Monday, May 26, 2008

Thinking of outsourcing web solution?

With borders disappearing and global trade becoming a norm, Outsourcing is a logical extension of moving to a 'One World' scenario. Outsourcing can be defined as transferring work, that would usually be done by an in-house team to another team which is not under the same umbrella. When this team is based in another country it is usually referred to as 'Offshoring'. Wonder what it is called for countries that are landlocked though!

Web Designing and Development as a professional service has been around for well over a decade now and outsourcing of the service is fairly new (say, not more than 4-5 years). There are several countries such as India, Brazil, Philippines, Russia and Romania which are increasingly being considered as the outsourcing hubs for the service. India, undoubtedly being the leader. The main reasons for concentration of service providers across India include a few of the following -

1. Easy availability of trained and experienced Creative and Technical resources.

2. Cheaper costs and overheads and thus reduced costs of services. Costs savings over up to 300% can be achieved in cases.

3. English being taught as a Primary Language right from age 3

4. Minimal cultural differences for being on the same understanding Platform.

These of course are some of the basic reasons of why outsourcing has taken front seat across a wide spectrum of services.

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