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Friday, 29.03.2024, 09:23
Swisscom opens DevOps Center in Latvia
Swisscom is the number 1 telecommunications provider
and one of the leading IT companies in Switzerland. Its products and services
range from B2C products, such as Swisscom blue TV, to B2B IT solutions in
multiple industries, such as Banking, Health, Energy, Entertainment and
Advertising. Living up to its ambition to lead the way as a responsible
organization, corporate citizen and employer, Swisscom is one of Switzerland's
most sustainable and innovative companies. For several years, the company has
continually been voted one of the most attractive employers by Swiss IT
professionals, alongside Microsoft and Google.
Innovation is deeply rooted in the Swisscom DNA; both
in terms of technology and in forms of collaboration. Facing a continuously
growing IT skills gap with rising demand and insufficient supply within
Switzerland, combined with an ambition to establish a leading DevOps
organization in Europe by 2025, looking further afield was the next logical
step for Swisscom.
Riga the ideal location for continuing Swisscom's DevOps Center success
Riga offers the ideal location for Swisscom's second
DevOps unit abroad after Rotterdam. Latvia is widely acknowledged as a centre
for IT, software and digitalisation excellence and is raising the next
generation of qualified IT experts through the local educational system.
Swisscom's DevOps Center in Riga was established on 8
October 2020 with the first engineers pencilled in to start work from January
2021; initially, from temporary premises at Workland Telegraph, and later from
the permanent offices in Z-Towers with a stunning view over Riga. The plan is
to grow the Center to 40 employees by the end of 2021. The recruitment phase is
starting now.
''For several years the Ministry of Economics has been
working to realize the ambition of Latvia becoming the centre of IT education
in the Baltic States. We've created cooperation between the government, the
leading IT companies, and the higher education institutions, by doing that, we
have provided an environment for the preparation of qualified IT experts. It's
a pleasure that a well-educated workforce is one of the reasons why 'Swisscom'',
the number one telecommunications provider and one of the leading IT companies
in Switzerland, has chosen Latvia as the place for one of their DevOps centers.
It gives us the incentive to continue improving on the workforce
qualification,'' emphasizes the Minister of Economics Jānis Vitenbergs
Swisscom DevOps Center, a playground for IT experts
Swisscom DevOps Centers have a unique setup in
Swisscom. Managerial structures and hierarchies are kept to a minimum, and all
of the employees are specialised in DevOps and absolute experts in their field.
As the Swisscom DevOps Center in Riga is being set up from scratch, all of its
future employees will help to define its structure, processes and environment
with support from the existing DevOps Center in Rotterdam, which has already
completed the pilot phase, and the parent company Swisscom.
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