Staff augmentation and managed IT services are two popular delivery approaches often employed by firms to meet the challenges of staffing up for a software development project, or when outsourcing essential but non-critical IT tasks to supplemental staff rather than hiring additional in-house employees.

As the average rates for offshore engineers have increased substantially in traditional offshore hubs like India and China, domestic outsourcing, also known as onshore IT outsourcing, has been rapidly increasing in popularity. Domestic outsourcing also offers many advantages offshoring doesn’t, which is another reason why onshore staff augmentation is becoming more viable — and for certain kinds of projects — the most effective outsourcing model for US-based companies to adopt.

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 with a temporary in-house or remotely based contractor recruited through a staffing agency. Let’s take a look at the expenses associated with direct hiring, as well as the expenses related to outsourcing, then discover the actual costs of engaging full-time staff versus working with onsite or remote contractors acquired via a staffing agency.

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. Here are 4 essential steps to recruiting augmented staff, building distributed teams, and successfully managing those teams over time.

Over the years, BXGI has worked with a variety of clients, and discovered that when a business adopts a comprehensive outsourcing approach from the onset, vendors can better manage and maintain exceptionally high service quality, while keeping clients’ expenditures as low as possible. Let's walk through 6 crucial steps for building an effective outsourcing strategy.

Whether addressing technical gaps with your in-house staff, or searching for a rare, in-demand skill, an experienced IT staffing agency will walk you through the differences between onsite, onshore, nearshore and offshore outsourcing models, while pointing out the pros and cons along the way. And then, with more knowledge at your disposal, you can choose the approach that best fits your company’s operating needs.