Neoris Announces Mobile App Development Services
April 25th, 2012Mobile application development is the latest offering from Neoris. The global business and IT consulting company has also developed its own native app for the iPhone, Neoris Mobile, available for download from the iTunes store. The Neoris app easily toggles between English, Spanish and Portuguese for real-time access to the company’s press releases, Twitter feed, YouTube channel, white papers and office locations worldwide.
Neoris Mobile is also available for the Android platform and can be downloaded on Google’s Play Store. Android currently leads the smartphone market, deeming it mission critical to have apps that run on this platform, according to Neoris’ Mobile Solutions Team.
Since apps are actual applications that are installed on a mobile device, the main features are that they can be accessed without a browser or an Internet connection — major advantages for a remote, agile workforce that requires real-time access to collaboration tools, reports and functionality while on …
Nearshore Nexus ’12: A Historic Day Filled with Passion and Purpose
April 23rd, 2012Nearshore Nexus – the ‘home conference’ for the thriving Latin America BPO and IT industry – created a huge splash last week in New York City. Capturing the passion and energy of over 200 executive attendees, twenty sponsors and attendees from 15 countries in the region is a tall order – but our photographer managed to distill the full-day program into this colorful pictorial..
India Losing Cost Advantage Over Latin America
April 23rd, 2012
By Robert L. Scheier
Hourly labor costs in the Latin American Nearshore are still slightly higher than in traditional low-cost leader India. But other factors such as faster time to market and simplified communications often still make the Nearshore the better choice, according to speakers at the Nearshore Nexus outsourcing conference in New York City last week.
Make Vendor Selection Process “Visible and Transparent”
April 20th, 2012
Ahluwalia was among 25 experts speakers at yesterday's Nexus conference.
By Patrick Haller
When it comes to making sourcing decisions, buyers have many things to consider. They need to look beyond the surface cost benefits and truly evaluate if there will be synergy between their organization and the outsourcing provider that will lead to mutual successes not only in the short-term, but well into the future. Vishal Ahluwalia, Executive Director-Head Outsourcing/Off-shoring WMA Ops at UBS Wealth Management, a recognized global sourcing evangelist, has been effectively implementing and managing outsourced vendor relationships for close to twenty years.
Uribe Declares New Day for Nearshore at Nexus
April 19th, 2012
Uribe highlighted positive social, political and business developments in the Latin American/Caribbean region
Kirk Laughlin, CEO of Nearshore Americas, kicked off today’s Nearshore Nexus Conference at the Crowne Plaza in New York City by stating nearshore outsourcing has gone from “novel to mainstream.” Laughlin promised that conference speakers would illustrate how outsourcing destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean are “no longer in the shadow of India or China,” but have instead become vibrant providers of sophisticated IT and business outsourcing services in their own right. The first speaker, former President of the Republic of Colombia Mr. Alvaro Uribe, delivered on that promise.
Production in Brazil Almost as Expensive as Europe
April 18th, 2012By Filipe Pacheco
It might be surprising and paradoxical at the same time, but when it comes to business competitiveness, Brazil can be almost as expensive as developed European countries. A study recently published by KPMG shows that producing in the country is almost as expensive as doing it in places such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. According to the research, called Competitive Alternatives, it is more expensive to produce in Brazil than in any of the other of the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) plus Mexico, which are some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
By Clayton Browne
There is a growing consensus among international economists that Argentina’s decade-long economic boom is rapidly becoming an out-of-control inflationary spiral. Real inflation has grown at 20+% annually for over three years, and the Argentine government is clearly in denial or even cover-up mode regarding the situation.
Many businesses in Argentina are already struggling from the double-digit inflation, especially industries like outsourcing that rely largely on income from outside of Argentina, and things are only going to get worse as most sources expect Argentina’s inflation rate to approach 25% in 2012.
Special E-Book Report: Software Innovation Requires Lean Approach
April 16th, 2012
The ten page E-book is available here
Aided by the emergence of increasingly advanced software engineering practices and tools, a “factory” approach to software development has become pervasive in the past 20 years. The concept that process and methodology were more important than people to software development efforts helped build a booming IT services outsourcing industry in India. However, as detailed in a new report from Nearshore Americas, Collaborate, Innovate, Accelerate, outsourcing software development based on a traditional model of cost arbitrage and heavy specification and process has produced a generation of de-motivated IT professionals who have lost the spirit needed to solve problems and come up with innovative ideas.
Mon Dieu! Montreal’s Tech Entrepreneurs Target Design and Multimedia
April 13th, 2012By Luke Bujarski
Montreal’s recent start-up boom is putting Quebec Province on the map as a social media and cloud-driven innovation hub. What used to be a conservative tech city hosting primarily ‘big’ IT including Research in Motion and Nortel Networks is quickly rebranding itself as a top-shelf start-up ecosystem. Companies like Ateneo Digital, Bespoke Mobility, and Art Sumo are just three of what could soon be global household names sprouting out of Montreal. The tech community in Montreal also draws parallels between Silicon Valley in terms of city size, educational resources, and cultural diversity.
Why is IBM Tying up with Brazil’s Most Famous Billionaire?
April 12th, 2012
By Filipe Pacheco
The encounter of two giants: one of them is IBM, a global IT provider, and the other is Eike Batista, the richest man in Brazil and the commander of a corporate empire in the country. Together, they closed a deal that includes the construction of an industrial tech center and the supply of outsourcing services of around US$ 1 billion in a ten year interval.
