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Brno, April 8, 2010 – Today marked the release of a new security product called TrustPort eSign Pro. It is compact software which can be used for signing, encrypting and time stamping of electronic documents. Advantages of this product can be appreciated by customers in both the corporate and home segments. Its ease of use is combined with high security, secured by symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. TrustPort is introducing the product to the market at very favorable price conditions, which makes it the number one alternative for credible and discreet exchange of electronic documents.

During normal internet communication the document recipient has no guarantee that the document really comes from that sender and that along the way it has not been altered by anyone. To solve this problem, electronic signature technology was developed. Although electronic signature is not a new technology, its implementation has not yet been widespread. Complexity and cost of available existing software solutions that enable electronic signing is the possible cause of this condition. TrustPort eSign Pro comes as a product, which is ideal for typical users who require reliable, convenient, and an economical solution.

This new solution has not been developed out of nowhere. “This new product is built on proven technology that we have been developing for many years”, said Petr Vaněk, head of development department at TrustPort. “It gives users a number of functions, which are available literally after a few mouse clicks. Signing or encrypting an electronic document can be done by anyone, regardless of the user experience.” The documents can be processed individually or collectively simply by highlighting them in the operating system and choosing the corresponding command from the contextual menu.

Quick and simple operation with documents is enabled by the signing and encryption wizard. This useful tool allows users to choose which particular operation they wish to do with the selected files. On offer are signing of documents, encryption of documents, time stamping of documents, and simultaneous signing and encryption. In the case of a received document, it takes care of its decryption and signature verification. Among other interesting options there is also the possibility multiple document signing by several users, or the creation of a signature separate from the document.

“Our new solution is suitable for communication with government authorities, for business correspondence, and even for private communication,” states Marcela Parolková (photo), head of sales department at TrustPort. “It guarantees the authenticity of the documents sent in terms of their authorship, and ensures their confidentiality from unwanted readers. Generally speaking, it enables secure communications in a risky environment, which the internet undoubtedly is. Therefore we believe that it will find many satisfied customers.”

Electronic signing is subject to owning a digital certificate. Here it depends on the specific customer needs which certificate to choose. For example, for communication with government authorities, one needs to choose a certificate issued by a state recognized certification authority. In contrast, for internal communication, a certificate issued by a company certification authority is sufficient. TrustPort eSign Pro generates a request for a user certificate, which then just needs to be sent to the selected certificate authority. After the issuance and acceptation of the certificate, it can be imported into a protected storage of TrustPort eSign Pro, which excludes the possibility of its theft and misuse.

Unique capabilities of TrustPort eSign are signing, encryption and time stamping of PDF documents, without the need to use expensive original software for editing of PDF. In addition, the recipient of the PDF document, signed and encrypted in this way, does not need any other software for its decryption and signature verification, other than the widespread free application available for reading PDF documents.

New CEO strengthens company’s strategic focus on service and international business

Paris – March 23, 2010.  NextiraOne, Europe’s leading expert in communications services, has appointed David Winn to lead the Group from April 2010. David joins NextiraOne as Chief Executive Officer in order to drive the company’s strategy for European growth, building on the success of the company since the management buy-out in 2006.

David Winn brings a wealth of experience gained with Boston Consulting Group in the USA and in Munich, followed by international executive roles with American Express France, IBM Europe and as CEO of the European telephone equipment and services provider, Tenovis. Following the acquisition of Tenovis by Avaya, he assumed the role of Vice President of Avaya Europe. Educated at Yale and Harvard Business School, David is fluent in English, French, German and Italian.

David’s appointment continues the group’s strategy of establishing NextiraOne as one of Europe’s leading communications companies. Under the leadership of Rafi Kouyoumdjian, NextiraOne has successfully built its brand as the Communications Experts and positioned itself as a recognised European service company with strong international service foundations and as a truly credible multi-vendor managed service partner.

David Winn replaces Rafi Kouyoumdjian as Chief Executive Officer from the beginning of April. Rafi will continue to be a major shareholder in the company – he leaves the NextiraOne Group to pursue other interests.

