The year 2023 brought disruptions to the global software industry, and consulting businesses found themselves sailing against the wind. The last time such shockwaves were experienced was in the spring of 2020 when COVID-19 hit the world. Markets soon realized that the world was not going to end but that we had to change faster…
In the ever-evolving world of software development, businesses constantly face new challenges that demand innovative solutions. Nearshore software development has emerged as a popular working method that addresses these challenges by tapping into the talent and resources of countries at the same or close timezone. In this blog post, we will explore some of the…
Domestic software development outsourcing is commonplace, but things get more complicated when some or all of the action is outsourced abroad. This is a fairly common assumption on the subject. Preconceptions or real horror stories of failed overseas ventures are unfortunate. Software Sauna was initially set up precisely to correct this flaw in the market….
After a full month of 2023, it’s the final time for the annual wrap-up. We all probably thought that everything would return to normal after a couple of “corona years,” but unfortunately, 2022 brought some new dark clouds to the skies of the global economy and a time of peace in Europe. A war in…
After Sauna turned four years the last spring, we made our first move outside of Croatia by starting operations in Skopje, North Macedonia. In August, we finally entered our founders’ homeland and landed in Helsinki, Finland: our Commercial Director, Joona Komulainen, was the first employee at the Helsinki office. But as we know – the…
When three Finns are meeting in Zagreb, Croatia, the first thing that doesn’t come to mind is that this is about a project to develop a remote healthcare consultation service. How digitalization helps patient satisfaction? Marko Lähteenmäki, Managing Director of RemoTest Lausuntopalvelut, explains what it’s all about: “RemoTest offers remote consultation services for the healthcare…
Summer months usually mean the slowest time of the year when it comes to business. We couldn’t disagree more about this, because this summer Sauna has been heating up big time! A few important things marked the summer of 2022 and one of them is scaling up our presence in Finland. Joona Komulainen joined our ranks as…
Dear fellow recruiters in the IT sector, do you feel like your work has become harder during the remote work era? It has brought on some perks – like avoiding the commute, being able to live on the coast but work for a company based in Zagreb or just working from your pyjamas for the…
Yet another “corona year” has come to an end. A year ago, we were all talking about the “new normal” and how remote work is here to stay, but also how things would get back to the “old normal” during 2021. Little did we know back then. Although things have started to look brighter with…
Yet another year came to an end. 2020 will be remembered as the year of Corona pandemia which changed the world in many ways. In Croatia, it will also be remembered, unfortunately for two strong earthquakes. The country has not suffered from them during the last 100 years. The first one hit Zagreb in March,…