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