Why outsource your project to Belarus?
Qulix Systems is an international company with offices in Russia and UK, and with main production facilities in Belarus. This section describes advantages of that region for outsourcing of IT projects.
Qualified resources
Belarus has a wealth of intellectual resources that are known for their IT excellence. This huge intellectual potential derives from the times of former Soviet Union when Belarus was the assembly plant for a huge country. At independence, the country inherited one of the highest standards of scientific and technical potential. A large number of technical universities, schools, labs, and scientific institutions have rich traditions in training highly qualified technical specialists, who have technical excellence to rival their colleagues from Western Europe and the USA. The emphasis on fundamentals, science, and logical thinking gives our graduates the ability to develop creative solutions, rather than just write code. An illustration of Belarus programming prowess is the victory of Belarusian State University Team in the 28th World Championship in Programming.
Low costs
Another important reason for outsourcing to Belarus is that labor costs are significantly lower than in other countries. Typically, rates of Belarusian software houses are about seven times lower than that of the US or Western Europe. Combined with high level of technical expertise it makes Belarus even more competitive.
Government support
The Belarusian government supports the companies, operating in the sphere of IT. One of the first steps was the practical implementation of "Electronic Belarus 2001-2010" program, which is intended to speed up the development of infrastructure and IT-sector in governmental organizations. One of the main goals of nowadays is the creation of national "High Tech Park", integrating developed infrastructure, tax and customs exemptions and benefits. Thus, "High Tech Park" is aimed to become a business-incubator for the IT companies, stimulating further development of this sphere.
Cultural proximity
The companies, which decided to outsource, want to minimize their risks. Thus, they look into their vendor's country political situation and cultural proximity. The real advantage of Belarus is its stable political regime, which favors and develops the traditions of strong IT industry. The spirit of tolerance and the high cultural level of Belarusians favored coexistence among the various nationalities proving that diversity is not an obstacle to good relations.
High Human Development Index
According to the UN 2004 Human Development Report, Belarus ranks 62nd with Human Development Index equal to 0.79, which is very close to the group of countries with high level of human development. Other former Soviet Union republics are placed as follows: Estonia - 36th, Lithuania - 41st, Latvia - 50th, Russia - 57th, Ukraine - 70th, Kazakhstan - 78th, Armenia - 82nd; while China is 94th and India 127th.
Advantageous location
Belarus is situated in the geographical centre of Europe, bordering Russia in the east and Poland in the west. It takes two hours to fly from Paris or Berlin and only seven hours from the USA to reach Minsk. Belarusian offshore software development companies normally compensate for the time difference with their European and even American clients by adjusting their working schedules so as to have maximum overlapping hours for mutual contact.
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