There is more than 92.5 billion dollars worth of global outsourcing for software development, with software development accounting for the largest share. The outsourcing of such a vast industry will be fraught with cultural and technical hurdles and hidden costs. …

Finding highly talented engineers with the right skills to complete large development projects is difficult. Most organisations waste a lot of time hiring and training locally. In IT, offshoring is becoming increasingly common as a solution to the talent shortage in places like Western Europe and North America. An offshore…

Even though the US currently holds the record for the highest number of working software engineers worldwide, global shifts in the labour market are set to change this. As the IT industry expands globally, the number of specialists working in the field from abroad rises exponentially. According to various reports…

Influencer marketing continues to speed to new heights and is showing no signs of slowing down. A hybrid of both old and new marketing techniques, it leverages public endorsements by high-profile figures to put a product in front of the right audience with the right messaging. Put simply, it’s a…

No matter your industry, the competition to build the best software or application is fierce. This reason is why software engineers are the backbone of all organisations. Specifically, embedded software developers are best at dealing with the complexities and ensuring that embedded solutions are error-free and work seamlessly with consumer…

With talent shortages preventing many businesses from scaling at the speed they want, alternative ways of building software teams have risen in recent times. However, whether you’re hiring developers locally or building a team overseas, you’ll need to verify tech skills early on in the recruitment process. …

Humans and machines are embarking on a new era of collaboration. This is in part driven by the fact that workplaces are rapidly evolving to allow people to operate remotely and in distributed teams alongside a variety of emerging technologies, such as VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR…

When developing software overseas an organisation often has a few choices — to work with an offshore development company, an outsourcing vendor, or sometimes freelancers hired via an external party. But when comparing an offshore development company vs freelancers, how do you decide which is best? It’s not always easy…

Last year, following widespread job losses in the early months of the pandemic, a high number of job vacancies opened up. Unfortunately, lower unemployment rates led to a tight labour market which meant a massive loss of experienced workers. This situation was made even worse by what experts call the…