When doing business in Cairo, one of the big mistakes would be trying to transform Cairo into a European look alike. One would lose so much in the process, because Cairo and the Egyptians have so much to offer. If one wants to get the full potential out of...

      The current Russian invasion of Ukraine and the imposed sanctions by Russia and Belarus created a situation where a large IT labor workforce got removed for an unspecified period. And the Russian war on Ukraine threatens to destroy the Ukrainian IT...

      IT Creation & Operations Germany Forum + IT Service Delivery Forum As CrossWorkers is an industry partner to this year's event, we're inviting you to visit our booth and attend the annual double strategy forum on IT operations and ICT service delivery by The...

      Software development offshoring. All that you need to know! Part 2 Outsourcing and remote work is becoming the new norm around the world. And as we mentioned in the previous article - go check-, that there are some misconceptions about the word "outsourcing"....

      Software development offshoring. All that you need to know! Part 1 With the high demand for software developers around the globe, you might have heard about software development offshoring or outsourcing. You might also have heard that by 2023, the SaaS...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       It is one of the biggest challenges for our organizations today. Finding the right candidates for IT positions -  who play a crucial role in the company’s development. What do you do when months and months of searching...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Let’s face facts. The traditional Teams Model still rocks over the time-based model. So if you have IT developers located in Eastern Europe, you are probably undergoing significant changes these days in terms of pricing...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       The Eastern European economy is developing fast, and the internal need for IT resources is increasing. This resolves in rising labor costs for those companies who have chosen to outsource their IT development to Eastern...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Since 2008 where we started with nearshore software outsourcing, we have gathered some basic tips & tricks – best practices. Allow us to share what we have learned. This is not a full list but things worth...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       In every industry, you see that working remotely is becoming more and more normal. We, in the software industry, have been doing it for decades. It started back in India last century and moved closer to Europe in e.g....

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Egypt is considered as one of the fastest growing outsourcing destinations in the world due to the increasing numbers of students graduating within the fields such as computer science, engineering, medicine and law....

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Choosing an IT Offshore country is a strategic decision for a company that wants to outsource IT development or IT operations to an offshore country. However, it is often seen that there is too little focus on selection...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) has become one of the latest “fashion words” within European business, but in the IT Offshore context we have long worked with CSR. We may not have used the term CSR to the same...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       I recently read, an older but excellent article about IT offshore. The articled described some good views on IT offshore and yet the first comment was regarding labor costs. I am still wondering why labor costs continues...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Over the past years, we have had several meetings with potential clients who have been interested in hearing more about how to outsource dedicated Teams within software development and other IT related tasks. I have...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       I recently read a very good article about the bottlenecks of IT specialists. I worked as HR Director in a large IT company during the years before the financial crisis in 2008 and here I experienced what bottlenecks...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       The use of IT Offshore has entered a new era. We are seeing a much stronger integration with other Offshore Development Centers (ODCs) in other parts of the world and with the organization in the onshore country.IT...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       The Corona virus has an impact on many companies and it is extremely sad to see the struggle many of them go through. We at CrossWorkers are of cause also affected by this and we had to prepare our organization for this...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       The Corona virus has changed the way companies work and many of them have been forced to send their employees home and let them work remotely. But how do the companies stay productive? Barbara Larson, Professor of...

Quite a few good ideas turns into nothing because entrepreneurs lack the finances to bring the idea to life. The reason might be the lack of focus on the business itself or speed.

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Get a sneak peek into the value of working with a Scandinavian managed IT Offshore/Nearshore vendor in a time like the Corona crisis.  Where you can focus on your local setup and foremost your customers and not run...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       CEO Villy Rasmussen explains why they choose to work with CrossWorkers. "Today many companies face the challenges that their computer systems are being hacked. Hacking is generally done by sneaking a malicious process...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       First of all, we make sure we understand what needs and wishes our clients have for future IT employees in Cairo. In order to understand that we ask them to complete a skills matrix with their technical requirements for...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       When you have the 3rd “must see” city, according to the Lonely Planet guide 2020, as the scene of our ODC (Offshore Development Center) – why not brag a bit? Our inspiration trips naturally have a professional focus and...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       As a Danish Cross-Cultural student in an IT-outsourcing company in Cairo, I often get the questions “What on earth are you doing there”? Being a Danish company in Cairo and having clients from all over the world,...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       Deciding to outsource your IT employees is always a big decision and especially to a country which is unknown to you. In Egypt we have many well educated IT people due to the fact that more than 50.000 IT student...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       I risked the lives of my family this summer. I went to both Sweden and Germany.  If we had just gone to Egypt we would have been safer” says our CEO Hans Henrik Groth with a smile.Perception is everything but this is...

        70 27 20 40 info@crossworkers.com       In the beginning of 2019 Brussels Research Group published an article about Egypts potential. And they conclude that Egypt is considered as one of the fastest growing offshore destinations in the world due to the...

When Scandinavian companies are considering outsourcing abroad, there are many considerations, and even concerns that arise. For most businesses, large and small, it is unchartered territory, and many miss the rights charts to navigate.