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Brazillian outsourcing advantages

Paradigma Technologies is located in Brazil, one of the largest IT industries with $18 billion and a large and experienced work force.
Brazillian outsourcing advantages

Paradigma Technologies is located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Brazil is one of the largest IT industries with $18 billion and has a large and experienced work force. Brazil offers competitive billing rates. The U.S. dollar is very strong versus the Brazilian Reals with a current Exchange Rate of approximately 1 U.S. dollar to 4 Reals.

Below we list some advantages over outsourcing companies from India, Eastern Europe or other countries in Asia:
- Time zone: Our development center is located just one time zone east of New York. This geographical proximity translates into easier access, better communication and lower costs. Brazil is conveniently located in a time zone between North America and Europe. With minor shifts, we can maximize the number of hours in which both our teams and our clients' are at work.
- Distance facilities: Unlike most outsourcing locations, Brazil is just one overnight flight from the U.S., usually with no need for connections. Airfare to and from Brazil is moderately priced. Direct flights connect us to the major foreign airports, making frequent meetings less costly and improving project flow.
- Proven capacity: the Press, research institutes, and consulting firms have been publishing very positive reviews on Brazil and its outsourcing advantages.
- Faster and more responsive: Working hours are quite similar, making contact between Paradigma’s staff and its clients much faster and more flexible.
- Cultural similarities: Westernized Brazilian business culture and values are very similar to the American way of doing business, lowering the risk of cultural issues and improving team integration. Brazilian IT professionals are highly trained, speak fluent English, and are easy to work with on a personal level. Paradigma is thoroughly familiar with many American companies and their approach to IT project management.
- Superior infrastructure: Brazil has an underlying infrastructure that is clearly superior to that of most developing countries. Energy stability, political and economic safety, and reliable network connections provide excelent conditions for a technology company.
- Low risk: Brazil is a country that is historically untouched by natural disasters or terrorist attacks (read U.S. economy at risk). In addition, Paradigma offers best practices in terms of data security and compliance, infrastructure, people and processes.

Why Outsourcing?

Here are some of the advantages of Outsourcing

One of the big advantages to outsourcing is flexibility--it can be a lot easier to cut back on a vendor than an employee. (Think of how you would feel if you had to tell an employee who is dependent on their job that you only need them half-time now.) Another advantage is that you don't have to become an expert in every particular area--you can depend on the outsourced company to be the expert.

Perhaps the most positive thing about outsourcing is its ability to save you money. This will, of course, depend on the size of your company and what specific tasks you outsource, but in general, if you think it through, you can save money. For example, my company outsources the IT services (help desk, computer support and maintenance), and we pay significantly less than we'd pay for a full-time IT person to give us the same level of support. We also outsource our bookkeeping and office administration, with similar savings. As we grow, we'll continue to reevaluate these decisions--it may be that the business case for the IT outsourcing remains good as we grow but that we might eventually hire someone to offload other work from our current people, and since we would be paying them anyway, we could get them to do the bookkeeping as well.

There are some definite advantages to outsourcing. Contract work is often cheaper--especially if you opt for off-shore development. You hire people only for specific tasks. You can keep adjusting the size of your team to fit your current needs and budget.

Outsourcing creates shareholder value by reducing costs and commitments to fixed and working capital ... Secondly, outsourcing helps a company focus on its core business, creating a competitive advantage within its industry. Other advantages include gaining access to best-of-class capabilities and accelerating the benefits of re-engineering."

Another advantage outsourcing gives corporations is a chance to get the best job possible from the people it hires.  By using a third party, a company has more room to be critical of the kind of services provided. If the work is done in-house, there may be company ties which are hard to break.