10/03/2006

Offshore Software Development Growth

In current market of Information Technology, Offshore Software Development growth is eye-catching. If we analyze today’s market, then we can find that market place is becoming very techno savvy. Companies have totally changed their traditional way of business and seeking for the newer and better way to stand on a unique position. Some of the IT companies are also conducting surveys to trace the exact market position of Offshore Software Outsourcing and result of this study indicates a rapid growth in the overseas services industry. This survey included most of the major IT Companies that are heavily involved in Offshore Software Development business.

According to study 87 percentage of the total executives of these different Software Companies mentioned that they/their company is already heavily involved in the overseas development services and every year the amount of work going overseas is also increasing. Again according to experts, the amount of work going overseas will increase in the coming years. These executives and experts also stated that they would prefer India or China for such overseas IT development services rather then their own service providers. There are also some cases of disillusionment though.

Offshore Software Development Services

In information technology industry, craze of overseas development services is almost on the top compared to other industries. Offshore Software Development has grown well, developed rapidly and now become very mature to replace the traditional business approach. According to the observation, companies prefer to shift towards more sophisticated Offshore Software Outsourcing business strategies to remain competitive in the global market. Companies are also becoming more mature and aware for the possibilities and different ways to gain better Offshore Software Development services. The build, operate and transfer model in overseas development has got tremendous growth.

Companies are now also adopting different internal reviews and surveys to define what should and what should not go out of company’s premises for Offshore Software Development. Countries such as US and UK are the major players that outsource their development work heavily as the current development cost in these countries is very high. Survey also suggests that India is the most demanded spot for these countries for better Offshore Software Outsourcing services and almost having 70-75 % market share of Offshore Software Development industries is captured by India. Again study indicates that there is a very tight competition between central and eastern European countries and china for the second spot.

This overseas development services study also focused on failure rates. The result indicates that, only 4% to 6% of the software outsourcing buyers are dissatisfied with the service they receive. Around 42% to 44% people are very satisfied with this business process. Again it is marked that wide spread rumor indicates that very high percentage of buyers are unhappy. The study also revealed that there is a vast pool of people who believes that service and business standards improve due to Offshore Software Development.