

Software outsourcing is a new concept which has seen a huge boom in recent years. Software outsourcing refers to a process in which some part of the work is outsourced to other organizations on contractual basis.
Continue readingThe global information and communications technology (ICT) industry could become a ‘borderless state’ by 2015, according to IT analyst Gartner.
Continue readingThe marketing strategy is closely linked to the sales strategy which has at it’s core the subscription billing method.
Continue readingSMEs in the software and IT services sector are challenging gloomy economic projections according to a survey from Intellect, the UK technology trade body.
Continue readingOutsourcing has become a “charged’ word. It is an important concept to understand because of its business applications (both for corporations and for small businesses) and because of its political implications.
Continue readingWhere can a mid-market company find outsourced solutions that offer the capabilities of a tier-one service provider for large enterprises? It’s a question that mid-market companies have asked a lot lately as they are increasingly adopting the outsourcing model for their back-office and IT outsourcing processes.
Continue readingCIO’s in Western Europe, especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are facing a serious challenge. In 2007, for the first time since the peak of the internet bubble in 2000, the demand for IT specialists exceeded the supply. The last BITKOM survey indicated that 43% of the German companies encounter serious difficulties in finding appropriate IT staff.
Continue readingIn our advisory work at GoalEurope when IT executives came to us to help find the best possible location to outsource software development, we often recommended Ukraine.
Continue readingCentral and Eastern Europe (CEE) is an important region for services offshoring. The imports of IT-based services from Central and Eastern Europe into the EU-15 rose by an average of 13% per year between 1992 and 2007. Imports from India, by comparison, increased only slightly faster during the same period at 14% per year.
Continue readingIn the era of global knowledge-based economy, informational technology (IT) plays a unique role in increasing competitiveness of all the different sectors of the economy and the country as a whole, because IT helps to spur productivity in the production process, to bring businesses to the global level, to make government more transparent and keep society informed.
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