Offshore software outsourcing involves shifting of software development activities by a company to third party service vendors or software firms that may be located in offshore destinations. Software development is a specialized task that involves huge investments and a specialized workforce. Outsourcing the same could give the companies a chance to develop software at a lower rate, employ specialized labor at a cheaper cost, promote software research and save time. This is the reason why most companies decide to outsource their software development activities to offshore destinations.

Software Outsourcing Destinations

There are many offshore destinations for software outsourcing like India, China, Philippines, Ireland, Russia etc. But India as a software outsourcing destination stands out of the rest. India as of now has the biggest market for software outsourcing as compared to other nations and is one of the most popular destinations owing to its talented computer literate workforce, comparatively cheap labour and the best infrastructure for technology. India also has the record of exporting software to 95 different countries and has well established software vendors and firms that are quality certified.

Advantages of Software Outsourcing

Through software outsourcing a company benefits by

• Getting access to specialized labor at low rates


• Cutting human resource costs


• Cutting operational costs


• Reducing software project expenditure


• Ensuring proper project management


• Software research at lower rates


• Reducing training costs