Offshore Development Group, Inc.

In its Benchmark Research, Offshore Development Group gives answers to the following questions:

• What are the critical buying criteria in the offshore market?
• What is the potential of the N.A. market for growth?
• How do different industry segments use offshore?
• What applications are most ripe to outsource offshore?
• How is Russia perceived by the market? What is the Russian "sweet spot"?

As stated by Offshore Development Group, approximately 15 % of US companies plan to outsource some portion of their development schedules to Russian IT firms in the nearest future. "IT Executives (CIO/CTO) perceive Russia as a strong second only to India for offshore capabilities," ODG Benchmark Research says. "Technology firms rank Russian companies as a strong contender for their business because of the perceived strengths of technical competency and problem solving."