IBA Group

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International Business Alliance
Type Joint-stock company, privately held
Industry Computer hardware
Computer software
Consulting
IT Services
Founded 1993, incorporated 2005
Headquarters Prague, Czech Republic
Key people Sergei Levteev, President & CEO
Employees

2,500+ (2011)

[1]
Website www.ibagroupit.com

IBA Group is a Czech/Belarusian company, an alliance of IT companies that perform offshore, near-shore and on-shore projects. IBA Group serves clients in 30+ countries across diverse markets and industries, including banking, railway, telecommunication, manufacturing, healthcare, trade, and public.

IBA has offices in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Russia, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan and development centers in the Czech Republic, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. In 2005, after the Czech Republic became a member of the European Union, IBA Group relocated its headquarters to Prague, Czech Republic.

IBA Group is engaged in bespoke software development, system integration and product development, and provides distribution services. The IBA international clients are companies that outsource their software development to offshore or near-shore service providers, while its local clients are mostly banks, manufacturing, and transport enterprises that want to streamline their business processes. Globally, IBA operates as an outsourcing service provider and locally as a system integrator, value-added reseller, and original equipment manufacturer.

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[edit] Focus Areas

[edit] Skills

IBA employs over 2,500 IT and business professionals. Most of them are university-educated programmers with around 30 holding a PhD in computer science. The IBA specialists are qualified in a variety of computer platforms, operating systems, programming languages, tools, and technologies.

[edit] History

IBA was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between IBM and two Belarusian IT enterprises,[1] namely the Computer Research Institute and the Minsk Computer Production Association.[2] In 1999, IBM withdrew as a part owner of IBA, however, remains an important business partner for the company.[3] IBA experienced a rapid growth and now belongs to largest IT service providers in Eastern Europe.[4]

[edit] Training and education

IBA Group specialists are educated in the training centers of IBM, Sun Microsystems, Lotus, SAP, SAS, Oracle, Microsoft, Novell, and 1C. The IBA programmers are also trained at the IBA Training Center.[5]
The IBA Training Center features:
- A testing center authorized by Thomson Prometric
- A testing center authorized by Pearson VUE
- A regional Cisco Networking Academy
- Oracle–authorized training center. Courses in Java, Solaris, and MySQL
- IBM–authorized training center. Training on PMP program, courses in System administration in Lotus Domino 7 and IBM WebSphere MQ V6.0. Programming Using Base Classes for Java
- SAP-authorized training center
- Apple Authorized Training Center (AATC). Training in Mac OS X and Final Cut and Aperture software for professionals
- Microsoft-Authorized Training Center
- Novell-Authorized Education Center
- Symantec-Authorized Training Center.

[edit] University relations

Today, seven IBA-created joint laboratories function in the Belarusian State University, the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics and the Gomel State University. IBA is the general sponsor of the student team of the Belarusian State University that won gold medals at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest in 2004 and bronze medals in 2008.[6] Since 2008, IBA CZ, development center of IBA Group in the Czech Republic, jointly with the Faculty of Informatics of Masaryk University and IBM Czech Republic, organizers Software Summer Camp[7] for students in Brno, Czech Republic.[8]

[edit] Awards

  • European Outsourcing Association Awards. Corporate Social Responsibility: Finalist. [2]
  • Leaders Category in The 2011 Global Outsourcing 100 by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP).[3]
  • IT Europa's 2011 European IT Excellence Awards: Winner. Category: ISV, Relationship Management.[4]
  • Software Magazine's Software 500 rating: Growth Leader in the Outsourcing Services category [5]
  • The 2010 Global Services 100 list: 100 Companies That Define Global Outsourcing. [6] Category "Leaders: Central and Eastern Europe". [7]
  • Leaders Category in The 2010 Global Outsourcing 100 by International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). [8] The 2010 Global Outsourcing 100 Sub-Lists: Best 5 By Industry Focus – Companies: Automotive; Best 20 by Industry Focus: Leaders – Technology (Hardware & Software); Best 10 by Service Area: Leaders – Research & Development Services; Best 5 by Region Served: Companies in Eastern Europe; Top 10 List “Climbers”. [9]
  • IT Europa's 2010 European IT Excellence Awards: Finalist. [10]
  • Brand of the Year as Best Employer in 2009 in Belarus. [11]
  • The best provider of IBM solutions in Belarus in 2009, 2007, 2004 and 2000. [12]
  • Global Services 2007. Top 10 to Watch in Emerging European Markets: Winner.[13]
  • Belarusian Government awards for achievements in quality assurance in 1999, 2002, and 2005.[14]
  • Javaworld Editors' Choice Award (1998) for alphaWorks Suite of Components developed by IBA and IBM. [15]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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[edit] References and footnotes

  1. ^ "Global Services:"Minsk: The Untaimed IT Valley"". Global Services (http://www.globalservicesmedia.com). http://www.globalservicesmedia.com/Content/destinations-europe200709292945.asp. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
  2. ^ "Electronic Industry:Minsk Computer Production Association". Minsk Computer Production Association (http://www.mpovt.by/en/About/History). http://www.mpovt.by/en/About/History. 
  3. ^ "IBA:IBM Premier and Advanced Partner". IBM (http://www-03.ibm.com). http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/solutions/tssc/belarus/jviba.html. Retrieved 2003-06-27. 
  4. ^ "Eastern Europe: The Next Silicon Valley". http://www.betanews.com. http://www.betanews.com/article/Eastern_Europe_The_next_silicon_valley/1206735106. Retrieved 2008-03-28. 
  5. ^ IBA Training Center April 06, 2004 PRAGUE (IBA Group)
  6. ^ "ICPC 2008 World Finals". ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (http://icpc.baylor.edu). http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/Finals/v2/default.asp?page=results. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 
  7. ^ Software Summer Camp, September 05, 2011 Masaryk University, Brno
  8. ^ Software Summer Camp 2011 Software Summer Camp Community at Facebook
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