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The leading Bulgarian IT company Paraflow Communications announces Internship Program. It gives to young people the chance for practical training with new information technologies and work in a professional business environment. The selected trainees in the new program will have the opportunity not only to learn about the functioning of the company closely, but will also be involved in real cases and projects. Programme range Paraflow’s Internship Program is intended for students from these specialties: Computer Systems and Technologies, Communication Engineering and Technologies, Telecommunications, Mathematics and Informatics, Information Systems, Information Security, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Network Technologies, Business Informatics. Terms and conditions for application To participate in the program the students must have motivated to acquire skills and knowledge in IT. The candidates may apply to the programme by filling: ONLINE APPLICATION FORM or send CV and cover letter to email: jobs@paraflow.bg In the cover letter, the candidates have to describe their skills, interests and ambitions for the future. To interview will be admitted only those candidates, who have been selected by documents. Programme content The Internship Program is appropriate to students, who have knowledge and are interested in those directions: Business management solutions Software solutions Network solutions Technical support and service Sales At the beginning, there will be a basic training for approved candidates to learn about the company's activities and departments. Each of them will work on specific tasks, related to projects implemented by the company. There will be provided a rich library of specialized literature and technical labs. The internship lasts from one to three months. Internship attestation Each one of the interns will receive an individual assessment of its supervisor, a recommendation and a remuneration. An internship contract will be signed with the approved candidates. A permanent contract can be offered to the applicants with best performance. #internship #paraflow #dreamteam

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interview for CIO Magazine, Bulgaria While we’re working we believe that every new technology has to be known very well from our team Nikolay Avramov - Director of Paraflow Communications, Manager Magazine While we’re working we believe that every new technology has to be known very well from our team and to be available to the client, said Nikolay Avramov - Director and Co-Founder of Paraflow Communications, Manager Magazine - Mr. Avramov, are 20 years enough for a company to be a leader in its sector? - If the company does not become leaders for the first 5 years, it will not succeed for the next 50 years. The most important organizational skill is the motivation of individual specialists, consultants and the whole team. At the same time, the motivation in the IT sector depends on the interesting work. That's why I make sure that every project is innovative and challenging. While we’re working we believe that every new technology has to be known very well from our team and to be available to the client - What is the most innovative technology implemented by your team? - The project that created us as a company was the National Network of State Administration. The project started in 1998 and lasted for more than 14 years, most of the time working without any funding. We are proud that the idea and the realization were ours. Another iconic project of ours was the largest VPN network in Europe, which brought together over 3,000 schools in 2006. - How do customer‘s requirements for system integrators of IT solutions change? And accordingly, how do you respond to them? - Customers had far more modest opportunities 20-25 years ago. Then they were very well technological informed and they chosed the solutions. At the moment, customers are looking for low prices, and we have to choose which is the best and most effective solution for them. Now, our customers are valuing us more because we are always "a little" more informed and we're managing to offer better solutions. - What is your definition of a successfully completed IT project? - When the customer is satisfied and came for a new one. We are working on projects that have short deadlines, economic sense and specifically expected results. The customers are impatient and want things to happen faster. Thus, one year became the longest period for realization of even the most complex project. - What is the advantage of the Bulgarian IT companies? How do you expect the sector to develop in our country in the coming years? - The competition is fierce. I am definitely "for" the outsourcing companies in our country, which sell services abroad. Although, there are many IT companies that operate in the local market. In recent years, commercially oriented IT companies have disappeared. I expect the trend to continue. I also expect, the government will try to intervene more actively in the implementation of the projects through the prepared law on e-government. #interview #IT #CIO

