Entries by Jacek Nowak, CEO

Generalists or specialists: does narrow specialization pay off?

The Polish Software Development Association (SoDA) asked me for my opinion whether narrow specialization pays off. As the owner and CEO of a software house specialized in the financial sector, I am a supporter of field specialization. Complex projects connected with specific and complicated disciplines such as finance require a high entry threshold. There is […]

Hello, Britannia! CCA Europe takes up business in the UK

After many successful international projects, we have opened the next chapter in our company’s history. From now on, CCA Europe will also operate in the UK! With Brexit looming on the horizon, many companies are hesitant to venture into the British market. But where other companies see the danger, we see opportunity. On 26 August […]

Software containerization: IT’s money box

Each application creates its processes, uses CPU resources, RAM, disk space and depends on other system components. Migrating applications, running additional instances, testing or separating them to ensure security and stability jeopardizes the environment’s balance. Do you really have to reinstall the application and restore its configuration every time? What if we need a thousand, […]

Lean scaling in software development

Finding the right talents for the project is one of the biggest challenges the growing IT companies face today. A rapid increase in employment causes a natural productivity drop in the expanded organization. How about scaling- smart? In the world of shared economy, executing all IT tasks with just in-house resources is neither quite possible […]

Customer experience in banking: CCA Europe.pl, NTT Poland and Startquestion launch a partner consortium

The three technology companies that have combined their unique expertise aim to bring banks closer to their customers. Their initiative is to provide IT solutions that would listen closely to the voice of customers and provide real-time feedback. Software company CCA Europe.pl, the Polish branch of the global IT provider NTT Poland and Startquestion have […]

Towards Data-Driven Banking: it is skills that count in IT transformation

Processing and analyzing vast amounts of data is an innate part of projects related to digital transformation, especially in banking. Therefore, it requires appropriate skills from specialists working with data. Over a year ago Gartner warned that organizations with actual maturity in BI and analytics are quite scarce. Data from other sources are also far from optimistic: Big Data, […]

Digital Finance Summit Warsaw 2020: Goodbye Clients, Hello People!

‘Loyalty in the age of disruption’ was the theme of this year’s Digital Finance Summit edition, which took place in late February in Warsaw. The main focus was on the soft aspects of banking like trust, values, impact on customer loyalty and ‘green’ trends. Sounds insignificant to you? Nothing could be further from the truth. Younger generations […]

Banking of the future is NOW. 3 top trends in 2020

Instant payments, safety and personalization – this is what customers can expect from banking in 2020. How data-driven systems, chatbots, AI and blockchain be the right ways to fulfill these needs? Explore the main trends that are going to disrupt banking in the months to come. Technology spendings in banking are going to increase by […]