What Is Offshore Software Development, And Why Is It Crucial?

 Offshore software development is another name for ‘outsourcing’ or “offshoring” in software engineering. “Offshoring” is the process of engaging an external vendor in another country to undertake the responsibility of developing software, testing software and products by way of offshore software development services. Offshoring has been a well–known and established model of getting work done. 

There aren’t any dilemmas these days, courtesy of high-quality remote team management tools and video conferencing software, which handles all the work efficiently by collaborating with the mainly hired offshore software development company.

Importance Of Offshore Software Development

Developing a software product or service, their modules, testing them, and/or sustaining the same are very important but at the same time challenging activities for any organization. Companies prefer to have their core teams to always work on new enhancements as per their customers’ needs, and instead of doing everything in house, “outsource” some aspects of the workload like product maintenance, bug fixing, testing to an outside vendor in same region. And in some cases companies outsource activities which needs skill-set they don’t possess in-house. This outsourcing to the vendor in the same region also has the same constraints, as the costs are higher, and resource availability may be lower. This is where “Offshoring” comes in, it is “outsourcing” to another country where appropriate talent is available and most certainly at a lower cost. It allows building larger teams approximately in the same budget, helping get access to resources with a wider variety of skill sets, experience, etc.

Why Should Companies Use Offshore Software Development?

Offshoring the development has several benefits and hence is advisable for anyone who is looking to scale for new product/service offerings or even just to focus on new aspects while the current modules/versions are maintained properly in parallel.

∙ Staff Augmentation:

It helps in evaluating the existing resources and then determining which additional skills are required. The allocation of dedicated offshore developers, enables faster scaling of good quality resources with necessary skillset with seamless integration with your in-house team. 

∙ Access to High Quality Talent:

Offshore software development enables to hire dedicated remote development team who have the needed skills, academic backgrounds and technical/management experience. These offshore developers are experienced in new and latest technologies.

∙ Faster Time to Market:

With utilizing offshore software development services, remote software development teams working in different time zones allows work to be done almost round the clock resulting in timely deliverables, helps companies to release their products on time. Results in a timely return on your investments.

∙ Cost Effectiveness:

Working with an established Offshore Software Development Company, you don’t have to set up any workspace, or any IT infrastructure, it reduces your operational cost. Another aspect is that you are able to save on all the hiring time and other related costs. In addition offshore development companies offer transparent flexible pricing structure for their offshore developers. IT Offshoring easily save up to 50% – 70% or more of personnel and operational expenses.

∙ Risk Mitigation:

Avoids the situation of efforts spent on local hiring, training, and trying out the resources only to realize the output is not as expected. With engaging Offshore Software Development Company, the resources pool can be hired and/or replaced, if need be, relatively quickly.

∙ Flexibility:

Companies that utilize offshore software development services are provided with the advantages of supplemental flexibility in their workforce. Allows planning on short-term or long-term project teams, which can be increased or decreased as per need without much hassles to incorporate seamlessly with your company’s in-house software development team.

Why QualEx Systems For Offshore Software Development Services?

Offshore outsourcing gives businesses a competitive advantage in today’s technologically progressive world. Offshore software development outsourcing might be complex, but with accurate knowledge and technique, you can end up with suitable software for a fraction of the expense of sustaining an offshore software development team, starting to employ, manage, and maintain a software development team.

If you are also looking out for an offshore software development team to build a customized software product that meets your specific business needs? QualEx’s got you covered! We are a team that specializes in software product development, end-to-end project management, and storage management. 

QualEx Systems has been into offshore software development since January 2000. It is led by highly experienced management who have experience in USA and India. QualEx Systems have handled various types of projects and built Offshore Development Center (ODC) for many leading US and UK Corporations. We are the best company to setup, build, manage/operate captive centers in a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) engagement models having done this multiple times for world leading corporations like EMC, Google, Seagate, VMware, Courion to name a few.