Posted on Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 11:13 am
Gartner estimates that about 60 countries are involved in some stage of offshore IT development. The consulting firm divides them into several categories: the market leaders, such as India, Argentina and Russia; active participants, which include nations such as Vietnam, Egypt and Chile; and countries that are just taking preliminary steps to develop offshoring capabilities.
Among the new countries added to Gartner’s list of potential offshore providers this year are Algeria, Bahrain, Kenya, Madagascar, Malta, Moldova, Saudi Arabia and Uganda. It’s a fluid list — countries removed for a lack of progress include El Salvador, South Korea, Panama, Peru, Taiwan and Puerto Rico.
