Technology Outsourcing to Chindia?

If you've never heard the term Chindia before, it refersAmerica, Europe, Australia and Asia. But low cost
to China-India. In the case of outsourcing, they aredoes not imply low quality. On the contrary, both China
currently a powerhouse, leading the world inand India are becoming innovators in both software
technology-based outsourcing. But, what makes Chinaand hardware development.
and India such powerful players in the technologyIn the past, the main focus of Chindia's outsourcing
outsourcing market? In this article, I will attempt towas low cost manufacturing, and low-cost services.
explain why they're currently at the top of theBut with China and India taking on leading roles as
technology field, and why they are making such antechnology innovators, and with hundreds of thousands
impact in the realm of technology outsourcing.of highly educated, highly trained computer scientists
China and India are the two most populous nations inand engineers at their disposal, the impact that they
the world. Together, they make up close to 40% ofare having on the technology outsourcing field can no
the earth's total population with a combined total oflonger be ignored.
about 2.4 billion people. When you add the fact thatTechnology outsourcing to China and India will continue
India and China are producing some of the best trainedto grow in the coming years. The floodgates have
computer science, and electrical engineering graduates,been opened and won't close any time soon. As long
and they can be hired for a lot less than their Westernas China and India continue to provide quality, low cost,
counterparts, you have a technology outsourcingtechnology outsourcing services, companies in
bonanza.America, and other Western countries, will continue to
China and India are able to offer their technologysee the benefits of outsourcing their IT to Chindia.
outsourcing services at a lower cost to companies in