Outsourcing Your Software Needs

Cut a niche in the market!
It’s a strategic decision that business will have to make: to outsource, or not to? Research shows that more than 40% of total exports from developed nations are on software services, translating into a market segment of over a few billion US dollars. Over the last decade, offshore outsourcing of software services has become a proven and very mature industry. It is no longer at the helm of large corporate that can afford to outsource their IT work, but more and more small to medium sized European and American companies are finding the outsourcing as a useful strategic tool for their business to expand and reach further heights. The competition to survive in the industry has never been fiercer and the constant pressure of “doing more with less” compels today’s companies to take the right move to outsource some or all of their software work offshore.

Why outsource?
Lower Cost: Cost is still one of the strongest motivators for outsourcing. You outsource the IT to someone whose business is IT, the core competence. This gives you more time to think about what you do the best – your business!

Higher Productivity: While your business has one less item to worry about the productivity gets a boost-up as a result of more time invested in direct business chain and less money spent on the IT.

Round the clock: With the IT cost down you can afford a customer support system that will run 24-by-7 365-days-a-year.

Access to Right Skills: Outsourcers are rich in the application knowledge and experts in the available technology. Your company needs no more in-house experts to look after the IT; you can even custom-make the support you need from an outsourcer. Pay only for the right skill and that too only when you need.

Improved Quality: Almost all IT houses will have their own quality systems which mean all your IT applications are well documented, quality-assured and often audited for adherence to right development processes. Research shows that most in-house IT developments are ad-hoc and based on need-based immediacy therefore lacking terribly in proper documentation and support manuals. With an outsourcer the documentation is a part of the work you get.

Quicker Time-to-Market: An outsourcing partner reduces your overhead in terms of appointing right staff, training them and then developing what your business needs. You get ready access to a huge pool of talented staff at a reduced cost, ready to start working on your technology requirements. You reach the market quicker.

Are You Ready for Outsourcing?
Please feel free to call one of our friendly customer advisors who will run through your situations and will advise the most suitable outsourcing propositions for you. In general the following will give you some degree of readiness, if they are answered “YES” by you or your team.

• Do I know my exact business requirement to be supported by the IT applications?
• Do I know if there is any off-the-shelf solution for my business need?
• Do I know how much I can spend on IT?
• Do I know exactly when I need the IT systems to be operative?
• Do I have someone from my business who can be a one-point contact for the outsourcing partner for all clarifications they need during the development phase?

Acubesoftware.com model for Outsourcing
We are headquartered in Republic of Ireland (Europe) but we have offices of our technology partners in North America and India. The local office remains the focal point for all commercial dealings. Our technical associates in Ireland or the USA also make the main requirement specification. Once signed off by the business the requirement specification is sent to our offshore development centres in India. The development life cycle is closely monitored by the onsite office (Ireland/USA). Once the system is built the client is requested to do a User Acceptance Testing passing which the main implementation at client’s site takes place.

Thanks to the advancement of telecommunication and Internet technologies the geographic boundary is almost dissolved and there is less and less requirement of face-to-face interaction between the client and the development team. Acubesoftware.com however is still available to travel to your location and initiate the requirement workshop if the client deems this fit for their purpose.