Interview with Nikolay Avramov, General Manager of Paraflow Работим с убеждението, че всяка нова технология, която идва отвън, трябва да бъде усвоена бързо от екипа ни и да бъде представена достъпно на клиента, разказва Николай Аврамов, основател и управител на българската ИТ компания НИКОЛАЙ АВРАМОВ е управляващ собственик и един от основателите на "Парафлоу Комуникейшънс" - водещ ИТ системен интегратор. Завършил е Санктпетербургския държавен електротехнически университет ЛЕТИ и е специализирал "Паралелни компютри" в Университета в Манчестър, Великобритания. Защитил е докторска дисертация в Института по математика на БАН на тема "Проектиране на мултипроцесорни системи". Член е на УС на БАИТ. - Господин Аврамов, 20 години много или малко време са за една компания да стане лидер в своя сектор? - Много са. Ако първите 5 години не стане лидер или поне не e достатъчно видима, и следващите 50 години няма да успее. В нашия бранш, който е силно динамичен и технологично ориентиран, най-важни са хората. Нужно е ежедневно да се доказваме. Ключовото организационно умение е мотивацията на отделните специалисти, консултанти и екипа като цяло. В същото време мотивацията в ИТ сектора зависи предимно от интересната работа. Затова се грижа всеки проект да е иновативен и предизвикателен. Работим с убеждението, че всяка нова технология, която идва отвън, трябва да бъде усвоена бързо от екипа ни и да бъде представена достъпно на клиента. - Коя е най-иновативната технологична концепция, реализирана от вашия екип? - Стараем се да бъдем винаги актуални и въпреки че не ние създаваме технологиите, нашият успех зависи от това колко удачно успеем да пренесем ИТ новостите в бизнеса на нашите клиенти. Проектът, който ни създаде като компания, бе Националната мрежа на държавната администрация, която започна да се гради през 1998 г. и продължи повече от 14 години, като в голяма част от времето се работеше без никакво финансиране. Горди сме, че идеята и реализацията бяха наши. Друг емблематичен наш проект бе най-голямата VPN мрежа в Европа, която обедини над 3 хил. училища през 2006 година. - Как се променят изискванията на клиентите към системните интегратори на ИТ решения и съответно как вие отговаряте на тях? - Преди 20-25 години клиентите бяха с далеч по-скромни възможности, но бяха много добре технологично информирани. Те водеха процеса при избор на ИТ решение. В момента клиентите търсят ниски цени, а технологичната информираност за най-доброто и ефективно решение оставят на нас. Предполага се, че те имат друг основен бизнес, на който е посветено вниманието им. В крайна сметка така се случи промяната, че в момента клиентите ни ценят повече отпреди, защото ние винаги сме "малко" по-информираните и успяваме да предложим по-добрите решения от тези на конкурентите. - Каква е вашата дефиниция за успешно завършен ИТ проект? - Когато клиентът е доволен и дойде за нов. Работим само по обозрими проекти, които имат кратки срокове, икономически смисъл и конкретно очаквани резултати. Клиентите нямат търпение и искат нещата да се случват по-бързо. Така една година стана максимално дългият срок за реализация дори на най-сложния проект. - Кое е конкурентното предимство на българските ИТ компании и как очаквате да се развива секторът у нас идните години? - Конкуренцията в сектора е прекалено голяма. Категорично съм "за" аутсорсинг компаниите у нас, които продават услуги в чужбина, но в същото време ИТ фирмите, които оперират на местния пазар, са наистина много. Последните години имаше малки, а и големи ИТ компании, които изчезнаха, защото бяха изцяло търговски ориентирани. Очаквам тенденцията да продължи. Другото ми очакване е държавата чрез готвения закон за електронното управление да се опита да се намеси по-активно в реализацията на проектите. Към статията в списание Мениджър автор: Венцислав Савов, фотограф: Диана Георгиева

Special interview for Manager Magazine with Nikolay Avramov - General Manager and Co-Founder of Paraflow Communications - a leading system integrator and one of the largest Bulgarian IT companies Business management systems assist in making the right and timely business decisions, says Nikolay Avramov, Managing Director of Paraflow Communications - Mr. Avramov, according to the market research, the business is interested in implementing business information systems, including ERP (CRM) and CRM (CRM) systems. In your opinion, what is this due to? - There are some reasons about this growth of „Business Aplications“. These Business Intelligence (BI) systems collect and analyze financial data, unify the production processes, improve business and marketing activities of companies and allow businesses to better understand their customers' needs. These decisions and systems have a convenient and easy to operate interface, that’s why more and more companies implementing them. Our aim in Paraflow – the decisions, that we are implementing, to be easily accessible and convenient for use both by management and specialists at different levels. In order to make the right and timely business decisions, it is important to have real and clear information and the business applications do just that. - Where is the Bulgarian business in the adoption of cloud solutions? - According to a survey by Ipsos Mori 67% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bulgaria use some kind of cloud service. This research shows that the companies in Central and Eastern Europe are significantly more open to cloud solutions compared to the same business segment in Western Europe. According to another research, companies that have already used cloud solutions, have 2.5 times higher annual profits than their competitors who are skeptical of the new technology. Bulgarian companies highly appreciate the ability to have fast and trouble-free access to their data and analysis from anywhere without investing in their own infrastructure. Successful migration of a company's infrastructure and applications to the cloud requires working with a trusted IT partner