Santiago, Dominican Republic: Playing the Value Card in the Increasingly Hot Caribbean
June 6th, 2012
By Jon Tonti
With Santiago’s labor costs standing at 20-30% less than those of Santo Domingo for everything from call center agents to software developers, is Santiago the place to get the most value for your outsourcing dollar in the Dominican Republic?
EffectiveSite Expands in Jamaica
October 5th, 2011Riding its record success and growth in 2011, RealDecoy is expanding its offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and especially its subsidiary, EffectiveSite, in Kingston, Jamaica. The company is expanding its Jamaican office an incredible 800 percent to accommodate plans to grow employee numbers by 500 percent. This, along with significant expansion across its other locations, is in keeping with the company’s on-going growth expectations. RealDecoy enables organizations of all sizes to maximize their web presence in order to achieve vital business objectives. They provide end-to-end web technology expertise around agile business intelligence, content management, ecommerce, enterprise and faceted search, and managed services.
Overall the number of employees at RealDecoy grew by 50 percent in 2011, coinciding with a remarkable 90 percent increase in revenue. Currently the company has 44 openings available and anticipates an ongoing need for increased staffing in the year ahead. The new facilities can accommodate RealDecoy’s immediate growth …
COUNTRY PROFILE: Ecuador Strives for a Role in Global Software
August 2nd, 2011
The country’s young tech sector is growing, but high attrition and lack of English proficiency remain key obstacles
By Sarah Biggerstaff
Ecuador may not be the first country that comes to mind when considering global outsourcing destinations. However, in recent years Quito, the nation’s capital with a population of 2 million people, has begun to make a name for itself in the global market.
Honduras Outsourcing Country Section is One-Stop Briefing Center
March 9th, 2011
Close followers of Nearshore Americas may have noticed in the last week we injected some new features and freshened up the look of these pages. (More improvements and a big expansion – next week – are on the way, so stay tuned.) One of the standout additions we have made is the launch of “Honduras Outsourcing“, a section devoted entirely to answering key questions investors and sourcing customers have about a county that is one of leading ‘cost-to-value plays’ in the nearshore region.
The section is the first true “Country Briefing Center” within the Nearshore Americas brand. For months, readers have asked us for better ways to navigate into sections of the site which look at single countries. The Country Briefing Center is our answer. Altia Business Park, a world-class BPO facility that recently opened in San Pedro Sula, …
