By Dennis Barker

“Outsourcing  demands input from the right side of the brain. Partners have to fit in culturally, socially, and generationally” – says Jamie McClellan, CIO at JWT, third from left. Speakers at last night’s Times Square “IT Innovations” Conference included (l to r): Mihai Pohontu, VP, Development Services, Electronic Arts; Martin Migoya, CEO at Globant; McClellan, Guilbert Englebienne, CTO at Globant,   Patrick Chanezon, Client and Cloud Advocacy Manager at Google; Kevin West, VP of Operations at PRNewswire and Kirk Laughlin, Founder/ Editorial Director at Nearshore Americas.

NEW YORK CITY – IT outsourcing service providers that want to work with major tech companies had better, in the immortal words of James Brown, “get up, get into it, and get involved.”

Representatives from several leading-edge sourcing buyers made it clear at a panel discussion here at the NASDAQ Building in Times Square last night  that they’re looking for providers who aren’t just skilled developers but who also know how to engage as real partners in a project. Taking orders and typing code won’t be enough. Oh, and playing video games can also be important.

Risky Behavior Encouraged

Representatives from Google, Electronic Arts, global adverting giant JWT, and PR Newswire—all of them technology talent scouts—emphasized that above all they are looking for people who are innovative.

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — Globant, leader in the creation of innovative software products that appeal to global audiences, today announced that it has been included in the list of “Cool Vendors” in the Cool Vendors in Business Process Services 2010(1) report by Gartner, Inc.

As described in the report, “Cool vendors in business process services are focused on developing high-impact offerings.” Gartner´s report includes four examples of vendors that are making the most of new technologies, business concepts and service delivery models.

“We consider our inclusion in the Cool Vendor report by Gartner confirmation of the quality of our work,” stated Martin Migoya, Globant CEO and co-founder. “We are extremely proud of the accomplishments that the team is achieving, offering engineering and innovation in every software product we build. We aim to keep on delivering the best for our customers.”

Gartner analysts specializing in IT services and business process services …

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By Kirk Laughlin, NSAM Editorial Director

Quick: Name a Latin American software dev firm that will land on NASDAQ within two years, boasting strong revenue and a world-beating reputation for building slick online social networking apps?

Answer: Try Argentina’s Globant, a classic Latin American success story that has so much upside that India Inc. (major India-based global services firms) has already tried to scoop it up.

Nearshore Americas sat down with Martin Migoya, the energetic chief executive of Globant and one of four founders of the company, recently in New York City, to talk about the firm’s big ambitions to become one of the world’s premiere offshore software development players.

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SOURCE: ECONOMIC TIMES

BANGALORE/MUMBAI: India’s top outsourcing companies are now exploring acquisition opportunities in the Latin American countries, as more customers demand nearshore delivery capabilities for physical proximity and ease of managing an outsourcing relationship.

Smaller service providers in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico such as Globant, which counts Adidas, LinkedIn and Citi among its top customers and has around $100 million in revenues, are increasingly being approached by some Indian tech firms, officials told ET on condition of anonymity.

“Even as we hire more locals, we continue to look at focused nearshore companies such as Globant for strategic alliances,” said a top executive of an Indian tech firm. He did not wish to be quoted because his company does not want to disclose its acquisition plans before they materialise. While customers such as GE and Citi continue to send more IT work to offshore locations such as India, some customers and …

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