with cloud services and a team of certified professionals. - Do you have projects in other countries? - Our team has been working hard to build a case management system in the Supreme Court of Malawi in Southeast Africa. We hope to be able to bring this valuable experience to our territory. As a general manager and co-founder of the leading Bulgarian IT company Paraflow Communications, Nikolay Avramov is among the most experienced and knowledgeable IT consultants in the country. He acquired his MSc degree at St. Petersburg’s State Electrotechnical University LETI and his PhD degree at the Institute of Mathematics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the topic of “Design of multiprocessor systems”. Later hi continue development of the topic at the University of Manchester, UK. Among his social activities is current membership of the board of Bulgarian Association of Information Technology (BAIT). Photo: Manager Magazine

The campaign "CRM Evolution: The client like a partner" held in Sofia Hotel Balkan on 27 Octomber 2017. The Paraflow specialists represented the solutions for automation of а company activity with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. For any further information and consultations, please do not hesitate to contact the Paraflow's Team. #CRM #Microsoft #Paraflow

„We have been offering an integrated print management solution "Green Print" in partnership with HP Inc. for the past five years. Our solution helps to optimization of the load on the individual devices, to increase printing security and reducing the need for IT maintenance. Green Print is applicable to organizations of different size and business orientation. In addition, customers can rely on Paraflow's service center at any time. Also, we have certified specialists for diagnostics, troubleshooting and prevention, said Geno Genov, Director Planning and Development, Paraflow Communications Ltd. „HP and Paraflow are successful partners for many years. mosaid Natalia Vicheva, Key Partners Manager. HP Inc. In today's connected world the security of printers and multifunction devices is essential. Among other benefits, HP multifunction printers include many security features that protect devices, data and documents from modern hacker attacks, said Natalia Vicheva, Key Partners Manager. HP Inc. HP and Paraflow’s event is held in Sofia, Bulgaria on 31 October 2017. Note: Market Share based on HP Internal View (Only HP Targeted Market). * Includes MF and SF printers ** HP Internal view aligned with HP GBU Sources: Source:17CQ2 IDC Worldwide Quarterly HCPT for Ink and Laser (incl SF+MF excludes GSB)) and IDC LFP Tracker (CQ217); 17CQ2 IDC LFP Final WW Market Share Static Tool and 17CQ2 IDC Indigo_ PWP WW Final Market Share Static Offline Tool Sources: *IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, Workstation Tracker and ECD Thin Client Tracker (17CQ2); ** HP internal financial units fiscal 16CQ2-17CQ2, PC clients. For any further information and consultations, please do not hesitate to contact the Paraflow's Team. #PrintManagement #Printing

The most active participants in the discussions won Vouchers for preliminary analysis for business system implementation The conference organized by the leading Bulgarian IT company Paraflow Communications was held at the Vitosha Hotel and brought together managers and experts from the financial sector. Topics related to data analysis and management from both a business perspective and an IT perspective were discussed. "We’re living in a world of growing data and data management. The reason for this is the complex business processes and dynamics of the amount of data that organizations work with. Influencing technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), for example, are also having an impact, ”said Nikolai Avramov, CEO of Paraflow Communications. Thanks to the processes of data accumulation and new technologies, new dimensions are reached in the use of information. Legislative regulations such as the GDPR, data sharing requirements for financial institutions through various directives such as PSD2 and other security challenges also intervene in the whole process, "he added. "We from Paraflow, as a consultant for the implementation of business management systems, decided to start open discussions. In this way, we want to share not only our experience in IT area but also interesting aspects of the projects we are working on", said Zornitsa Yordanova, Project Manager of Paraflow Communications. Guests of the event were proven specialists from the financial industry and in particular Kamelia Lulcheva Pancheva of DSK Bank, Stoyan Deevski of PwC Bulgaria and Ivaylo Pavlov of 4Finance. After the conference, it became clear that each audit begins with an assessment of the risk to the business and how important it is to define the right KPIs (key indicators) for taking effective decisions. Also, the communication and motivation of the individual teams is very important.. In many organizations, incoming information is updated every hour, so good data visualization is important to monitor specific indicators and analyze results on the go "Data is the biggest capital of companies," said Daniel Radoikov, business consultant Of Paraflow Communications. He showed what secrets can be hidden behind the various indicators and how reporting has changed in 10 years. Daniel Radoykov demonstrated one of the most modern business systems Qlik Sense, and also led a discussion in the IT panel with the participation of experienced managers Mihail Todorov from Express Life Insurance and Vladimir Djidjishev from IUTE Credit Europe. As a conclusion from the IT discussion, it became clear that the Qlik Sense business analysis platform frees up IT resources, speeds up data processing and preparation of the necessary reports and analyzes. The business becomes more independent from the IT department in the respective organization with the system Qlik Sence Paraflow's conference was held in a crowded hall, and also received a wide response on social networks. Paraflow will continue with similar open discussions, which will be useful for specialists and managers from different sectors of the economy. For any further information and consultations, please do not hesitate to contact the Paraflow's Team. #BusinessIntellegence #Conference