David Winn will head up the NextiraOne Group and its direct sales and service organisations in 17 countries across Europe, and an annual turnover of approximately €1 billion, making the company Europe’s leading expert in communications services. The company designs, installs, maintains and optimises solutions to meet its customers’ communications needs – from voice, data and video, to mobility, security and applications – for both public and private sector customers. The company’s strengths lie in its unequalled multi-vendor technology experience, the expertise of its people and its broad European reach. NextiraOne employs over 4,500 people, including more than 2,500 service experts.

Ostrava, CR/ Reading, U.K. – Nearly 500 workers who provide dedicated service delivery support for Verizon Business operations across Europe have relocated to a new and award-winning ‘green site’ location.

The Ostrava-based team, employed by OKIN OUTSOURCING, will leverage the facility’s state-of-the-art technical capabilities to streamline and optimize its operational support, ultimately enhancing the service delivery experience of Verizon Business customers.

The facility was designed and built by Skanska, one of the world’s leading construction companies, and uses the latest techniques to maximize energy efficiency. The building is the first in the Czech Republic to be recognised under the European Union’s GreenBuilding certification scheme.

Chris Kimm (photo), vice president of EMEA network operations for Verizon Business, commented: “Building sustainable business operations is a key focus for Verizon Business, and we believe we have a responsibility to include environmental goals in our business planning.  We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our operations by increasing conservation of energy and recycling – for example, we require that new equipment used in our networks be at least 20 percent more efficient, and we were the first to establish a series of energy efficiency tests and ratings to guide our suppliers in this effort. But perhaps more importantly, our products and services enable our customers to be ‘greener’ and play an integral role in meeting their own sustainability goals.”

Skanska, a long-standing Verizon Business customer, uses the Verizon global IP network to link its operations and facilities around the globe. This enables new locations or geographies to be swiftly and easily brought online in support of Verizon Business’ global customer base. Kimm concluded: “This new facility gives just one more example of how green IT is becoming all-pervasive, but also of the co-dependencies to be found in the business world as companies work to achieve their green goals.”

Verizon Business has been working with the OKIN OUTSOURCING, part of OKIN GROUP, a.s. based in Ostrava, Czech Republic, since 2004, and plays a key role in the local business community. The team acts as an extension of Verizon Business’ global financial and technical services teams, and is fully integrated into the Verizon global network infrastructure.

Prague, 28 January 2010 – Deloitte Czech Republic’s Consulting function has recently acquired a major asset, Patrik Horný (40), to act as a Director. Before joining Deloitte, Patrik (photo) was a Managing Director in Capgemini Czech Republic.

After several years of experience in Germany, Patrik joined Capgemini in Austria in 1997, becoming the CEO of Capgemini Czech Republic in 2003 and a member of the Steering Committee for Eastern Europe.

At Deloitte, Patrik will focus on consulting development in the financial services industry in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With his IT orientation and knowledge in other industries, Patrik will make a strong contribution to expanding Deloitte’s service offering in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

A native of Slovakia, Patrik graduated from the Technical University of Dresden, majoring in technical cybernetics. After his studies and fellowships in Germany, Patrik joined Maculan Holding, an Austrian construction company in 1994. From 1997, he held managerial positions in the Capgemini advisory group.

Besides Czech and Slovak, Patrik is fluent in German and English. He is married with two children and his interests include international politics, travelling and skiing.

Former IBM And Intentia Manager Petr Felkner Will Drive Infor’s Growth Initiatives

Prague – March 4, 2010 – Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market customers, today announced that Petr Felkner (photo) has been appointed as new Country Manager for Infor’s business in the Czech Republic. Petr Felkner will be responsible for implementing Infor’s business strategy and driving business development in the Czech market, focusing both on traditional customer segments as well as new segments.

Petr Felkner has gathered profound experience in the information technology industry and specifically in the enterprise software market over the last 20 years. He worked for IBM ČR as Software Group Manager and as Managing Director at Intentia CZ, a former Swedish ERP vendor. Prior to joining Infor, he held a position at YMS Germany GmbH as Business Development Director. overseeing the business in Germany. Before that, he has been at YMS Czech Republic, s.r.o. (former GCWare) and at GCWare, s.r.o., as Director of Global Sales.

