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The Future of Technology 2026: The Speed of Change
An IBM technology event co-organised by IBS Bulgaria. 5 November 2026, Hilton Sofia: keynotes from IBM, three tracks on hybrid cloud, agents and data, and automation.
Read more →IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper 5: AI in your private cloud
A high-density enterprise Linux platform that unifies data, applications and AI on a single secured and scalable system, for mission-critical workloads and hybrid cloud.
Read more →Meet the IBM Power11 family
Four servers for mission-critical workloads in the AI and hybrid IT era, from a 2U rack server to the high-end E1180. Here is what each one is for.
Read more →DIGIPAY 2026: real time is now a regulatory requirement
IBS Bulgaria was again a main sponsor of DIGIPAY, the conference for secure digital payments. Svilen Stanchev gave the keynote Real Time Is Now a Regulatory Requirement.
Read more →IBS and Solace join forces
IBS and Solace join forces on real-time data and event-driven architecture
Read more →IBM Safer Payments 6.10: XGBoost models and faster investigations
The new version trains boosted-tree models on your own history, lets analysts look at an account without opening a case, and gives investigators layouts built around their work.
Read more →IBS and Coliance join forces
IBS and Coliance join forces on integration and financial crime prevention
Read more →IBM Power Autonomous Operations and the new Power11 S1112
An AI agent that watches your Power systems and resolves capacity problems with your approval, a compact one-socket Power11 server for AI on premises, and an AI assistant for IBM i developers.
Read more →Red Hat OpenShift 4.22: virtual machines that move between clusters
Live migration of virtual machines between clusters, an AI assistant for developers and more control over development workspaces, on Kubernetes 1.35.
Read more →IBM LinuxONE 5 Express: a first step to LinuxONE, in a standard rack
A preconfigured LinuxONE system that fits a standard 19-inch rack next to your x86 servers, with the security and AI of the LinuxONE 5 generation.
Read more →IBS Partners with BORICA to Deploy IBM Safer Payments
IBS Partners with BORICA to Deploy IBM Safer Payments Across Bulgaria's National Payment Infrastructure
Read more →AI/ML in IBM Safer Payments
A white paper on when deterministic profiling outperforms machine learning in fraud prevention, when ML adds real value, and what large language models can do in a production fraud operation.
Get the document →Modernizing Payment Fraud Prevention
A white paper on the payment fraud challenges facing financial institutions, payment processors and national payment infrastructure operators in 2026 and beyond.
Get the document →Enterprise Data Integration Modernization
UniCredit Bulbank migrates from Oracle Warehouse Builder to Oracle Data Integrator
Read more →New IBM FlashSystem: storage that helps run itself
IBM FlashSystem 5600, 7600 and 9600, with the fifth-generation FlashCore Module and FlashSystem.ai agents that help administrators run, protect and document their storage.
Read more →Introducing Legatus — The Next Generation of Fraud Management by IBS
Financial crime is evolving faster than ever. To stay ahead, institutions need more than just a fraud detection tool — they need a unified, intelligent, and adaptive defence system.
Read more →IBS Bulgaria is an Authorized Apple Reseller
Since April 1st 2025, IBS is officially an Apple Authorized Reseller for business clients in Bulgaria.
Read more →Upcoming Training
Course: Red Hat System Administration I (RH124) When: 12 – 16 May, 2025 Where: Sofia, World Trade Center Teaching language: Bulgarian
Read more →Solve the Data Lineage Challenge
An IBS paper that structures the BCBS 239 and ECB requirements for data lineage and matches them to the capabilities of the IBM data lineage solution (Manta).
Get the document →IT Compass Next
We are thrilled to announce that the next edition of IBS IT COMPASS is already in the making!
Read more →IT Compass 2023
Join us for a special edition of IT COMPASS where IT enthusiasts, professionals and experts will share inspiring experiences and impressions of the latest technologies in the world of integrations, data management and…
Read more →IT Compass 2022
Pandemic, inflation, stagnation, war! Crises have followed us closely in recent years. While the future is uncertain, technology continues to be a major catalyst for change in the world.
Read more →Digipay 2022
IBS Bulgaria is a Gold Partner of The DIGI PAY 2022 conference
Read more →CEE Certified Training Partner of the Year 2021
On a recent ceremony Red Hat EMEA Training Partner Awards 2021 IBS was awarded CEE Certified Training Partner of the Year 2021
Read more →Create a Strong Data Foundation for Your AI
An e-book on how a data fabric makes it easier to find, integrate, prepare and govern data spread across hybrid and multicloud environments.
