Near Shore v. Off Shore
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Near Shore S.A. provides near shore and near sourcing development and services.
General Benefits of Near Shore Development & Services:
- Support in the same time zone as US clients
- Closer physical proximity to US clients
- A better cultural affinity/understanding for US clients
Benefits of Being in the Same Time Zone as the Client:
- Ability to support the Agile development methodology
- Real time review of requirements -- No more lost days playing email tag!
- Real time review of QA test results -- No more lost cycles!
- Real time review of change requests
- Real time meetings within the normal US work day
- No need for an extended work days to support teams in other time zones -- No more 4 AM phone meetings!
- Decreased wear and tear on managers managing remote teams (in comparison to off shore solutions)
- Lower travel expenses ($500 to $1000 to Costa Rica v. $4000 to India)
- Lower travel time (2.5 to 6 hour flight from US to Costa Rica v. multiple days lost traveling to India)
Speed is of the essence, so time proximity is becoming a winning value proposition for software development!
For more information on the benefits of Near Shore, please Contact Us or read the white paper below...