“We are very pleased to see Petr joining our Central European team as the head of our Czech business,” said Wolfgang Kobek, Vice President Central Europe, Infor. “His more than 20 years experience in the software business will help boosting Infor’s performance in the Czech Republic, which has been traditionally a strong market for Infor. Especially today, during the economical recovery, our customers are looking for innovations and support from a strong software partner that knows their industry requirements. Petr as our new country manager will see to this.”

Petr Felkner graduated at the Institute of Electrotechnics in Ilmenau (Germany), the faculty of technical cybernetics and automation technology with specialization in system technology and expert systems.

Prague, Czech Republic – March 1, 2010 – Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSTC and TASE: NSTC), a global provider of information technology solutions and services, announced today the completion of a major milestone in a strategic, two-year core technology engagement at Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, the Czech Republic’s largest telecommunications provider. The multi-million dollar engagement has significantly improved the efficiency of landline service delivery, while providing Telefónica O2 a lower short- and long-term cost structure.

The engagement involves improvements to Telefónica O2 Czech Republic’s system for setting up customers’ fixed lines, including analysis of and enhancements to Telefónica O2’s customer provisioning system, technical assessment and upgrades of its user change request system, and improvements to its configuration management system, along with associated testing, documentation and other system integration services. As part of the project, Ness Technologies successfully deployed Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management to provide both a technical customer service catalogue and inventory as part of the end-to-end architecture.

In addition to greater efficiency and cost savings, the engagement is also providing a range of operational benefits to Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, including improved, guaranteed service operation; a new platform and work methodology that enable and enforce cooperation between different parts of the overall work team; and much more. Through the completion of the milestone in the two-year engagement, Ness has successfully fulfilled all the expectations of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, completed the transfer of the know-how, and provided high quality and timely services according to the defined Service Level Agreement (SLA).

“We have partnered with Ness for over 5 years on various engagements and over that time Ness has consistently demonstrated that they are a professional, reliable and flexible supplier; and this is one of the reasons why Ness won this strategic outsourcing contract,” said Jiri Genzer, Provisioning System Manager at Telefónica O2 Czech Republic. “This engagement has allowed us to significantly improve efficiency, thanks to deep domain expertise at Ness.”

“We brought to Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, as with all of our customers, the three strategic factors which we believe characterize all Ness’ successful customer relationships: long-term strategic thinking directly related to underlying business issues, deep domain expertise sourced from around the world, and high value-added outsourcing of customer IT operations,” said Mirko Kalous (photo), general manager of Ness Czech. “As an international IT service provider with a strong regional presence, we are able to leverage thousands of experts worldwide for the benefit of our customers. We are happy that Telefónica O2 trusts the knowledge and experience we have provided during our five year partnership.”

Hyderabad, February 19, 2010 – Leading security software producer based out of Europe, TrustPort Inc., announced its foray into Indian market through its subsidiary, TrustPort India. Vladislav Němec, chief executive officer of TrustPort Inc., made this announcement to the media today. TrustPort India will have its marketing office at Mumbai and its operational and support services based out of Hyderabad.

According to a recent prognosis by IDC, spending in the field of information technologies will increase this year by 3.2% worldwide. More than a half of this growth should be generated in the so called new markets. The main drive of the growth will be the very promising markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China. These countries alone should grow by 8 to 13% in the information technologies expenditures. Security software will be an integral part of the growth.

TrustPort is a security software producer based in the heart of Europe, in the city of Brno, renowned in the region for its support of innovative technologies. It has been developing an extensive partner network on all continents, reaching its products to both end users and corporate clients. India comes as a natural market for further business expansion of TrustPort. “We have watched with great interest the stable growth of information technologies in India,” explains Vladislav Němec. ”Our entrance to the market was just a matter of time, and the time is here.”

Reaching out to newer markets also means making provision for technical support. “We want our clients to feel that we care about their satisfaction,” reveals Roman Veleba, international sales manager at TrustPort Inc. “That is why we are establishing a round-the-clock support hotline at the technical support center in Hyderabad. Our clients may use the hotline for any questions regarding product installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.” Support center will typically resolve client’s problem within twenty four hours. “Hyderabad will be the hub for our operations,” adds Roman Veleba. “Besides technical support, product manufacturing, production and distribution will be done from Hyderabad. Hyderabad ranks high on our priority as this city offers pool of experienced networking and technical personnel besides its easy access to other parts of the country for logistical reasons.”

