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Globalization and Outsourcing

May 17th, 2009 by eric

Demand for Rapid Development of New and Better Software Technology Applications Makes Collaborative Effort & Quality Outsourcing Necessary

We always hear about the need to be the first-to-market applications to make businesses processes more efficient and to provide real-time and wireless access to intelligent information.

And of course, we want more applications Read More

Reality about Outsourcing and China - Part II

May 15th, 2009 by eric

In part I of this series, we discussed large corporations and engineering firms opening up new and innovative technology centers all over the world.  China being one of the prime location for such investments.

China’s Response to Increasing Global Competition in Software Development Outsourcing

Direction of software development outsourcing today has drastically Read More

Reality about Outsourcing and China - Part I

May 13th, 2009 by eric

Outsourcing to China will persist.

Despite what seems to be the common thought behind outsourcing, it was never ‘just about cost’. But access to talent and most importantly, access to lucrative international markets.

China’s market of over one billion potential consumers and businesses is an economic incentive for EU and U.S. companies Read More

Web 2.0 Companies and the Competitive Edge

May 11th, 2009 by eric

As all of us in the small and mid sized entrepreneurial web 2.0 consulting and software development business are well aware of, both the processes of creating and selling successful tech products have become increasingly globally competitive,

Small to medium-sized U.S. Tech Companies and start-ups have the following ‘capabilities wish-list’:

Develop products Read More

2008 China IT, Software, and Outsourcing Revenues

April 30th, 2009 by maggie

Source: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

2008 China IT Total Revenue (Billions)

2008 2007
CNY (¥) USD ($) CNY (¥) USD ($) Change (%)
Total 6,300 926 5,600 824 12.5
Manufacturing 5,120 753 4,540 668 12.8
Software 757 111 583 86 29.8
Other 423 62 477 70 N/A
2008 China IT Software Read More