Top Software Outsourcing Trends to Follow In The Future

Outsourcing Software Development is one of the best ways to develop the business application without investing in infrastructure development, managing Project Managers, UX designers and IT Managers etc.

Software outsourcing is also a response to the challenges faced due to pandemic COVID 19 and the urge of the companies to keep pace with the competition while optimizing the costs at the same time. This overall reduces the operation cost of the company.

Some of the known software outsourcing trends are listed below:

1) Hybrid Cloud Security:

The pandemic era has forced maximum corporates or employers to ask their employees to work from home. And this is not a temporary, but this going to be the future trend as well. Hence, companies now are very serious about securing their data as their employees will be working from home on their home network.

Companies are ready to go to an extent to protect their data while their employees work from their homes. This is because the home networks are not as safe as the company’s LAN.

This is the reason why the companies are now moving towards third parties, i.e., hybrid cloud security which protects the company’s data and application. With an increase in the number of data, companies are moving to outsource for effective platforms on the cloud.

2) Artificial Intelligence:

The pandemic has given a boon to e-commerce services where people do online shopping be it household items or lifestyle items. And artificial intelligence integrated with IoT services is one of the major technological innovations in the market till date.

The AI enables to fetch the data of customer shopping behavior which helps in studying the customer response. Facial recognition systems, AI-enabled chatbots, etc. are other functions of Artificial intelligence.

Robotic Process Automation is also an integral part of AI through which software robots can perform the same tasks repetitively at different business places. This is like a boon for the sectors with a limited workforce like hospitals, other healthcare units, BFSI, etc.

3) Blockchain Services:

Blockchain-as-a Service (BaaS) is an upcoming trend where the cloud-based technique is used to make and host their own apps from the foundation made by another vendor.

It covers the functions of making smart contracts to performing microtransaction and that too will full security and transparency.

The shortage of Blockchain professionals leads to the outsourcing of this much in demand Software Development India.

4) Native Applications for Mobile Platforms and Web Apps

In today’s world when a number of smartphone users is increasing day by day, there arose a necessity to develop a mobile platform for every platform separately. And this requires overall a set of a separate development teams.

If one wants to reach maximum users then being available on a mobile app is a must. The website must be mobile-friendly for its easy access through mobile or the website will face a huge loss of potential.

It modifies the experience of users and increases the smooth and error-free performance of the app across all the sectors.

5) Cloud-Centric Software Development:

Cloud technology enables data to be accessible from any part of the world and that too under the layers of security. The technology today is a significant part of any business sector and its usage will increase with time.

Rather than storing raw data at a centralized data center, the data is processed on the mobile or some other IoT devices. This enables the remote locations of the business also to access the data at an ease.

Summary:

The trend of outsourcing Software Development in India which picked up speed at the beginning of 2020 will remain the trend in the upcoming years as well. Companies that want to stay in the competition are already investing their money and efforts in acquiring the best possible sources.

Now, the outsourced partners are not termed as a team with the core company because they have such strategic tie-ups with multiple companies.

There is an outgrowing need for specialists which can be fulfilled only by fruitful collaboration with the respective vendors.