Paraflow is a Gold Partner of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and has many years of experience in the integration, design and construction of data centers, backup disaster recovery centers, complete infrastructure solutions, a wide range of data storage, protection and archiving systems. Our specialists are certified engineers, constantly maintaining their professional skills, according to the latest technologies and good practices. Our mission is to contribute to the success of your company by providing: reliable protection of company data; reduce the risks of business-critical data loss; increase productivity and facilitate resource management by implementing solutions designed based on careful analysis of your needs. Paraflow brings to your attention two solutions related to ensuring reliable protection of your data centers: DATA PROTECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AT A PLANNED TIME (BACKUP WINDOW) REMOTE DATA PROTECTION IN REMOTE OFFICES AND BRANCHES DATA PROTECTION OF THE ORGANIZATION AT A PLANNED TIME (BACKUP WINDOW) Data protection of any organization is a critical business process that faces a number of challenges. From mastering the ever-increasing volume of data, to the ever-shorter time allotted for the process of their protection. Achieving a balance between these two components is key to the optimal data protection of any company. Symptoms that determine the need for data protection in any organization: Data Growth: By adding new servers and disk space, you may need to add more data protection devices to fit in the process time. Costs may increase due to the simultaneous execution of several processes, the management of additional devices, the storage of more tape media. Prolonging the data protection process: if the devices cannot complete the process in the allotted time, it can continue during business hours. This may mean a loss of performance for user systems, or may require termination of parts of the process. Data protection process unreliability: The complexity of managing multiple devices, as well as the potential for data to exceed the capacity of tape media, can lead you to admit that your data protection process is not reliable enough. OUR COUNCIL 1. Back up your data with a solution that: provides performance designed to meet growing volumes of data and shrinking time to protect them. Record multiple parallel data streams on a single device at speeds up to 100TB per hour. In practice, if your competitors need 8 hours of data protection, we can complete the same task in 2.5 hours. And we can do it with up to 75% better price-performance ratio. grows in line with the growth of data - thanks to the modular architecture, ready to meet future needs, you can start with a small installation and expand it to 768TB (raw) or 512TB (usable space) without stopping work, simply by adding additional extensions modules as needed. Reduces your data protection costs - Hewlett-Packard solutions use StoreOnce deduplication to make the most of disk space and reduce the amount of data you need to store on disk. Instead of saving copy after copy of the same data, make a one-time copy of the unique blocks of data and place pointers to them without saving them again. With Hewlett-Packard solutions, you can protect more than 10PB of data by drastically reducing the cost of each gigabyte of disk space. It's easy to use, even in complex configurations - just choose the HP StoreOnce solution that fits your needs. Configure 8 to 384 stand-alone data streams from a wide range of platforms and consolidate them on a single data protection disk drive, no matter what platform, network, data protection application, or interface you use. Control the whole process from one place, through the console of your data protection application. offers high availability - with the latest HP StoreOnce enterprise solutions, you can be sure that your data protection systems are available at all times. Hewlett-Packard solutions are specially designed with full redundancy of all components and automatic restart to avoid a single point of failure. 