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Zitec today announced it has won the 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Romania. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and the implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Zitec has been working with Microsoft Azure since 2011 and was the first company in Romania to launch a live application on the platform. Over the following years, Zitec has helped companies across Europe and North America migrate or modernize over 100 workloads using Microsoft Azure, with a substantial part of these being business-critical applications for medium-sized and large organizations.

Arctic, the leader in house appliances in Romanian, was awarded the Golden Effie in the Durables category at the Effie Awards Romanian 2023 for its Forgotten campaign.The campaign, supported by Zitec and Oxygen, consisted of a 35 seconds TV spot, broadcasted on leading TV channels in Romania and was amplified through social media and other digital channels, including extensive influencer marketing efforts. Forgotten aimed to reach a large palette of communication channels, including projects specially developed for leading Romanian websites.

Școala de HR, in partnership with IT & Digital Marketing leader in the Romanian market Zitec, published the results of a study that offers a comprehensive view of the preferences, values, and aspirations of Romanian tech professionals. The whole endeavor came out of the desire to realign employer perceptions’ on the matter, to make the professionals’ wishes known, and to contribute to a people-oriented future of employment.

The digitalization of public institutions is dealing with a few key challenges, such as the digital literacy levels of Romanian and the level of accessibility of digital projects, according to Edward Crețescu, General Manager at Regista [..] Regista was developed by Zitec, a local company, and offers payment options of all local taxes and fines directly to the township, among other services. Compared to other apps on the market, Regista automatically calculates the amount owed based on the criteria set by the Fiscal Code and Local Counsel Decisions – such as property surface, number of people, period, etc. – and doesn’t require the user to know how much he has to pay beforehand.

On May 24, the business services industry in Romania awarded its FINALISTS & WINNERS for their performances registered in the past business year, within the 9th edition of ROMANIAN BUSINESS SERVICES GALA AWARDS 2023 at JW Marriott Grad Hotel in Bucharest. The “BUSINESS SERVICES COMPANY OF THE YEAR (less than 800 employees)” award recognizes all aspects of business management excellence, such as financial and operational performance, depth and breadth of services, client and employee growth, company leadership, as well as social responsibility. The winner of this category was Zitec, one of the few Romanian companies certified as Google Cloud Premier Partner, along with other specialized certifications from Microsoft, Amazon or Adobe, among others. The winning company is also partner of the European Community through the European projects finalized or currently under implementation through the Ambient Assisted Living and Erasmus programs. It has offices at Brasov and Bucharest and is a leader of the IT & Digital Marketing sector in Romania.

HackHER, a hackathon for diverse teams launched by Women in Tech®Romania and Bravva Angels, takes place on May 6th at Impact Hub Bucharest. The event will see women startup founders team up with IT specialists to develop technical and digital strategies for their ideas and products. The jury tasked with selecting the winning teams is made up of Jeremy de France, Co-founder – Graphee; Cătălina Dodu, Partner & Cybersecurity Leader – EY Romania; Marius Istrate, Investor – TechAngels; Simona Lăpușan, Co-founder – Zitec & Mirro.io; Diana Țarfulea, Director of Engineering- Adobe Romania; and Lara Tassan Zanin, Head of EIB Group Office Romania – European Investment Bank.

The Mobile Division within Zitec, leader in the IT & digital marketing market in Romania, recorded an increase in revenues of over 60% in 2022 compared to the previous year. For the current year, the business objectives are aimed at strengthening and diversifying the client portfolio both locally and internationally, the sustained growth of the team of specialists, but also the exploration of IoT (Internet of Things) applications and augmented reality.

Digitising a supply chain increases resilience, responsiveness, and competitiveness. With the right tools, impactful transformation can be achieved in a few weeks. Sameday is the fastest growing Romanian courier company, using technology to create delivery solutions that drive growth for its customers and partners. The Romanian company offers an extensive range of services: home delivery, the same day delivery and delivery to over 3,200 easybox lockers nationwide. The company opted for Azure due to Microsoft’s strong presence in Romania and Sameday’s pre-existing reliance on compatible languages and Microsoft tools. Partnering with Sameday was Zitec, a major Microsoft partner in Romania as well as a Naspers company. Zitec helped Sameday manage the new infrastructure to implement Azure in essential services.