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January 20, 2010 – Effective February 1, 2010, Jiří Dvorjančanský was named Executive Director for Residential Marketing for Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s.

Jiří Dvorjančanský (photo) will be directly under Vice-President for Residential customers Jose Perdomo and will be responsible for the marketing of voice and data services for residential customers, services for the SOHO segment, commercial planning, product management, and loyalty programs. At the same time, he will be responsible for the marketing of services for households, such as high-speed O2 Internet and digital O2 TV.

“Jiří has gained plenty of experience in marketing, especially in the area of mobile technologies. He has applied his knowledge not only to the Czech and German markets, but throughout all of Europe. His long-term experience will be a huge benefit not only to our division, but also to the entire company,” says Jose Perdomo, Vice-President for Residential Customers, Telefónica O2.

Jiří Dvorjančanský (40) is coming to Telefónica O2 Czech Republic from the Deutsche Telecom group, where he spent 11 years working in top managerial positions in the areas of business and marketing. He was the Executive Vice President of the Marketing Division of T-Mobile Czech Republic, and was named to the same prominent position in T-Mobile Germany. As part of his international activities, he was also a member of the Supervisory Board of T-Mobile UK and a member of the European Management Board of T-Mobile Group. Jiří Dvorjančanský joined the Deutsche Telecom group from the position of Business Director for COTY.

Jiří Dvorjančanský is a graduate of the Czech Technical University (CVUT) in Prague and the Institut Polytechnique Nationale in Grenoble, France, where he earned his D.E.A. diploma. He then earned his MBA through the University Thunderbird EMBA program in Prague.

Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. 1, 2009 – HP Enterprise Services today announced that Ahold, an international group of leading supermarket companies based in the United States and Europe, has extended its existing relationship with HP by signing a new seven-year infrastructure and applications services agreement.

The contract extension is designed to reduce the complexity and improve the efficiency of Ahold’s technology environment.

“Success in today’s global retailing market requires more than retailing knowledge – it requires a flexible technology foundation to optimize operations, innovate, serve customers and support company growth,” said Mike Klaus (photo), vice president and general manager, Consumer and Transportation Industries, HP Enterprise Services. “Extending our relationship will help Ahold further improve the technology services that support its continued business success.”

Under the terms of the agreement, HP will continue to provide management and support services for Ahold’s global data center environment, which includes mainframes, servers and storage. In addition, HP will implement HP Business Service Automation to make server and storage capabilities more robust and more highly available. Ahold will use HP ProLiant rack servers, HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays as well as HP ProCurve 2610 and 5412 switches.

HP also will provide network services for Ahold’s extensive network that connects its supply chain and distribution with its 3,000 stores, warehouses and office locations across Europe and the United States.

Ahold’s workplace computing environment for more than 200,000 Ahold associates in Europe and the United States will continue to be managed by HP. The services include a full suite of workplace services across its store and office environments including service desk and site support services. HP also will migrate Ahold employees to HP hardware including HP EliteBook 2500, 6900 and 8500 series notebooks and HP dx2400, dc5800, dc7900 series Business Desktops.

In the United States, HP will provide applications management for a wide range of Ahold’s critical business and administrative applications.

HP will deliver these services to Ahold primarily from sites in Argentina, Belgium, Germany, India, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Spain and the United States that are part of the HP Best ShoreR global delivery network.

HP Enterprise Services is the recently announced brand name for Electronic Data Systems, LLC.

Brno, January the 19th, 2010 – TrustPort Antivirus security product has been thoroughly tested by the well known West Coast Labs. The aim was to test the functionality and performance of this antivirus solution. Based on the tests carried out, TrustPort Antivirus received the Checkmark certification in the categories of Anti-Virus Desktop and Anti-Virus Disinfection. In addition to the periodic awards from Virus Bulletin and from AV-Comparatives, West Coast Labs Checkmark has become another key independent test, confirming the quality of TrustPort Antivirus.

West Coast Labs provides certification in a wide range of test categories, falling within areas of network security, content security, and malware protection. TrustPort Antivirus was tested in two categories of the last mentioned area. In the Anti-Virus Desktop category, the condition for the certification was that the product would detect all malicious codes from a submitted set of in-the-wild viruses. In the Anti-Virus Disinfection category, certification was based on the ability of the product to clean the computer from in-the-wild viruses, collected during the last twelve months.

