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Software Development India
Outsourcing software development to India used to generally involve
outsourcing the coding of a project. Perceived as non core and requiring
relatively lower skills, this sort of work was the staple requirement
of companies outsourcing software development to India. However, as
India's reputation as an attractive offshore destination has been established,
so has its reputation for quality and creativity. Global customers have
become more comfortable with outsourcing to India and Indian software
companies have gained expertise and expanded their range of services
to offer much more than just coding. Creating unique custom made solutions
to cater to varying requirements is what Indian companies are offering.
This issue focuses on what Indian companies can offer in terms of custom
software development.
Moving up the value chain
Offshore software development in India has evolved as software developers
move up the value chain to offer custom software development. India
emerged as a software service exporter in the late 1980s and early 1990s
with the country's transition from centralized planning to a market-oriented
economy. Today Indian companies have the lion's share in the global
outsourcing market and compete with leading multinational suppliers
across the IT solutions spectrum. More
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Approximately one third of Indian programmers today are women. In fact,
NASSCOM puts the figure at 38%, which is a higher figure than their
western counterparts.
India's software industry is expanding by almost 45% each year. By 2008,
software exports from India are expected to reach $50 billion.
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