Nearshoring

The surprising Polish IT Outsourcing potential

by Peter Horsten on April 8, 2013

Typically, when you think of IT Outsourcing you think, India. However, India is not everyone’s holy grail. Many emerging countries might have better conditions. Poland is a prime example of such pearls in IT. [Read more...]

3 Polish cities on Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Cities list

November 11, 2010

Are you looking for the Tholons Top 100 Outsourcing Destinations 2012? Please read my blog post about here. During a webinar organised by Gobal Services analysts of advisory firm Tholons have just released this year’s Top 100 Outsourcing Cities ranking. Although the top 10 didn’t dramatically change the shift towards nearshoring is clearly noticeable. Tholons [...]

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Poland very promising though no longer a low-cost market

November 5, 2010

Yesterday the Polish Investforum 2010 had its kick-off in Gdansk in the beautiful Baltic Philharmonic. Two days long representatives of governmental organizations and foreign investors are discussing the Polish potential. The main objective of the Investforum is to promote the image of Poland and present its attractiveness as the location for foreign investment. The question is [...]

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Outsourcing: the SME market is ready for it

January 17, 2008

Cost reduction, a lack of available resources, focus on the core competences, these are just some reasons to start considering outsourcing of IT activities. Big companies are already used to this way of working. Right now the SME market seems to be ready. On a daily basis I meet SME company owners who consider outsourcing parts of their IT. Their motives differ, their “fear” is identical.

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Showing around Dutch guests

January 8, 2008

This week a group of 12 Dutch students and 5 teachers are visiting Gdansk. The purpose of their visit is to investigate the nearshore opportunities. We already had some nice meetings, among others, with the local government of Gdansk. One of the students’ tasks for this week is to advise the government of Gdansk about [...]

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