Get the document →Agile Integration Architecture
An e-book on a container-based, decentralized and microservice-aligned approach to integration that meets the demands of agility, scalability and resilience.
Get the document →Introducing DigiSign, the newest platform for electronic signing
The teams of IBS, B-Trust and Bulgarian Consulting Group gave an interactive presentation of DigiSign, a convenient and secure platform for signing documents electronically.
Read more →Storage, Made Simple
An e-book on the IBM FlashSystem family and three reasons to choose it: price, protection and hybrid cloud mobility.
Get the document →The Total Economic Impact of IBM FlashSystem
A Forrester Consulting study, commissioned by IBM, on the cost savings and business benefits enabled by IBM FlashSystem.
Get the document →Welcome the IBM Champions. Class of 2022.
In the beginning of 2022 IBM welcomed nearly 800 amazing individuals selected to join the 2022 class of IBM Champions
Read more →IBM FlashSystem to rule them all
On Feb 8th IBM announced the new IBM FlashSystem models. Three updated beasts – IBM FlashSystem 9500, IBM FlashSystem 7300, IBM SAN Volume Controller and refreshed IBM FlashCore Module.
Read more →IT Compass 2021 - December 1st
IBS IT COMPASS 2021 is the ninth consecutive edition of our conference, dedicated to the trends in technology that will have the most significant impact on organizations in the coming years.
Read more →IBS awarded Container Platform Specialist status by Red Hat
We are pleased to announce that IBS successfully joined the Red Hat business partner initiative called Leading with Containers and achieved Red Hat Container Platform Specialist status.
Read more →HCL Notes & Domino v12 is here
HCL announced version 12 of the Notes & Domino platform. This is the third major release since 2018, when the company acquired IBM's collaboration portfolio.
Read more →Data Fabric Architecture Delivers 3 Instant Benefits
A paper on what a data fabric is and why it matters for trusted data, lower cost and scale.
Get the document →Ansible Linux Automation Technical Workshop
Ansible Linux Automation Technical Workshop presented by IBS Bulgaria
Read more →A Comprehensive Guide for the Modern Data Catalog
An e-book on what a modern data catalog does, how to establish a business taxonomy, and five use cases for overcoming data challenges.
Get the document →Underpin Governance with an Enterprise Data Model
A paper on how data modeling, with a central repository of data definitions, becomes the foundation of data governance.
Get the document →Supporting medium-sized enterprises to overcome the economic impact of the COVID
As a well established medium-sized enterprise, IBS is compliant with government support to overcome the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more →Red Hat OpenShift Developer Workshops
We are happy to announce that together with Red Hat and Intel, IBS is providing a series of Red Hat® OpenShift® Developer Workshops to support developers tasked with using applications to create new services, achieve…
Read more →Powering the Future of Business with IBM FlashSystem Storage
Yet to achieve results like that, those powerful new solutions require the dynamic performance only IBM FlashSystem storage arrays can deliver.
Read more →IT Compass 2020
IBS IT Compass 2020 is the eighth edition of our event, where we discuss the trends in technologies that will have the highest impact in the coming 2021.
Read more →Preventing Financial Fraud
You are welcome to join us on this first of kind webinar organized by IBS and ACFE Bulgaria on strategies of preventing financial crimes.
Read more →HCL Digital Week 2020
HCL Digital Week 2020 - one global 5-day event across 6 continents. With 75+ sessions delivered by world famous analysts, experts and influencers.
Read more →DigiPay 2020
DIGI PAY 2020 will be held on October 1 as the first hybrid event in the financial sector in Bulgaria at Capital Fort, Sofia.
Read more →We are Red Hat Premier Solution Provider
We are pleased to announce that we have been named as the first Red Hat Premier Solution Provider in Bulgaria.
Read more →RedHat Training - book now for free before 30.06.2020
RedHat offers essential training courses for free if you register before 30th of June, 2020.
Read more →Veeam and Kasten partner to deliver Kubernetes-native backup
With the rise of container-native applications we at IBS were looking for the best way to protect and backup a container. Especially persistent data containers. How to restore to a specific state vs.
