A growing opportunity to close the cultural gapBy Stephen PritchardInd translation - A growing opportunity to close the cultural gapBy Stephen PritchardInd Italian how to say

A growing opportunity to close the

A growing opportunity to close the cultural gap

By Stephen Pritchard

Indian outsourcing companies now have a large share of the US and UK IT (information technology) services markets, but Indian and Asian companies have found it harder to make headway in northern and central Europe. The reasons are as likely to be cultural as technical. Indian IT services companies can provide large numbers of skilled graduates with good English. However, far fewer Indian graduates speak good German, and Indian businesses are less experienced in the culture and business practices of mainland Europe.

‘If you look at outsourcing companies in India or Malaysia, they have gained their experience from dealing with UK or US businesses’, suggests Simon Evans, a managing consultant in the IT group at PA Consulting in London. ‘US companies operate in a really very different way to the way German companies operate. There is a huge cultural learning curve for the Indian or Malaysian company to go through, even if they can learn the language.

This cultural gap and growing pressure on companies in Germany in particular to cut costs, present an opportunity for eastern European contractors. When it comes to IT skills in depth, India still has the edge, and IT services companies in Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic cannot compete on cost alone with India, Malaysia or China. However, the high standard of general education in eastern Europe, and a healthy supply of graduates with both languages and business experience, means that the region is attracting interest both among the large outsourcing providers, and among their customers.

In Latvia, for example, there is a significant pool of experienced IT professionals – particularly in research institutes – and IT graduates, says Valdis Lokenbahs, President of DATI Group, the country’s largest IT services provider to the western market. Latvia’s location is an advantage in itself and on opportunity to combine eastern and western business cultures, he says. Its IT experts can also work in several European languages. ‘In the European market, language skills are an issue, in particular in tasks where employees deal directly with customers,’ agree Marty Cole, global head of outsourcing at Accenture, the IT consultancy. ‘Business process outsourcing – the outsourcing of administrative and IT tasks – is growing fast.’ Accenture has a business process outsourcing centre in Prague, in the Czech Republic, where staff work in multiple languages to support customers.

Such multilingual call centers and support locations are not new: IT companies have run centralized helpdesks in Europe to locations such as Ireland and the Netherlands, there are now new support locations in eastern Europe. These new offices have more than just a cost advantage: they provide business continuity services that enable a business to continue its operations as normal even if it suffers problems such as a big computer system crash. These offices are well placed to serve the emerging eastern markets, including Russia. This is important, as acting as a lower cost alternative to Irish or Dutch operations will not be enough to establish countries such as Hungary or the Czech Republic as significant players in IT services.

