Customer Magazine Intersys AG
Editorial Dear reader What are the consequences of the short noticed and very unexpected release of the minimum conversion rate between the Euro and the Swiss Franc for IT Service providers? Export oriented companies know the phenomena of losing money from short term changes due to surrounding conditions very well. IT companies, however, are facing yet another controversial question: how to deal with the price pressure that arises from near- and offshoring activities in software development. Making inexpensive, foreign resources available will most likely see a dramatic change in the Swiss IT landscape. Is this the beginning of a deindustrialization, the export of high quality skills, as we have seen it in other industries before? The IT industry is predestined for this change.
It even created the necessary means to do so: worldwide communication and data exchange has been made possible in the past years. Thus the search for each individual company’s position in this changing landscape will be a major task of the immediate future. However, I’m confident that finding the right path will also lead to new possibilities. From sports, it is well known that leaving one’s comfort zone will also open a big potential for improved performance.
Jiri Petr CEO
SPOTLIGHT 1/2015
Tomorrow’s new employees
TCBE club started well
Intersys is constantly looking for new talents that bring new technology know-how into our company. As an employer in the region of Solothurn, it is not quite easy to find these resources. This is why Intersys participated in the ETH Kontaktparty in March in Zurich, a fair dedicated to show finishing IT students the employer landscape. Intersys was able to position itself as a
In the last Spotlight edition, we communicated the founding and first meetings of TCBE Chapter Solothurn. In the meantime, first member meetings have taken place and the organisation is forming itself to be operational. There is a search going on for topics to work on.
great place to work, an attractive employer with many benefits . Maybe we’ll be able to inform you about new employees in one of the next Spotlight editions.
It became clear that there’s a need for cooperation in the following areas already:
• Joint recruiting and apprentice programs • School education programs for IT professionals • Creating synergies in company interna trainings Interested to learn more? The club is actively recruiting members. Details on www.tcbe.ch
Intersys movie evening “the circle” During our traditional movie evening, part of the Solothurn movie festival, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary, we were very happy to welcome more than 150 participants. After being welcomed by Seraina Rohrer, director of the festival, we received a insight into the making and the historical background of the movie “the circle”. The movie’s theme is the happenings of the gay community of Zurich in the 50’s and 60’s. In a mix of documentary and feature film, the story showed how the gay community struggled for its acceptance in Switzerland. After the movie, the guests gathered for a late apero and to extend the networking that started before watching the film. There was ample time to not only discuss business matters. We received a lot of very positive feedback from our guests, many of them returning year over year to our traditional event.