IT In Brief: eCard; NIK contract; Internet Group; ComArch; Oracle Polska

The turnover of eCard, a company owned by BRE Bank, ComputerLand and BZ WBK, which provides authorization of payments services by cards made through the Internet, increased four-fold in the first half of 2004 and amounted to zł.93.2 million. June was the first month that eCard recorded a positive financial result. (Parkiet, p. 3) ... The Supreme Board of Inspection (NIK) has invited bids to supply and implement an electronic system to manage its documents and to train its staff. (Parkiet, p. 5) ... Marcin Marszałek has stepped down from the post of the president of Internet Group, an IT company, which designs and creates web sites. The company posted revenues of zł.3.8 million in Q1 and its net loss did not exceed zł.100,000. (Parkiet, p. 5) ... ComArch, a Kraków-based IT integrator, has established a CIV company which will offer ICT connections for companies from the ComArch group and the contracts realized by ComArch. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Oracle Polska has signed an agreement with the Agriculture Restructuring and Modernization Agency (ARiMR) for the creation and the implementation of an IT systems based on Oracle E-Business Suite. The gross value of the contract amounts to zł.24 million. (Parkiet, p. 4) E.B.