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Talent

Exploring the Differences Between Managed IT Services and Staff Augmentation

To remain competitive, increase productivity and reduce operational costs in a tough technological marketplace, any company that manages an engineering or IT department will likely have to evaluate different technology…

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Talent

6 Advantages of Domestic Technology Outsourcing

For a long time, offshore technology outsourcing was the default outsourcing model for American businesses, as this staffing approach, when implemented correctly, gave companies almost inexhaustible access to skilled…

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Business

The True Costs of Direct Hiring Vs. Outsourcing

When a company’s engineering or IT department needs to add talent, technology and HR executives have to weigh all of the options available to them, which can range from bringing on a local full-time employee to working…

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Staff Augmentation

How to Choose the Right Staff Augmentation Partner

Whenever a company makes a business decision to bring onboard some augmented staff or build a robust distributed engineering team, the very first objective should be finding a vendor that takes the time to understand…

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Staff Augmentation

A 4-Step Guide to Managing Distributed Augmented Teams

The appeal, and necessity, for businesses to build and work with distributed teams is on the rise, and all indications are that this remote working trend will continue to grow. The distributed team model — whether…

7 min read
Business

6 Steps for Building a Successful Outsourcing Strategy

Software development firms and business IT departments increasingly rely on technical staffing services to help run their businesses to offset mounting costs, or pull in outside engineering talent. Small to midsize…

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