Slavonia and Baranja ICT Cluster - IKS

Business incubator BIOS together with eight IT companies established IKS Cluster. IKS Cluster has 120 employees out of which 90 of them are IT experts. The reason for establishing cluster lies in the following: organization of workshops and seminars which are custom made for IT companies and their managers, joint marketing and participations at the fairs, as well as the negotiation strength and business contacts.

Members of cluster are applying following technologies: IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Cisco, HP. Products of cluster members are: bank software, ERP software, book-keeping software, web e- commerce, multimedia web presentations, Internet marketing, portal development, medical support, counseling for financial IT system, informatics and business education and system integration.

Current cluster activities:

The cluster members are preparing three projects for USAID project - "Poduzetna Hrvatska". Projects are: e-school, portal for temporary jobs and seminars for specialized groups (accountants, managers of small companies etc..). Besides that, cluster members will attend five seminars: Introduction on FP7, Project Management seminar, engineer approach towards programs applications development, Modern Human Resources Management in ICT companies and Strategic Planning, and some other seminars according to their needs. Cluster IKS has approached to the Alliance of Croatia ICT Association cro.ict - The Alliance will prepare seminars, certifications, and fairs which will be subsidized for the cluster members.