Sigma Technology Hungary has recently joined a new, self-conscious group of proud Hungarian companies. The initiative, called Aware Entrepreneurs (Vállalható Vállalkozás), unites firms that value integrity, transparency, and conscious business behavior.
Our today’s guest is Levente Kovács, Vice Rector of Education at Óbuda University, Hungary, professor, former Vice Dean of Informatics Department. Professor Kovács also conducted a significant research in the area of physiological control systems, including the creation of artificial organs and control systems for them.
Sigma Technology becomes a Gold Sponsor for the first female IT Network in Växjö/Kalmar, WiTech IT Network. The network has recently started a Kickstarter project and aims to raise 70 000 SEK to develop a platform for women in IT to network, share knowledge, and build female role models.
Computer literacy is an essential skill for people all over the world. It is equally important for students in South Africa—there, however, lack of equipment and scarce computer knowledge in the schools are still a big challenge. Following our sustainability plan, Sigma Technology partners with the Computer Education in Southern Africa (CESA) project bringing computer literacy to children.
February 2018, marks a new step in educational initiatives of Sigma Technology in cooperation with Óbuda University in Hungary. A new IT lab opens the floodgates to even more knowledge-sharing events and programs that start this week with the beginning of the spring semester.
Linnaeus University, IEC, and Sigma Technology start the first Female IT Network in Växjö. The kickoff meeting is set for November 24th.
Autumn is here and is full of events for those who are interested in new opportunities and jobs. Make sure to mark these eight events in your calendar.
Last year Sigma Technology and Linnaeus University entered into a partnership that oversaw a free distance Master course for Sigma Technology employees in the EU. The first available course was Knowledge Sharing in Global Information Systems Teams. Eva Urbanovics, project manager and technical writer in our Hungarian office, was one of the first students within this partnership project.
Sigma Technology actively supports the Star for Life program, which is aimed to help youth in Southern Africa fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS, get higher self-esteem, and get access to better education. In the beginning of May, a group of Sigma Technology representatives visited three schools that are sponsored by Sigma Technology in KwaZulu-Natal.
Last weekend, April 22-23rd, the IT-Eureka Hackathon was held at Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics. Twelve teams that made it to the finals were invited to Kharkiv. There they worked on their projects non-stop during 24 hours and fought for the main prize – 30 000 UAH.
Earlier this week, Malmö University has released a brochure that summarizes IOTAP (Internet of Things and People) activities performed in 2016. Sigma Technology’s CMS platform DocFactory and its IoTH Framework are one of the highlights of the edition.
Sigma invites Ukrainian students to take part in the IT-Eureka! Ukraine contest, an ultimate platform for entrepreneurship development and innovations. This year the competition will be held in a format of a hackathon. The registration is open on the IT-Eureka! Ukraine official website until March 31, 2017.
Utbildning, jämställdhet och mångfald är tre utmaningar, och i förlängningen möjligheter, som Sigma identifierat för att säkra kompetens till att driva det svenska IT-undret framåt. Sigma går därför in som huvudsponsor till Kodcentrum, en förening som introducerar programmering och digitalt skapande för 9–13-åringar och skapar möjligheter för nästa generations kodare i Sverige.
Starting from 2017, everyone at Sigma Technology’s Budapest office will get free access to LinkedIn Learning, a new learning platform launched by Microsoft’s business-oriented networking service.
In 2016, Sigma Technology welcomed André Skytte and Victor Olsson, students of Linnaeus University in Växjö, as its interns. At Sigma Technology, André works on the development of IoT web application to be connected to DocFactory CMS. Victor is working together with Sigma and IKEA of Sweden teams on improving their technical documentation.
During three years we have been supporting the Tempus project NEFESIE that aims to enhance innovation and entrepreneurship among Ukrainian IT students. Last week we had a final meeting with the Tempus partners, leading tech universities, in Växjö.
One year ago Sigma Technology, Star for Life, and Mmemezi High School celebrated the launch of a long-term partnership in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The company’s ambition was to help Mmemezi students follow their dreams and get access to a better future. This spring we have given five scholarships to school graduates to support their higher studies.
Last week Sigma Technology Hungary (STH) welcomed the participants of Play@Work, a gamification workshop co-organized withMMKlaszter and Óbuda University. The event gathered students and professionals from all over Budapest.
Ten weeks ago Sigma Technology launched free Swedish language sessions in Gothenburg, a special project for those who have an engineering background. Participants from all over the world came to Sigma’s Lindholmspiren office twice a week and worked on taking their Swedish to the next level. The results surpassed all our expectations.
Sigma Technology has become a supporter of Bridge Budapest, the Hungarian non-profit organization that empowers young Hungarian talent to believe in their ideas.