“This renowned certification is further indication that the customers may completely rely on TrustPort Antivirus in terms of detection and disposal of malware,” commented the event Vladislav Němec (photo), chief executive officer of TrustPort. “It is also good to understand that the certified antimalware technology, being the cornerstone of TrustPort Antivirus, is contained in TrustPort PC Security and TrustPort Net Gateway as well. With all these products, the customers now have a fair assurance of quality.” 

To be truly effective, antivirus protection must be used at all entry points of the computer. This is why TrustPort Antivirus and TrustPort PC Security scan both the internet traffic, meaning incoming mail and browsed websites, and the memory media, connected to the computer. Computer security is further increased by the parental lock technology, which limits browsing of risky categories of websites.

“Our business partners are aware of our software quality but they need to illustrate it, especially to customers from the corporate segment and public administration,” said Marcela Parolková, head of sales department at TrustPort. “Thanks to continuing technological innovations, we have been lately at the top of independent comparative tests of security products. Now we have also acquired the major world certification, West Coast Labs Checkmark. We are sure that our partners will welcome this.”

TrustPort Antivirus and TrustPort PC Security are designed for both home users and corporate customers. Under the names TrustPort Antivirus Business and TrustPort PC Security Business, top security solutions are available, with central administration of all workstations in a corporate network. TrustPort Management central administration tool offers easy installations, updates and settings of software using a single web interface.

World’s largest technology company and No. 1 software provider plan to
advance cloud computing with industry’s most integrated technology stack
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 13, 2010

HP and Microsoft Corp. today announced a three-year agreement to invest $250
million to significantly simplify technology environments for businesses of
all sizes.

The companies plan to deliver new solutions that will:

- be built on a next-generation infrastructure-to-application model;

- advance cloud computing by speeding application implementation; and

- eliminate complexities of IT management and automate existing manual
processes to lower the overall costs.

This agreement represents the industry’s most comprehensive technology stack
integration to date – from infrastructure to application – and is intended
to substantially improve the customer experience for developing, deploying
and managing IT environments.

With this strategic partnership, HP and Microsoft will collaborate on an
engineering roadmap for data management machines; converged, prepackaged
application solutions; comprehensive virtualization offerings; and
integrated management tools. Delivered through the industry’s most extensive
sales and partner network, these dynamic IT solutions will provide:

- Increased business efficiency through solutions that respond to
changing business requirements by seamlessly converging server, storage,
network and application resources in a highly automated, self-managed
environment.

- Improved application performance, reliability and availability for
some of the industry’s top business applications, including Microsoft
Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server, by creating a deeply optimized
“machine” environment. This is achieved through turnkey, pre-integrated
server, storage, networking and application packages. These data management
and email machines provide “push button” simplicity in deployment and
management.

- Enhanced operations through integrated, interoperable virtualization
and management tools that allow technology environments to be automatically
provisioned, managed and continuously self-tuned. Through the integration of
HP Insight Software, HP Business Technology Optimization software and
Microsoft System Center, enterprise customers use a unified management
solution to automate application deployment along with
infrastructure-to-application monitoring. This integration also delivers
power and performance optimization, while ensuring interoperability in a
heterogeneous data center environment.

- Investment protection and low total cost of ownership, enabling
customers to deploy systems with confidence. The joint solutions are built
on industry standards and designed to utilize existing data center
investments, all managed through a common framework. This approach is
designed to enable customers to integrate private or public cloud computing
models as their business requires. HP and Microsoft will collaborate on the
Windows Azure platform, with HP and Microsoft offering services, and
Microsoft continuing to invest in HP hardware for Windows Azure
infrastructure.

“Driving innovation helps businesses establish a competitive advantage,”
said Mark Hurd (photo), HP chairman and chief executive officer. “This collaboration
will allow HP and Microsoft to offer our customers transformative technology
that will reduce costs, generate business growth and accelerate innovation.”

The new infrastructure-to-application model from HP and Microsoft will be
delivered as integrated offerings for large, heterogeneous data center
environments as well as through solutions designed for small and midsize
businesses. Solutions are available immediately, with new offerings being
introduced throughout the next three years.

“This agreement, which spans hardware, software and services, will enable
business customers to optimize performance with push-button simplicity at
the lowest-possible total cost of ownership,” said Steve Ballmer (photo), chief
executive officer, Microsoft Corp. “Our extended partnership will transform
the way large enterprises deliver services to their customers, and help
smaller organizations adopt IT to grow their businesses. Microsoft and HP
are betting on each other so our customers don’t have to gamble on IT.”

