Outsourcing is an effective cost-saving strategy when you contract with another company (usually foreign) or person to do a particular function. There are many benefits from outsourcing, for example it lets organizations hire employees for performing certain tasks and pay only for them. There is no need to hire and train permanent staff. Outsourcing pays off because you can choose from experienced and reliable specialists worldwide. Besides transferring external staff helps to handle the peak loads easily.

The software industry is one of the most quickly developing and growing areas, that is why companies feel the need for hiring qualified staff. That explains why more and more companies (such giants as Motorola, Oracle, and Microsoft) are taking advantage of outsourcing nowadays.

Certainly, there is the other side of the coin. The success of a business depends heavily on the country chosen for outsourcing. Many companies in the USA and Europe prefer to transfer software development job to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and India. This article covers the pros and cons of software outsourcing in Belarus.

Advantages of software development outsourcing in Belarus

Human resources

Historically in Belarus there are many universities and institutes that provide free higher education. Therefore many young people have an opportunity to get it. But the applicants have to go through very strict selection procedure and then make the best efforts to have the highest results. Therefore the traditional education is on a very high level and the students become really high-level professionals.

Also there are many new private institutes. Their education program is more flexible and can quickly react to any requirements of the market. Nowadays they make the main emphasis on IT-specializations like developers, designers, testers, analysts, etc.

It is important to realize that higher education in Belarus means not only deep knowledge in the chosen specialization but also lateral thinking and capabilities to solve complicated and intensive tasks. That is why the Belorussian developers are known as the experts with broad-based knowledge who are able to provide top-quality products.

Rates

What is the most important thing for the customer? Without a doubt, the goal is to get the highest quality product at a low price. The cost of software products made in Belarus is much less than the one in the USA or in Western Europe. Firstly, the average rate per hour is much less here; secondly, the Belorussian developers can perform many types of qualified work - one person can be a developer, a business analyst and a manager at the same time. Also personal responsibility is very high here so the customer is absolutely sure that his/her money won't be wasted.

Geographic location

Belarus is situated exactly in the center of Europe. The neighboring countries are Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine and Russia. The country has good transport connections with many European capitals and there is no problem to reach almost any point of Europe in two or three hours. As for more distant countries, one can be there in a couple of hours if he takes a connecting flight in Moscow.

The approximate flight time from Minsk (the capital of Belarus) to Moscow is 1 hour and 30 minutes, to Vilnius is 40 minutes, to Paris is 3 hours, to Prague is 1 hour and 45 minutes, to Berlin is 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Therefore such favorable location of Belarus allows having private meetings with the team in different countries when required.

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