Guadalajara’s Tech Generation
September 16th, 2011Tec De Monterrey students have some big ideas. Look out.
Investment Forum Highlights Sparkling Performance of Guadalajara
September 9th, 2011
Mexico's NY Consul General kicked off the day
By Bob Scheier and Kirk Laughlin
Nearshore Americas hosted a standing-room only outsourcing forum yesterday in New York City, featuring a deep look at investment opportunities and the robust tech ecosystem emerging out of Guadalajara and the Jalisco State region. Special guest Carlos Sada, Mexico’s Consul General for New York, kicked off the event by remarking that countries like the US and Mexico have to continue to find ways to establish complimentary ties – and those partnerships are exactly what is fueling Guadalajara’s IT exports.
Nagarro Absorbs Lessons Upon Entering Mexico
September 9th, 2011
Nagarro's Gauri: Troubles attracting talent to Monterrey
By Patrick Haller
Driven by a desire to expand into the Latin America market, Nagarro, a subsidiary of the German IT company Allgeier Holding AG, took a leap of faith when it established operations in Monterrey, Mexico after seeing an opportunity to provide services to the Mexican market that no other company was doing.
A year later, the company is still bullish on Mexico, but is also reviewing its positioning given that experienced employees are hard to find, the way of conducting business is different and violence is an ongoing issue.
A Day in the Life: Work and Play in Guadalajara
August 22nd, 2011
Mexico is a better place to outsource than India
Abhijeet Pradhan, a partner with Austin-based IT services firm ITexico, relishes his business trips to Guadalajara.
The Mumbai native has been making the 90-minute flights from Austin to Guadalajara for 16 months now, first to establish the company’s Guadalajara delivery center and later to keep up-to-date with its operations. “It’s a great city,” says the 39-year-old Pradhan, sitting in a modern office inside Guadalajara’s Centro del Software startup incubator. “The food is really good, the weather is really good. You know it’s 100 degrees in Texas right now and it’s low-80s, high-70s here so I’m really glad to be here.”
Latin America Captives: Costa Rica and Panama Poised to See Shared Services Expansion
August 17th, 2011
Rutchik: Captives remove 'incremental risk' of third-party deals
Pace Harmon’s top captives expert talks about maturity of captives, impact from Mexico’s violence and why labor laws favor third-party outsourcers
By Luke Bujarski
Everest Group’s most recent quarterly Market Vista Report came out in recent weeks with some potentially staggering implications for Latin America’s offshoring landscape. The global tally recorded a new 42-month high with 61 new captive announcements and zero divestitures. Yet most of these announcements were located in Asia, followed by Eastern Europe and Africa. What then are LatAm’s prospects for captive operators?
Nearshore Americas Teams with Top Mexico Agencies to Deliver Executive Investment and IT Sourcing Event in NYC
August 15th, 2011Nearshore Americas is partnering with Mexico IT and the Ministry of Economic Development for of the State of Jalisco to deliver an invitation-only event for CIOs and global sourcing executives in New York City on September 8. Information on attending the event, “Mexico’s Silicon Valley: Getting the Real Story” is detailed below.
The program will feature a deep analysis and discussion on the full-range of considerations in building ITO/BPO relationships and investments opportunities in Mexico. Among the guest speakers are:
Tony Mataya, a partner with Think Solutions and well-regarded Nearshore sourcing advisor whose career has included leadership roles with IBM, Price Waterhouse Coopers and TPI.
Enrique Cortes, Director for Dell Services Latin America, who was a top ten finisher in the 2010 Nearshore Americas Power 50 and is highly admired for extensive sourcing experience and has deep familiarity with …
Karamouzis: Deliver value or perish.
Exploring why Nearshoring has become “survival of the fittest”
By Patrick Haller
The offshore services sector has come a long way since the nascent years of coding and platform development, moving to infrastructure, remote management and knowledge processing, among other things. The next growth cycle, however has a distinctly Darwinian flavor, says Research Vice President at Gartner, Frances Karamouzis.
The Nearshore has reason to smile, says Atul at Neo Group
By Dan Berthiaume
The US outsourcing market for IT infrastructure appears set for strong growth, and Latin American providers are in an ideal position to capture much of this business. Despite what it characterizes as “modest buying intentions,” a March 2011 Forrester Research report predicts the overall outsourcing market in the US will grow 6.8% to $101 billion for 2011. Help desk, convergent telecommunication/network management services and data center management services are among areas where the largest percentage of infrastructure outsourcing growth should occur.
The Double Life of a Nearshore Software Designer
July 29th, 2011
By day, this award-winning concert pianist develops software for Validata Mexico
By Marnely Rodriguez
Many software developers have a knack for music. But it’s rare to meet one who is also a classically trained pianist who has traveled around the world to play music.
By Patrick Haller
When thinking about doing business in Mexico, cities like Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey immediately come to mind, but what about Aguascalientes? Home to 60 IT firms, including two of Mexico’s largest software development firms, Hildebrando and Softtek, with a Westernized infrastructure, low crime, and a growing talent pool, Aguascalientes is becoming “the small state that could.”
