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PILOT PROJECT. PROTELEUSES PROJECT IST-1999-20852. Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH. PROTELEUSES Project member No. 10. THE COMPANY: Established in 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria as a Limited company Activity area : Software and systems developing
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PILOT PROJECT PROTELEUSES PROJECT IST-1999-20852
Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH PROTELEUSES Project member No. 10 • THE COMPANY: • Established in 1996 in Sofia, Bulgaria as a Limited company • Activity area: Software and systems developing • 25 staff, 160 000 EURO turnover, 12 000 EURO profit in 2000 • Simple Management Structure: a headquarter and 4 units • Project Teams Organisation in the headquarter and in the units
Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH information technology services: • Custom Software Development • Web Design and Maintenance • e-Business Support • Multimedia Solutions • e-Learning
VIRTECH HEADQUARTER Finances e-commerce & e-Learning Web design and Internet Services Research Projects Management Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH Headquarter flow chart
Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH Units: • 1.Luxembourg-VIRTECH (Lux-VT) unit: for co-operation with IT SMEs in Luxembourg, European Commission units, etc.; • 2.Angeloo-VIRTECH (Ang-VT) unit: for developments related to Angeloo AG, Germany (Stuttgart), Angeloo-Bulgaria Ltd., Silicon Serdica Initiative, etc.; • 3.SDT-VIRTECH (SDT-VT) unit: for co-operation with SDT, Scotland (Stirling) and SDT-Bulgaria Ltd.; • 4.Hearst-VIRTECH (Hst-VT) unit for co-operation with Hearst Business Communications, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA.
Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH Internal teleworking: • Project teams and company units distributed in several premises • Some developers, hired on contract basis, work outside company office • Top researchers from Sofia University and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences hired for solving some sophisticated project problems prefer to work in their research offices
Virtual Technologies Ltd. VIRTECH Cost-benefits analysis • Savings on office space rental: 12 people out of 25 are teleworkers, saving 120 sq. m. office space = 1200 EUR/month • Savings on office utilities – heating, electricity, water, phones, security, cleaning: 700 EUR/month in the winter, 500 EUR/month in the summer • Savings on computer costs (for University and Academy people), based on equipment depreciation costs: 400 EUR/month • Losses of using additional communication equipment in the headquarters – calculations based on depreciation of 18 000 EUR equipment for 36 months = 500 EUR/month; losses of additional communication costs: 200 EUR/month • TOTAL BENEFITS MINUS COSTS : 1600 EUR/month in the winter, 1400 EUR/month in the summer.
Virtual Technologies Ltd. External teleworking (teleworking with the partners): • Application software development (e-Commerce, information systems, web applications) for Luxembourg partners • Multimedia development for e-Learning courses for UK partner OCF (Online Course Factory) • WEB design and applications developing for UK partner SDT (Software Development Team) • Information systems and data population for US partner -Hearst Business Communications