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Futurice is proud to achieve Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status. Gold Certified Partners represent the best expertise with Microsoft technologies and have the closest relationship with Microsoft. This is an excellent recognition of our skills, competencies and references in the Microsoft domain. For more information see about the programme Microsoft Partner Programme – Gold Certified…

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking at AES Techstart event about challenges and success factors of an IT start-up. AES stands for Aalto University Entrepreneurship Society. Perhaps the most pleasing fact about the evening was the large crowd of students either already having a start-up or thinking about starting one.  My message to you…

Futurice hit the road again at the Nokia Developer Summit which took place in sunny Monaco 28.-29.4. Futurice was invited to participate on Nokia’s Calling All Innovations Hackathon competition. The idea was to make cool consumer widgets for the upcoming Nokia N97 at the event, just in 24hrs. Our star developer Henri Holopainen was pushing…

We were invited to lecture about Lean and Lean Software Development at TKK. The course was T-76.5612 Software Project Management. What is Lean?  Lean is a management philosophy that seeks to maximise customer value and minimise work efforts while respecting all people during the process. It covers all levels from values, principles, practises to tools….

Fondia Oy, a fast growing legal services provider, arranges a breakfast seminar about growth called “Nousuun” on Thu March 12th. The focus is especially on how to manage growth from HR perspective. The event offers three different perspective to managing growth: 1) Recruiting perspective by Timo Salmi from Proselectum,  2) Legal aspects of growth by…

We’ve been writing agile software development column series to Digitoday. The series is in Finnish but here are links to the existing columns: It-palveluliiketoiminta murroksessa Kun ketteryys korvasi kankeuden Koodaaja kyynisyyden hautajaisissa “Kyllähän mä tiesin, ettei tästä mitään tule.” Siiloista yhteistyöhön “Ei riitä, että kukin tekee parhaansa omalla tahollaan” Happy reading and commenting.

We are packing our bags and travelling to spend a week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.  It’s going to be a thrilling event. Come and meet Futurice team with our design partner Fjord (www.fjordnet.com) at our stand. Experience the gourmet creations of star chef Freddy Raoult with us. We have a way to rapidly…