2. Consolidate multiple data streams on a single data protection disk drive REMOTE DATA PROTECTION IN REMOTE OFFICES AND BRANCHES Recent studies show an increasing trend in the number of remote offices and branches of enterprises, and that up to 50% of the company's data can be stored outside the main data center. Protecting this data can be a particular challenge where IT resources are limited or scarce, which is often the case for remote sites. If the responsibility for data protection in your enterprise and remote offices is yours, you are likely to face some of the following challenges: Data is at risk - backing up data and bringing it to the main data center is often outsourced to IT professionals. As a result, copying can be unreliable at best, or completely neglected at worst. Increased costs - hiring IT managers at remote sites, or sending staff from the headquarters to solve data protection problems, can be seen as a waste of resources. Transporting tape media or transferring data backups over a WAN can further increase costs; Downtime - There are performance losses caused by delays in recovering lost or damaged files in the remote office. OUR COUNCIL 1. Improve data protection in remote offices and branches with a solution that: frees local staff - Hewlett-Packard offers technology to automatically copy your data every day, and tape storage can be eliminated is easy to manage by data center staff - no need to hire local staff. Data backups from up to 384 remote offices can be collected on a single device in the data center, with the entire process being managed centrally from a single location through the data protection application console. guarantees you data in the data center - Hewlett-Packard has highly reliable industrial-grade data protection devices. is available in different variants depending on your budget - HP StoreOnce allows you to deduplicate data anywhere using the same algorithm, using affordable software or low-cost devices for each branch. allows flexible configuration - no matter which HP StoreOnce solution you choose, your deduplicated data can be moved automatically between your remote or regional offices and primary and backup data centers using one-to-many and cascaded copying technologies. can grow with you - you can start with a small installation and expand it to 768TB (raw) or 512TB (usable space), achieving protection of data volumes up to 10PB (at a deduplication ratio of 20: 1); offers the best cost - HP StoreOnce can offer a 75% price / performance advantage over the nearest competitor. You can use devices in VTL target or NAS target mode, and to replicate data between devices, simply purchase replication licenses for them only. The more remote objects you protect, the more money you save. reduces the cost of sending data to another site You only send deduplicated data over slower connections for more efficient network use and as a cheaper way to deploy data replication between your sites. 2. Centralize data backup and disaster recovery data from multiple of your remote offices on a single device in the data center. INTERESTING FACTS The volume of data worldwide in 2009 amounted to 0.8ZB (1ZB = 1 trillion GB), and in 2020 will reach 35ZB (IDC) If the amount of data worldwide in 2011 is recorded on DVD, the length of the spindle will be equal to the distance to the moon and vice versa In 1 year, one of the 500 data centers suffered a serious accident 43% of companies whose data center is hit by a disaster or accident do not survive 93% of companies that lose their data centers in more than 10 days go bankrupt after one year For any further information and consultations, please do not hesitate to contact the Paraflow's Team. #HPE #HPStoreOnce #Backup

Smart. Secure. In color. Next generation technology that completely transforms the copier experience for both customers and service professionals. The workforce, in turn, expects more from their devices: smarter connectivity, greater versatility, proven reliability, and robust security. And printers are no exception; workers accustomed to a world of smart devices and one-touch connectivity won’t-and can’t-settle for yesterday’s printing technology. Today, excellent print quality is expected, and almost every printer is already fast enough. A productive workforce also needs printers that are more adaptable, more versatile, and more connected: not just individually secure, but serving as an effective line of defense against hackers and network intrusion; not just delivering output, but actively helping make the work possible. HP A3 managed MFPs and printers are leading the way. Smart devices for smarter printing The office of the future has reshaped the way we work and collaborate. Since companies are expecting more from the workforce—and the workforce is expecting more from connected devices and equipment—they’re now collaborating with connected devices in order to get the job done. HP A3 managed MFPs and printers are highly connected smart devices that exceed expectations on every front, so you can exceed yours. Maximum productivity Capture and produce content quickly, easily, and accurately with HP JetAdvantage Workflow Solutions. These solutions empower you with customised features for content creation, management, communication, and digitisation: • Accelerate workflow, improve accuracy, and easily connect people throughout your organisation. Complete high-volume scan jobs super-fast—up to 240 ipm—and avoid extra steps with a Flow MFP designed for maximum productivity. • HP Capture and Route enables your team to control and track scanned content, and distribute documents with the touch of a button to back-office applications, fax lines, online destinations such as Microsoft SharePoint, as well as cloud-based repositories. • HP Embedded Capture simplifies document digitisation with pre-configured workflow templates. HP А4 Multifunctional printer (MFP) Expect brilliant color prints from advanced MFPs, equipped with JetIntelligence technology. Offering the world’s most secure printing and a wide range of paper handling features, this is printing that helps save time and simplifies workflows. For any further information and consultations, please do not hesitate to contact the Paraflow's Team. #NextGeneration #Printing #PrintManagement