In the TechCrunch article With A Talent War In The Valley, Perhaps Romania Has The Answers, Maria Constantinescu makes some generalizations about the culture, technical skills, and value of Romanian … Continue reading...
February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New ebook: Romania Outsourcing – A Practical Guide for Software and IT Managers
I am pleased to announce the release of TeamFound’s new ebook: Romania Outsourcing – A Practical Guide for Software and IT Managers. We traveled to Romania numerous times, researched 100+ … Continue reading...
July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Quick Guide to Romania IT and Software Industry
Romania is one of the most attractive markets in Europe for technology investment and outsourcing, with a highly skilled and diversified workforce, competitive prices, and a stimulating business environment. Romania’s IT sector has seen continuous growth over the past decade, despite political turbulence and the economic crisis, which is a good indicator of its driving [...]
Continue reading...May 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Top-2 impressions of Google I/O 2011
I was fortunate again this year to attend Google I/O, Google’s premier developer conference (registrations were sold out one-hour after they opened). I’ve been attending for the past 3-years, and always find it extraordinarily useful, technically inspiring and fun. There are two new technical developments that I suggest enterprising companies followup on: Google’s NFC (Near [...]
Continue reading...May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How to manage software outsourcing in a staff augmentation model: the vertical activity stack
In a staff augmentation model, developers internally and remotely are working on the same project, and usually the same code base. When the model is implemented well, communication is efficient resulting in good productivity and a healthy team relationship. However, if the model is not implemented properly, there can be significant communication overhead, resulting in [...]
Continue reading...March 4, 2011 By 2 Comments
Leadership mitigates the tunnel effect in distributed teams
Situated between your internal and distributed teams, whether they sit across town or across an ocean, is a narrow tunnel that is your voice, the voice of your team, documents, email, instant messages, and video conferencing. Through this tunnel, your task is to lead your teams to work productively, make smart technical decisions, recognize which [...]
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