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Energy providers can no longer afford to play the waiting game. As price wars intensify and customer patience runs thin, utilities face a simple choice: evolve or lose relevance. What if your greatest growth opportunity wasn’t in acquiring new customers—but in finally understanding the ones you already have?

According to Gartner’s Global Survey of 2024, AI and generative AI have emerged as top priorities for manufacturing organizations worldwide. The AI-powered use cases enabled by these platforms are among the highest priorities for manufacturers globally.

In the automotive industry, remarketing refers to the process of reselling used, leased, or fleet vehicles after its first ownership or rental period. It involves strategies and technologies aimed at optimizing resale value, accelerating sales, and efficiently managing vehicle inventory across various channels.

Trask now brings its extensive experience with open banking and ready-to-use open banking solutions to North America.

Getting the balance right is no longer a tactical decision. It’s strategic.

The automotive industry has been undergoing a significant transformation impacting also its distribution strategies.

ŠKODA AUTO's logistics operations faced challenges in efficiently accessing and integrating critical Advanced Shipment Note (ASN) data from upstream logistics systems.

In today’s competitive market, improving ROI and reducing customer acquisition costs is increasingly difficult. Traditional marketing is losing effectiveness and costs are rising. Hyper-personalization powered by real-time data and AI is the solution. This strategy boosts conversion rates, fosters loyalty, and directly impacts the bottom line.

For businesses stuck in the past, modernization is no longer an option—it’s a necessity for survival and success in today’s digital world.

Leveraging AWS Managed Kafka and Flink, the bank now delivers personalized offers instantly, improving responsiveness and enhancing customer interactions.

The Industrial Metaverse is reshaping manufacturing, with digital twins playing a pivotal role in creating efficient, integrated digital ecosystems. To succeed, businesses must foster collaboration between IT experts, industry specialists, and AI professionals.

Get an insider's view on the key innovation trends shaping banking, telecommunications, and automotive – all through the perspectives of Czech business leaders.

Early applications focus on optimizing HR, finance, legal, and claims management, AI agents are now driving significant improvements in core manufacturing operations.

Digital twins enable organizations to simulate real-world scenarios and outcomes, ultimately supporting better decision-making. But is there more to explore? Are new dimensions emerging in the digitization of products, processes, and even entire environments?

How can companies stay competitive when customers expect instant lease approvals, fleet management is data-driven, and regulations are tightening?

AI development is moving so fast that even large corporations struggle to keep up. To maximize the benefits of AI, we recommend following these key steps.

AI agents have immense potential to automate complex processes, accelerate decision-making, increase process flexibility, simplify scaling of operations, and reduce operational costs.

Jan Burian speaks about the key challenges and opportunities shaping the future of the sector—and how his expertise will support Trask’s clients in this journey.

AI agents are already driving measurable improvements by automating complex tasks and boosting efficiency. At Trask, we are developing these technologies to help businesses optimize processes, reduce manual intervention, and accelerate decision-making. As AI evolves, these agents will handle increasingly complex tasks, providing a competitive edge in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

The seventh annual of Trask Future Insight 2025 presented the key technological challenges businesses will need to navigate. "In a turbulent environment where long-term planning now means looking six months ahead, adaptability to innovation is absolutely essential," explains Jan Antoš, CTO of Trask.

Trask is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. As CEO, what are you most proud of?

Imagine building a digital bridge accessible to everyone—what if half of them couldn’t cross?

Could managing data really be as intuitive as organizing files?

The concept of accessibility means that every digital product should be designed so that it can be used by anyone, anywhere.

Effective monitoring strategies can provide a comprehensive overview, helping to manage these complex setups easily. How can one gain an overview and monitor a hybrid cloud environment?

How does AI affect our world today? What are the risks of postquantum cryptography? And who better to ask about AI fears than the Terminator himself? As the Gartner Symposium 2024 unfolded, Trask’s Jan Antoš captured the most exciting insights daily, revealing a future filled with both extraordinary potential and urgent challenges.

Imagine trying to have a meaningful conversation with a crowd of strangers, each with different interests and needs.

Discover how the Zilla API Gateway simplifies integration with Apache Kafka using multiple protocols, including MQTT, gRPC, WebSocket, and more.

