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Product Engineering

Today, saving money is the primary motivation for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) seeking offshore outsourcing vendor relationships. Some companies, not satisfied with potential savings of 20% to 40%, seek greater savings by opening their own offshore product development and maintenance centers. This practice is particularly prevalent in the high-tech sector, where companies may already have offshore R&D centers, and in the financial services sector, where companies are looking to reduce costs and/or better secure their internal systems. Unfortunately, the management investment and overhead costs associated with opening a high-quality offshore product development center that is intended to support an enterprise IT organization rarely justifies the payoff.

Companies that are interested in opening their own offshore development centers should weigh the risks and benefits carefully and realistically before they embark on this major and, in most cases, unnecessary step. Partnering with Gateway for product development helps address these issues effectively. Gateway provides all the desired benefits that ISVs seek including reduced cycle times, lower costs, higher quality, and rapid resource ramp up/down. Gateway leverages upon a wealth of experience in building and maintaining commercial software products and application platforms for global ISVs. Gateway offers ISVs the benefits of outsourcing, while minimizing the "hidden" costs sometimes involved in outsourcing, such as the cost of managing the work or ensuring quality.

We offer our clients:

Local and offshore development centers, with expert teams staffed across centers
Excellence in project management, with local account and project managers   providing day-to-day client contact
Proven processes based on a decade of experience helping software roviders and   enterprise clients effectively outsource software services
Expertise in leading & emerging technologies as well as agile-based development   methodologies Proven track record

Gateway offers product services under its proprietary methodology called ProCoDe (Product Co-Development). The differentiating factor of our product services is the emphasis on collaboration among clients and Gateway. Through this approach, Gateway not only offers the traditional benefits of offshoring product services but also provides the features of a captive center including total control over operations, high degree of transparency and complete protection of IP.

Gateway’s ProCoDe services range from product application design and application development, product quality assurance and testing, to product maintenance and support. We offer ISVs both point solutions as well as turnkey solutions, such as comprehensive user support services. We have an established process for companies seeking to establish a dedicated Offshore Development Center, allowing them to begin with project-based engagements and progress over time to managed operations in a joint venture or other structure designed to suit their needs. Taking a product from concept to reality is a complex and arduous process. Gateway assists ISVs in this respect by tailoring product services that best fit our clients’ business requirements.

ProCoDe Spectrum:

Gateway has developed a detailed product road map with comprehensive service offering for each constituent. The core emphasis is on collaborative end-to-end process cycle, which leverages upon joint learning curves, while providing greater flexibility, cost advantages, and compressed time to market benefits. While certain elements of the product road map are initially more amenable for outsourcing, Gateway can collaborate with clients for end-to-end product services.


Gateway helps ISVs spend smarter and reap results better by strategically leveraging a global delivery model for product services to achieve the benefits of:

Innovative product development methodologies to visualize prototype, design and   construct a software application
Reduced product development costs through offshore development and gain a   winning edge against competition
Greater bandwidth to simultaneously develop multiple versions of products, or to   include greater functionality at tighter deadlines
Faster products to market advantage by leveraging upon our 24x7 time zone coverage
  Extending products to new technology platforms
Establishing dedicated offshore development centers and enabling our clients focus   on their core business
Building offshore capability within the client organization
  Enabling the client to develop process mastery
Promoting innovation
Providing complete control and transparency

Whatever the needs and timelines be, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can trust Gateway to deliver measurable success through product services.