The software outsourcing market during the global financial crisis

The information technology industry today is an integral part of every sphere in the world. Belarus, Russia, Ukraine also did not become exception here. Over the past few years, many international and domestic companies came to the IT market. The high growth of this segment has led in turn to the competitive job market. It is therefore not surprising that for several years we have shortages of qualified personnel and wage growth. The most popular professionals of the sector – are middle-level managers, system administrators, Java, PHP,.Net programmers, Computer Systems engineers, testers, webmasters, a systems integrators. However, you can take that level of salary of IT-specialists reached its maximum, or close to it.

An additional factor there is a global financial crisis that has affected the major players in the IT market. However, we are not expecting major losses, mass layoffs or budget cuts in IT in the near future.

The reason – it is the role of IT-industry business and the specifics of the work. First, many IT-projects are long-term and budgets for companies implementing information technology products are approved in advance, so IT-companies have orders and projects for the same period. Secondly, IT specialisation (like development of Internet TV software solutions) increases the efficiency of the company, which is an essential factor in the crisis.

Oxagile video – first try

What’s the example of the best advertising? Yes, you are right – the word of mouth works the best.

When people start talking about your company it means that you are doing some thing right…

Today one of the girls working for Oxagile web development company decided to share her opinion. Let’s watch…

Any comments?

IPTV in Belarus – the first steps towards future success

Hurray for IPTV in Belarus! Finally we are getting IPTV! Beltelecom (the telecommunication government owned monopoly) has launched WebTV service in Minsk!

Of course, everybody knows)) that IPTV or Internet Protocol Television is an approach which allows broadcasting television channels over IP networks. What does it mean for the viewers?

First of all, Internet TV viewers have full control over functionality such as rewind, fast-forward, pause, and so on. We can record, play back and rewind our favorite programs for viewing them when we want!

Besides, using a cell phone or PDA, we might even utilize remote programming for IPTV! We can just call home and remotely set the IPTV box to record our favorite film!

In short, we are getting much more than just television!

In general, online video streaming is growing rapidly in the international market and it has high potential for development. In the future, the IPTV market will become a leader alongside other types of digital television because viewers are demanding for interactive services and personalized content!

It’s great that we’ve joined the IPTV world however Belarus faces other problems: high initial expenditures which include both technical expenditures and expenditures, associated with a need to purchase legal content. To reimburse the expenditures, IPTV services should be used by thousands of subscribers… Moreover subscribers should also bear high expenses to start using IPTV services….

Different considerations play a role in determining the success or failure of IPTV services however let’s hope for the best! We’ve done it – we’ve already stepped in our IPTV future!