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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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Can You Really Overhaul A Nation’s Customer Service Culture?

YoungUpstarts

In a harsh global economy, great service is the price of admission. And if you’re a leader at global enterprise, no doubt you’ve gained more than a few gray hairs worrying about it. Before the global recession, Mauritius was a popular vacation destination for Europeans. Singapore Airlines had to compete globally from day one.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We are now based in Atlanta, but we started out on a college campus in Jamaica as a team of one: me. I told myself it would make me better at my job–but really I was starting to develop a new career. I knew that in order to develop business that excited me and where I had more respect and freedom I needed to leave.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter January 2012

VC Cafe

has decided to open its first ever development center outside of its California headquarters in Israel. Though a global innovator, Apple in 2010 only invested 2% of its revenue in R&D, much lower than other high-tech companies. Anobit developed a chip which enhances flash drive performance through signal processing (DSP).