Sponsors and Partners 2013

Agile Prague 2024

The next year of Agile Prague Conference is going to be Sep 16-17, 2024.

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Wouldn’t it be great to go to a conference that included all of the topics that are most interesting to you? A conference that addressed your most pressing questions?
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Sponsors and Partners 2013

Agile Prague is an annual event organized by Agilni Asociace of the Czech Republic. The main purpose of the event is to bring together IT professionals from many fields, such as development, quality assurance and software engineering management. All of these professionals have one thing in common - interest in agile & lean practices and willingness to change their companies to the better.

Platinum Sponsors

BARCLAYS

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management, with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries, services over 48 million customers and employs over 145,000 people.

Barclays’ Czech Republic office is located in Prague and focuses on IT development for the investment bank. Technology is a fundamental pillar of Barclays’ business. It gives us a competitive advantage in markets where micro-seconds count.

Barclays has a history of innovation, we introduced the world’s first ATM in 1967 and we always aim to leverage the smartest technologies and processes to help us deliver to the best of our ability.

AVG

AVG was founded in 1991 with the express purpose of protecting people around the world using the latest in cutting edge security technologies. AVG gained success quickly and is now recognized as one of the biggest players in the security software market. AVG currently holds corporate offices in Europe such as in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Cyprus, UK, Germany, France; in the US such as in the Pensacola area in Florida, San Francisco Bay Area in California, Atlanta area in Georgia, Boston area in Massachusetts, Charlotte area in North Carolina; in the Middle East, in Israel; in Asia such as Beijing and Hong Kong in China.

AVG is uniquely positioned to spearhead innovation in the industry thanks to its employing some of the world’s leading experts in software development, threat detection, threat prevention and risk analysis. Not content to rest on its internationally recognized success, AVG continues to invest in R&D, teaming with leading universities to maintain its technological edge.

AVG has experienced significant growth in the last few years and continues to expand to address the needs of the global market through improved technology and broader language and platform support.

Gold Sponsors

	Scrum Alliance Become part of something bigger than you alone. Scrum Alliance brings you together with like-minded people who are passionate about Scrum and who dream, explore – and live – project management brilliance every day. A nonprofit professional organization, we provide advocacy, community, and education to support this movement, equip our members, and help them succeed with Scrum in software development and beyond. Come sprint with us!
	STOP SCANNING! START READING! KERIO IS HIRING If you read through all that marketing blurb around, you really deserve a price. And we have one for you - a special discount for Agile Prague and Web Expo 2011 conference. You just need to answer the following simple (or maybe not so simple) questions: a) Which programming languages are used in development of Kerio products? b) Where is the Kerio development team located? c) Who is Pepin? Send your correct answers to agile@kerio.com to get the discount code for your registration. And YES, Kerio is hiring, so if you're smart (no one wants to hire dumb people, right?), check out the list of open positions and send your CV to hr@kerio.com.
	CA Technologies Business today is putting more pressure on IT than ever before. Organizations must maintain their current level of service, while answering demands for mobile, social, cloud, analytics, and other solutions — all with stretched resources. CA Technologies helps customers meet growing expectations with solutions that manage and secure complex IT environments to support agile business services. We encourage global collaboration, value innovative thought and invest in our talented workforce - empowering our employees to drive success for both the business and themselves. Organizations of all sizes leverage CA Technologies software and SaaS solutions to accelerate innovation, transform infrastructure and secure data and identities, from the data center to the cloud. Working on some of the most strategic and advanced projects, with some of the brightest minds in the industry, you’ll help offer our customers practical approaches to delivering new, innovative services and value through IT. Founded in 1976, CA Technologies serves customers in virtually every country in the world and reported revenue of $4.8 billion in fiscal year 2012. The Prague Technology Center, Opened in 2005, has become a key development office for CA Technologies. With a talented workforce of around 300 software professionals, our office is one of the largest software development employers in Prague. Our local portfolio contains over 35 diverse software products. We’re located on The Park Business Campus in Prague 4, Chodov, just a few minutes walk from the metro.
	Skype Skype is about bringing people together and about breaking down barriers to communication. It’s about enabling millions of conversations around the world each day. It’s about sharing experiences...and it’s about doing all of that with products that are inventive, dependable, easy to use and affordable. If you are the kind of person who shares our passion for products that transform and enhance peoples’ lives, this could be the right place for you. Our work environment is unique, motivational, dynamic and fast- paced, and our teams are the same, diverse and full of inspiration. Prague is home to several teams working on different parts of the Skype product family including web-based applications, backend servers and client UIs. These teams (Windows 8-style UI, Rendezvous, Account Portal, Backend and more) are looking to recruit new, passionate individuals. ARE YOU READY TO JOIN? www.jobs.skype.com
	eBay Founded in 1995 in San Jose, Calif., eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is a global commerce platform and payments leader connecting millions of buyers and sellers. We do so through eBay, the world's largest online marketplace, which allows users to buy and sell in nearly every country on earth; through PayPal, which enables individuals and businesses to securely, easily and quickly send and receive digital payments; and through eBay Enterprise, which facilitates commerce multichannel retailing and digital marketing for global enterprises. X.commerce harnesses the developer community of Magento, an ecommerce platform, by providing technology solutions and eBay Inc. capabilities to merchants of all sizes, supporting eBay Inc.'s mission of enabling commerce. We also reach millions through specialized marketplaces such as StubHub, the world's largest ticket marketplace, and eBay classifieds sites, which together have a presence in more than 1,000 cities around the world. We offer an inspiring range of career opportunities and great jobs in Germany. If you are looking for a place where you can spark something that reverberates around the world, a company that's leading in a global commerce environment is certainly a good place to do it. We invite you to discover your place at eBay Inc. http://jobs.ebaycareers.com/articles/companies
	IBM At IBM, we strive to lead in the innovation of the industry's most advanced information technologies. Jazz is a next-generation technology platform for collaborative software delivery, leveraging open standards and built by Agile teams for Agile teams. Our core Agile offering is Rational Team Concert which includes dashboards, change management, Agile planning, source code management and build automation. Organizations that have adopted Rational Team Concert have realized developer productivity increases of 50% while reducing project overrun cost by as much as 20%. IBM is the leader in scaling Agile practices by providing Agile process templates to extend Scrum to the entire solution delivery lifecycle.

