Introduction:
Software Outsourcing to India
Success in new economy era heavily depends on the Business’
ability to adapt to market pressures with speed and timeliness.
These often demand changes to business processes and their support
systems. One of the proven strategies is for the business to spend
their scarce internal resources in developing sustainable competitive
advantage, leaving non-core areas to be outsourced. This has led
to the usage of alternative sourcing options especially in system
development initiatives, including independent contractors, application
service providers (ASPs), external integrators and remote programming
resources.
Why Outsource to India?
Increasingly, outsourcing to offshore contracting, especially
to India has become a very attractive option. In the early days
of outsourcing, a number of IT organizations have used offshore
providers for legacy and maintenance work because of the relatively
low risk associated with these projects. The more mission critical
projects were not sent offshore because of the perceived delivery
risks. However, in recent years this model has dramatically changed.
Employing
offshore contractors with a strong US presence, or indirectly
through domestic integrators, can extend offshore contractors’
range of tasks beyond the more mundane projects to e-business
application development projects utilizing the latest technologies,
while at the same time minimizing risk, reducing overhead and
speeding up time to market.
India
has become the leader in offshore software development because
of:
- Its
highly trained workforce
- Appreciation
for software development disciplines
- Widespread
use of the English language – English is one of
India’s two national languages
- Proven
Quality – Many Indian software companies have ach
- High
Quality – Indian firms have shown themselves capable
of providing extremely high level of software development
