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Oct 17th, 2024
Cost effective AI solutions tailor-made for your business – through our global team
By joining forces with industry respected executives at Quantaleap, and building on our longstanding, trusted relationships, pliXos offers our customers an easily manageable way to access Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities and benefits. Our cost-effective ‘hands on’ approach enables our customers to speedily test new ideas based on their specific needs and requirements, empowering their business through learning-by-doing.
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Feb 08, 2022
Launch of “Virtual-Teams as a Service” (Virtual-T)
There are many reasons driving the use of home-office or remote team set-ups in general. Be it the pandemic, the lack of skilled workers or simply the way young digital natives are expecting their work environment to be.
Whatever the main driving force, we are certain those new way of work models will include work-from-home and are here to stay.
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Dec 14th, 2021
German Economy: Shortage of Skilled Workers Hinders Growth of Innovative Start-ups
Remote Teams is one Possible Solution
Numerous initiatives demonstrate the importance of innovative start-ups for the economy. Besides a good business idea and a solid financing, the growing lack of highly qualified professionals is getting the limiting factor for growth.
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Nov 17th, 2021
Venture Capital in Europe
– Investments in Software biggest and further on the rise
The recently published European Venture Report by Pitchbook
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May 10th, 2021
Study “Global IT-Outsourcing"
- A Study on the Effects of the Pandemic” of University of Bamberg Live
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February 23, 2021
Virtualized Working enforced by Covid-19: Implications for Outsourcing Management
The current pandemic increases requirements for remote work and home office. It seems commonly accepted that remote work from home will remain a popular option in a post-Covid-19 future. Combining this change within the company (intra-organizational) with typical outsourcing scenarios, involving a client and a service provider (inter-organizational), we expect lasting implications.
These effects will range from altered modes of outsourcing management and collaboration to the need to recalibrate the balance between formal and relational governance to changes in offshore vs nearshore preferences vs onshore outsourcing.
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March 31, 2020
Cloud & DevOps pliXos Trigya
According German magazine Wirtschaftswoche experts in Cloud as well as running home office infrastructures are sought for more than ever
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June 02, 2019
pliXos at Munich TechDays Event 2019 in Munich
With the prime motto of empowering Digital Innovation the TechDays 2019 is all set to invite innovative Startups, multinational corporates and many eminent personalities to create the Digital Scene - what Munich is known for. If you are really looking to get your answers on Digital Transformation, Innovative Management, Tech Talks, Internet of Everything, Cybersecurity, Future of Work, Automation in sourcing delivery, then this is the absolute place for you.
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Mai 31, 2019
pliXos at High-Tech Gründerfond‘s FD19- the Event for the German Venture Capital Ecosystem
One of the biggest events by the well know High-Tech Gründerfonds popularly called Family Day was held on 28th and 29th May 2019. Participants of this privileged two-day conference included managers from nearly 300 start-ups as well as members of the German and international venture capital ecosystem.
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Munich, Dec 01, 2015
Social Network Analysis – A Method to Identify Relationship Quality in IT Outsourcing
Even though IT outsourcing is established within the economy as a common method many projects are rated as unsuccessful. To address this issue, pliXos and the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg initiated together a research project. Within the first months it became clear that significant reasons have been problems which arise from poor or not properly managed relationship quality between the customer and the respective service provider.
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Cologne, June 24, 2015
Single, dual- or multi-vendor? Or do it yourself after all?
At the IDG Sourcing Day 2015, decision makers from user companies will discuss their IT strategies in five parallel workshops on 24 June 2015 at the Cologne Sky Lounge — with a view of Cologne Cathedral. The topics range from designing contracts via motivating employees all the way to promoting innovation. Joerg Stimmer MD of pliXos will be there to contribute to the discussion. In particular if you are interested how innovative digital solutions for IT Sourcing Advisory services change the way to plan and implement your sourcing strategies as well as how to manage your suppliers, Joerg Stimmer is your partner to talk too.
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Munich, Mai 15, 2015
Scientific Approach of our Provider Rating Presented at AMCIS in Puerto Rico
We are happy to announce that our scientifically developed outsourcing provider rating approach will be presented at the 2015 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS). Meet Prof. Beimborn from Frankfurt School and Christian Jentsch from University of Bamberg in Puerto Rico from Aug 13 to 15.
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Munich, April 13, 2015
Meet us at the Startup Interaction in Berlin – let us help to implement your disruptive business models
pliXos will be at the Startup Interaction (www.mit-bund.de), May 12th 2015 in Berlin. Meet Joerg Stimmer and discuss how we can help your digital and disruptive business models come true. Whether you need a prototype developed fast and with low budget, you want to scale your dynamic startup or you need specific SW developers or experts supporting your digital initiatives at your corporation
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Munich, April 08, 2015
Getting SW Developed in Portugal – as Pleasant as Going there on Holidays?
A white paper by Nuno Ribeiro, ubiwhere and Joerg Stimmer, pliXos
The lack of IT experts (Fachkräftemangel) as heavily experienced in Germany is a challenge in many European countries and hampering growth. At the same time other countries do have SW developers, etc. in quality and valuable numbers who want to get engaged. Transferring them to Germany and hiring them locally is found not to be a long term solution.
