what is software outsourcing

Software outsourcing is that the software companies in the developed countries outsource their non-core software projects to the companies in the developing countries to reduce the cost.

Outsourcing has become an important way for the software companies in developed countries to reduce the cost.The substantial growth in software outsourcing has brought new development opportunities to China and India. A number of companies in China are involved in the software outsourcing area. At present the regions where the software outsourcing industry are more developed are Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, Shenzhen and other cities.

Software outsourcing market status

The global software outsourcing market has reached 100 billion U.S. dollars. Outsources are mainly in North America, Western Europe and Japan, while outsourcers are mainly India, China, and Ireland. Recently, Philippine, Brazil, Russia, Australia and other countries also joined the competition in the world software outsourcing market. India is currently one the largest software outsourcer.In addition, China, Israel, Ireland is also the main outsourcing market.

Trends and Forecasts

    • BPO becomes the development trend of outsourcing
    • Seamless integration and cooperation will become the main form of outsourcing
    • Higher concentration of outsourcing market
    • Outsourcing market becomes mature and standardized
    • IT software outsourcing goes deep into the application of the business

Domestic outsourcing services market trends

    • Gradually from an decentralized and immature market to a matured one
    • China will become a new centre of outsourcing industry after India
    • Domestic market maintained a rapid growth rate
    • Structural transformation of IT outsourcing services, to a high-end service
    • Large enterprises in software outsourcing industry emerge