16 July, 2009 – Brussels – Council of European Informatics
Professional Societies is supporting “Central and Eastern Europe IT
Outsourcing Review 2008”

\"Central and Eastern Europe IT
Outsourcing Review\" is the project of the Central and Eastern European
Outsourcing Association (CEEOA). The main objective of this research is
formation of the complete view on the potential of CEE region - the
promising cluster for nearshore IT outsourcing for the Western European
countries and offshore IT Outsourcing for the US. “CEE IT Outsourcing
Review” is one of the few public researches which covers the situation
on IT outsourcing market in the Central and Eastern European countries
and is a good information source for those who are willing to find IT
outsourcing services providers in the CEE region.

As a
professional body, CEPIS is actively involved in promoting
Professionalism in IT practice amongst its Members. This occurs through
regular European-wide events and specific publications including
UPGRADE (http://www.upgrade-cepis.org/index.html),
the computer science journal for informatics professionals CEPIS is
committed to supporting the development of Education and Research into
Informatics in the academic field and the promotion of Professional
Skills certifications, including EUCIP (www.eucip.org)
. These three focus areas of Professionalism, Education & Research,
and Skills form the core activity of CEPIS in achieving its mission of
improving and promoting high standards amongst Informatics
Professionals.

Julian Seymour, General Manager of CEPIS,
strongly believes that the review is very useful, and timely in light
of global recession. As many companies are looking for more innovative
cost effective solutions ,Central and Eastern Europe has the potential
to become one of the most important outsourcing hubs in the world.
CEPIS recognises the challenges and the opportunities in and the
contribution to the growth of highly skilled professionals and the
development of IT industry on the broader European level. which exists
within the region.

The research is undertaken by the CEEOA
members - Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Baltic Outsourcing Association,
Hungarian Service Industry and Outsourcing Association, Employers’
Association of the Software and Services Industry – ANIS (Romania),
Bulgarian Web Association, and Association of IT and Business Process
Services Companies – ASPIRE (Poland), and sponsored by Ukrainian IT
outsourcing company NET Technology Center WEB100 (www.web100.com.ua).

The
national IT associations, as well as the largest IT companies and
experts contributed to the research and provided their views on the IT
outsourcing market development in 2008 and new tendencies for 2009.

The
Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review is freely distributed.
The official version of the research will be published on the
information portal of the CEEOA – ITONews.eu (http://www.itonews.eu)

About CEPIS
The Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) (www.cepis.org)
is a non-profit organisation seeking to improve and promote a high
standard among informatics professionals in recognition of the impact
that informatics has on employment, business and society. CEPIS is
comprised of 36 national informatics associations representing over
300,000 informatics professionals from 33 countries across greater
Europe. It provides a coordinated voice on the views of European
informatics professionals on major issues to European Institutions.
CEPIS is also responsible for the highly successful ECDL and EUCIP
Programmes and produces a range of research and publications in the
area of skills.

About CEEOA
Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA) (www.ceeoa.org)
was founded in 2008. The members of the association are the leading
national IT and Outsourcing associations, among them Baltic Outsourcing
Association (BOA), Ukrainian HI-TECH Initiative, Hungarian Service
Industry and Outsourcing Association (HOA), Employers’ Association of
the Software and Services Industry (ANIS) from Romania, Bulgarian Web
Association (BWA) and Association of IT & Business Process Services
Companies in Poland (ASPIRE). One of the main objectives of CEEOA is to
promote the Central and Eastern European Region as competitive
alternative to other Global offshoring destinations, and to increase
services delivery quality and volume to the recognized standards.

Contact Information:

CEPIS – Council of European Professional Informatics Societies
Tel: +32 (0)2 772 1836
Fax: +32 (0)2 646 3032
E-mail: info@cepis.org
Web: www.cepis.org