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ISSUE 10 JUNE 2011

UPCOMING EVENTS

13-17-June: Opening Week (Innovation Warehouse)

13-June: London Ruby User Group June 2011

14-June: AWS Summit London 2011

14-June: London Ajax User Group Meetup: Advanced JavaScript

14-June: TechHubTuesday Demo Night June

15-June: The Future of Digital Marketing 2011

15-June: Scala Exchange 2011

17-June: Ampersand

17-June: Innovation Jam at UCL Ideastock

18-June: Interesting 2011

23-June: AppsJunction Monthly Meetup

IN THE NEWS

Boxee launches the Boxee Box in London Silicon Roundbaout – June 8, 2011

Tonight at a rowdy event in London’s Silicon Roundabout (our twee answer to Silicon Valley), Boxee launched the UK version of their popular set-top unit, the Boxee Box…

UKTI promotes Tech City in Internet Week, New York – June 8, 2011

London Will Be Europe’s Main Tech Hub Says Minister – June 8, 2011

There is something paradoxical about the U.K. government minister responsible for driving the country’s hi-tech initiatives is a Lord and takes his title from a tiny village in the south of the country….

LSR member Moshi Monsters, The Social Networking Game For Kids, Passes The 50 Million Users Mark – June 7, 2011

Two years ago, Mind Candy was just another online gaming company. It had some minor success with interactive puzzles and an alternative reality game calledPerplexcity, but the future wasn’t exactly bright…

Major Project of Seren Partners, LSR Sponsor, Featured on BBC – June 7, 2011

First Tech City Planning Application Set For Hackney Week – June 7, 2011

London Thames Gateway Development Corporations will shortly submit the first planning application in East London’s transformation to become the UK’s version of Silicon Valley…

JOBS

09-June: Developers – We are looking for developers (ideally one to lead) who will play a key role in defining the technology on which our product is based and in subsequently building the product.

09-June: Developer – Someone to architect and build a patent-pending web technology (not a website), ensuring it is globally-scalable and can support mass use.  The technology is straightforward and we are open to different languages.  We have a working prototype.

27-May: Developers (Junior and Senior) – A live video platform dedicated to connecting people with knowledge and expertise to those who seek it.

MORE JOBS

READING / VIEWING

25 Common Sense Tips for Tech Startups – Digital Inspiration

Startup Analytics: Focus on metrics that matter – Startups, London

VCs are often wrong! – Startups, London

Startup Marketing – Hacker Monthly (Special Issue)

[Video] Michael Yavonditte (Hashable) – TechCrunchTV (Founder Stories)

A huge thank you to the sponsors and presenters of the London Silicon Roundabout June Meetup (Mobile App Expo) and to all those who came.  We wish to see you again on our next meetup on July 7, which will be about Games and Gaming Applications. Have a great weekend! 

PLAY

Today is our June Meetup on Mobile Apps and we have 98 members attending and some dropping in later.

Ciklum is a leading software development house, offering both fulltime dedicated recourses and project teams out of the Ukraine.

The IT outsourcing market is not what it used to be. India and China have dominated overall IT outsourcing based on the project model. But today, it is just not enough to provide a person and an office. Outsourcing companies need to stay ahead of the competition by providing a scalable, flexible and seamless work environment that connects clients directly to employees in any location. Clients need an environment that helps them control outsourcing costs and increase time to market by fostering a collaborative knowledge and learning environment.

Ciklum is a Danish innovative IT outsourcing company with a new approach that establishes interactive IT teams to enable clients to work directly with developers to reach a high level of productivity. Specializing in nearshore software development in Ukraine, with development offices also in Belarus and Pakistan,  Ciklum delivers an environment of outsourcing services that is designed for the client to establish own IT department in one or a combination of their locations or to outsource, completely or partially, the software development process.

Ciklum is taking outsourcing beyond the rigid structure of old school IT outsourcing companies and into a new generation of workers that have direct communication with clients and no interference. Ciklum own development team model gives clients the benefit of keeping the knowledge in-house as well as building a long term-relationship with their own teams and their full strategic management control. While clients focus on development and production, Ciklum takes care of all operational issues such as human resources management, IT infrastructure, and administrative and legal support. This is equivalent to having an own in-house IT specialists but for a significantly lower cost and less administrative nuisances.

To give clients flexibility and scalability Ciklum offers project based outsourcing, relocation services (placing IT specialists in-house), and peak resources (freelancers). This enables clients on a shorttime basis to accomplish very specific tasks efficiently and with superior quality. On clients’ demand, since 2009 Ciklum offers different partnership models to help clients sell their products and services in Eastern Europe. By offering a menu of services that evolves as the market shifts, Ciklum help clients gain control of their processes and systems.

Due to the size of the company and uniqueness of the model, Ciklum is able to surround clients with a knowledge sharing community where clients and teams are able and stimulated to interact with each other and share best practices. The goal is to help clients to market quickly and with less risk and minimal investment.

Established in 2002, Ciklum employs more than 1,200 specialists with more than 125 current client own development teams. Ciklum has six development offices in Ukraine, one in Belarus, and two offices in Pakistan, as well as representative/consulting offices in Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. Ciklum is a winner of the Red Herring 100 Europe 2009, an award given to the Top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year. Ciklum is recognized as CeBIT 2010 Top 20 innovative company delivering services/products for small and medium sized companies, and named the 2010 Global Services 100 provider. Ciklum is rated best Ukrainian IT Employer 2010 by Developers.org.ua, the Ukrainian Community of Software Developers.

For more information, visit www.ciklum.net.

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