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A growing opportunity to close the cultural gapBy Stephen PritchardIndian outsourcing companies now have a large share of the US and UK IT (information technology) services markets, but Indian and Asian companies have found it harder to make headway in northern and central Europe. The reasons are as likely to be cultural as technical. Indian IT services companies can provide large numbers of skilled graduates with good English. However, far fewer Indian graduates speak good German, and Indian businesses are less experienced in the culture and business practices of mainland Europe.‘If you look at outsourcing companies in India or Malaysia, they have gained their experience from dealing with UK or US businesses’, suggests Simon Evans, a managing consultant in the IT group at PA Consulting in London. ‘US companies operate in a really very different way to the way German companies operate. There is a huge cultural learning curve for the Indian or Malaysian company to go through, even if they can learn the language.This cultural gap and growing pressure on companies in Germany in particular to cut costs, present an opportunity for eastern European contractors. When it comes to IT skills in depth, India still has the edge, and IT services companies in Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic cannot compete on cost alone with India, Malaysia or China. However, the high standard of general education in eastern Europe, and a healthy supply of graduates with both languages and business experience, means that the region is attracting interest both among the large outsourcing providers, and among their customers.In Latvia, for example, there is a significant pool of experienced IT professionals – particularly in research institutes – and IT graduates, says Valdis Lokenbahs, President of DATI Group, the country’s largest IT services provider to the western market. Latvia’s location is an advantage in itself and on opportunity to combine eastern and western business cultures, he says. Its IT experts can also work in several European languages. ‘In the European market, language skills are an issue, in particular in tasks where employees deal directly with customers,’ agree Marty Cole, global head of outsourcing at Accenture, the IT consultancy. ‘Business process outsourcing – the outsourcing of administrative and IT tasks – is growing fast.’ Accenture has a business process outsourcing centre in Prague, in the Czech Republic, where staff work in multiple languages to support customers.Tali multilingue call center e sedi di supporto non sono nuovi: aziende IT hanno eseguito Servizi di helpdesk centralizzato in Europa in località come Irlanda e Paesi Bassi, ora ci sono nuove sedi di supporto in Europa orientale. Questi nuovi uffici sono più appena un vantaggio di costo: essi forniscono servizi di continuità di business che permettono un business continuare le proprie attività come normale anche se soffre di problemi come un crash di sistema di computer grande. Questi uffici sono ben posizionati per servire i mercati emergenti orientali, compresa la Russia. Questo è importante, come agisce come alternativa di basso costo irlandese o olandese delle operazioni non sarà sufficiente a stabilire i paesi come l'Ungheria o la Repubblica Ceca come attori significativi in servizi IT.
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Un crescente opportunità per colmare il divario culturale Stephen Pritchard società di outsourcing indiano ora hanno una grande parte di Stati Uniti e Regno Unito IT (information technology) mercati dei servizi, ma le aziende indiane e asiatiche hanno trovato più difficile a farsi strada in Europa settentrionale e centrale. Le ragioni sono le stesse probabilità di essere culturale come tecnico. Servizi IT indiani aziende in grado di fornire un gran numero di laureati qualificati con un buon inglese. Tuttavia, molti meno i laureati indiani parlano bene il tedesco, e imprese indiane sono meno esperti nella cultura e le pratiche commerciali del continente europeo. 'Se si guarda alla società di outsourcing in India o in Malesia, hanno guadagnato la loro esperienza di trattare con il Regno Unito o degli Stati Uniti le imprese ', suggerisce Simon Evans, un consulente di gestione del gruppo IT di PA Consulting a Londra. 'Imprese statunitensi operano in un modo davvero molto diverso dal modo in cui le aziende tedesche operano. C'è una curva di apprendimento enorme culturale per la società indiana o malese di passare attraverso, anche se possono imparare la lingua. Questo divario culturale e la pressione crescente sulle imprese in Germania, in particolare, a ridurre i costi, rappresentare un'opportunità per gli appaltatori europei orientali. Quando si tratta di competenze IT a fondo, l'India ha ancora il bordo, e società di servizi IT in Polonia, Ungheria e Repubblica Ceca non possono competere solo sui costi con l'India, la Malesia o in Cina. Tuttavia, l'elevato livello di istruzione generale in Europa orientale, e una sana alimentazione di laureati con entrambe le lingue e l'esperienza di business, significa che la regione sta attirando l'interesse sia tra i grandi fornitori di outsourcing, e tra i loro clienti. In Lettonia, ad esempio, c'è una piscina significativo di esperti professionisti IT - in particolare negli istituti di ricerca - e laureati IT, afferma Valdis Lokenbahs, Presidente del Gruppo DATI, il più grande fornitore di servizi IT del paese per il mercato occidentale. Posizione della Lettonia è un vantaggio in sé e sulla possibilità di unire culture imprenditoriali orientali e occidentali, dice. I suoi esperti IT possono anche funzionare in diverse lingue europee. 'Nel mercato europeo, le competenze linguistiche sono un problema, in particolare in compiti in cui i dipendenti trattano direttamente con i clienti,' d'accordo Marty Cole, responsabile globale dell'outsourcing di Accenture, la società di consulenza IT. 'Business Process Outsourcing - l'esternalizzazione dei compiti amministrativi e IT - è in rapida crescita.' . Accenture ha un centro business process outsourcing a Praga, nella Repubblica Ceca, dove opera il personale in più lingue per supportare i clienti Questi call center multilingue e le posizioni di sostegno non sono una novità: le aziende IT hanno eseguito helpdesk centralizzati in Europa in luoghi come l'Irlanda e Paesi Bassi, ora ci sono nuove posizioni di sostegno in Europa orientale. Questi nuovi uffici hanno più di un vantaggio di costo: essi forniscono servizi di business continuity che consentono alle aziende di continuare le proprie attività come di consueto, anche se soffre problemi come un grande crash di sistema del computer. Questi uffici sono in grado di servire i mercati emergenti dell'Est, compresa la Russia. Questo è importante, in quanto agisce come un alternativa a basso costo per le operazioni irlandesi o olandesi non sarà sufficiente a stabilire paesi come l'Ungheria o la Repubblica ceca Il ruolo significativo nel settore dei servizi IT.













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