If you want to help the biggest Bulgarian conference for Free & Open Source Software, we will be delighted to find a way for you to join this OpenFest and promote you, your company and/or products in a way which is beneficial for you and our visitors.
Please reach us using the contacts below so that we can share more info about how this partnership will be useful:
email: sponsors@openfest.org
Phone: +359886149067
Olimex Ltd is a leading provider for development tools and programmers for embedded market.
The company has 28 years experience in designing, prototyping and manufacturing printed circuit boards, sub-assemblies, and complete electronic products.
We are established in 1991 in Plovdiv – the second largest city in Bulgaria.
We have extensive knowledge in analog, digital, and microcontroller design, and we offer our own-designed development boards, programmers and emulators for rapid prototyping ARM, AVR, MSP430, MAXQ and PIC microcontrollers.
Banker (“Банкеръ”) is a media outlet that for the last 30 years has consistently covered in detail topics related to the economic and financial life, the problems of the business, as well as the political processes and changes in the state. In-depth professional analyses, investigations and commentaries are our trademark.
The first issue of the Banker newspaper appeared on the Bulgarian market on April 12, 1993. In those turbulent times of sudden changes, filled with difficulties, disappointments, but also with many hopes, it made an impression with the idea of not disappointing, especially the ones who were committed to integrity and were open to the new. And it did so by means of only one thing — the power of free speech!
For 28 years the newspaper was printed every Friday in 48 full-color pages. In 2021, the printed edition of Banker was transformed into a digital newspaper (eBanker.bg) and a daily news site (banker.bg).
SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable, secure enterprise-grade open source solutions, relied upon by more than 60% of the Fortune 500 to power their mission-critical workloads. We specialize in Business-critical Linux, Enterprise Container Management and Edge solutions, and collaborate with partners and communities to empower our customers to innovate everywhere – from the data center, to the cloud, to the edge and beyond.
SUSE puts the “open” back in open source, giving customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow. The company employs more than 2,000 people globally.
Pure Pro is a trading company founded in 2011 with the main activity of import, distribution, sale, rental and service of drinking water filtration devices and air purifiers. Our company was acquired by Culligan, a leading global designer, manufacturer, distributor and service provider of COVID certified filtered water dispensers. https://www.culligan.bg/
As pioneers on the Bulgarian market, our team managed to gain exceptional experience in the field and reach more than 450,000 consumers in 12 years. We continue to grow and expand our product portfolio https://purewater.bg/en
In 2017, our innovative project related to one of the most important problems of our time – the provision of clean air in the home and office www.clearair.bg was launched.
In 2019, our new Ho.Re.Ca concept was born. With Acqualy, we are changing the way water is offered in bars and restaurants in Bulgaria. A modern alternative to bottled water in a single-serve package, Acqualy offers a cost-effective and sustainable solution with premium quality. https://acqualy.bg/
We are Blankfactor, a global company and a new kind of Managed Services Provider in the field of Payments and Banking, Capital Markets and Healthcare.
At Blankfactor you have the opportunity to work on complex and interesting projects with excellent specialists, international clients and the latest technologies. Our culture is based on expertise, successfully completed projects and caring for our talent and clients. In every project, we strive to provide a service that leads to measurable results for our partners and clients. Our comprehensive technical expertise in full stack solution development, data processing and analytics, digital products and enterprise AI solutions enables us to deliver complex software solutions across industries.
Headquartered in Miami, USA, the company has offices in Bulgaria and Colombia, as well as consultants all over the world. We maintain a work environment where team well-being is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.
The BulStream team has been recording and broadcasting live conferences, lectures, motivational seminars, awards events, ceremonies and small concerts since 2007. They participated in one of the first live broadcasts on the Internet in Bulgaria. Their portfolio also includes product photography and videography for the best possible presentation of your product, pre & post production (technical consulting, construction of studio environment, preparation of pre-content and graphics packages, editing, color correction), as well as audio processing.
Linux Professional Institute (LPI) is the global certification standard and career support organization for open source professionals. With more than 250,000 certification holders, it’s the world’s first and largest vendor-neutral Linux and open source certification body. LPI has certified professionals in almost 190 countries, delivers exams in multiple languages, and has more than 700 training partners all over the world. LPI professional certifications LPIC-1, LPI-2 and LPIC-3 are among 10 Top Linux Certifications 2023.
LPI’s mission is to promote the use of open source by supporting the people who work with it.
Man Group is a technology-empowered, diversified active investment management focused on delivering performance and client portfolio solutions.
Man Technology is responsible for building a robust tech platform that facilitates alpha generation, portfolio management, trade execution, operations, compliance, risk management and accounting, as well as providing firm-wide end user collaboration tools. Our platform is built to handle scale, complexity and customization.
With approximately 450 engineers, Man Technology is structured into a number of distinct teams, some building cross-cutting technology and others aligned to an individual investment manager building specific quant or portfolio management tools, or systematic trading systems.
We believe that Man Group is the place to be if you want to work where forward-thinking, open, collaborative technology meets both quantitative and discretionary investment management.
