Offshore and Near-Shore IT Software Development Engineering

Managed, Outsourced IT Contacting

For appropriate website digital design and build projects or contracts, KME Internet Marketing (KME) offers offshore and near-shore IT software development engineering services, through its trusted and experienced partners. KME's relationship with its onshore and offshore partners has developed over many years of personal and business affinity. KME is a registered, woman-owned, small local business in South Riding, Virginia (USA-Loudoun County) - in the Washington DC metropolitan region.

This style of software and systems development workforce utilization is very helpful for many outsourcing (or "outcoding") requirements, and can be extremely cost-effective and efficient in delivery. KME leverages these services as appropriate both for Internet Marketing client deliverables, as well as to provide direct workforce supplementation to system integrators, web design shops and corporate IS departments. KME will enter into a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with a customer seeking offshore or nearshore IT engineering staff augmentation or project(s) delivery, and specific Task Orders or Agreements are then executed for particular resource needs and schedules. Note the "onshore" resources may also be available, depending on need.

In addition to management and provision of targeted IT software engineering resources, KME offers a full range of additional professional services to supplement - including Interactive Digital Marketing, SEO, PPC, Project Management, Social Media Marketing, Copywriting, Online Advertisement Management, Press Releases and more.

Benefits and differences are as follows:

Nearshore Software Development

This option takes advantage of the very close cultural affinity (Western Hemisphere/Americas), business relationships, timezone efficiencies, quickly-growing and accomplished workforce, and superior English-language skills of the Cost Rican software engineering workforce. It is the most effective option for securing very low-cost, experienced IT contractor assistance where routine communication is absolutely essential, for larger teams or more strategic programs, and for using contractors as project or SME leads.

Full and transparent interaction is available (in contrast to offshore models offered via India, China, eastern European providers) - intermediate resource management by KME and its partner management agencies is minimized. KME takes advantage the fact that Costa Rica and the US have an international treaty around this type of relationship called CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement). This provides a broader set of rights and guidance, making Costa Rica much more secure than most other traditional outsourcing locations.

• Per Hour trained, certified and qualified resources provided and managed through KME are available between $20-$80/hr. (depending on role and assignment) - comparable Onshore resources range between $30-$120.
• Through our trusted and experienced web design, development and software engineering partners in Costa Rica (Escazu', San Jose Province)
• All customer business is conducted with reliable and redundant channels of communication, in English
• Developer resources and onsite management are available in the GMT -6 Timezone, which is the same as Chicago (1 hour behind DC).
• Resource, Project and Technology Management is provided by experienced and certified IT Managers and Systems Integration Consultants, both in Cost Rica and here in the Washington DC - thereby ensuring accurate and professional communication, collaboration and successful delivery to requirements
• Specific contractor resumes are available, as are direct teleconferences.
• Skills include all those commonly-needed for online web development, including .Net, Java, PHP, Drupal and other CMS platforms, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Graphic Design and more.

Offshore Software Development

This option takes advantage of the growing and well-recognized cultural ties, business relationships, quickly-growing and accomplished workforce, and pervasive English-language skills of the Indian software engineering workforce. It is the most effective option for securing extremely low-cost, experienced IT contractor assistance where routine communication is more asynchronous, for either point or commodity skills, or very well-scoped and contained projects, and for using contractors as workforce supplement. Intermediate resource management by KME and its partner management agencies is effective, though requires additional overhead.

• Per Hour trained, certified and qualified resources managed through KME are available between $15-$40/hr. (depending on role and assignment) - comparable Onshore resources range between $30-$120.
• Through our trusted and experienced web design, development and software engineering partners in India (Ahmedabad, Gujarat District)
• All customer business is conducted with reliable and redundant channels of communication, in English
• Results in some degree, as necessary, of round-the-clock project activity
• Resource, Project and Technology Management is provided by experienced and certified IT Managers, both in India and here in the Washington DC - thereby ensuring accurate and professional communication, collaboration and successful delivery to requirements
• Specific contractor resumes are available, as are direct teleconferences.
• Skills include all those commonly-needed for online web development, including .Net, Java, PHP, Drupal and other CMS platforms, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Graphic Design and more.

Let us know of other lower-cost, budget-conscious IT engineering needs you may have; it's likely we'll have a solution for you!