CSC Baltic, the Lithuanian arm of US Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) global IT services player, plans to boost its Vilnius-based office with hundreds of new staff, the Baltic Business News reported referring to news2biz Lithuania. Five years in business, the Vilnius unit specialises in providing …
Norwegian business software and services provider ‘Visma’ through its Lithuanian software development unit ‘Visma Lietuva’ plans to grow to up to 500 staff in the coming years, the Baltic Business News writes with reference to news2biz Lithuania. Visma is a leading Nordic provider of business …
A research carried out by the Information Society Development Committee reports a five per cent growth during the last year among people who use computers (75.2 per cent) and Internet (73.3 per cent) in Lithuania, writes www.lrytas.lt. Assistant manager of the Information Society Development Committee, …
The Lithuania Tribune presents the interview with Steve Wozniak as published by www.delfi.lt. If you were asked who the main face of ‘Apple’ was, you will, most certainly, promptly answer that it was Steve Jobs – as he was the head of the renowned company, …
Steve Wozniak, the associate of legendary Steve Jobs and co-founder of Apple Computers, will be keynote speaker at a conference to be held in Vilnius on 18-19 April, said conference organisers, the Baltic Business News reports. Woznika will be attending LOGIN, the Baltic region’s largest …
CSC, a global IT services company that was among the first to establish an IT services centre in Lithuania, is set to continue growth, expand its customer base, and increase the number of its employees in the country, reports Invest Lithuania. “Lithuania remains an attractive …
COWI, a leading global engineering, economics and environmental consultancy with presence in 24 countries, will open their first design centre in April in Lithuania. The centre will take advantage of Lithuania’s growing pool of designers and will provide internal marketing and design support to COWI’s …
In response to the strong demand for IT specialists and with the aim of training professionals of the highest quality, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), one of the largest technical universities in the Baltic States, is modifying the programs offered by the Informatics Faculty, …
US Internet giant Google has updated its Vilnius maps to show real-time traffic conditions in the key streets of the Lithuanian capital, which would enable drivers to avoid jams. The company also rolled out the same service in Riga and Tallinn on Thursday, it said …
Oslo-listed Kitron electronic manufacturing service group’s Lithuanian manufacturing unit secured two new contracts, reports news2biz LITHUANIA cited by bbn.ee. The two contracts come from telecom and agriculture sectors. The NOK 100m, three year contract comes from Stockholm-listed HMS Industrial Network, a leading global supplier within …
Swedbank, a leading bank in its home markets of Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, is planning to establish an IT Competence Centre in Vilnius. The new centre will service the IT needs of the entire Bank Group. Up to a 100 new jobs will be …
No marketing campaigns that are considered formation of financial pyramids are allowed in Lithuania. Also, as opposed to Latvia, Lithuania controls the “fast credit” industry more actively than Latvia. On top of that, such loans have a maximum annual interest rate – 200%, reports bnn-news. …
According to a TNS survey made in 2010, only 13% of all social network Lithuanian users used them for business or work (something that could be attributed to professionals and specialists). Facebook is by far the most popular social network in Lithuania. According to SocialBakers.com, the “blue F” is …
In terms of household penetration, the dominant fiber nation remains Lithuania, which already has 100 percent coverage of FTTH and over 31 percent of homes connected to fiber. Sweden takes second place in the European FTTH Ranking, with 22.6 percent of homes having FTTH subscriptions. In …
A study of Baltic business climate made by the Swedish Trade Council based on interviews made in 147 Swedish companies that operate in the Baltic countries showed that they were generally satisfied with this region as a place for doing business. As the region’s key …
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Six Lithuanian companies have been awarded ‘Best Employer’ titles in a study by Aon Hewitt, a US-based HR management consultancy, that for the first time brought its study to Lithuania, reports bbn.ee citing news2biz LITHUANIA. The study, carried out by Aon Hewitt’s Lithuanian partner OVC …
The Red October virus targeted at thefts of encrypted documents of the European Union (EU) and NATO was not reported in Lithuania, experts fro the country’s relevant institutions told BNS. Director of the Information Technology and Communications Department under the Interior Ministry Gintaras Ciurlionis has …
The former government still claims that IBM project was very beneficial to Lithuania, it improved country’s image, helped many Lithuania’s scientists to get out into the world, reports the Baltic Course citing LETA and Lietuvos rytas. It is obvious that the fiasco with IBM casts shadow on …
Authorities are considering closing down Lietuvos Tyrimu Centras (Lithuanian Research Center, or LTC), which was to cooperate with the US information technology giant IBM in the field of scientific research. IBM back in September 2011 informed the authorities that it was putting the implementation of …
