Berlin, 20.01.2011 – Twago, the European leader in Online-Outsourcing for small and medium sized enterprises, is now in Sweden. After reaching out to the English, Italian and Spanish speaking market, twago is expanding into the Swedish market as of now.
“Sweden is an outstanding country. Not only in terms of its successful economy but also its vast countryside. twago’s concept is especially interesting for providers who live in the countryside and enjoy their freedom. They get access to a business-market via the internet. You can work from everywhere as long as you have access to the internet”, says Gunnar Berning, CEO of twago. “But also for companies searching for providers, twago offers access to international experts. We have providers on each continent. This way we can guarantee that you always find the best expert for your project – worldwide”, adds Berning.
twago is an internet-based outsourcing platform with a multi language strategy created to provide high quality services worldwide. The range of services provided spans from (web) programming, graphic and web design, and translations to market research – assignments that can all be carried out remotely. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.
The concept is simple: European buyers post projects, worldwide service-providers bid on them, the buyer compares and then makes a decision. twago supports the project through its own project management tools, detailed information on the providers’ project history and evaluation. In addition to that the platform offers secure payment transactions and the possibility to post a project with the protection of a non-disclosure agreement.
twago is the largest online platform for small and medium sized enterprises in Europe with the possibility for buyers to work together with highly qualified service providers from many countries. Service providers from 114 countries worldwide are currently using the platform to collaborate with private and business clients across Europe. Customers have access to over 100,000 experts across the globe.
twago has championed its own concept: the company has successfully leveraged its model and saved 60 percent of the total costs through cooperation with worldwide outsourcing partners in Canada (web design), Philippines (logo), Russia (programming), Switzerland (translations), and Germany.
In 2010 twago was honoured with the German „Diversity in Work“ award.
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Increasing web connectivity in the developing world has been a focus of philanthropists, international bodies like the U.N., and individual states alike. But, like most grand visions, wiring entire countries for the Web is expensive. So how does a philanthropist sidestep the massive expense of building and launching a satellite that can beam Internet to remote regions of the world? You wait for a company to go bankrupt, then you buy their brand new communications satellite already in orbit on the cheap.
At least, that’s the idea. A philanthropic group called Ahumanright.org(universal Internet is that human right) has launched a site called BuyThisSatellite.org that aims to raise $150,000 to bid for Terrastar-1, a school-bus-sized satellite launched in 2008. Terrastar-1 is currently in orbital limbo, so to speak, after its owner filed for bankruptcy. The group will also invest in the development of an open source, low cost modem for use in the developing world.
Once acquired, the group hopes to park the satellite over a developing country or countries–Papua New Guinea, the site points out, has an open orbital slot and only 2.1 percent of its population is online–and allow its citizens access to the Web for free. That, theoretically, will help educate the population, open up new avenues for commerce, and otherwise provide lagging economies with all the technological advantages offered to the wired world.
“The satellite was designed to support North America. We imagine we can duplicate that goal in another place,” Kosta Grammatis, a representative for A Human Right, told TechNewsDaily.
Right now, the organization is asking for donations; when they have received $150,000 they will place a bid on the satellite. If that’s successful, the satellite will provide a “diminished service” for free to everyone (Papua New Guinea is being considered as well as millions of people in Indonesia and African nations).
The organization also hopes to help people get on-the-ground technology for connecting to the Internet. It is already working on an open-source modem that would be cheap enough for people in third-world countries. A Human Right workers are also looking into other low-cost computing initiatives such as a $12 laptop currently being designed in India.
A Human Right plans to fund the whole operation by selling high speed bandwidth access to telecommunications companies who will then re-sell the connection to customers.
The whole thing is still in early stages and, the satellite business being what it is, shrouded in secrecy. For instance, when A Human Right asked Terrestar CTO Dennis Matheson if the satellite’s orbit could even be moved to accommodate different countries, Matheson said, “Without revealing too much, yes we could. But I can’t give you details.”
Still, A Human Right is determined to meet their goal. Donations have begun and the company is already well on it’s way to reaching $150,000.
“We’ve raised over $20,000 in the first week. So it won’t take long!” Grammatis said.
The actual purchase and use of the Terrestar-1satellite is still uncertain, but A Human Right workers remain optimistic.
“Ultimately we’d like to connect the world. This is just a first step towards doing that,” Grammatis said.
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