Offshore IT and its benefits

Why are you afraid of offshore computing? What are the factors that prevent you from engaging on IT offshore/outsourcing? Let's talk honestly about the main stereotype to find out the fact.

The digitalization of the markets is in full swing. A company wishes to increase its profitability and gain market share, they has to digitize all or a part of its business activities. The launch of a digital project requires organization, agility, recruitment of the right skills and especially know how to manage IT projects.

Offshore IT provides a comprehensive and elaborate response to the need of digital transformation for businesses. Offshore IT can cope with business overload. Companies rely on outsourced development in a number of scenarios: to absorb a peak of business activity, to focus on more strategic projects or to bring new technological skills within the company.

All companies may require the services of an offshore IT expert.

The initial need comes from the scarcity and cost of IT resources in France. In this article, thinking about operating an offshore IT provider into business development strategy should be prevailed. Even an industry expert (digital services company – software engineering company – software editors – etc.) can also use it to get a new way of their business development.

Offshore computing is positioned today as a growth accelerator for the company. Digitization is an integral part of growth opportunities. In a competitive environment, constantly challenged by model changes, organizations need to adjust and refine their growth strategies.

Integrating digitalization into one or more parts of your business is one of the ways you can stay attractive and competitive in its market.

Because of bad experiences or a bad image, many companies have a bad idea of ​​offshore. Back to some myths.

The term offshore has no good press. But, what is the relationship between outsourcing a IT project and the Panama Papers scandal? Do not look, there is none. Even today, the mistake is total and it is not the only problem. Here are some misconceptions about outsourcing an offshore IT project.

Why SMEs still do not have the offshore reflex for the development of their IT projects?

Originally, when Offshore computing  in France in the 2000s, the major groups left to open development centers (especially in India) of dozens, even hundreds of developers. The return on investment was only valid for very large projects because the preparation and management phases required for the success of these offshore IT projects were an unacceptable extra cost for small projects. The only offshore solutions for the offshore accessible-to-SME / SMEs  were small local businesses with all the problems that we know about quality and sustainability of the companies. Many SMEs have been disappointed by these cheap but poorly made services. It shows a bad image that still exists today in all minds.

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Today, IT development companies may need a trusted partner

Anyone can outsource its IT project with a offshore company, including software publishers. “What makes the difference is the price and the customer service” assures the co-founder of Bocasay, Romain Juillet.

To succeed in an IT project, you have to manage to get through a lot of pitfalls. If it's not easy, there are always solutions.

A company that uses IT outsourcing will encounter barriers. With our experience as SSII offshore French, we are propose to revisit the pitfalls that accompany most IT outsourcing projects, offshore or not. This concerns everyone and there are always solutions.