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This section is for companies located outside of India and are still evaluating whether doing business in India is such a good idea.
In the last few years, India has emerged as an alternate software development
center for several major companies. In its favor are the following,
- Low wages and hence low cost of operating a development group in India.
- Availability of a large number of qualified engineers.
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The following factors are usually mentioned as reasons against development in India.
- Problems/Cost of doing distributed development. These can be viewed primarily as problems of Communication and Integration.
- Inability to closely monitor the work being done.
- Low productivity in India because of inadequate infrastructure.
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On Balance
The additional cost of doing Remote Development reduces with the size of the project and the duration. As the team in India works closely with the team in the US, the communication problems would come down.
Integration related problems with Remote Development can be minimized by carefully carving out and clearly defining the work to be done in India.
Infrastructure availability is rapidly improving in India. In metropolitan areas (especially Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad), all the services necessary for software development are easily available (like DSL modem services, uninterrupted power supply, ability to buy and service personal and server class machines etc.). Infrastructure differences would be even less of an issue going forward. This would also reduce the cost of doing remote development over the long term.
The legal structures required for setting up and operating an export oriented software company are quite mature in India. The stable political and economic conditions in India also make it a favorable destination for software development.
So on balance, in the immediate term, a development group in India provides an opportunity to find resources quickly to meet the requirements of a project. In the medium to longer term it would help in managing the growth and in reducing the overall cost of development for the Client.
Take a look at Nasscom's_website to learn more about the Indian Software Industry.
Solnet Technologies' Strength
Solnet Technologies is eminently suited to address the needs of Clients
outside India. Our strengths in this are numerous.
- We have experience developing software for client in the US. All the kinks in doing remote development have already been ironed out.
- The managing partner has worked in the US for several years and has experience doing distributed development.
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With our partner in the US we can provide local billing in US as well as immediate support.
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