Get to know Bulgaria in different light. See why it is such a desired destination for IT outsourcing. Explore more about its traditions in science and technology.

1. WHY OUTSOURCING IN BULGARIA
BULGARIA EXCEPTIONAL TECHNOLOGY FACTS
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2. Bulgaria offers
the benefit of set in
ease of doing business
place legislation
ease of movement through the EU
stable economy
low country risk
solid political environment
established labour laws and taxation
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3. Where is Bulgaria?
• Europe
• Strategic location
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4. Country Facts
NATO membership
Religion: 83% Orthodox Christian
EU membership
Government: Parliamentary democracy
Area: 42,822 square miles
Population (July 2011): 7,093,635 Currency: BGN pegged to EUR at 1.95583:1
One of the EU's most favourable taxes
Native language: Bulgarian Europe's most competitive salary
Foreign languages: English, German, French, Levels Highly skilled, multilingual
Spanish, Russian work force
Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 4

5. Why outsource to Bulgaria
There are highly trained and talented professional software
developers and IT engineers in Bulgaria. English is widely spoken
among professionals. In fact most professional people speak not
only English but also another Western European language.
Bulgaria happens to be in a close time zone too, so clients can
communicate with their dedicated teams throughout the
working day. Communication is smooth and easy, there are no
time zone issues.
Bulgaria has an unusually well-developed educational system
specializing in electronics, engineering, and computer sciences.
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Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International

6. Tech and Science Education
At any one time, there
are more than 5,000
Bulgarian students
majoring in computer
science.
There are 47
universities in
Bulgaria.
Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 6

7. Tech and Science Rankings
Bulgaria ranks
first in Europe
in IT-certified specialists per capita
and
8th in the world in total ICT specialists
Bulgaria ranks Bulgaria’s Bulgaria ranks
second higher education second
in the world in institutions rank fifth in the world in
IQ tests amongst all countries SAT scores
in sciences
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Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International

8. Tech and Science Achievements
Bulgaria became one of the first European countries to develop serial
production of personal computers (Pravetz Series 8) in the beginning
of the 1980s.
In 2009 Bulgaria became the first country in Central and Eastern Europe
(excluding Russia) to develop a national nanotechnology R&D centre.
Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 8

9. Tech and Science Achievements
Bulgaria also has a full scale humanoid robot project named Kibertron.
This humanoid robot is among the most advanced in the world,
containing 82 DOF. In 2004, Kibertron team was awarded with the
“European Award for Innovations” during INNOVACT 2004.
The first digital computer was invented by John Vincent Atanasoff, who,
through his father, was a half Bulgarian (his mother being American).
Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International 9

10. Tech and Science Achievements
Another Bulgarian-American inventor and scientist, Peter Petroff, became
best known for his work in NASA . Petroff also invented the first digital
watch (1970).
At the Tokyo International Mathematics Olympiad in 2003 Bulgaria
finished in first place from a total of 82 participating countries.
Bulgaria also became one of only four countries in the history of the
International Mathematics Olympiad to win that competition by having
all six of its team members finish with gold medals.
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Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International

11. Tech and Science Achievements
As of 2007 CERN employed more than 90 Bulgarian scientists, and
about 30 of them will actively participate in the Large Hadron
Collider experiments.
Bulgaria has the most powerful supercomputer in Eastern Europe
(one of the top 100 in the world as of 2009), an IBM Blue Gene/P,
entered service in September 2008 at the State Agency of
Information Technology.
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Sources: UNESCO, Sourcing Line, Outsourcing monitor, Wikipedia, Mensa International

12. IT Outsourcing reasons
The combination of
Bulgaria has some of
good education, the
the most skilled
big pool of world class
software developers in
software developers,
the world and they can
all speaking English
provide high quality of
makes Bulgaria a very
service at a very
attractive destination
competitive price
for IT outsourcing
Many big companies
such as HP and SAP
outsource to Bulgaria,
which has set a trend
not just for big
companies, but for
many medium and
small size enterprises
from the UK and
Europe
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13. Flat Rock Outsourcing
• Flat Rock Technology
• Headquarters: London, UK
• R&D Centre: Varna, Bulgaria 13

14. Flat Rock Outsourcing Services
Software Open source
development development
ASP.NET Web UI & Design
Mobile applications
Content writing
development
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15. Contact Us
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