Gnome Design Ltd. participated on the 22th of May on the B2B brokerage event in Netherlands, Arnhem, organized by the Province of Gelderland and the East Netherlands Development Agency.
We consider our presence at this event as a success, as the 13 Dutch companies present, without exception, is opening in Romania’s direction due to an unrestricted resource and skilled labor shortage.
Gnome Design’s response to this need is the success stories, references, and a skilled specialist and technology portfolio achieved with our 10-year-old partners in Germany. Our intention is primarily to leverage our technical and business experience in corporate management and logistics systems through our future presence on the Dutch market.
We are looking forward to participate in joint projects and to develop the European IT culture based on a common know-how and future vision.
Starting with the 1st of October 2018 we have the honor to participate as consortium members to the FeatureCloud project, with Horizon 2020 funding – Grant Agreement nr. 826078.
FeatureCloud is a novel artificial intelligence (AI) platform, designed to help patients, doctors and researchers. It features privacy preserving federated machine learning and block-chaining for reduced cyber risks.
Within this project Gnome Design is responsible for the system architecture and the software development of the platform and app store. We are implementing a privacy-by-design-and-architecture approach to significantly increase cybersecurity with respect to data mining of patient data stored in hospitals and care service institutions.
Team GmbH (Paderborn/Germany) is an Oracle Platinum Partner specialized in modern IT solutions and technology oriented services. We started a strategic partnership in the development of the ProStore® warehouse management and intralogistics system. We are thankful for this achievement and we are looking forward to expand this cooperation.
Acquiring the Silver Application Development competency will help the company define itself as a trusted expert to their customers through professional development and support of desktop and web applications built using core Microsoft technologies.
Our web team experienced a welcome growth — with Sándor and Péter, a junior and mid-level developer.
This year, finally our first company catalog is ready. The purpose of the publication is to present our company and to make our service more attractive to the public.
This year between 14-18 March we had the opportunity to participate to Cebit 2016 with the Romanian delegation, organized by Aries Professional Association
Because new year mean new opportunities, we chose the beginning of 2016 to represent ourselves in Bruxelles with our new flyer.
For the third time this year our web team experienced a welcome growth — with Katinka and Zoltán, a junior and mid-level developer.
We began development of an intelligent taxonomy-based knowledge base system in collaboration with the American company, Worklogix. With this promising cooperation, our company expands with new competences and professional experiences.
On the 29th of October we held our Open Days, where we showcased our activities, team and services offered by our company.
Introduction of the ISO 9001 quality certification begins on a company-level, new long term IT projects are shaping up and the process of their execution kicks into gear thanks to demand from both international and local parties. Our team is strengthened by the addition of a web developer and an IT engineer specializing in the .NET environment. Last but not least, Mónika joins the team starting on the 1st of May – as the COO her responsibility is to help speed up Béla’s directorial tasks and to efficiently coordinate and manage future projects and EU tenders.
We arrange our ranks. The widening client base, the growing team and the increased administrative tasks pointed out the necessity of the introduction of the ISO 9001 norm. It is important to us that healthy growth of our company is done based on an organized, systematic and mutually accepted norm.
The time has come to adapt a marketing based on PR and social media. Thanks to this strategic decision, our company begins an excellent marketing campaign. Our goal is to increase the recognition of our company and to present our range of services in a professional manner. Thanks to these efforts we expand our ranks with a colleague focused on PR/Marketing.
Thanks to our strategic decisions, we target the market in Hungary. Our list of clientele expands with the companies Online Árúházak and Mortoff, in the spirit of a long-term partnership. With this expansion, our team reaches a number of 10+ people.
Thanks to Béla’s evangelizing calls, Gnome Design, in partnership with the Covasna County Chamber of Commerce organizes for the first time the IT and Telecom Conference of Szeklerland. The event in numbers: 100 IT specialists, 2 days and 4 plenary presentations, formal and informal round-table discussions.
Gnome Design joins the IT Plus Cluster – a professional association of IT&C companies in the region -, as a founding member.
Due to the membership in the Covasna County Chamber of Commerce, the leadership of Gnome Design takes on a deciding role within the Chamber in creating the IT and Telecom section. The managers of the associated companies name Béla Bihari as the president.
In response to the ever-evolving local needs, Gnome Design expands its developmental strategy towards local contractors and companies. On offer: development and implementation of websites based on simple, uncluttered, modern technologies, CMS systems and specific ERP systems.
Due to our growth in numbers, the Gnome Design team moves into the second floor of a newly-built office building in Sfântu Gheorghe. New building, pleasant work environment, sophisticated atmosphere.
Our team gains four more colleagues in the areas of development, testing and “remote” support, thanks to further referrals.
Following a referral from Concentris Research Management GmbH, we begin the design and development of our own CMS system built to support the workflow management of EU research projects. This partnership leads to the welcoming of a new colleague into the Gnome Design team.
At the request of the Bavarian partner, we extend our range of services with the “remote” support of the KLUSA end-users, thereby gaining significant experience in multi-level corporate support processes.
Gnome Design opens its first office in Sfântu Gheorghe with four colleagues. The main operational activity is the development of the KLUSA project management product, as a result of a partnership with OPUS Business Solutions.
Thanks to a partnership with the German OPUS Business Solutions GmbH, Béla joins their team and provides development services as a subcontractor.
Béla becomes the sole owner after his partner choses to continue working in the field of industrial automation. With this milestone, the evolution of the company accelerates and its strategy becomes to offer IT solutions on the Western market.
The current owner of the company, Béla Bihari takes over from the onetime owner. This exchange of corporate shareholder brings a strategic renewal into the life of the company. An expansion into the German market and outsourced development becomes the primary focus.
Two enthusiastic young people from Sfântu Gheorghe decide to register an IT company with the aim to provide the local market with web development and hosting services.