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Software Development Outsourcing Trends to Watch Out in 2015

by Deepa Ranganathan Content Writer
When you outsource software development, you are actually saving on your labor costs. Shifting from high cost labor market to low cost labor market will help further your business without really investing much in the overall development cost. Cost saving will remain the main motivation behind outsourcing software development, but according to recent survey reports, a shift in the software development outsourcing trends.

Focus on Results & Flexibility

While cost savings is definitely a factor, more than 50% of the clients outsourcing are looking for quality services. They are looking for quality enabled services which will help them outperform in the markets. Gone are the days of hourly billing. Upfront fees without any upfront volume commitment and on-demand resource availability are the factors driving software development outsourcing.

Outsourcing as Enabler

There are lots of reasons behind outsourcing software development, apart from cost savings. Many companies want to minimize the capital expenditure commitments while there are others who want to shorten the product development cycles. Skills that help further the software development can be easily availed when outsourced. This can push the growth of the organization. This will make the customers look out for price/value ratio, and other factors while choosing the right outsourcing company.

Cloud Infrastructure a Driving Factor

When the company where you are planning to outsource the software development works into the cloud, it also offers innovative products marked by agility. They do offer a competitive edge over the other service delivery models. This will help you get access to products and services easily, and infrastructure maintains sustainability and is more secure.

Decentralization of IT Operations

Gone are the days when internal IT operations occurred in isolation. Now, IT companies are looking to unify the IT operations and unify the IT capabilities. It will become a networked delivery ecosystem, which means each department works in unison with the other.

Security Becomes Priority

Enterprises are in no hurry to adopt the cloud, not because of the technology, but because of the security and privacy concerns they hold. Enterprises are concentrating on privacy and security as well as reliability of the technology. They also want to give up on the traditional hardware based infrastructure. Cloud adoption is definitely slow, but it is definitely something that enterprises are planning for.

Multisourcing Challenges   

When you use more than one service provider for your end-to-end IT service center, you face integration and management challenges. Multisourcing adds to the overhead costs, but customizations are possible owing to the multisourcing. Streamlining and integration of the different options will be considered while outsourcing software development.

Cloud is being adopted by most enterprises, but the adoption level is slow.

Conclusion

Outsourcing will increase the capabilities of your IT operations. You get people who are experienced and skilled to work on your IT needs, thus bringing out the best in your IT infrastructure. Moreover, your resources are freed to concentrate on your core products/services. Hire offshore development company to increase the capabilities of your services.


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