Silver

	Etnetera Etnetera ranks among the leading and largest Czech website and web application developers, concentrating on projects that are ambitious in their size, innovation, and influence. Coding websites is an established craft, but the key to success lies in the presentation's true benefits. This is where Etnetera excels and is sought-after on the Czech market for its experienced consultants, fair and communicative approach, and proven results. Etnetera has earned a number of foreign and Czech awards: Company of the Year in Prague 2009, Responsible Company of the Year in Prague 2010, Best Employer in the Czech Republic (top 3 finish three years in a row), repeated wins at the Internet Effectiveness Awards, IBA, Deloitte Fast50, etc. Our clients include Allianz, Ahold, ČSOB leasing, Datart, Fortuna, Import Volkswagen Group, Nivea, Telefónica O2, Siemens, and Škoda Auto, among others.
	Díaz & Hilterscheid Díaz & Hilterscheid offers professional consultancy services and IT solutions in business-related and technical projects worldwide, mainly in the financial sector, but also in all other industries. In the areas of IT management and quality services, our all-encompassing process covers everything from the analysis to the design and the release into production. As an accredited training provider we give staff training courses in several languages on the subject of software testing, requirements & agile methodologies. The Software conferences (Agile Testing Days, Agile Dev Practices) organized by Díaz & Hilterscheid are meeting places for international IT professionals, leading companies and very famous presenters and book authors. Díaz & Hilterscheid is also the editor of the world’s famous IT magazines Testing Experience and Agile Record. Both magazines have hundreds of thousands of readers worldwide.
	Certifying People Setting Quality Standards The International Software Quality Institute (iSQI GmbH) is a leading provider of certification examinations all over the world. Focusing on IT professions, iSQI plays a large role in certifying the know-how of professionals in over 80 countries on 6 continents in 7 languages. Three quarters of the German DAX 30 companies rely on iSQI’s expertise. In 2012 iSQI certified more than 13.000 individuals. The iSQI “Certified” program includes internationally recognized standards for Software Test, Requirements Engineering, Software Architecture, Project-, Innovation- and Configuration Management as well as Quality Assurance and the certification of ISO 15504 SPICE Assessors. iSQI’s ISO 9001 compliance is the independently confirmed guarantee for its business partners that all contracts are fulfilled in a secure and high-quality manner. Its ISO 17024 compliant certification processes meet all strict requirements in the day-to-day business practice. iSQI examinations are supported by a global network of accredited training providers. Their expertise in education assists professionals in polishing their knowledge and skills for the certification exams. Headquartered in Germany, iSQI has entered into more than 100 global partnerships and projects. It collaborates actively in international organizations such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The Institute’s efforts aim at establishing improved industry standards by combining industry input and research findings. Moreover, iSQI assembles professionals by regularly hosting international conferences. These platforms for experts from the industry and academia foster experience exchanges and business development as well as advancements towards software quality engineering as a matured discipline. To find out more about iSQI visit: www.isqi.org
	Agile Alliance The Agile Alliance is a nonprofit organization with global membership, committed to advancing Agile development principles and practices. Agile Alliance supports those who explore and apply Agile principles and practices in order to make the software industry more productive, humane and sustainable. We share our passion to deliver software better everyday.