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Munich, February 16, 2015
pliXos support IAOP Chapter in Austria – Keynote by Prof. Daniel Beimborn on Outsourcing Relationship Quality
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is forming a chapter in Austria and invites local industry experts to the first IAOP Executive Round Table in Vienna (March 10th, 2015). The event is intended to further introduce IAOP to the participants and discuss latest insights from the IAOP 2015 Outsourcing World Summit in Phoenix, Arizona (February 16-18, 2015).
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Press Release Munich, January 15, 2015
Increased customer value proposition by going digital in consulting - pliXos expands with Sourcing Advisory as a Service®
Since January 2, 2015 Hartmut Jaeger is in charge of Strategic Sourcing Advisory at pliXos. This unit combines the online tools of the pliXos Global Sourcing Platform with an innovative offering in consulting. Thanks to automation and standardisation a sustainable benefit is established for customers.
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German IHK Magazin writes about pliXos
In case you are interested how others value the approach and solutions of pliXos? Thanks to the team of the German IHK Magazin for their nice article (in German). It explains the rationale behind the business model of the SaaS start up as well as the motivation of the founders. The value proposition of the pliXos online tools is explained plus the exciting scientific research initiatives and cooperations to further develop the innovative products.
(in German): http://bit.ly/1lyxHQE
Press Release 15 June 2014
UK Public Sector can use pliXos online Tools Outsourcing Director and Outsourcing Advisor to automate their Applications Development Projects
Stockport, Cheshire and Munich, Germany: 15 June 2014.
pliXos GmbH has again been appointed by the UK Government Procurement Service to supply cloud-based Remote Applications Development, Sourcing Strategies and specialist Outsourcing Support Services to the UK Public sector, under the G-Cloud 5 Framework Agreement.
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Munich, 30.05.2014
2nd research paper resulting from the project "Global Bus System - GloBuS" with the Technische Universität München
Experiences from the Design of an Artifact Model for Distributed Agile Project Management
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Munich, 10th December 2013
Marketplace for Software Projects – the offer is valued by users and expanding
The pliXos B2B marketplace for software development projects (www.plixos.com/market) is getting positive recognition by users. Many providers have already been acquired in order to foster the basic idea of fast and safe awarding of projects to the best fitting service providers for customers. Additionally, a new rating system was defined and is currently evaluated by experts.
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22.11.2013
Recent research paper resulting from the project "Global Bus Software - GloBuS" with the Technische Universität München
We gratefully acknowledge the funding by IuK Bayern
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18.09.2013
How well is the status of your outsourcing relationship? – Towards a continuous monitoring of the true (Out-)Sourcing relationship quality
pliXos is further expanding its technology base for sourcing lifecycle management. A key part of this expansion is the new "(Out-)Sourcing Relationship Tracker - ORT" project, which will be carried out in close collaboration with the Department of Information Systems and Services at the University of Bamberg. The first steps towards this management tool which supports the ongoing observation and control of the social components of sourcing relationships have already been successfully completed. As part of the (Out-)Sourcing Relationship Tracker, new measurement methods based on social network analysis will be implemented.
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28.08.2013
New marketplace for SW-Projects – a case of Digital Bavaria
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are now in a position to get their SW-projects implemented in time, in quality and at low costs. pliXos just launched its new B2B marketplace for SW services at www.plixos.com/market - at no costs for users."
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15.03.2013
Meet Joerg Stimmer at the Swiss IT Sourcing Forum at 5th April 2013 in Luzern, Switzerland.
29.01.2013
pliXos Awarded a Place on the G-Cloud ii Framework
" pliXos GmbH has been appointed by the UK Government Procurement Service to supply cloud-based Remote Applications Development, Sourcing Strategies and specialist Outsourcing Support Services to the UK Public sector, under the new G-Cloud ii Framework Agreement. Under G-Cloud ii, pliXos is able to offer its Outsourcing Director, Outsourcing Adviser and Sourcing Advisory support, particularly in Agile based applications development to help government departments deliver complex projects with the required functionality, in time, to budget and at the lowest possible cost for UK citizens."
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Invitation Ciklum SEMINAR: "Software outsourcing - Demand and Reality" 20. September Munich
20. SEPTEMBER 2012 IN MUNICH
Details (German)
pliXos shares experiences for an improved implementation of agile offshore / nearshore SW projects with the help of KPIs
Im Rahmen der Konferenz „Agile World 2012“ am 11. / 12. Juli 2012 in München stellt pliXos seine Erfahrungen zur Kombinationen agiler Methoden (SCRUM) und einem automatischen Kennzahlen-Cockpit beim offshore / nearshore Outsourcing vor.
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GloBuS – Global Bus Software – The beginning of a research cooperation between pliXos and the Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Munich, 26. June 2012.
pliXos and the Technical University of Munich start a three-year pilot project "GlobuS - Global Bus Software" - supported by the program "Information and Communication Technology" of the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology.
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Governance of agile software projects with an automated KPI cockpit
Presentation by Dr. Udo Wilski, CTO and member of the management of Loyalty Partner Solutions at the “Swiss IT Sourcing Forum 2012“ (in German)
When: March 8, 2012
Where: Mövenpick Hotel, Zurich-Regensdorf, Switzerland
Event-Website: » www.itsourcing-forum.ch/
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