Is your startup in the cloud? What about your development team?

October 2, 2012 Off By David

Grazed from VentureBeat. Author: Editorial Staff.

The advance of cloud computing has significantly simplified the life of modern start-ups by offering all the necessary technical resources without wasting time on maintenance. This model is indeed effective. But is it possible to create an equally effective business model to offer professional “cloud” development team’s services?

Having analyzed the most common problems faced by business owners engaging offshore service providers to tackle their web development projects, QuartSoft Corp., a technological partner for many start-ups with an office headquarter in Silicon Valley highlights a few major complaints:…

  • The language barrier and time difference;
  • Intellectual property insecurity;
  • Poor management and control of remote teams.

All too often these issues present the daunting obstacles between online venture owners and offshore development teams, thus preventing the entire outsourcing concept from being regarded as an effective way to scale up the production team and to reduce development costs…

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