JUST EAT Group Chooses Ciklum as a Strategic Software Development Partner
Copenhagen, Denmark (PRWEB UK) 31 July 2013 -- Ciklum, one of Europe’s leading providers of nearshore IT outsourcing and Agile / IT consulting services, announces that it has been selected as a strategic software engineering and product development partner by JUST EAT Group, an online takeaway food delivery service, operating in 13 countries around the globe. As a result of this selection, Ciklum will assist JUST EAT in developing solutions to access a comprehensive array of capabilities necessary to meet today's challenges in a continuously evolving e-commerce market.
After an initial six month partnership, JUST EAT’s Kiev-based Internationalisation Team has delivered significant value providing JUST EAT with the confidence to expand their Kiev Technology Centre to include the maintenance of the e-commerce platforms which underpin its acquired businesses and the subsequent migration of these to their core platform. Ciklum's complimentary staffing models have provided JUST EAT with the flexibility to embark on a major platform consolidation program without compromising the core product development and technical innovation that takes place in its London Technology Centre.
"Ciklum's energy, transparency and direct communication style is well aligned with JUST EAT. That's led to effective collaboration across all levels of our businesses," says Carlos Morgado, Group CTO at JUST EAT, "the speed and efficiency of hiring high quality, dedicated engineers has been a key advantage. The Kiev-based team has localised many features for our international businesses and this initial experience has given us confidence both in our partnership with Ciklum and our adoption of a distributed software development model. We're now growing our Kiev presence significantly to embark on a large, complex platform consolidation programme."
Commenting on the partnership, Torben Majgaard, Ciklum’s Founder and CEO, says:
"Ciklum and JUST EAT are both of Danish origin, but we have a lot more in common – a history of excellence, outstanding clients, and strong business growth ambitions. I’m very happy we have added JUST EAT to our clients’ family and do believe that Ciklum’s outstanding strategic, development and delivery capabilities will help JUST EAT excel technologically and offer even more exciting takeaway ordering experiences to their customers."
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About JUST EAT:
JUST EAT (@JustEatNews), launched in Denmark in 2001, is based in London and is now active in 13 countries around the globe. JUST EAT is currently generating over £450m in revenue per year for the restaurant industry and has received more than 50m orders since the site launched with over 1m Facebook fans around the world. There are currently over 32,000 takeaway restaurants signed up to JUST EAT’s site which uses proprietary technology to offer an efficient on-line ordering service. JUST EAT was listed in the TechCrunch Europe Top 100 Index 2010 and was also recently ranked number 31 in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, winning the Best Brand Award.
About Ciklum:
Ciklum (http://www.ciklum.com) is a Danish IT outsourcing company specializing in nearshore software development by establishing and servicing clients’ own development teams and/or centers in Eastern Europe, namely in Ukraine and Belarus. The environment of services and knowledge sharing within the company helps clients to market quickly and with less risk and minimal investment.
Established in 2002, Ciklum employs more than 2500+ IT specialists with more than 200 global clients’ Own Software Development Teams. Ciklum has six development offices in Ukraine, one in Belarus, and two in Pakistan, as well as representative offices in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands and Israel. Ciklum is recognized as CeBIT 2010 Top 20 innovative company delivering services/products for small and medium sized companies, and named the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Top 100 Global Services provider. Most recently Gartner Inc. named Ciklum as a "Cool Vendor" in its 'Cool Vendors in Application Services, 2013' report.
Evgenia Kutsa, Ciklum, +380 44 545 77 45 1192, [email protected]
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