Lavasoft chooses Sri Lanka to outsourcing software services

A news coming out that LavaSoft, one of the world’s leading anti-spyware organisations, has selected Sri Lanka as the destination to outsource its software development. LavaSoft was looking out for the ideal location in a South Asian region country with high skills and an ethical workforce that was able to deliver high quality software services.



Based in Gothenberg, Sweden, LavaSoft is the world’s first Anti Spyware organisation, which commenced operations in Germany in 1999 before moving to Sweden in 2002. In keeping with their corporate mission statement to “deliver high quality security software solutions that protect individual computer users”, LavaSoft, from their very first commercial application onwards has evolved to represent a vast range of internationally reputed, quality Anti-Spyware products, and has grown to become the global pioneer in this arena. Having won countless awards and high recognition, LavaSoft currently has over 4,000 partners in 120 countries. With over 350 million Ad-Aware downloads which have made it the largest marketing base in the global software security industry, LavaSoft continues to be the world-leader in the field of Anti-Spyware today.

LavaSoft executives were directed to this region by the Swedish Trade Council. After a study tour to Sri Lanka and filtering through eight local software outsourcing companies operating in Colombo, Lavasoft made its decision after analysing the competence, quality and delivery track record by the prospective outsourcing partners. Having selected Eurocenter DDC as their partnering company in Sri Lanka, LavaSoft commenced this exclusive partnership for outsourced execution with the local software engineering company.

“We were very impressed by the efficiency, competence and world class professionalism with which Eurocenter handled our initial pilot project” said Cliff Everingham, CTO of LavaSoft. He added “It was nice to meet a company in Sri Lanka which had the skill-set, hands-on experience and the capacity to deliver beyond our expectations, which is exactly what we were seeking. With a fast project turnaround timeframe and high level of competency we are now more than assured that we found the ideal company to work with in Eurocenter DDC”.

“Lavasoft’s partnership with Eurocenter is yet another testimony to our capability and efficiency to deliver high quality software services to global software companies” stated Mano Sekaram, CEO Eurocenter DDC, who added that it also endorses that “Sri Lanka is fast becoming a destination of choice to global companies to outsources software services“.

Offshore Outsourcing – Challenges In 2009

Found an interesting article on 2009 Offshoring challenges written by Maneet Puri - Director of LeXolution IT Services - have a look

The year 2008-09 has not been very good for businesses. With the global economic calamity and recession, businesses across the world have suffered severe damages. But the worst hit has been for the outsourcing industry. But the trouble doesn't end here. In fact, the offshore outsourcing industry has many other challenges staring at face. Here are some of them...

Recession

There was a time when offshore outsourcing was considered to be responsible for recession. However, at present economic recession poses as a severe threat to the outsourcing industry. Because of the bad state of American economy, Indian outsourcing industry that is almost solely dependent on the former has to face severe impacts. American companies have reduced their IT budgets and that leads to less (or no) work being outsourced to offshore continents.

Company Scandals

The Satyam debacle that happened recently made the whole world take notice of what has happened and question the ethics of Indian outsourcing companies. The scandal had exposed the dirty corruption practices of the industry and the international companies are much more skeptical about transferring their work to India now. The corporate governance of India is at question here and trying to gain back the confidence is quite a challenge.

Other Outsourcing Hubs

In addition to the sad market situation, there is also pressure of increasing competition. Though India is the world's favorite outsourcing destination, there are other emerging outsourcing centers like Philippines, China etc. Though Philippines is poor and lacks political stability, it is heavily banking on outsourcing to bring in country revenue. Like wise China, Russia and other countries of Eastern Europe are starting to compete with the service providers of India. In fact, China is on the second position after India in the field of offshore outsourcing.

Obama and American Policies

Obama has strong anti-outsourcing views and he has proposed the removal of tax benefits for companies that outsource their work to offshore continents. This would discourage more and more American companies to send their jobs overseas. This would add on to the already declined amount of outsourcing. The Indian outsourcing industry is faced with the huge challenge to overcome on this regards.

Indian Politics and Uncertainty

The general elections have taken place in India. And the new government has been formed. But it is yet to see the policies that are created for the offshore outsourcing industry. In fact, till the period of uncertainty is there, there will only be a skeptical attitude towards the outsourcing industry.

