{"id":7998,"date":"2016-03-23T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.say-u.com\/?p=7998"},"modified":"2023-05-05T16:25:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:25:52","slug":"kcs-it-grows-by-more-than-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/kcs-it-cresce-mais-de-50\/","title":{"rendered":"KCS IT grows over 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KCS iT ended last year with an increase of more than 50% in its revenue. The business expansion strategy outlined for 2016 and the expected growth of the IT market in Portugal suggest that the consulting firm will continue the positive trend it has achieved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisbon, March 23, 2016<\/strong> \u2013 KCS iT closed out 2015 with the highest figures the consulting firm has achieved in its 8 years of operation: \u20ac7.25 million in revenue and 226 employees. These results represent a 56% increase in revenue and a 29% increase in the number of employees on the consulting firm\u2019s team compared to the previous year. This growth now allows the firm to explore new opportunities in international projects and to invest in the development of innovative solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The expected increase in ICT spending in the domestic market in 2016\u20142.6% more than last year\u2014suggests the possibility of consolidating the positive trend in the consulting firm\u2019s results. For this year, the targets already set call for continued growth, with projected revenue of 8.3M\u20ac and a workforce of 250 employees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TiagoFarinha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7999 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/TiagoFarinha-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"Tiago Farinha\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>For Tiago Farinha, Managing Director of KCS iT, <em>\u201cThe progress we\u2019ve made has come about naturally, made possible by a consistent approach to how we\u2019ve been developing our market strategy. Our efforts have focused on aligning the strengths of our team and our offerings with the needs we\u2019ve identified among our clients. Our growth outlook centers on the applicability of these measures in international markets.\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For 2016, the objectives involve a new phase in the consulting firm\u2019s positioning, made possible by the identification of opportunities, the work already carried out by KCS iT with international partners, and the space created to foster innovation. The creation of solutions <em>in-house<\/em> Through KCS iT\u2019s consultants, the company is able to meet the needs identified in the market, and fostering intrapreneurial ideas is one of the steps taken to differentiate its offerings. At the same time, the management team will be strengthened, investments will be made in the training and certification of consultants, and partnerships with other organizations in the market will be consolidated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KCS iT<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>KCS iT is a consulting, outsourcing, and training services company that specializes in project management in accordance with PMI\u00ae best practices. It offers services such as <em>Consulting Services<\/em> \u2013 representing the Project &amp; Portfolio Management (PPM), Database &amp; Infrastructure Management (DIM), and Software Integrated Management (SIM) services; <em>Technology Services<\/em> \u2013 which includes the IT Contracting, Innovation LAB, and Windows Azure services; <em>Training<\/em> \u2013 specializing in preparation for the PMP certification and refresher courses, as well as training in business analysis and technology (e.g., MVC, SharePoint, Java, iOS, etc.).<\/h6>\n<h6>All of the services described above also apply internationally, with the addition of Nearshore Service.<\/h6>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A KCS iT encerrou o \u00faltimo ano com um aumento de mais de 50% no valor de fatura\u00e7\u00e3o alcan\u00e7ada. A estrat\u00e9gia de expans\u00e3o de neg\u00f3cio definida para 2016 e o crescimento do mercado de TI esperado em Portugal fazem com que a perspetiva seja de continuidade na evolu\u00e7\u00e3o positiva alcan\u00e7ada pela consultora. \u00a0 Lisboa, 23 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[136,85,86,329],"class_list":["post-7998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-o-que-comunicamos","tag-consultoria","tag-it","tag-kcs-it","tag-tiago-farinha"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21228,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7998\/revisions\/21228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/say-u.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}