StorPool is an entirely Bulgarian company that develops its own software-defined storage product used by dozens of companies around the world. The unique software solution helps large corporations, cloud builders, SaaS vendors, MSPs, hosting and cloud providers to provide fast and reliable services to their customers. StorPool is one of the few Bulgarian companies that have successfully developed from a startup to a global storage vendor whose product is recognizable worldwide.The company was founded in 2011 and continues to grow rapidly. Its main mission is to continue to provide a quality product that delivers value to the market as well as to compete successfully with global market leaders. StorPool’s belief is that there is a team of exceptional people behind every innovation and successful product. The intelligence and hard work of its team are the main driving force and they are the reason for the success of the company. They are the engine that drives it to continuous growth, provides an even better product and strengthens its position in the global market for storage solutions.
New Bulgarian University was established on 18 September 1991 with a resolution by Bulgarian Parliament. The National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency, which reviews Bulgaria’s higher education teaching, granted NBU maximum accreditation in three consecutive accreditations in 2001, 2006, 2012 and 2019. Since 2004, NBU is an accredited partner of the Open University UK.
The mission of New Bulgarian University is to be an autonomous liberal education institution dedicated to the advancement of university education by offering accessible and affordable opportunities for interdisciplinary and specialized education and research of high quality. Bringing its academic potential to the service of society, the University prepares its graduates for the challenges of modern democratic life cultivating critical and creative thinking, sensitivity to cultural difference, and problem‐solving.
Software university offers the most in-depth software engineering program in Bulgaria. SoftUni’s software engineering and QA engineering professional programs aim to build all the fundamental knowledge and practical skills necessary to become a software engineer and QA engineer, working with the latest software technologies and learning the best practices in both spheres. The programs start with free courses in which everyone who is interested can join. For application and more information here 👉 https://softuni.bg/.
Sofia Tech Park develops activities to support start-ups, small and medium enterprises, science, education and innovation.
SiteGround is a Bulgarian product company, an established leader in the international technology market. With more than 19 years of global experience, today it is the largest independent company in its field, with server centers in Europe, Asia and America and over 2.8 million customer domains worldwide. SiteGround also develops a number of its own products and applications, installed more than 3 million times.
Several Clouds provide Cloud and DevOps professional services and staff augmentation. We are extremely passionate about the Public Cloud and the DevOps culture and practices, with all their benefits for a business resulting in improved software development and operations at a global scale. Many of the solutions we deliver to our clients are based on OSS, and we would like to support the Bulgarian community.
Telebid Pro is a software company specialized in the development of custom business software and systems for the Bulgarian and international markets. The company specializes in areas such as systems integration, business analysis, finance and gaming. We are a small team of highly qualified specialists and we develop together with technology – we spend a large part of our time on R&D, trainings and certifications. We are based on Open Source technologies and we try to advocate for their use and popularity within the IT community.
Discover exciting career opportunities on our website: https://telebid-pro.com/careers/
RX-M is a leading cloud-native solutions and consulting services provider and a charter member of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. We take pride in being unbiased & market neutral.
We develop and deliver impactful training and consulting programs for organizations of all sizes, including about a quarter of the Fortune 100. We strive to help organizations transition from a traditional monolithic architecture to modern cloud native systems.
The Faculty Students’ Council at the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (FMI) was established on 01.XII.1999 and is one of the pioneers in student organizations at the faculty level. The foundation of the Students’ Council was prompted by the need to protect and represent the interests of students and doctoral students at FMI in front of university structures such as management, administration, etc. The members of the FSC represent the students in the FMI General Assembly (the local analogue of the Sofia University General Assembly), where we account for 18 to 20% of all members of the assembly. The main goal of the Faculty Students’ Council is to build an environment of mutual assistance between students.
TUES is a secondary school, established in 1988, in the structure of a university, the teaching staff including professors from universities and academic communities. Currently, the school is ranked second in the capital and is, perhaps, the most desirable professional school in Bulgaria.
TUES offers the environment of continuity between older and younger students, and the IT business in Bulgaria is built by graduates of the school, who currently hold management positions at IT companies. Part of the students who graduated from the school are involved in the teaching activity. They want to help the younger generation and give them the opportunity to develop, which they have also received. The TUES Alumni Association is the link between the business and the school. We support the extracurricular activities of the school and, in addition to the hackathon and the open day, we have other initiatives that aim to give additional knowledge and skills on topics that the students recognize from the business side.
Чрез Сдружение с нестопанска цел „5 км парк БГ“, 5kmrun е създаден от няколко ентусиасти целящи изграждането на леснодостъпни условия за непрофесионално организирано бягане, както и насърчаването на една нова култура на мислене по отношение на бягането като част от здравословния ни начин на живот.
Идеята за 5 км. свободно, но организирано бягане възниква в Англия през 2004 г., където в Буши парк (Лондон), Поул Синтон Хюит създава своя парк ран. Следвайки неговите основни принципи и опит, ние „пренесохме огъня“ и у нас.
HackSoft is a software development company that provides end-to-end solutions for building your product. HackSoft starts as a programming school – HackBulgaria, based in Sofia. Today, 9 years later, the company ships software solutions to companies from all over the World. HackSoft is a team of software builders, proficient in Python, Django, TypeScript, React, and AWS.
The BulStream team has been recording and broadcasting live conferences, lectures, motivational seminars, awards events, ceremonies and small concerts since 2007. They participated in one of the first live broadcasts on the Internet in Bulgaria. Their portfolio also includes product photography and videography for the best possible presentation of your product, pre & post production (technical consulting, construction of studio environment, preparation of pre-content and graphics packages, editing, color correction), as well as audio processing.
init Lab is a Hackerspace in Sofia, a place to gather different people with hacker ways of thinking and interesting ideas.