subject: Software Outsourcing: A Western Dilemma Or An Opportunity ? [print this page] According to the study, only four countries - India, Ireland, Canada and Israel - are capable of scaling up to meet the demands of large-scale projects in offshore software development.
The Western Dilemma: The global economic crisis has deeply affected especially Western countries and it is estimated that they will take a minimum of five years to recover. While they have tried to retain their advantage in technology, there are problems:
The USA and Canada producing a little over half the required number of graduates in science and technology
A large number of their MS and PhD students are international students who are likely to return to their countries
Mostly, the Western countries have aging populations, and executives in senior positions are heading towards retirement
While these countries are recovering, they are still lagging in the kind of growth and business competitiveness that they had in pre-economic crises days. The productivity gap between them and smaller industrialized nations continues to widen, every day.
The Software Outsourcing Solution: The solutions to the human resource problems faced by startups, emerging and established technology companies and IT enabled organizations in the West are not possible in the short term - even immigration is a long and difficult process. This makes offshore software and software development outsourcing a viable solution for Western countries.
Some benefits of offshore outsourcing for software and software development are:
Cost effective, especially in tough economic times
Timely maintenance and service
Internationally qualified specialists in software and software development
Offshoring and outsourcing leaves clients free to focus on their core businesses, which could be manufacturing, hospitality, sales, etc.
Scalability
Offshore outsourcing for software and software development has gained acceptance in most Western countries and is already a US$65 billion industry, predicted to grow rapidly and contribute to effectiveness, productivity and competitiveness to organizations around the world.
This article is contributed by BrickRed Technologies, headquartered at a state-of-art offshore development center in a Tier I offshoring city, NOIDA, Delhi. Every day, some of the world's most hardworking organizations rely on our software and engineering skills to serve their customers safely, securely and reliably.
With offices in the US, UK and Dubai, BrickRed provides services for end-to-end development of commercial grade software products and applications to start ups, emerging and established technology companies and IT enabled organizations. Our work has been endorsed by leading industry experts: The Black Book of Outsourcing, Red Herring Asia, Deloitte Fast 500, and Microsoft, among them.
