While the consumption of traditional media is diminishing, Internet use is on the increase in Ukraine, according to “Media Consumption Survey. Ukraine 2016,” a report released last month by Internews Network in partnership with USAID. Covering 2015 and 2016, the report features data from all the Ukrainian regions, except Crimea and the areas under rebellion …
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Ukraine Digital News and AVentures Capital released today the 2016 edition of “The Deal Book of Ukraine” – an in-depth report on the emerging Ukrainian venture and startup industry. Made available in English, this 120-page study features more than 180 deals that were made public or identified in 2014 and 2015. Among the most spectacular …
Lviv IT Cluster, an association of IT firms operating in Western Ukraine, has released an in-depth report on the local IT scene, based on exchanges with no less than 400 industry professionals. The study offers a detailed analysis of the local market volume, geography, structure and potential, as well as a complete overview of the …
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Earlier this week industry association IAOP released the 11th edition of its Global Outsourcing 100, the annual listing of the world’s top outsourcing service providers. Four Ukrainian IT firms and six international IT companies with their R&D centers located in Ukraine got listed. The Global Outsourcing 100 is compiled from applications received and evaluated by independent …
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Phillip J. Hatch, a global strategy, workforce and economic development executive, recently completed an exhaustive research project exploring the Ukrainian economy. This study captures the economic impact of the current crisis as well as the risks associated with ongoing corruption and other issues. A significant part of this study is devoted to Ukraine’s technology-related exports. Considering Ukraine’s …
In spite of the country’s recent political turbulence, Ukraine has seen its IT service and software R&D capacities grow every year by double-digit figures. From Cisco, to Oracle, to Rakuten, to Samsung, more than a hundred global major tech firms conduct R&D activities in Ukraine, while an array of local IT outsourcing companies of all …
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YouTube has released a list of the music videos that were most popular in Russia in 2015. At over 41 million views, a song by Ukrainian band “Vremya i Steklo” is number one, far ahead of all its competitors. Following Vremya i Steklo in the ranking were “A Million Voices,” the Eurovision song presented by Russia’s Polina Gagarina (14.3 million …
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The Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s leading English language media, has just released a supplement devoted to Ukrainian innovations. “The world’s headlines about Ukraine are dominated by stories of corruption, war and all the things not going right in the nation. But that’s not the whole story. Ukrainians are highly entrepreneurial, when given the freedom, and highly …
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How many IT specialists work in Ukraine, where do they live, and how much do they earn? In which positions and which types of companies do they work? What is their level of English? Which developer are most in-demand in the labor market and why do junior specialists struggle to find their first job? These …
Pawn Storm, a cyber-espionage group believed to have ties with the Russian government, targeted the international investigation team of the MH17 plane crash, cybersecurity firm Trend Micro asserts in a report released yesterday. “We believe that a coordinated attack from several sides was launched to get unauthorized access to sensitive material of the investigation conducted by Dutch, Malaysian, Australian, Belgian, …
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According to data from developer community DOU.UA, the number of employees at the 25 largest Ukrainian IT-service companies increased by a total of 843 from August 2014 through January 2015. This is one and a half times less than the previous period (January through August 2014). As for why growth has been limited, 50% of businesses …
AVentures Capital, a major Ukrainian investment fund, and Ukraine Digital News, today released “The Deal Book of Ukraine” – the first-ever report on the Ukrainian venture and startup industry. Made available in English, this 120-page study features more than 250 deals that have been made public or identified since 2012 and involved more than one thousand startups. Also …
