Software Development Outsourcing Trends 2019

The demand for contract IT talent will increase as more businesses take advantage of outsourcing instead of hiring specialists in-house. Here's few of the future IT outsourcing trends that you can watch in 2019.

As the gig economy grows, more and more businesses will look to hire independent contractors for their IT and software development needs. For software developers and businesses, understanding the future trends in the IT outsourcing is important for succeeding in the industry. Here are a few of the future IT outsourcing trends to watch in 2019:

Less focus on reducing costs

Outsourcing development is and will always be about cost reduction. However, this alone will not be the deciding factor when it comes to choosing a offshore software development partner. The relationship between the outsourced software developer and the client will become more human-driven and about process, rather than being solely price-oriented.

The client will focus more on getting a quality product delivered. IT outsourcing companies will become the partners and system integrators for their clients. The risks of the project will be shared, and the outsourced talent will focus on offering value-added services to the client.

Web Development Technologies in 2019

Golang vs. Python

In the world of web application development, agility is a king. Businesses gain a competitive edge by having their websites and web applications developed faster with fewer expenses and resources involved. Moreover, not only do they want fast on-demand web development, the demand is also high for advanced usability and seamless user experience.

This calls for the emergence of more functional and advanced programming languages for developing website functionality, such as Golang. This article focuses on the benefits of Golang web development and compares Golang web programming to other highly popular languages, like Python.

Machine Learning Development in 2019: How to get it right?

As machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence become more pervasive, data logistics will be critical to your success.

In Machine Learning Logistics: Model Management in the Real World (O'Reilly, 2017), the authors note that 90 percent of the effort required for success in machine learning is not the algorithm, model, framework, or the learning itself. It's the data logistics. Perhaps less exciting than these other aspects of ML, it's the data logistics that drive efficiency, continuous learning, and success. Without data logistics, your ability to continue to refine and scale are severely limited.

Top 4 Software Development Trend in 2019

The software development landscape is changing, but developers are using four key methods to handle it, according to an Atlassian survey.

Enterprise software firm Atlassian has released a survey of software developers, revealing a changing landscape in the modern world of software development.

The seeds of this change can be found in new priorities that developers say they have: "Modern software teams are now shifting their focus away from the traditional measurements of speed, velocity, and efficiency in favor of goals around increasing customer satisfaction and quality code," said Sean Regan, Atlassian's head of growth for software teams, in a blog post.

Vietnam IT Outsourcing:a new but promising destination

India reigned for years as the world’s most dominant business process outsourcing (BPO) destination, but times have changed. According to trade association Nasscom, the Indian BPO industry has just seen its largest employment drop in seven years, while its information technology (IT) sector saw its second year of increasing unemployment. As India adjusts to changing expectations and demand, new regions are emerging as powerful IT outsourcing hubs.

One such country, known as a small but mighty outsourcing powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific, is Vietnam. It’s a country few would think to equate with Silicon Valley but one with a tech spirit and talented population that reminds many of the industrious beginnings of America’s storied technology epicenter.

The History Of Global IT Outsourcing In Vietnam

The fact is, IT outsourcing in Vietnam is fairly young. More than a decade ago, Harvey Nash, the company where I have worked since 2005 - and a few other multinational technology corporations, including Intel and Oracle -- began tapping into the growing tech workforce in Vietnam. In addition to developing new policies that appealed to tech businesses, the Vietnamese government had invested heavily in STEM education, and the result was a workforce rich in skilled technologists.

Blockchain Trends should be expected in 2019

Blockchain traveled a rocky road in 2018 but is still hotly tipped as a technology with huge potential for transforming business and day-to-day life.

The past year saw huge drops in value for its flagship use case – cryptocurrency Bitcoin – and reports that many pilot programs are failing to show true value. However, many big players including IBM and Walmart are continuing to push ahead, confident it can provide real value for organizations in need of innovative solutions around record keeping and secure recording of transactions.

5 Blockchain Trends Everyone Should Know About 
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So, here are my five predictions for how we’re likely to see blockchain use growing and continuing to make headlines – although they may be slightly less hyperbolic – in 2019.

2019 - The Year for Managed Service Providers?

Chances are that if you are a business owner that has been in business for a decade you’ve seen how emerging technologies have changed the face of business. Technologies like cloud computing have opened up opportunities for many businesses to get the powerful computing infrastructures they need without massive upfront costs. As this trend continues, the IT services has begun to move past core IT management and support and onto providing real solutions for the modern business. Today, we will look at how the Managed Service Provider (MSP) is at the forefront of a data revolution that has no end in sight.

The Managed IT Services Provider

The concept of the Managed IT Services Provider has only been around for over a decade. Many were once break/fix value added resellers (VARs) that dealt in some pretty specific products and services. The shift from break/fix to Managed Services was facilitated by the development of powerful automation software that provided knowledgeable technicians the opportunity to proactively monitor computing networks from a remote location. This provided the businesses with much more effective IT, and much less downtime.