Nearshore

Mexico has in the last ten years shown a remarkable potential for growth and development. Today many U.S. and European companies are taking advantage of low cost IT services that Mexico has to offer. Mexico has many strong advantages to supplying these markets including its close proximity to the US, NAFTA trade partner status, political stability and economic strength, developed infrastructure, available IT labor pool with English proficiency and high quality of education.

AZERTIA’s Near Shore Global Development Center (GDC) in Mexico is focused on delivering application development, IT Services and maintenance services to the U.S. market. The AZERTIA delivery model gives our clients the ability to meet their demanding application development deadlines and to outsource their application maintenance, all at a significantly lower cost.

Near Shore Advantage
Lower Costs	Clear cost advantages versus off shore alternatives (China, India) when considering Total Cost of Engagement (TCE).
Diversification of suppliers	Limiting reliance on a few dominant suppliers from off shore
Less Risk	Geographical and cultural proximity.
	Stable political environment.
	Mutual government support/treaties for protection of Intellectual Property.
Extended Benefits	Same time zone as US
	Travel time of less than 4-5 hours from anywhere in the US versus days to off shore sites.
	Enhanced communication: seamless fiber links to the US
	Mexican government’s strong support of software industry
	Expedited VISA process (NAFTA)
Quality of Skills and Education	Highly trained, educated labor pool
Quality of Skills and Education	World class universities and technical training schools with over 50,000 IT related graduates per year.