Read more →Document understanding (part 2)
The first convolutional neural networks (CNN) are introduced by Kunihiko Fukushima, Neocognitron in 1980 and Yann LeCun, Patrick Hafnner, Leon Bottou, Yoshua Bengio, “Object Recognition with Gradient-based Learning”,…
Read more →Deep learning for document understanding - part 1
Automatic data extraction from documents is not a new issue, manual document processing is a major cost driver in organizations.
Read more →IBS response to Corona Virus Crisis
The world is on the verge of the biggest health crisis in present history. We are seeing already tough measures from leading governments and most affected countries. Shutting down public services, schools, universities.
Read more →You're Invited! Join us on our 7th IT Compass forum - 26.11.2019 - Hilton Sofia
The $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat by IBM is without a doubt the biggest news in the tech world for 2019.
Read more →Harness your data, build intelligent apps
Simplify and automate how your organization turns data into insights within a unified — all in one — design.
Read more →What if ONE platform is suffice?
When your clients need to grow and innovate, they will look to you to select and deliver a trusted infrastructure that improves speed to market, fuels innovation and brings your hybrid cloud strategy to the next level.
Read more →Join us on IBM Think Summit, 10th of September, Belgrade
This fall starts with the IBM’s most premium event for South East Europe - Think Summit 2019.
Read more →Busticket.bg 10 years anniversary
This story is about our long journey with Biomet. A digital transformation adventure in the transportation industry.
Read more →It's official! IBM deal with HCL is a fact now!
From 1st of July 2019 the deal between IBM and HCL is a real thing.
Read more →Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
On 7th of May 2019, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Read more →IBS is recognised as Expert for IBM Data Science and Business Analytics
We fully believe that. But what is oil without refinery? Not much of a value!
Read more →IBS @ Think 2019
What a week of Think-ing! With 30k participants and over 2000 sessions IBM Think 2019 is a real challenge.
Read more →Think 2019 - The best way to start 2019
Have you had a chance to learn about Think 2019 yet? Let us tell you all about it and why you should join us this February in San Francisco as this is the best way to empower your business and team in 2019.
Read more →Storage Systems in 2019
2018 was a great year for storage systems. We successfully deployed many new storage systems and capacities for our customers helping them transform their data centres.
Read more →Bulgartransgaz improves productivity with an integrated collaboration platform
Enabling all company departments to work together on business processes improvement, information sharing and focus on positive outcomes.
Read more →IBS achieved Expert Level of competence for IBM Integration and Development
2018 has been a great year for making the world more open and connected.
Read more →HCL to acquire Portal, Notes & Domino, Connections and Sametime from IBM
On 6th of December 2018 IBM and HCL Technologies announced that HCL will acquire several IBM products, notably including Notes & Domino, Sametime, Connections and Portal. The amount of the deal is…
Read more →Banks and the Business 2018
IBS Bulgaria is a General partner of the 6th issue of the Banks and the Business conference, organized by Capital newspaper.
Read more →Real-time data replication to achieve significant process improvements
To design an Operational Data Store which provides consistent near real time data to front office applications.
Read more →Real-time scoring platform enables digital transformation at DSK Bank
DSK Bank (part of OTP group) had outgrown its existing risk scoring engine. Deploying sophisticated models was time-consuming and error-prone, while a lack of infrastructure for proper testing increased operational risk
Read more →IBM enables Cognos Analytics with AI
The recently announced Cognos Analytics v1.1 is a major release of the leading BI platform.
Read more →IBS IT Compass 2018 Sofia
This year, we will showcase and discuss the latest in the storage, collaboration, data management, analytics, cloud and data center solutions.
Read more →IBS awarded with the Domino 10 Ready Partner badge
9th of October 2018 - this will be day of the official unveiling of Domino V10. Three themes have been in the focus for this release:
Read more →The new IBM FlashSystem 9100 is announced
IBM FlashSystem 9100 combines the performance of flash and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) with the reliability and innovation of IBM FlashCore technology and the rich features of IBM Spectrum Virtualize — all in a…
Read more →IBM Analytics University 2018
Join us on this premium analytics event from IBM and IDG Communications - IBM Analytics University 2018, 17-20 September, Stockholm, Sweden.
