In a true outsourcing partnership, each player contributes to the well-being of the relationship. But sometimes the buyer goes the extra mile to take care of the supplier. Read how Ping Identity worked with Luxoft’s engineers to create the best possible outcomes.
ITO 1.0 was largely a move to low-cost-labor countries. Cheap labor was the central tenet, says Timothy Chou of Openwater Networks. He maintains ITO 2.0 is not about sending work to the cheapest supplier; instead, it’s about moving the work to where the best brains are. That’s why his company selected Augmentum to write its software.
If you have the mind-set that American application development outsourcing providers can’t compete with the costs and other benefits of using offshore providers, think again. A Texas-based outsourcer has a uniquely competitive model and very satisfied clients.
Stiff competition from Wal-Mart placed the onus on Family Dollar to overhaul its IT, database, and application management processes if it were to continue growing. It made a couple of furtive attempts before finding the right outsourcing provider. Here is its story about shopping for the right supplier.
An executive of Business Engine, a software applications development firm, shares three secrets to successful software development using an Indian provider.
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