Indian outsourcing industry is going through a bad phase. It has all these challenges to cope up with and come over. But then again, the concept of offshore outsourcing has immense potential that cannot be undermined by any business. It is a powerful business strategy to cut investment costs and get access to high quality services and thus expand their profit margins. And this is something all businesses look forward to. Thus even in the wake of all these challenges, the Indian outsourcing industry has all the potential to come through unscathed.

Vote for “India – Still An Outsourcing King”?? YES / NO

When anyone talks about outsourcing, India's name comes up in mind as an undisputed King in Business Process outsourcing, Offshore Software Development and ITES. Due to new emerging countries in Outsourcing field now a question arises “Will India remain outsourcing King? “

In one of the best IT research magazine Gartner says, “In terms of offshore centers, India remains the undisputed leader, with China and Russia emerging as strong contenders” Gartner identifies the growth in offshore outsourcing to India and other developing countries as one of the most significant shifts in IT in the near term.

But competition in not over yet, another research magazine Forbes report says “similar low-cost technology centers in China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Russia and Pakistan are sprouting up and already competing for a share in outsourcing projects, making it increasingly unlikely that India can retain its "reign" as "the outsourcing king" for long.

The figure of $50 billion software exports by 2008 as predicted by Indian National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) is too ambitious and may be difficult to realize. If India fails to meet this target, it may lose its competitive edge.

However, it is too early to speculate in those terms because under the given circumstances there is no threat to India's status in the outsourcing world and for various reasons the West will always prefer India over its rivals. In fact, it can boast of adding more feathers to its crown. What do you think, Will India loose his place in Outsourcing and Offshore Software Development?? Rohit Raghvendra Tripathi

Offshore Product Development

Today we need Offshore Product Development because everyone wants best work in cheap rates. Offshore product development (OPD) is the form of outsourcing where product-engineering services are outsourced in the creation of a software product. Partnering with an offshore software company can significantly lower the cost of developing a product. This can directly affect the bottom line of your product development initiative. I think this is the reason why multinational companies are opening offices in different countries like Russia, India, Canada and many other countries so that they can outsource software products at cheap rates. In recent past many silicon-based companies started offshoring their product development and software development activities to locations such India, Russia, Canada etc.

India is a major country in this field of offshore product development followed by Russia and China, but other countries are also in this race like Ukraine, Vietnam, Philippines, Belarus, Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary. Now coming to India, it is a major player of offshore product development game. Indian cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, and Noida are the favorite locations for multinational companies in India. You know why India is famous place in the world for Offshore software Development ???? because india is my country and i am Rohit Tripathi

Software Development in India – Rohit Tripathi

India has emerged as a major software development destination in the world. Best Software Development Companies of the world are from India because this country has many advantages over others. It has a very large number of English speaking populations, which is more than in any other non-English speaking country. India has geographical advantage also. Being almost 12 hours ahead of US helps the workforce to follow the sun approach for outsourcing. Even the government in India has a very positive approach for the industry and is keen to extend every possible hand to help them grow rapidly. A lot of tax incentives are been give to Software industry. Special Economic Zones are being setup for the IT and software industry.

The future of outsourcing software to India is promising. Phenomenal growth is being seen here that has led to a huge competition between Software development companies. Every company is working to outdo each other to climb the ladder of success. This has increased the demand for software developers. Skilled developers are being rewarded well. The key is to possess apt subject knowledge along with a command over communicating skills.

Offshore Software Development

Offshore Software Development is provision of software development services by an external supplier positioned in a country that is geographically remote from the client enterprise; a type of offshore outsourcing. The main reason behind the companies to use offshore software development services is the higher development cost of the local service providers. The global software R&D services market as contrasted to ITO and BPO is rather young and currently is at early stages of its development.

India is the leading country in the Offshore software Development and Outsourcing software development . Other offshore software development destinations include Philippines, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Belarus[citation needed], Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary), Egypt, Argentina.

In India, offshore software development can be performed in all major cities and regions of the country. The cities are categorized into Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3. Bangalore, Mumbai is in Tier 1, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, NOIDA, Gurgaon, Navi Mumbai is in tier 1-1, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mohali/Chandigarh, Bhopal these reigons are in tier 2, and Coimbatore, Mysore, Nasik, Kochin, Nagpur, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Patna these all in tier 3.

So india’s future is Very Bright in Offshore Software Development and Outsourcing software development