Read more →TIMEOFF.GURU Awarded with Capterra Badges for Best Value and Best Ease of Use
Capterra, the world's leading software discovery and reviews platform, awarded the IBS solution TIMEOFF.GURU with BEST VALUE и BEST EASE OF USE badges in the Аttendance Tracking Software category among 180 other…
Read more →2018 Red Hat instructor led training schedule
Instructor-led classroom trainings for Red Hat & JBoss throughout 2018
Read more →erwin DM Strengthens Data Governance Across NoSQL
The next generation of erwin DM NoSQL supports native integration of the Couchbase Data Platform and MongoDB for new enterprise applications and legacy RDBMS-based migrations.
Read more →IBS is the first Lenovo Platinum BP for Data center portfolio in Bulgaria
IBS is Lenovo Platinum business partner for data centers and PCs.
Read more →Enterprise Data Management and Advanced Analytics workshop
Enterpsie Data Management and Governance. Data modelling technics and good practice. Machine Learning and real-time analytics.
Read more →20th Jubilee Finance Tech Forum
IBS is a general sponsor of 20th FinTech Forum in Sofia. On 12th of April at Sofia Event Centre the anniversary edition of the biggest event in finance industry will gather together about 500 professionals in banking,…
Read more →Think Digital 2018
We are proud to announce our premium software event for 12 consecutive year. On 27th of March the 12th edition will go under new brand - Think Digital.
Read more →Does Your Bank Have a Future?
Banking industry is under huge pressure. New regulations like GDPR, Data Lineage, IFRS9 and others are requiring big investments, time and efforts.
Read more →CROSSWARE Mail Signature - The Perfect Solution for Beautiful Email Signatures
Over the years we used quite a few approaches to manage the mail signatures at IBS. We also tried several mail signature solutions from different vendors.
Read more →Intelligent counter fraud management for the digital bank
Based on industry estimates in 2016 the top 10 fraud types alone account for $181 Billion in annual losses.
Read more →IBS is a partner of Banks and the Business conference
IBS Bulgaria is a General partner of the 5th issue of the Banks and the Business conference. It is organized by Capital newspaper on 21st of November.
Read more →IBS IT Compass 2017 Sofia
The 5-th edition of IBS IT Compass will be held on November 28.
Read more →Busticket goes mobile
Our leading platform www.busticket.bg for online bus tickets is now extended with mobile apps for iOS and Android. Busticket.bg services were always available for mobile with our responsive web…
Read more →IBS Private Cloud SAN Storage Upgrade
This is an IBS internal case study about a recent (2017) IBS Cloud infrastructure upgrade project.
Read more →Accelerate Your Data Centre
Lenovo and IBS Bulgaria are happy to invite you to a special event:
Read more →IBM is serious about storage! So are we!
Over the years we have listened to many marketing presentations on storage innovation and performance from different vendors.
Read more →IBM Connections update - July 2017
IBM Connections is the leading platform for social business and collaboration. IBM continue to develop further this exceptional platform and adds more awesome features.
Read more →DataPower powers PSD2 and the API economy
DataPower Gateway is your foundation for PSD2 and any API to your partners.
Read more →Data Governance starts with data catalog
It takes data catalog to be information driven
Read more →IBM Analytics University comes to Berlin
Join us at IBM Analytics University on 10-13 October 2017
Read more →Red Hat Training Summer 2017 Promo
We are pleased to announce RED HAT TRAINING SUMMER 2017 PROMO. Get the most of your training and safe.
Read more →RedHat Certification Exams in June
Details about the upcoming in June Red Hat Certified System Administrator exam (EX200) and RHCE certification - Red Hat Certified Engineer exam (EX300).
Read more →PSD2: Threat or an opportunity?
European financial institutions will have to implement the new European Commission Directive. The new Directive revises payment services regulations and is known as the Payment Service Directive (PSD2).
Read more →3 Blockchain Adoption Principles Essential for Every CEO
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, is quickly making its way into the enterprise, potentially becoming as revolutionary a technology for business transactions.In the supply chain and logistics industry alone,…
Read more →Individual Red Hat certification exams in Bulgaria
IBS Bulgaria has opened the first center for individual Red Hat certification exams in Bulgaria. Currently it is the only one in Eastern Europe.
Read more →IBM Brings New Features to Enterprise Social Network
IBM Connections 6.0 has been redesigned to surface the most useful content from the user’s network.
Read more →bTV selected TIMEOFF.GURU to optimise the leave of absence
bTV is the first Bulgarian private national television. It was founded in 2000 and now has close to 500 employees.