Driving opportunity for HP and Microsoft Frontline channel partners
worldwide

Under the terms of the expanded partnership, the two companies will increase
their global investment by 10 times to drive new opportunities for the
32,000 HP and Microsoft Frontline channel partners. Partners will support
customers in modernizing their environments through a combination of
software and hardware infrastructure-to-application packages and services.
Partner benefits include:

- Quicker time to revenue with simplified and shortened sales cycles
resulting from Smart Bundles and all-inclusive packages as well as new
offerings that provide add-on application and service sales opportunities.

- Flexible financing options through HP Financial Services, which will
enable resellers to drive customer adoption by making technology solutions
more accessible and easy to acquire.

- Increased support with dedicated field resources focused on presales
initiatives and extensive partner training.

- Jointly funded worldwide marketing campaigns, lead-generation programs
and sales tools, available at www.hpmspartners.com.

Driving customer success with HP professional services and Microsoft
Services

To speed return on investment (ROI) and increase business value, the
integrated portfolio is complemented by new design, implementation and
support services for the joint solutions. Through more than 11,000
Microsoft-certified HP professionals worldwide, HP Services, in partnership
with Microsoft Services, will support the entire integrated hardware and
software solution from simple implementations to the most critical
enterprise infrastructure. Service offerings include:

- Strategy workshops, ROI and business value services. Other available
services include architecture, design, pilot, global implementation, support
for server virtualization and management solutions, client virtualization,
data management and cloud computing as well as per-seat fixed-price
Microsoft Exchange Server upgrade/migration services.

- Application modernization services for large-scale online transaction
processing (OLTP) implementations.

- Planned customized Business Intelligence Solutions that provide faster
time to application value.

- Assistance for customers who seek to run their technology on-premises,
outsourced or via the cloud.

January 12, 2010, CzechInvest - Beginning today, entrepreneurs can register for the CzechAccelerator project, which will send the first four Czech firms to Silicon Valley for a quarter of a year.

Starting today, Czech entrepreneurs have the unique opportunity to spend at least a quarter of a year in the technological heart of the world in America’s Silicon Valley. CzechInvest’s Czech Technology Accelerator “CzechAccelerator” is playing a key role in this. As of today Czech start-ups or established firms with progressive business plans can register for the CzechAccelerator project.
 
“Four Czech firms will go to Silicon Valley in the first round. Thanks to CzechInvest’s assistance, a total of sixteen firms should thus have a chance to further their development in the United States each year,” explains Alexandra Rudyšarová, acting CEO of CzechInvest.
 
The CzechAccelerator will be housed in the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale, California. “We established the Plug and Play Tech Center four years ago and since then we have helped new companies to obtain more than half a billion dollars in start-up capital,” says Jupe Tan, Plug and Play Tech Center’s manager for international relations. “We’re excited about CzechInvest’s decision to place the CzechAccelerator with us, because that is meaningful recognition of our work with start-up companies.”
 
Successful applicants for participation in the project are selected by a panel of experts composed of representatives of CzechInvest, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, entrepreneurs and investors from the Czech Republic and the expert public. “They are faced with the same questions that are asked of potential investors,” emphasizes Alexandra Rudyšarová. “It depends primarily on what makes the project unique. However, the given start-up firm’s business plan will also be assessed, as will the feasibility of producing the proposed product.”
 
The Czech Technology Accelerator is intended mainly for firms in the areas of information and communication technologies or biotechnologies. In order to register for the project, it suffices to fill out a simple registration form, which can be downloaded from CzechInvest’s website.
 
Successful registrants will receive office space and all related services for two people in the Plug and Play Tech Center through the CzechAccelerator. They will have to pay for the travel expansive and for the stay in the United States themselves. “Plug and Play Tech Center offers a unique access to modern technologies and potential investors. You will hardly find another place where you could potentially meet companies like Google on Monday, Microsoft on Tuesday, Sun Microsystems on Wednesday etc. With us, all this is possible,” adds Jupe Tan.
 
