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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 November 2021
Employment effect (start)
3 November 2021
Foreseen end date
1 January 2025
Description
The US-based business technology services company Avanade has announced that it will create 500 jobs at its new digital innovation studio in Warsaw, by 2025. The Warsaw branch will complement Avanade’s two existing digital studios in the country, in Kraków and Wrocław. New employees in the new office will provide digital support to organisations from the private and public sectors in maximising operational efficiency, in the field of workplace experience, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and migration to the cloud.
Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture and Microsoft Corporation; the company provides business technology services based on Microsoft technologies. It employs 50,000 people in 26 countries.
Eurofound (2021), Avanade, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105682, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105682.
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