Partners

	ScrumDesk We, at ScrumDesk, support agile transitions of companies by our unique agile project management solutions, coaching and trainings program. A visibility is brought to teams with support of agile experts helping us to wrap all Scrum artifacts, roles and ceremonies into an intuitive agile solutions. Tools are designed to provide fluid, intuitive and natural approach of the agile product management via task boards, index cards and agile metrics. Coaching we do is built on an expertise gained in transitions of ISV and enterprise companies. We and our partners help with a training of teams and management, practices and tools, processes adaptation and organization transitions. Let us to guide you to be the next successful agile house.
	GOPAS IT training center is the largest information technology training provider on the Czech and Slovak markets. Despite operating on a quite small market, GOPAS is one of the major IT training providers in Europe. Its technical courses are annually attended by almost 30,000 students, mostly IT specialists. GOPAS has 3 branches (Prague, Brno - Czech Republic and Bratislava - Slovakia) with 41 computer classrooms on its own premises and 4 mobile learning labs. GOPAS provides complex services in computer training field and uses it‘s abilities to create new products and services to meeting customer’s needs. GOPAS IT training center provides high-quality services which enable it‘s customers to achieve their strategic goals by using the information technologies efficiently.
	PRELIKA a.s. is proud producer of high quality spirits, liqueurs, vinegars and mustards located in Presov, Slovakia. Company builds its high standards on long history traceable back to year 1903. Some of the products are very unique, based on rare herbs from Slovak hills. Lately they started to age own brandy made by traditional way in limited, signed edition under label Excelsior V.S.O.P.
	WebExpo Prague WebExpo Prague 2013 Conference is the largest gathering of web developers, web designers, online marketers and entrepreneurs in Central Europe. The conference is held on 19 - 21, September 2013 at University of Economics in Prague.
	Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague Faculty of Information Technology has been established as the eighth faculty of the Czech Technical University in Prague. Faculty offers study programs whch are aimed especially at applicants interested in the domains of Computer Science or Computer Engineering. It covers the most important Computer Science topics. The main goal is to equip our graduates with a set of theoretical and practical knowledge in order to enable them to solve real-world problems using engineering methods and computers, or to study and develop more theoretical parts of computer science. Our graduates know how computers work, and why they work that way.
	Agilní Asociace / Agile Association Czech Republic Agile Association / Agilni Asociace is a non-profit organisation of "agilists" in the Czech republic. The main goal is to increase knowledge about Agile methods in general and to create a communication platform for sharing of knowledge and experience from Agile approaches.
	LOTOFIDEA LOTOFIDEA is not just a typical web design studio. We are different. To us an Internet presentation is not just a product, but it is a part of our service. We provide much more: we truly listen to our clients and their needs; we assist them in running their business. We are glad to see them succeed. Since we know we offer high level services, we can afford to take on a bit of our clients' business risk. We are therefore not afraid to let you pay in monthly payments instead of one bigger payment without any experience. We don´t just offer quality and professional solutions, but in the first place smart and profitable solutions. More than 4000 satisfied customers already know these words are worth a try. Join us and get your own experience!