Due to recent tough economic situations, Japanese companies are reducing their IT expenses, while required service levels of information systems remain the same or becoming even more robust. As the result, cost saving by off-shore services is attracting more attentions, and those companies which have never utilized off-shore services started to utilize off-shore more seriously. In addition, companies with off-shore experiences are also undertaking to broaden the processes to be outsourced to off-shore. In the past, most companies outsourced downstream processes only such as detailed designing, coding and unit-level testing. However, those companies are now looking at leverage off-shore resources for upper-stream processes such as general designing, integrated testing and maintenance、and also in software package related services including implementation, customization and maintenance support.

To meet these demands strategically, SinoCom Software Group decided to establish SinoCom Global Solutions Inc. (SGS).

SGS will be offering software solutions supported by off-shore labor, and it plans to expand its business through making alliances with various software vendors and systems integrators. For end customers with little off-shore experiences, SGS will offer comprehensive services including consulting.

SGS appointed Shinichi Yabe as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

SinoCom Japan, SinoCom Software Group’s existing Japanese subsidiary, continues to offer services directly related to off-shore outsourcing software development including on-site engineering services.

　“As economic situations are very tough, it is required to offer more advanced information systems with less cost, and use of off-shore resources is one of the best answers to such needs.” Shinichi Yabe, President & CEO of SGS says. “Historically, in Japan, only systems integrators with rich off-shore experiences utilized off-shore resources in waterfall-style software coding and unit-level testing. However, going forward, it will be critical for most companies to leverage off-shore resources in broader processes including upstream processes and software package domain. SGS provides its customers with comprehensive services that reduce total cost of ownership and enhance IT governance from customers’ standpoint, and We, SinoCom Global Solutions, assist its customers in achieving their business goals by offering high value-added solutions with lower costs.

Xubing Wang, President & COO of SinoCom Software Group says “As off-shore software development is getting more popular, customers are now considering to improve productivity further by having off-shore teams join in upstream processes. The need to utilize off-shore teams for supporting systems with software packages is more apparent. To meet such demand proactively, we founded the new company to offer value-added services. I am confident that SinoCom Software Group can develop its business further with this new company.”