The panel discussion was organized by New Jersey Technology Council & was hosted by INTTRA, the leading e-commerce platform for the ocean freight industry. The panel comprised of Jeff Pattison, CIO-INTTRA, Shishir Danani, CEO-Ideavate Solutions & Asit Shah, CEO – Paraphora.

The panel examined how advances in technology and easy access to skilled resources globally have driven a transformati-

on in how enterprises develop, deliver and supporttheir products and services. The panel also discussed how only a few short years ago, this model was reserved for the large enterprise. But now, how small and mid-sized companies are leveraging the offshore model to create a competitive advantage. How are they doing this? What are best practices for a virtual global enterprise? How should they go about it ?

The session ended with a very interactive & participative discussion with the audience comprising of representatives from other leading New Jersey technology organizations.

Ideavate Solutions, having offshore development centers in India, is an ISO 9001:2000 certified, leading provider of Outsourced Product Development (OPD) & Outsourced Software Testing services to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). Our clients range from start-up and emerging companies to mature organizations in multiple domains and technologies.

We help our clients to translate their ‘Product Vision’ into commercially viable Software Products, by offering a wide range of Outsourced Product Development (OPD) solutions such as: Product Co-Development, Managed Development, Modular Product Development, Product Migration, Re-Engineering & Enhancement etc.

Our clients also leverage our offshore Software Testing and Validation services, not only to do a thorough testing of their software products, but also to identify product defects early in the product development lifecycle. This helps them in reducing the overall cost of product quality and bringing a high quality product faster to the market.