“Passive House” prequalification

As part of our “Investing in the future – Gnome Design 2030” project, we are proud to announce that the design of our company’s office under construction has been awarded with the “Passive House” pre-qualification made by the International Passive House Institute of Darmstadt, Germany. With this, according to our current data, from an energy consumption point of view, this office will be a unique implementation not only at the local level, but also at the level of the whole of Eastern Europe.

Architectural designer: Open Works.

Building engineering designer / Construction contractor: Instal-All.

Structural designer / Building energy designer: V&V Projekt.

Thanks to both the design and construction team.

Investing in the future – Gnome Design 2030

We have collected our experience from the past ten years and dared to take the next level.

In our mighty project won under the Romanian Operational Regional Program (POR 2.2), we have summarized our goals for the next ten years. We are scaling two technological strands of the project’s professional line, which primarily enables the development of industrial applications for mobile and tablet devices.

On the investment line we will build a centrally located development center, which will also be the first qualified passive industrial building of Sfantu Gheorghe.

• Total cost: 1,65M EUR
• Planned project closure: March 2021

Revolutionising Cloud Communication & AI

Starting with the 1^st 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.

New strategic partnership – Team GmbH

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.

Gnome Design achieves a Microsoft Silver Application Development Competency for second time

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.

We continue growing

Our web team experienced a welcome growth — with Sándor and Péter, a junior and mid-level developer.

Company Catalog

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.

Impressions of Cebit 2016

This year between 14-18 March we had the opportunity to participate to Cebit 2016 with the Romanian delegation, organized by Aries Professional Association

New Year, New Flyer

Because new year mean new opportunities, we chose the beginning of 2016 to represent ourselves in Bruxelles with our new flyer.

Our team expands once more

For the third time this year our web team experienced a welcome growth — with Katinka and Zoltán, a junior and mid-level developer.

Beyond Europe

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.

Gnome Open Day

On the 29th of October we held our Open Days, where we showcased our activities, team and services offered by our company.

New Projects, New Colleagues

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.

Norms and standards

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.

Strengthening of PR and Social media presence

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.

Opportunities in Hungary

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.

Conference and conglomerates

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.

Institutional partnerships

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.

On familiar waters

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.

New headquarters, strengthened force

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.

Significant team expansion

Our team gains four more colleagues in the areas of development, testing and “remote” support, thanks to further referrals.

New partnerships

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.

Expansion of the service range

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.

Establishing the first headquarters

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.

Prominent successes

Thanks to a partnership with the German OPUS Business Solutions GmbH, Béla joins their team and provides development services as a subcontractor.

Another big change

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.

Strategic shift, blossoming opportunities

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.

Beginnings

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.