Berlingske Media: How We Set Up IT Department in Ukraine

Jesper Bagger, Project Director at Berlingske Media, shares his company’s outsourcing experiences at the ITB Conference “Off-Shore – How easy can it be?” Berlingske, the oldest Danish media house with a 262-years history, moved a substantial part of its software development to Kiev, Ukraine, in 2010. The key factor driving a corporate decision to outsource [...]

Smartsourcing Nearshore IT Resources for Mobile Software Development in Europe

Over the past decade outsourcing has become a commodity practice used by different industries from ICT and media to healthcare and finance as a response tosuch challenges as a slow time to market, high cost of the in-house product development and maintenance, shortage of sufficient IT resources and others. The question “to outsource or not [...]

Ukraine Doubles Its IT Services Export in 2010

Ukraine’s exports of computer software will reach 1 billion USD in 2010, the country’s Vice Prime Minister Serhiy Tyhypko announced today. Ukraine is the world’s fifth biggest IT services exporter and this figure is doubling every year, making IT the fastest growing export-oriented sector of the country.

Expert Opinions on the Future of Central and Eastern European IT Outsourcing Market

IT Sourcing Europe provides a brief summary of expert opinions on future development of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as a powerful IT outsourcing (ITO) hub, as presented in the “Central and Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review 2010” by Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association (CEEOA).

EU Enlargement and Its Impact on Nearshoring Perspectives

The report made by the global management consulting organization A.T Kearney Global Services Location Index, in which the agency analyzed and ranked top 50 outsourcing destinations worldwide has brought some surprises in terms of location delivery preferences for provision of IT outsourcing services. While American and Asian clusters experienced no significant changes during last year [...]

Why Nearshoring Brings Better Value Than Offshoring

Choosing an outsourcing location has always been a question of risk versus reward. It is obviously much easier to offload corporate IT function to a local vendor, but it will never provide such significant financial advantages as outsourcing to an emerging market with lower costs and taxes. However, the potential risks could be very high [...]

Why nearshore IT development is the best strategic choice for Western Europe’s VC-backed companies

So, you have a bright and innovative idea and want to turn it into a successful and profitable venture? But you have to make a long way prior to putting it on plate, especially here, in Western Europe, where taxes are high, labor rules are rigid and financial support is very scarce.  You also know [...]