Diatom has launched a new project for startups and midsized companies
In January 2019, Diatom Enterprises launched a new project to help startups and midsized companies digitize their projects and get effective results. What is “Diatom Teams”? “Diatom Teams” is a software development team model built and managed by Diatom Enterprises, consisting of highly qualified dedicated developers. This model helps startups and midsized companies save their budget and resources, so instead of […]
Looking to Hire Dedicated Development Team for Startup? Here’s 3 Reasons why You Should!
Communication and information sharing have always been vital components to any human collective endeavor. Up until recently, these two components were very resource demanding. Communication was expensive and information sharing was very slow. Nowadays a company can deliver a project that in the past would have taken at least a year to complete in just […]
Diatom’s 2018 Year in Review
International award winner In 2018 we received a RAR Recommended certificate from the RAR Digital Awards 2018, thanks to our clients who rated us as one of the best software development companies in Europe. Diatom has offered custom software development services since 2004, and our team does their best to get clients’ satisfaction. RAR recommended […]
6 best tech conferences in Latvia for the fall/winter season
Tech conferences are perfect for networking with the people in your field, but they also provide access to the newest trends and ideas that can be helpful for your business in the future. In this article, we would like to share the top upcoming tech-related events in Latvia that you can attend in fall/winter. These conferences can help you […]
Diatom Enterprises attended RIGA COMM 2018
We are very delighted to announce that Diatom Enterprises had a great experience attending the RIGA COMM 2018 conference as an exhibitor, where we met many people from international companies around the world. The conference was held on the 11th and 12th of October and was very well organized. RIGA COMM is an annual tech and business conference […]
7 Latvian IT achievements from the last 100 years
Latvia is a northeastern European country, bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia and Belarus to the east, and shares a maritime border with Sweden. Latvia is famous for its beautiful nature, forests and rich history, but nowadays it has also become very well known for its IT industry. The information technology […]
Diatom Enterprises attended PropTech Riga 2018
PropTech Riga is an annual conference within the framework of the international forum that gathers professionals in Riga to discuss technologies that are shaping the future of the real estate industry. On the second day of the conference, our Sales and Mobilization Director, Alekseys Beloglazovs gave a speech on the topic “How early real estate and property management solutions […]
Enhance your business functions using Alexa on Ruby
As programmers, many of us are interested in developing for different smart devices that we use at home every day. But what if we can also manage a whole business just by connecting our skills and these new technologies that we use at home? Voice assistants are popular nowadays because they can efficiently understand our commands, get information, give it back to us and easily work with other IoT devices. In this article, I […]
Making voice assistants to serve your needs
Nowadays, we live in a world where everything is impacted by the Internet of Things: smart watches, light bulbs with internet connectivity, robots, smart kitchens and buttons to order items from Amazon. Everyone knows about and uses voice assistants, but not everyone appreciates how much they can help with business activities, increase the prestige of […]
Robot video blogger teaches programming
The Diatom Enterprises team has launched a new project with its robot intern, Pepper, to make videos about software engineering for beginner and junior developers. Pepper is a humanoid robot who is capable of recognizing and identifying human faces and emotions. Diatom Enterprises develops custom software for Pepper to control her speech, behaviour and features. The team is working on a new […]
Pepper App Development: Issues & Solutions
As a Latvian custom software development company, Diatom has been working in web, mobile and desktop development for 14 years. Since 2016 we have been deeply interested in robotics, artificial intelligence and automation and purchased the first humanoid robot, Pepper, in order to explore the opportunities of developing software for robots. In this article, we would like to share our experience with the main issues we encountered while developing an application for Pepper for one of our clients […]
Internship opportunities for TSI students at Diatom Enterprises
Diatom Enterprises and Latvian Transport and Telecommunication University (TSI) have signed a collaboration agreement wherein Diatom invites TSI students to apply for an internship with further collaboration opportunities. Collaboration agreement signed by Diatom Enterprises and TSI Diatom Enterprises is a Latvia-based custom outsourced software development company producing software for a wide variety of industries. We […]
RAR-Recommended Software Development Company
We got it! We are proud to announce that Diatom Enterprises has earned a RAR recommendation in the 2018 RAR Digital Awards and was selected as one of the best companies that offer software development services. The RAR-recommended Software development company What does it mean to be a RAR-recommended company? As stated on their website, […]
Latvia and Sweden – now even stronger ties
We are glad to announce that one of our team members, Business Development Director Darja Krizska-Popova, was elected as a board member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (SCCL) on May 18, 2018. Congratulations! Our Business Development Director, Darja Krizska-Popova at the annual general meeting of SCCL About SCCL The Swedish Chamber of […]
Should we be scared of robots or not?
At Diatom Enterprises we believe that people have nothing to fear from robots. We think they are created to help us, assist with difficult things and be companions, team members or friends… but not to replace human beings. In that regard, recently, we were asked to present a lecture on automation and robotics to a […]