583:1 One of the EU's most favourable taxes Native language: Bulgarian Europe's most competitive salary Foreign languages: English, German, French, Levels Highly skilled, multilingual Spanish, Russian work force Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 4
  • 5. Why outsource to Bulgaria There are highly trained and talented professional software developers and IT engineers in Bulgaria. English is widely spoken among professionals. In fact most professional people speak not only English but also another Western European language. Bulgaria happens to be in a close time zone too, so clients can communicate with their dedicated teams throughout the working day. Communication is smooth and easy, there are no time zone issues. Bulgaria has an unusually well-developed educational system specializing in electronics, engineering, and computer sciences. 5 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
  • 6. Tech and Science Education At any one time, there are more than 5,000 Bulgarian students majoring in computer science. There are 47 universities in Bulgaria. Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 6
  • 7. Tech and Science Rankings Bulgaria ranks first in Europe in IT-certified specialists per capita and 8th in the world in total ICT specialists Bulgaria ranks Bulgaria’s Bulgaria ranks second higher education second in the world in institutions rank fifth in the world in IQ tests amongst all countries SAT scores in sciences 7 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
  • 8. Tech and Science Achievements Bulgaria became one of the first European countries to develop serial production of personal computers (Pravetz Series 8) in the beginning of the 1980s. In 2009 Bulgaria became the first country in Central and Eastern Europe (excluding Russia) to develop a national nanotechnology R&D centre. Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 8
  • 9. Tech and Science Achievements Bulgaria also has a full scale humanoid robot project named Kibertron. This humanoid robot is among the most advanced in the world, containing 82 DOF. In 2004, Kibertron team was awarded with the “European Award for Innovations” during INNOVACT 2004. The first digital computer was invented by John Vincent Atanasoff, who, through his father, was a half Bulgarian (his mother being American). Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 9
  • 10. Tech and Science Achievements Another Bulgarian-American inventor and scientist, Peter Petroff, became best known for his work in NASA . Petroff also invented the first digital watch (1970). At the Tokyo International Mathematics Olympiad in 2003 Bulgaria finished in first place from a total of 82 participating countries. Bulgaria also became one of only four countries in the history of the International Mathematics Olympiad to win that competition by having all six of its team members finish with gold medals. 10 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
  • 11. Tech and Science Achievements As of 2007 CERN employed more than 90 Bulgarian scientists, and about 30 of them will actively participate in the Large Hadron Collider experiments. Bulgaria has the most powerful supercomputer in Eastern Europe (one of the top 100 in the world as of 2009), an IBM Blue Gene/P, entered service in September 2008 at the State Agency of Information Technology. 11 Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International
  • 12. IT Outsourcing reasons The combination of Bulgaria has some of good education, the the most skilled big pool of world class software developers in software developers, the world and they can all speaking English provide high quality of makes Bulgaria a very service at a very attractive destination competitive price for IT outsourcing Many big companies such as HP and SAP outsource to Bulgaria, which has set a trend not just for big companies, but for many medium and small size enterprises from the UK and Europe 12
  • 13. Flat Rock Outsourcing • Flat Rock Technology • Headquarters: London, UK • R&D Centre: Varna, Bulgaria 13
  • 14. Flat Rock Outsourcing Services Software Open source development development ASP.NET Web UI & Design Mobile applications Content writing development 14