Once you have decided to outsource your IT needs and work with a dedicated software development team, you are probably wondering if your company is really saving money. Here we’ll tell you all about it. When thinking about making a software development team bigger or adding extra support to the current group, the option of working with a nearshore software team appears as an interesting alternative that, strategically, will be key for taking your business to another level. However, having made this decision, some concerns may appear: Is it profitable in the short, medium, and long term for the company’s structure? Am I really saving costs by outsourcing a dedicated software development team? Estimating a project’s costs determines the quality and quantity of the resources (money, effort, capability, knowledge, and time) that will be needed to…

Whether you’re developing a new customer app or updating your legacy system, you’ll want to look south. Here’s why Argentina is making a name for itself as a hub for app development and software engineering.   Globalization has changed the business ecosystem forever. After two decades, however, the question isn’t whether to outsource — it’s where it makes the most sense to do the outsourcing. Increasingly, the best answer is to move it closer to home. This is true in just about every industry we can think of but especially in the field of software development. As companies continue to chase cross-border efficiencies through outsourcing their IT projects, many are finding that Argentina, not Asia or Eastern Europe, delivers the goods. We’ve written about the benefits of outsourcing…

When Laura Lee Sparks left her job as a law firm manager to launch her own business, she knew from the beginning that there were certain tasks she didn’t want to handle. The owner of Legal Marketing Maven–a firm that helps law firms streamline their practices through outsourcing–Sparks practiced what she preached from the start, hiring an outside bookkeeper and slowly adding to her virtual team of contractors. Within months, her business revenues reached six figures. “Most entrepreneurs have great talents but many times they think they can do it all,” Sparks says. “That can really stall the growth of the business. By outsourcing the day to day back-office tasks, the business owner has more time to focus on generating income.” Entrepreneurs have long seen outsourcing as a strategy reserved…