How many IT specialists work in Ukraine and how much do they earn? Which developer are most in-demand in the labor market and why do junior specialists struggle to find their first job? Last week at the IDCEE conference Maksim Ischenko, who founded DOU.ua, a portal for developers, and Djinni.co, a service for job-seekers, presented insights into the Ukrainian …
Prospects for the Ukrainian ICT market (not including telephones) continue to appear bleak, as market intelligence firm IDC has reported that it may shrink by 25% by the end of the year, especially impacting the electronic equipment and software sectors. The volume of shipments of electronic equipment, in particular, is expected to fall back to the …
According to research by Yandex Ukraine, Ukrainians have created 40 million accounts on popular social networks like Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte (VK.com), Facebook, and Twitter as of summer 2014. Russian social networks still dominate the market, as 27 million accounts have been created on Vkontakte and 11 million have been created on Odnoklassniki, as opposed to only …
Last week the analytical firm IDC reported that losses in potential VAT revenue from the illegal importation of IT-related products, such as tablets, laptops, and phones from $233 million in 2013. Moreover, this figure does not take into account the related losses borne by the state when refunding nonexistent VAT to unscrupulous importers. For the …
Report: Illegal importation of IT-related products causes huge losses to Ukrainian budget Read More
Google has revealed the results of a study of consumer behavior among Ukrainian Internet users, reports Ukrainian IT-news portal proIT. According to the report, which involved the survey of 1,000 adults (aged 16+) in in January of this year and was completed by market-research firm TNS at Google’s request, 56% of those polled state that …
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Facebook may have established itself as a global leader in social-networking and VK (founded in Russia as Vkontakte) may have captured a strong market share in Russian speaking countries as an alternative service, but they have not stopped a host of competitors from entering the Ukrainian market. Within the past year, SocialFace, Zine, Ukrainci, Druzi, …
Since Ukraine popped up on the front pages of newspapers around the globe at the beginning of this year, there have been concerns – from both overseas customers and employees here in Ukraine – about how the Maidan revolution and its aftermath will impact the IT industry. Let us try to quantify what’s happening right now in the industry with …
How Ukraine’s IT outsourcing industry has been impacted by the Maidan revolution Read More
Universum, a global leader in employer branding, has released its first student survey in Ukraine. The survey reveals how attractive an employer is for students and indicates its position in relation to recruitment competitors. Not only have Google and Microsoft been judged the most attractive IT employers, they also take the lead in the Business/Commerce and Engineering/Natural science rankings.
During the first five months of 2014, the volume of services provided by entrepreneurs and organizations in the information and telecommunications sectors in Ukraine were valued at 28.8 billion hryvnias (approximately $2.42 billion), reports the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. More specifically, telecom companies accounted for services valued at 19.78 billion hryvnias (approximately $1.66 billion), …
Entreprise application software market expected to shrink by 40% this year Read More
According to an IDC report, total server shipments to Ukraine in Q1 2014 amounted to $10.6 million (in retail value), down 20% year-on-year. The volume of x86 server shipments halved to 1,633 units and sales revenues fell by 22.7%. HP led the server market with a 44% market share, followed by Dell (14%) and Navigator …
Report: Ukrainian server and PC markets fall sharply in Q1 2014 Read More
It’s a year since top Ukrainian venture capitalist Yevgeny Sysoyev produced his first overview of Ukraine’s top-100 startups. A lot has changed since then, and many more people are now familiar with the complicated geography, politics and economics of his country. The Ukrainian startup ecosystem is still comparatively small, with a maximum valuation of just $2.5 billion. However, despite its …
Payment for goods and services using contactless payment cards is gaining popularity in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Processing Center (UPC) has recorded a threefold increase in the turnover and the number of transactions using NFC-supported cards emitted by UPC’s five partnering banks. The average transaction value increased slightly from 48 hryvnias at the end of December …
Contactless payment use grows three-fold in five months in Ukraine Read More
