OFFSHORE - OUTSOURCING

Today, offshore software outsourcing has become a strategy for forward thinking IS managers.

Companies can gain a strategic advantage from the lower wages and benefits prevailing in countries such as Belarus, Russia, India where hourly, fully loaded programming rates can be 40 to 60 percent below those in the US. Companies that use offshore outsourcing partners to do their nondiscretionary programming (maintenance and enhancements of legacy systems, for example) also find that lower offshore costs free up capital for new development efforts - say, on mobile-commerce applications.

Gone are the days when a software development company's core strength was the ability to develop an application. Today, successful companies are those that introduce the right product at the right time and serve it up as an attractive package - be it as a web service, or as a standard product released by traditional means.

Many organizations are outsourcing software development to technology firms, thereby enabling them to focus more on understanding customer needs, achieve better product positioning and enhance customer satisfaction. What started off with outsourcing basic activities like testing has now spread to include core activities of the software development life cycle.

Our offshore outsourcing services are specially designed to assist software product companies through all phases of a product's life cycle. These services include the design and creation of new software products, re-development, re-engineering and maintenance of existing ones, and global implementation and rollout support for existing products. Whether your need is for a complete software product development effort or for a couple of device drivers, offsiteteam.com stands ready to put our resources to work for you. By combining your products with our deliverables, you can reach the market faster, offer a more complete product mix and thereby increase your revenue.

Links:

Offshore software development - A Global Directory of Offshore Services, Information and Other Links

www.outsourcinginstitute.com

Offshore software development contracts, A Manager's Guide to Seven Essential Requirements, Conrad Weisert

Outsourcing software development resources page maintained by Erran Carmel

Offshore outsourcing reduces cost, decreases production cycle

Four tips for launching an offshore software outsourcing project

"Management briefing on offshore outsourcing", by Loretta W. Prencipe

"How offshore programmers save IBM millions", by Douglas Hayward, TechWire

"Shipping out"  Sept. 1, 1996 Issue of CIO Magazine