Curious about the real-world challenges of implementing AI? Andrej Svitek unpacks what it takes to turn AI pilots into production-ready solutions.

Companies today often need their data to be constantly in motion to ensure quality of service and smooth running of online applications.

What if the latest headline about a major data breach involved your company?

This webinar will provide you with actionable insights and strategies to prevent security breaches, mitigate risks, and ensure compliance.What you will learn

Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) offers a revolutionary approach to cybersecurity, ensuring that every interaction within your network is assessed and verified.

Legacy systems, originally developed in the 1990s or earlier, are not just technologically obsolete - they represent a strategic handicap in terms of efficiency, flexibility, and customer service.

Als große Bank ist es entscheidend, jederzeit einen umfassenden Überblick über die Vorgänge in Ihrer Umgebung zu haben. Ebenso wichtig sind leistungsstarke Analysen, die Ihnen helfen, die nächsten Schritte in die richtige Richtung zu planen. Genau das haben wir für die Raiffeisenbank geliefert.

How are companies effectively applying AI in their operations? What strategies are they using to ensure AI benefits outweigh the risks? Find the answers in this interview.

What does a digital business strategy consist of and how can you tell which part of it to pursue?

Personalization is experiencing a boom, which is now moving to the next level, referred to as hyper-personalization. How do they differ?

What are the main tech and business trends for the near future?

Building digital channels has its challenges. The process is often expensive, slow, and in the worst case, the result may not fulfill its purpose, with a redesign possibly meaning starting over from scratch.

Companies are investing heavily into customer experience in their digital channels.

In an era where innovation is meeting customer needs and expectations across sectors, insights from the banking, insurance, and automotive sectors reveal a roadmap for navigating the future.

DDoS attacks are a globally popular method among hackers to harm large companies. What consequences can they have? And is there a way to defend against them?

The automotive sector has been an important keystone in our history since the 19th century. What should companies focus on now, when digital technology is in the spotlight?

Another of our iTea breakfasts was held in December 2023. This time, our experts took a look at Power Platform and picked out the most important recommendations and tips for your teams to use.

The next episode of our Trask Talks video series is here.

Today, integration is fundamentally changing due to the impact of the hybrid environment, especially in terms of the positions, composition, and competencies of integration teams.

The Trask technology company, a significant European leader in IT and innovation, has entered into a strategic partnership with SAS, a global leader in artificial intelligence and analytics software.

Integration is a topic that can be elusive to grasp fully. However, companies have an inkling that they will need it, or at least that it is essential to pay attention to it.

Martin Citron has been at the forefront of transforming application integration, driving innovations from service-oriented architecture to pioneering API management platforms.

Trask CEO Pavel Riegger accepted an invitation for an interview with FocusOn – a online magazine about business and modern technologies.

Vienna Insurance Group, headquartered in Vienna and one of the largest insurance groups in Central and Eastern Europe.

ČSOB Leasing, part of the international KBC Group and one of the largest providers of leasing loans and related services in the Czech Republic.

Trask, long a leading provider of reliable technology innovation to the financial, insurance, telecommunications, energy and manufacturing industries, announced a strategic partnership with Incentage, a Swiss company specializing in software development for financial institutions.

Many companies today struggle with the cost of cloud services. Managers typically lack insight into the finances associated with their use and realize that more transparency and optimization is needed. FinOps can effectively help you do just that.

Almost everyone works with the cloud today. We quickly got used to having all data and services available instantly and without any issues.

Fast money transfers in a matter of seconds are slowly becoming the new standard—a clear benefit for both payers and those needing to get paid.

Every institution is addressing process efficiency nowadays, and it is a huge challenge for the world of technology.

The new version of WSO2 API Manager represents a revolutionary step in the field of asynchronous communication. With Streaming API support, it opens the door to more efficient and faster real-time data exchange.

In the automotive industry, connectivity means integrating technology and communication systems into vehicles.

If you are not familiar with Camunda, or only cursorily, it's worth remembering that it is a popular BPM (business process management) and workflow platform for business process automation.

Artificial intelligence has been impacting our world for some time, but the acronym AI has only entered the mainstream public consciousness relatively recently.

