Ness Sees Digital Economy Driving European Growth
- Written by Fran Cator
London, UK – 25th September 2014 – Ness Software Engineering Services (SES), a global product engineering services and solutions provider, today announced growth in its global development centres with the expansion of its Central European operations. A new, larger software development laboratory in Kosice, Slovakia, enables Ness SES to handle rapid growth in demand from clients for building advanced digital product and service platforms globally.
In this age of technical innovation, Ness SES finds that organisations are feeling increasing pressure to integrate technology much more deeply and widely than ever before into their core operations to streamline processes, to increase and diversify revenues, or to win new customers.
Ness SES provides clients with a unique combination of engineering services and creative consulting solutions. These are designed to accelerate the design, delivery and ongoing development of digital products and services such as: personalised consumer and business apps, digital ticketing systems, and firmware for Internet of Things (IOT) devices and applications.
Ness SES client-dedicated teams leverage unique core capabilities in:
- Data intelligence, big data and data science to untap the value of information assets
- Advanced product and platform engineering that enables new connected technologies to be fully exploited
- Pioneering experience engineering that maps a client’s customer’s journey throughout a transaction or experience, and understands how it can be best supported and evolved across multiple devices for the best possible customer experience
With over a decade of tenure in Kosice, Ness SES is the largest software engineering services employer in the city. The new centre accommodates over 300 engineers working on projects for a wide range of clients including: financial services, travel, automotive, transportation, location-based services, media and entertainment. There is improved working facilities as well as the flexibility and capacity for Ness SES to further grow its local workforce of software engineers and architects.
Ness SES is growing in Kosice, Slovakia, because of excellent local infrastructure for running a high-end software engineering business in addition to having access to highly motivated and skilled software engineering talent. Kosice is Slovakia’s second largest city after the capital Bratislava and has three universities including the Technical University of Kosice. Slovakia’s membership in the EU also provides critical economic and political stability for siting a key part of the company’s global development facilities.
Paul Lombardo, CEO, Ness SES said: “Today, all companies are tech companies. Ness SES is truly a global business bringing together the best software engineering talent, tools and processes to help our clients thrive in such a competitive marketplace. With the continued evolution and advancement of the digital economy, an increasing number of clients across all business sectors are seeking our unique capabilities in this area. Since founding our Kosice centre in 2005, our team has set high standards for engineering excellence, time-to-market and innovation. I’m delighted to expand our presence in Slovakia as part of our global investment programme in world-class technical talent, tooling and facilities in Europe, Israel, the USA and India.”
Marek Uhrin, General Manager, Ness SES Kosice development centre said: “The new centre is a tremendous vote of confidence in how our team helps global technology businesses extend and enhance their research and development capabilities. We’re here to help them accelerate the delivery of new, innovative offerings into the market. This is an important milestone for our business and we’re ready to play an even greater role in how Ness offers outsourced product engineering services.”
The Ness SES Kosice development centre is part of a global network of development centres that enable Ness SES to combine a global delivery model with local management and shared control. These centres are focused on providing R&D and software product engineering, and consulting services that extends software development capacity and drives innovation for clients.