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Benchmarking the Philippines’ IT Competitiveness

Ideyatech — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:28:38 +0000

Why the Philippine ITC sector has so much to offer and so much to look forward to, such as a workforce size of one million and revenues of up to US$13 billion by 2010. Business Week recently unveiled sponsored benchmark of 2008 IT competitiveness Index, where the Philippines ranked higher than most of its counterparts such India, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Russia. Suffice to say, Philippines has emerged as one of the major players in the global outsourcing industry specifically on the strength of the following indicators...

Bonding Over Mooncake

dwight — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:08:22 +0000

Every month (or so) we conduct a bonding activity to promote employee camaraderie here in Ideyatech. For the month of September we have the mooncake activity (or is this festivity?), where there are prizes (cash), food and of course lots of fun .

Java UI Trends - who’s gaining popularity?

Allan Tan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:48:25 +0000

Here's some statistical analysis as to popularity of recent web technologies in Java. By comparing the searches performed between Struts 2, JSF, Spring MVC and JBoss Seam using Google Trends, it appears that Struts 2 is gaining traction among Java developers while JSF started to lose ground since mid-2007. Searches for Spring MVC and JBoss Seam are increasing but at a slow pace.

The State of Software Development Outsourcing in the Philippines

Ideyatech — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:13:57 +0000

When it comes to the outsourcing industry in the Philippines, the first thing—if not the only—that comes to mind is the contact center sector. With nearly half a million Filipinos employed, the call center industry is so far the brightest sector in the Philippine economy.

Redefining Developer Roles

Allan Tan — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:50:24 +0000

At Ideyatech, we've always wanted to be agile, creative and a pro-active software development company. We never intended to be like any other outsourcing company who provides cookie cutters. To start off our difference - we redefined the developer titles and roles. We've classified our developers into 3: Codester, Codesmith and Codemaster - it's more than just the titles... we've also redefined the roles.

The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing – 2: Why Outsourcing May Not Be for You

Ideyatech — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:47:45 +0000

Gartner analysts predict that offshore outsourcing will rise by 8.9% in 2008, and the trend will continue on to 2009. However, outsourcing is not (yet) a perfect solution to various business issues and requirements. Before engaging the services of vendors, whether by offshore or onshore outsourcing, it is important to know that outsourcing has its own sets of issues.

The Pros and Cons of Outsourcing - 1: Why Outsourcing Will Work for Your Company

Ideyatech — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:41:57 +0000

Outsourcing, especially offshore outsourcing, has been constantly cast in a bad light for its perceived ill effects on the job security of thousands of workers from developed economies. However, it is interesting to ask this question: If outsourcing’s negative effects far outweigh its positive results, then why does it still flourish? Is it all about the money? Apparently, the answer is “No”.

Improving your Corporate Knowledge

Allan Tan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:13:29 +0000

For the past 2 months, we've had our weekly T3 (Tuesday Tech Talk) session. It's a 30 minute discussion about any technical topic the presentor would like to discuss. Presentors are randomly selected from the development group. I'm sharing the benefits we've got from this activity, since I really cannot think of anything negative out from this exercise so far.

Success factors in outsourcing

Ideyatech — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:13:21 +0000

Outsourcing helps your business by allowing it to focus its energies and resources on its core strengths. However, the success of outsourcing depends on a lot of factors, the top of which comes from you, the party that decides on whether outsourcing will actually help you achieve your business goals.

Outsourcing to the Philippines: Beyond Call Centers

Ideyatech — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:50:34 +0000

When it comes to outsourcing opportunities in the Philippines, one most often calls to mind call centers or customer service. Being an English-speaking country (Philippines is the third largest English-speaking country in the world), it has an edge over call center outsourcing destinations, such as India or even China. The Philippines also boasts of college [...]