It is possible to register for the CzechAccelerator project until 4:00 p.m. on 26 January 2010.  Ten companies will advance to the second selection round. Their representatives will then present their respective projects to the final jury, which will select the four best applicants. They will set out for Silicon Valley on 1 April. The whole final ten will receive training on how to best sell themselves lead by lecturer from the Plug and Play Tech Center.
For more information please contact the CzechInvest Press Centre 
Lucie Kocourková, spokesperson, phone: +420 296 342 538, lucie.kocourkova@czechinvest.org

Foto: CEO of CzechInvest Alexandra Rudysarova and Jupe Tan, manager of Plug and Play Tech Center

Industry Luminary and Leading Enterprise Software Analyst Joins Infor Team

ATLANTA – January 7, 2010 – Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market customers, today announced that software industry veteran Bruce Richardson (photo), who is currently chief research officer at AMR Research, will join Infor as chief strategy officer.  Richardson will report to Jim Schaper, Infor chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).  In addition to his role with Infor, he will serve as a strategic advisor to Golden Gate Capital, Infor’s largest shareholder.

“As a student of the market for the last 30 years, I understand the dynamics of the business software marketplace – the forces that are driving the industry and shifting the balance of power in favor of customers,” said Richardson.  “Infor gets it.  Their leadership is changing how business software providers engage with customers.  It’s amazing what Infor has been able to accomplish in seven years – a large and loyal customer base, a global footprint, an exciting lineup of products, a great management team and a bright future with enormous growth opportunities.”

As chief research officer at AMR Research, Richardson oversaw all aspects of analysis at the company, including opinions and reporting of key trends and strategies in areas such as ERP, supply chain management, cloud computing, service-oriented architectures, software-as-a-service, software appliances, virtualization and visualization.  Richardson has covered and analyzed the enterprise software market for decades and made many early market predictions that have since proven accurate, such as the rise of the advanced planning market and the evolution of manufacturing resource planning (MRP) to enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Richardson’s insights and perspectives on the enterprise software market, and particularly his knowledge of customer needs and requirements, will continue to differentiate Infor as a software provider that consistently listens to its customers.  Richardson will continue to share his insights and opinions at www.infor.com in his “An Insider’s View” weekly blog.

“Throughout the last two decades, there is no individual who has more closely followed every significant business software company in the world than Bruce Richardson. His joining our world-class team is a significant endorsement,” said Schaper.  “Bruce is also one of the best trend-spotters in the business and will play a key role as we continue building our business through organic and acquisitive growth.”

Prague, January 7, 2010 - From mid-January, David Duroň will be Vodafone’s Sales Director for Business Customers in the small firm and entrepreneur segment. In this function, he will be responsible for a comprehensive new sales strategy and the implementation of offers for entrepreneurs and small firms. David Duroň is returning to the Czech branch of Vodafone from the operator’s London headquarters, where he directed a development and strategy project for Vodafone Group mobile portals. Over the last year, he and his London team have developed and successfully implemented the new Vodafone MyWeb mobile portal in 11 markets.
 
“David has a wealth of experience leading people, creating strategies, and directing internet projects. His joining our team supports our strategy, in which comprehensive services, including providing business customers with internet connectivity, play a major role,” said Pavel Hlavinka, Vice-President for Business Customers, Vodafone.
 
Before his project in London headquarters, Mr. Duroň worked in this country’s Vodafone branch as its Marketing Director for Private Customers. He stood behind the launch of new tariffs for internet on mobile phones, took part in the development of the department offering mobile advertisements on mobile phones, and participated in the launch of the turning-point offer of the Vodafone Loaded Card, which is the only prepaid card on the market to offer the same rates for calling and texting as postpaid tariffs.
 
Before joining the Czech branch of Vodafone, Duroň held the position of General Director of the Atlas.cz internet portal. In the past he also worked in top management positions in GTS Novera and Telefónica O2 (previously Český Telecom).

RMONK, N.Y. (RPRN) 11/25/09 — Even during economic downturns, top companies remain committed to building leadership capability within their organizations
 
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is being recognized as the No. 1 Global Company for Leaders, in a study released this month by Fortune magazine and to be featured in its December issue.
 
A panel of independent judges select and rank winning companies based on numerous criteria, including strength of leadership practices and culture, examples of leader development on a global scale, impact of leadership in communities in which they operate, and overall business performance and company reputation. The study is generally regarded one of the most comprehensive analyses of organizational leadership in the world. IBM was one of 537 organizations under consideration in the study.
 
In the report, the survey partners noted that an important distinguishing characteristic set the global top companies like IBM apart from their peers was that even during the economic downturn, top companies remained committed to building leadership capability within their organizations.
 
