Egypt's goal: To be the land of offshoring

Egypt is making a pitch to be the next offshore outsourcing hot-spot, claiming that its foreign language skills and low labor costs put the country in a strong position to compete with India and Eastern Europe.

The complete article After reading the article, you will notice that the author didn't mention anything about the software outsourcing to Egypt.
Although Andy McCue as an employee in Silicon.com knew that Silicon outsource both software and electronics to Egypt but they didn't mention it.

I think we should focus on the idea of software and IT service outsourcing to Egypt.
Egypt as a new star in call center outsourcing is also a new star in the software and IT Service outsourcing.
Through my experience in the Egyptian market, I can tell you that there are many companies outsource their software to Egypt.
In EDS Egypt, EDS UK outsource too many project to EDS Egypt.
Also Vodafone Egypt got some of Vodafone projects.

I have worked for NTG Clarity for a time and knew that the Canadian company is used to make all the software in Egypt and sell it in Canada and USA. For more information about NTG product click here.

I'd like to mention some success storied for outsourcing in Egypt.

1. EDS

EDS provides a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions to help its clients worldwide improve their business performance. Our core portfolio comprises information-technology, applications and business process services, as well as information-technology transformation services.

EDS Egypt offers outsourcing services, data management, applications development, field services and electronic business solutions. We have more than 11 years of information technology (IT) experience in the financial, insurance, manufacturing, energy and telecommunication industries. This expertise has been acquired through various IT services to international clients.

• Contact EDS Egypt
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• EDS Launches Nine Microsoft .NET Technology
• EDS To Focus On Core IT Outsourcing

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IBM

ITS
**ITSoft is an ISO 9001-3 (TickIT) and a CMMI® Level 4 certified Software Development Center, providing the most advanced technologies, well-structured methodologies,documented coding standards,and proven processes for large-scale,complex software development and systems integration.

__Some useful links about outsourcing to Egypt__
#Another interesting article about software outsourcing [read it| http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/cs/letters/egypt.html ]
#[Why Invest in Egypt?| http://www.smart-villages.com/default.asp?action=article&ID=30 ]
#[Outsourcing: Is Egypt the new India?| http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/call_centre/outsource-egypt.htm ]
#[Egypt Rate!| http://www.cio.com/offshoremap/egypt.html ]
#[Egypt Aims To Compete as Outsourcing Hub| http://www.cio-today.com/news/Egypt-Aims-To-Be-Outsourcing-Hub/story.xhtml?story_id=0010000KV0VS ].
#[Egypt builds infrastructure to attract customer contact outsourcing| http://www.blogsource.org/2005/12/egypt_builds_in.html ].
#[Great Expectations| http://www.businesstodayegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=4545 ].
#[Microsoft Egypt aspires for an expanded IT community| http://www.citegypt.com/interview.asp?id=27 ]
#[Barbari Group Outsourced to Cairo| http://news.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=17634&messageID=348679&start=11 ]
#[Know Your Source| http://www.businesstodayegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=6491 ]

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