TrustPort has a wide product portfolio, suitable for the needs of diverse customers and diverse technologies. “Our primary focus in India will be TrustPort Antivirus, compact solution for personal computer protection, and TrustPort PC Security, comprehensive solution for versatile data protection,” says Vladislav Němec. “Both products provide antivirus, antispyware, and antispam protection; they guard the computer at all its entry points, including internet connection and removable memory media.”

These products use powerful antivirus technology, based on multiple scanning engines. Thanks to this technology, they regularly rank among the top antivirus solutions in the world, in terms of viruses and spyware detection.  Their counterparts, TrustPort Antivirus Business and TrustPort PC Security Business, offer in addition the possibility of central management on multiple workstations in a company network. TrustPort USB Antivirus supplements the portfolio with an inexpensive and effective protection of flash drives. 

TrustPort has market presence in almost sixty countries of the world, through its authorized partners. The aim of the company is to take advantage of its current comparative qualities and become a worldwide recognized alternative to the earlier established antivirus vendors.

From left to right: Vladislav Němec, chief executive officer of TrustPort, Roman Veleba, international sales manager at TrustPort, and Kiran Rao, country manager of TrustPort India

Prague, February 11, 2010 – Eduard Kučera of ALWIL Software a.s. has won the prestigious Ernst & Young title Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 for the Czech Republic. Industry and Trade Minister Vladimír Tošovský and Magdalena Souček, Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, which has organised the contest in the Czech Republic since 2000, presented the trophy to Kučera yesterday at Prague’s Žofín Palace. He was additionally named Technology Entrepreneur Of The Year. The trophy for Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year went to Jan Zeman of Biopekárna Zemanka. For the sixth time this year, an award was presented to the Czech Republic’s Social Entrepreneur Of The Year; the 2009 winner was Emilie Smrčková of the citizens’ association Pod křídly.
“We started a new chapter in our business from the moment 6 years ago when I and my partner Pavel Baudiš decided to provide our anti-virus program avast! free of charge to users and let them decide whether and how much to pay. Today, we have hundreds of millions of users worldwide whom we serve from Prague with “a mere” 100 employees,” says Eduard Kučera. 

“Given the ongoing economic crisis, we were pleasantly surprised by the degree of contest participation. It has become quite clear from our discussions with entrepreneurs that the majority of them have come through this difficult test quite well. Indeed, many saw the crisis as an opportunity to strengthen their business,” notes Magdalena Souček, Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young in the Czech Republic.

Winner profile
Eduard Kučera, ALWIL Software a.s.
Eduard Kučera and Pavel Baudiš founded ALWIL Software in 1991 as an association in order to independently develop and distribute the avast! anti-virus program. They quickly managed to break into all areas of the public and corporate spheres in Czechoslovakia and dominate the market. A major turning point came after the entry of global competitors. Loss of the market forced a transition to a new business model – the provision of avast! to home users free of charge. The product only had to be purchased by companies and home users if they wanted. Thanks to this innovative approach, the company succeeded in creating a massive worldwide community of users with which they collaborate to improve and localize avast! in many languages – avast! is currently available in 33 versions. ALWIL Software is expanding its product portfolio to include complete computer security.

Its maximum use of all available technologies and automation allows the company to serve 100 million users worldwide with “a mere” 100 employees. That’s also why it generates turnover of half a billion and is growing at a double-digit rate. Thanks to the high quality of its program, some 400 thousand people download from ALWIL Software servers daily. Eduard Kučera strives to have machines (servers) do as much of the work as possible, freeing up his employees’ time for creativity and innovation and making his company more effective and productive.

The other Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalists were:
Stanislav Bernard, Rodinný pivovar Bernard a.s.
Zdeněk Jahoda, EMCO spol s.r.o.
Libor Mertl, Martin Málek , ComAp, spol. s r.o.
Ferid Nasr, EXIM Tours a.s.
Josef Šmíd, Rosso Steel, a.s.
 