Read more →GDPR impacts your business
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union (EU)’s new data protection regulation, was released in May 2016 with an implementation date of May 25, 2018.
Read more →IBS team won a medal in a charity gokart tournament
In a charity gokart tournament, organized by Holiday Heroes, IBS Bulgaria team won the bronze medal.
Read more →Why you should care about high-performance computing
Why you should care about high-performance computing
Read more →The Quest for Digital Transformation
Digital transformation isn’t only about technology. It’s about bringing together the power of technology with a culture that embraces the change that it can lead for the organization.
Read more →Five Myths about API management and SOA
New technologies are emerging every day and people tend to focus entirely on the novelty disregarding ones that keep the world spinning.
Read more →The newest version of erwin Data Modeling solution
Еerwin brings the next evolution of our industry-leading data modeling solution, designed to enhance the way your company views, understands, and utilizes data.
Read more →Seven principles for achieving high performance and scalability for information
Every day, torrents of data inundate IT organizations and overwhelm the business managers who must sift through it all to glean insights that help them grow revenues and optimize profits.
Read more →IBM Social and Analytics conference 2017
For 11th year in a row we are pleased to bring the IBM Connect conference to Sofia. This year we are introducing some changes. We will extend our conference with afternoon sessions focused on Analytics solutions.
Read more →LearnQuest Wins 2017 IBM Training Partner of the year
LearnQuest Wins 2017 IBM Choice Award for Worldwide Training Partner of the Year
Read more →IBS is the first Platinum IBM Business Partner in Bulgaria!
IBS Bulgaria has achieved Platinum status in IBM’s new PartnerWorld program redesigned for the Cognitive era.
Read more →19th Finance Tech Forum - April 27, 2017
“THE MODERN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION – DIGITALIZATION AND EFFECTIVENESS IN ACTION“
Read more →IBM Verse On-Premises is released
IBM Verse™ On-Premises V1.0 (VOP) brings next generation IBM email experience. VOP combines collaborative communication with a focus on work and tasks that matter.
Read more →Customs Agency relies on AIDA for document and case management
IBS Software Development services successfully delivered full featured document and case management system for National Customs Agency.
Read more →Analytics for Excise Duties Collection
Analytics for Excise Duties Collection was build for Bulgarian National Customs Agency.
Read more →We joined Holiday Heroes in their charity campaign „Donate a toy“
We joined Holiday Heroes in their charity campaign Donate a toy for Kids from families in Need. We collected a lot of games and several bags of stuffed animals.
Read more →European Union Single Window - Common Veterinary Entry Document
IBS Software Development successfully implemented an enterprise integration solution for Customs Agency to comply with European Union Single Window - Common Veterinary Entry Document.
Read more →New tablets donated to the Bulgarian Rescuers Union
IBS Bulgaria donated Lenovo tablets to the Bulgarian Rescuers Union.
Read more →Integrated system for control of the Petrol products
National Revenue Agency (NRA) controls petrol products movements in Bulgaria with the help of a sophisticated system built by IBS.
Read more →Get your e-ticket from BusTicket.bg
Since today, May 17, 2016, Busticket.bg offers e-tickets instead of only reservations. Thus, users of the online system will organize their trip faster and easier - without visiting the travel company onsite pay desk…
Read more →VEEAM leader in Data Center Backup & Recovery
Gartner names Veeam a LEADER in the new 2016 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup & Recovery.
Read more →IBM announced new flash storage solutions
On 27th April IBM announced new additions to its Flash storage portfolio - IBM Flash System.
Read more →Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions annonced new peripherals and options
2x20 LCD display for TCx ™ 300, TCx ™ 700 and TCxWave ™ is the latest peripheral in the TCx family of products.
Read more →Bulgarian Excise Centralized Information System
BECIS is one of the most complex systems in the Bulgarian National Customs Agency. It unifies about 30 modules, many electronic registers, around 50 digital services for economic operators, control and monitoring of the…
Read more →Saba Advances its Leadership Position in 2016 Fosway 9-Grid
Saba, a global leader in cloud-based intelligent talent management solutions, today announced that its platform, Saba Cloud, has been named as a ‘Strategic Leader’ in Fosway’s 9-Grid™ for Learning Management Systems for…
Read more →IBM Cognos Analytics aka Cognos 11
In the end of 2015 The new version of IBM Cognos was released. The main directions IBM develop their main Business Intelligence solution are as follows:
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