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Five9 opens new European Engineering Hub in Porto
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| JANUARY 2023 |
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Five9 Inc., a U.S. provider of cloud contact centre software, announced the opening of its new R&D hub in Porto and plans to hire 300 employees in the next few years. According to Mike Burkland, the company's CEO & Chairman, "the city is an emerging, well-connected technology hub with a large base of engineering talent that will enable Five9 to continue our mission of bringing customer experience innovation and business transformation to companies around the world".
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TX Services opens new Tech Hub in Braga |
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| december 2022 |
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TX Services, part of TX Group, Switzerland's leading media group, is expanding its IT hub in Belgrade by opening a new engineering operations centre in Braga. The region's economic development and excellent technical universities were among the reasons for choosing the northern Portuguese city. The new site will support the company's growth and business evolution, and is now tapping into Portugal's promising tech talent pool.
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Efficio opens new hub in Lisbon
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| december 2022 |
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The global consultancy specialising in Procurement and Supply Chain, with headquarters in the UK, is setting up an international operation in Lisbon to benefit from the local talent and high-performing university ecosystem.
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CALB targets Portugal for new factory
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| NOVEMBER 2022 |
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Chinese battery manufacturer CALB announced its intention to build a zero-carbon factory with world-leading intelligence, information technology and automation in Portugal - its first in Europe. The targeted location is the port city of Sines.
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Westfalia Fruit invests in avocado farming project in Portugal
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| OCTOBER 2022 |
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South African Westfalia Fruit Group, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, invested in a 'farming with nature' project in Alcácer do Sal, south of Portugal. The facility, situated within the Portuguese microclimate, is designed to become Europe's largest avocado orchard.
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Alibaba Cloud SETTLES operation in Porto
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| SEPTEMBER 2022 |
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Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced the set-up of three service centres worldwide - Porto, Mexico City and Kuala Lumpur - to support customers in their cloud adoption journey, providing timely and regionalised cloud migration and consulting services.
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Cisco ThousandEyes expanding in Portugal
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| JANUARY 2023
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ThousandEyes, part of Cisco, is recruiting for its hub in Lisbon, its fastest-growing office in EMEA, due to the excellent environment for tech development.
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Inetum to hire 560 people in Portugal
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| JANUARY 2023
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French digital services and solutions company Inetum will hire 7,000 people worldwide in 2023, 560 of them in Portugal.
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Sky opens new tech hub in Madeira
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| december 2022 |
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Sky, the British broadcaster and telecom company, is opening a new technology hub in Madeira, after Lisbon and Aveiro. The availability of tech talent and the connection to the University of Madeira were key factors to open this new office, which is planning to hire 100 professionals.
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