Overall L’Viv IT Arena 2016 conference was informative and interesting, though I had mixed feelings about the venue. The city of L’Viv, on the other hand, is wonderful and fits perfectly into SourceSeek’s formula for a great IT location.
Continue readingContracts with Russian Teams: Interview with Gene Taschkinov
Dave sat down with Gene Tashkinov (Silicon Gene) in Moscow recently for some perspective on how Russian software teams often interpret contracts differently than their US clients. When your Russian software team considers your agreement to be more of a guide than a formal contract, it can easily affect your project and your ongoing relationship with them.
Continue readingHow to build a gambling website?
The online gaming and gambling industry is ripe and striving. In fact, there might be no better time than now. However, before you consider creating a betting website or hiring a gambling website development company to do the job for you, you should familiarize yourself with all the ins and outs of the industry, especially when it comes to legal matters.
Continue readingFour Reasons Expat-Run Software Teams Aren’t Always Best
If there is one type of offshore development team that always gets my attention, it’s the expat-run software team. In theory, this model combines the savings of offshore development with familiar western leadership and management – a perfect combination. That is, except when it’s not. Over the years I’ve had the pleasure of meeting and
Continue readingWhat Is the Maturity of IT and Software Development in South America?
Dave’s answer to this Quora.com question: At SourceSeek we are constantly researching and traveling the world to keep abreast of the IT industry around the world. So we’ve been watching S. America for years now and have a number of great software partners there. Outsourcing to South America is a very mixed bag, varying by
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