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Witold Wendrowski and Michal Wendrowski have attended Pipelinetage 2016, the 11th edition of the annual utility conference for partners and customers of GEOMAGIC GmbH . The event took place at the Schlosshotel Blankenburg in Blankenburg, Germany. Cybersecurity sparked a lot of interest this year due to the requirements that result from the new German cybersecurity law (“IT-Sicherheitsgesetz ”). In 2015, Germany has passed legislation ordering that over 2,000 essential service providers implement new minimum information security standards or face penalties if they fail to do so within two years. Utility companies are part of Germany’s critical infrastructure, so they are affected in a major way.

Security measures like two-factor authentication (2FA) are especially important in cloud environments. Michal Wendrowski held a presentation about two-factor authentication, where he spoke about the history and importance of 2FA in today’s digital world. He also showed the possibilities of Rublon 2FA, which is integrated with GeoNAM, GEOMAGIC’s asset management solution.

Our delegates had a great time during this year’s Pipelinetage conference and were happy to catch up with the Smallworld community.

We are thrilled to be part of GE's Americas Software Summit once again this year. The conference will be held on February 29 to March 4 in Orlando, Florida. Over 400 attendees are expected to join us. Michal Wendrowski, our Business Development Director, will be talking about "Practical Aspects of Implementing a Mobile Smallworld GIS Solution in the Enterprise". This presentation will showcase what we learned from implementing a tablet-based mobile Smallworld GIS solution at RWE. You will also find out about security aspects that need to taken care of. Our expertise in secure authentication will come into play here. We also have a surprise for you that we will reveal during the presentation, so make sure to be there!

It’s especially exciting to meet our current customers. We'd love to talk to you about how we can further fuel your business' growth and discuss your user experience to learn how we can make our products even better for you.

We look forward to seeing you at the Summit!

If you already have certain things you’d like to talk to us about at the Summit, please contact us and let us know in advance. Thank you!

From 13 to 15 January the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) training took place in our headquarters. 13 ASTEC co-workers participated in this course which was conducted by AmberTeam Sp. z o.o. – an institution specialising i.a. in preparation to ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) exams. Passing ISTQB exam gives an opportunity to receive a tester certificate which is the most recognised within the IT community all over the world.

As a result of this training and related exam ASTEC staff has gained a group of certified Software Testers.

An efficient handling with stress situations is one of the most important skills not only of an effective Project Manager but also of each co-worker.

Having this in mind another PMI seminary took part on the 26th November in ASTEC conference room – this time the meeting was dedicated to various aspects of stress. The seminary was conducted by Adam Jeske – Business Coach who has among others reviewed causes of stress situations, as well as some relaxation skills.

We look forward to further PMI Poland Chapter Lubuskie seminaries in our headquarters!

From 13 to 14 October our representatives: Alicja Jarnicka, Tomasz Łączkowski and Michał Wendrowski took part in Smallworld Solutions and Technology Showcase in Cambridge. This meeting was organised by our long-term partner – GE Energy. The goal of this showcase was to provide GE Energy’s partners and customers with information about development directions of Smallworld technology and related products. The event gave also an opportunity to make interesting conversations with our business partners.