The title Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year, awarded to an entrepreneur who has been in business less than five years, was won by Jan Zeman of Biopekárna Zemanka, which hand-produces organic cookies and crackers. “Only when I went into business for myself did I start to feel I was doing something meaningful. One reason I went into the organic food business was to destroy the myth that organic food isn’t good. I also wanted to bring organic food to more consumers,” says Jan Zeman, adding: “In the last two years our bakery has grown almost 100% annually, so I believe organic is really coming into its own.”
 
The winner of this year’s general Entrepreneur Of The Year title, Eduard Kučera of ALWIL Software a.s., also won the title of Technology Entrepreneur Of The Year.
 
For the sixth time this year, an award was presented to the Social Entrepreneur Of The Year of the Czech Republic; the 2009 winner was Emilie Smrčková of the citizens’ association Pod křídly. The aim of this organisation is to provide children in institutional or foster care with an apartment of their own once they reach the age of majority, and to give them a helping hand finding work or study opportunities and becoming integrated into society.
 
 “Yesterday’s award has tremendous personal meaning for me. It serves as an acknowledgment that we have taken the right path and an incentive to continue in our work,” says Smrčková, adding: “The main reason I founded the association some ten years ago was to operate residences with living conditions that are as “normal” as possible and unlike those in a children’s home. Every young person must be given a chance – what they do with it is up to them.”
 
“This year, we’re entering the second decade of this competition, which shows there’s no shortage of talented entrepreneurs in the Czech Republic and that business can be conducted successfully in any field here. We mustn’t forget that hard work, unwavering faith in one’s vision and talent, and the ability to successfully follow through with things are key factors in entrepreneurial success. Our primary interest in conducting the contest is to further support the development of entrepreneurship in our country. We believe this year’s winner shares this notion with us and will actively support entrepreneurship; his award will be a boon for him and those around him,” says Magdalena Souček.
 
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 contest was open to a company owner or manager with at least a 25% or greater stake in the company. The individual must be responsible for company performance and be an active member of top management. The company must be at least 2 years old.

Prague, February 10, 2010 – SAP Czech Republic today announced that Radomír Kolařík resigned from his position of CEO. Kolařík worked for SAP for 13 years, of which the last three years he led the Czech subsidiary. Kolařík will be temporarily replaced by Petr Viktora (photo).

“Radomír’s contribution to building a position of SAP in the Czech Republic is indisputable. His dedication in building and maintaining long-term relationships with our customers has enabled us to become the leading supplier of business software on the Czech market. Radomír led the Czech team with professionalism, we can only admire,” said Manfred Joseph, CEO of SAP for Central and Eastern Europe.

Kolařík’s authorities and responsibilities will temporarily take over Petr Viktora, a member of the senior business team of SAP Czech Republic. Viktora has worked for SAP since 1999 and has been responsible for relations with SAP key customers mainly in the areas of telecommunications, utilities, media and service providers.

“Peter is a respectable personality and a man with a number of documented successes in our company. He knows our customers and processes through and through, so I am sure that the transfer of managerial competencies will be perfectly smooth and seamless from the perspective of our customers,” said Manfred Joseph.

Prague, February 9, 2010 – SAP Czech Republic appoints Jan Los as a new Sales Director. In his new position, Jan Los will be responsible for managing the business team, communicating with selected clients and also cooperation with partner network of SAP solutions’ implementators. He has replaced Martin Ambler, who decided to face new challenges outside the company.

Jan Los graduated at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. His first meeting with SAP was in 1994 in the Poldi Kladno company during the implementation of SAP R/3. Since 1997 he worked in the company APP, later taken over by NESS, where he was responsible, inter alia, for the sale of SAP solutions. Three years later he joined the company ICZ. In 2000 he relocated to Dell, where he worked for four years as a Sales Manager for key customers.

He joins SAP CR after more than five years experience in Telefónica O2, where he worked since 2004 as a Director for corporate segment and since 2006 as a Sales Director for the public sector. Since 2007 he operated as a Sales Director for business segment at the field of small and medium-sized enterprises and managed the team of one hundred of salesmen.

Jan Los (44) is married. He devotes his free time to his family, playing golf and continuing education in the area of management and coaching.