4/11/2006

Microsoft representatives mention quality as Offshore Offshoring priority

The latest news suggests that the software giant Microsoft representatives mention quality as Offshore Outsourcing priority for the successful dealing. Though some controversy was also there but it was regarding the process of Offshore Software Development. One thing is sure that sending the development jobs to the overseas destinations is a big problem in America as developers and professionals are loosing jobs because of this. As far as Microsoft is concern his official stated that shifting development work to the lower cost Offshore Outsourcing destinations like India and China is all related to cutting cost on developer’s salaries. But in the Microsoft this is not the case and company is encouraging the good quality services.

It was sated by the Microsoft Program Manager that in such overseas dealing company is more emphasizing on the quality factor. Cost is the second factor for the company but they want the high quality services from their overseas partners. He stated that company gives top priority to the quality service. He further stated that Microsoft is seeking for quality and not the quantity for the lower cost. Company doesn’t have any cost savings purpose behind taking the help from the overseas service providers. Company is looking for the good software engineers and not concerned with the destinations.

Offshore Outsourcing deals

Though, it seems that in the case of Microsoft quality is the most important and not the cost for their Offshore Outsourcing deals. But in the case of other companies Offshore Software Development is done only to reduce the development cost of the company. Company like OpenWave does emphasize the financial advantages behind the purpose of the Offshore Outsourcing process. Now the software industry has been very competitive and the new players in the market are trying to cater the market with the every possible effort including the lower cost. So it has been one of the necessities for the IT companies to look for the IT Outsourcing services. One thing is sure that if the company is missing the process of sending the job work to the overseas destinations they seem to miss something in the competitive world.

For such IT Outsourcing services India and China are the most desired destinations for any IT company. These two are the countries that providers the best qualitative services with the lower labor cost. Still there are many IT players globally who seem dissatisfied from the service providers from these two countries. There are many companies from America who are not satisfied with the Offshore Outsourcing service quality services from India and China. But this no. is very small.

One thing is sure that for Microsoft qualitative services from Offshore Outsourcing deals is the most important concern.