Jul
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7 Sins of Software Outsourcing
July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Software companies today have been hiring project managers and engineer teams to develop their software products via outsourcing.
With the high bandwidth, efficient global communication through the Internet and other peripheral technology, access to capable and cost-effective talent from any part of the world is viable.
Though software outsourcing has been the road to success for many startup software firms, others are tempted but are fearful to fail.
And they’re right to fear for there are cardinal rules in software outsourcing, “sins” one must not commit lest the road to success becomes the death-walk to outsourcing hell.
Jul
7
Outsourcing : SMEs Go Global
July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As outsourcing is now the trend of how large companies around the world do business, small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) might seem to be out of the loop for good but what works for the Big Co.’s can just work as good for the Small-Medium Co.’s, maybe even better.
Perhaps the biggest benefit outsourcing provides small and medium-sized companies is giving them the gift of time.
Jul
4
Outsourcing : Big Game in Southeast Asia
July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Outsourcing in Asia Pacific arrived into its second consecutive year of strong growth, showing a doubled increase in demand across all services. The region’s average value of outsourcing contracts has increased by 25 percent, from USD141 million to USD176 million.
The region as a unified information and communication technology (ICT) hub has become a lure to big game hunters in the international business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
Jul
3
Outsourcing : Open Doors
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We’re a very small company that outsources work to computer programmers and artists in remote offices throughout the world. The major problem with having workers in far-flung locations is that when you’re paying people by the hour, you really need to know that they’re working, not surfing the Internet.
When you’re all in one office in the same country, communication flows much more naturally. You can easily tap someone on the shoulder and ask him a question. But when you’re all over the place, you tend not to want to bother people with minor questions.
Ken Scharen, then CEO of One Remote Systems, a software company in Delray Beach, Florida.
Your company and your business process outsourcing (BPO) partner want to open that door towards mutual success; the key factor is constant and receptive communication.
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