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Australian owned software development company Mitrais has announced plans to build a new headquarters in Bali to cater for what it says is significant growth in projects outsourced by Australian companies because of a growing skills shortage.
Mitrais CEO, David Magson said the decision to
build new headquarters to house the developers presently working in
Bali was based on the growth predicted in the Australian market for
outsourced software development services.
Sixty six percent of Mitrais’ business comes from software development
projects undertaken for Australian companies and the balance from
Indonesia.
According to Mr Magson, a growing Australian based IT skills shortage
is creating opportunities for Australian owned technology services with
near-shore offices like Mitrais.
“IDC estimates that 90 percent of outsourcing and operations related
services are going offshore, presently amounting to $54 million a year
with a compound annual growth rate of three percent.
“Our clients in Australia highlight the shortages and difficulties of
keeping staff. One client sums it up as a revolving door –people join,
stay for a year and leave, taking their knowledge with them. This is
the case with Java, C# and .NET skills, especially the latter. There
are also some shortages in particular regions, such as Progress skills
in Queensland,” Mr. Magson said.
“We have the appropriately skilled staff, well developed project
methodologies and a significant cost advantage,” Mr. Magson said.
For fixed price software development Mitrais offers savings of between
65 and 79 percent over Australian developers, according to the company.
Even time and materials projects attract savings of between 41 and 61
percent over Australian contractors.
Mitrais has also engaged two ex-pat English language teachers both of
whom have extensive skills teaching English as a second language in
various Asian countries.
Construction will begin next year of the first of three buildings, each
of 2000 square metres and capable of accommodating 150
staff.
David Bass
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