The threats associated with identity theft continue to evolve and adapt to new technologies.

As technology continues to advance, taking us into new and uncharted realms, our human rhythm occasionally stumbles, especially in the fascinating world of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In recent days, Czech financial institutions have seen multiple DDoS attacks (Distributed Denial of Service) that caused the short-term unavailability of provided services. “According to available information, the attack was conducted by the hacktivist group NoName057(16),” says Jan Zmítko, a Cyber Security Department consultant at Trask.

Expanding the company abroad is certainly not an easy task, especially given that there is a lot of competition in these new markets. So we asked John Armstrong, Trask's expansion leader for the Canadian market, to share his outlook and goals for the near term.

Business processes such as notary requests, customer complaints, and medical imaging analysis have historically required human involvement. Today, that paradigm is shifting.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has captured unparalleled media attention over the past two years. The capital flows and stakeholder interests drawn to AI solutions has never been greater. This adoption is expected to continue indefinitely and to accelerate.

Companies like Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon collect user data and analyze user behavior to recommend content that fits their profile and improves user experience.

John Weisel, our Global Growth Leader, visited Prague recently and shared his vision for Trask. He remains calm even in situations when industries are going through a significant period of change.

What does a robot mean in the context of the office? How is a robot configured and what is its relationship to artificial intelligence? Take a look at the basic differences between the two technologies.

Micro frontends are a modern direction in web frontend development inspired by microservice architecture, and Gartner expects its introduction in the near future. One of the greatest changes in the IT segment over the last decade or two has been the move to microservice architecture.

Anyone who is at least a little familiar with web applications knows that their testing is absolutely crucial and determines the quality of any software developed.

In today’s rapidly evolving IT environment, Integration Platforms as a Service (iPaaS) are becoming a core element of successful enterprise IT environments.

Over time, our North American Leader John Weisel has refined his view on the global professional services business. He is convinced that Trask is one of the strongest organizations he has encountered in his long career.

John Weisel shares part of his strategy for the expansion of Trask in this interview.

The expansion across the pond on American and Canadian markets is a huge milestone in the 29-year-long history of Trask. The journey from the position of European leader to the global company is long and complicated, as described by Pavel Riegger, CEO at Trask.

The future does not come gradually, but in leaps. We are living through one of them right now. At this year's Trask Future Insight conference, Trask's Chief Technology Officer Jan Antoš described the most important global changes that are currently taking place.

As part of its global expansion plan, European solutions integrator Trask has initiated entry into North America, emphasizing the financial services industry, targeting banking, capital markets, and insurance specifically.

Data Governance is a neglected area of IT. But that’s changing. If you haven’t tackled Data Governance yet, it’s time to start.

The Czech technology company Trask, already a leading firm within Europe's borders, is expanding into North America.

Does instant payment testing have its specifics? Absolutely. Factors such as time, connection to new clearing, full availability, and high performance enter the testing process.

Salesforce is the most important player in the CRM (Customer Relationship Management) market, but it is also perceived as a product with a higher price tag.

Trask, a leading European digital solutions integrator, is pleased to announce its expanded entry into the North American market.

We have developed a recommendation engine that offers customers a tailored car configuration.

In the past, marketing, sales and customer communication were considered a purely human endeavour that required art, creativity and experience.

Moving to a cloud, and especially the use of cloud-native services, SaaS solutions and industry clouds, will cause a huge change in how we design and build IT systems in companies.

Speed is an essential characteristic of instant payments – up to 99% are made within 5 seconds. Instant payments pose new challenges for Operations, bank departments, and their workflows.

The anticipated obligation to engage in instant SEPA payments offers banks a unique opportunity to standardize and simplify payment system architectures and key payment processes.

Managers of large companies are addressing sustainability much more than a year ago. Employees and, more recently, managing inflation were added to their list of priorities.

Instant payments in the euro are standard in many countries of the Eurozone. But now, the European Commission is planning the mandatory introduction of these for all banks in the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

Instant payments are the new standard for transferring funds domestically and in the Eurozone. They bring new opportunities and models of behavior not only to our personal life but also to the commercial sphere.

We also deliver RPA solutions to the Benelux countries