IT in Brief: Matrix.pl; ComArch; Winuel; New report on online public services

Matrix.pl, one of the largest domestic software producers, has announced plans to debut on the bourse in November. The company wants to use the money raised through the floor to offer systems for large enterprises and to widen its range of offers to the financial sector. (Parkiet, p. 3; Puls Biznesu, p. 8) ... Kraków-based IT company ComArch has bought back 486 of its bonds for almost zł.6 million. The company issued over 4,000 bonds in spring 2002 but decided to buy them back earlier to lower its financial costs as it had to pay out over zł.1 million each quarter to bond holders. (Parkiet, p. 4) ... Winuel, an IT company owned by Poznań-based Emax, has signed a contract worth $496,000 with Żabka Polska, a retail network, for the development of data recording and data transfer systems. (Parkiet, p. 5) ... According to a report conducted by the Scientific Research and Information Technology Ministry in conjunction with consulting firm Capgemini, the current availability of public services online in Poland is 34%, which is 13% more than in 2003. (Parkiet, p. 5) E.B.