“All global companies today are facing a number of complex business and economic challenges,” said Bob Gandossy, global practice leader of the Leadership Consulting practice at Hewitt Associates, a global consulting and outsourcing company that partners with Fortune and others to conduct the leadership analysis. “Through our research, it’s clear that global top companies such as IBM do not abandon key leadership and talent efforts in favor of short-term goals. This mindset is not only what sets global top companies apart from the rest, it’s what differentiates successful businesses from unsuccessful ones.”
 
Foto:  IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano

Original article (rushprnews.com)

Salvador Anglada (photo) succeeded by Luis Antonio Malvido as Czech Republic Chairman and CEO
 
Dec 10, 2009 – Telefónica today announced that Telefónica O2 Czech Republic’/ s Chairman and CEO, Salvador Anglada, will join the parent company as Director of Commercial Alliances on 1 February 2010. He will be succeeded in the Czech Republic by Luis Antonio Malvido, currently CEO of Telefónica’s Brazilian wireline operation TeleSP.

A highly experienced executive, Malvido (photo) moves to Prague after more than 11 years as CEO in Telefónica fixed and mobile businesses in Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina. Malvido, 45, has previously managed diverse portfolios within Telefónica, including customer service, sales, business development and strategic planning. In his new role as Chairman and CEO of Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, he will also have responsibility for the company’s Slovakian operations.

Matthew Key, Chairman and CEO of Telefónica Europe, said: “I am delighted that, once again, we have been able to appoint from within the Telefónica group. The Company’s international scale and diversity means that we have a broad pool of talent on which to draw. Luis Malvido joins our European management team with a strong track record in developing and growing businesses in both fixed and mobile telecommunications. The relevant expertise that Luis brings means he is ideally positioned to augment our strengths in the Czech market.”
 
Salvador Anglada will now assume responsibility for the development of strategic partnerships with China Telecom and Telecom Italia as well as establishing new Telefonica commercial partnerships with medium-sized telcos worldwide. Anglada will take on his new responsibilities in Madrid in February 2010 and will report to Jaime Smith Basterra, Director of Affiliates and Industrial Alliances.

Key said: “Salvador leaves our Czech business in a strong position for the next stages of its positive development. His achievements have been considerable – consolidating O2’s fixed/mobile integration in the Czech Republic and reinforcing the company’s leading position in Central Europe. He was also instrumental in Telefónica’s successful entrance into Slovakia, achieving more than 10 per cent market share in less than three years. I wish him every success in his new role.”

Prague, December 9, 2009 – Another major change is coming in Asseco Central Europe and Asseco Solutions in the near future. At the beginning of 2010 the product Fenix, which was part of the product portfolio of Asseco Czech Republic, will be moved to its subsidiary Asseco Solutions.

The reason for this change is the consolidation of the commercial portfolio in the Asseco Central Europe group. In fact part of the company will be transferred – this means that the whole Municipality division, comprising a team of product Fenix and product eObec (eMunicipality), including development, sales and customer service, enters Asseco Solutions.

“We believe that this change is opening up new development opportunities for the product Fenix, which will be beneficial for its users,” says Stanislav Sýkora, president of the board of directors Asseco Solutions, adding: “Our systems Helios and Datalock are known for their user-friendliness and technological maturity. We are therefore confident that the development of Fenix will continue this trend.”

“The only difference our customers will feel is administrative – from the new header on the invoices to the supplier’s address and phone numbers. They will stay in touch with the same people with whom they are accustomed to work today,” says Jan Přerovský, Country Manager, Asseco Czech Republic.

“In the move of Fenix and eObec I see lots of possibilities and synergies that will benefit virtually everyone involved – the customers, as well as developers of the systems,” says Alan Karlach, manager of Municipality division.

After implementing this change Asseco Solutions will have nearly 500 employees, of which more than 150 in development.

“Thanks to that we can shorten our product development cycle to one and a half years and will be able to create next-generation products much faster,” said Stanislav Sýkora.

Transfer of a part of a company is legally complex and time-consuming process. Customers will therefore be informed about the actual date of the transfer by the two interested companies.

Fenix

System focused on the budgetary and subsidized organizations, namely the towns and municipalities and their subordinate subjects. It includes modules conform to the standard ERP, as well as modules and functionality custom made for these organizations.

eObec (eMunicipality)

A new type of specialized information system, which allows simplifying the communication between citizens and authorities to a maximum extent.

On the photo from left: Jan Přerovský, Stanislav Sýkora and Alan Karlach.