The advantages of the BOT service are for those companies committed to managing their own development center to dramatically reduce the risk of starting their own development center in China and to leverage the expertise Bleum has in building and managing IT teams in China. As so many international companies have learned, China has proven to be a difficult country to do business and, through the BOT, clients can tap the many years experience Bleum has operating in this region. In addition, companies benefit from Bleum’s processes for building the team including recruiting and training. Clients also benefit by receiving a team that is well schooled in Bleum’s sophisticated, CMM Level 4 development process.

This service should only be considered by those companies that have both the internal competency to manage a remote development center and are willing to make a significant, long-term investment in China. Sometimes companies feel that they can further cut their costs by operating their own offshore development center. What these companies don’t realize are the many direct and indirect costs required. This is why large multinational companies such as American Express and Cisco outsource thousands of IT positions to partners around the world instead of managing their own centers.