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The SQS offshoring prize competition

How well do you know your way around IT offshoring?
Are you already an expert in offshoring?

Test your knowledge and expertise in and around the subject of IT offshoring and win an 80 GB iPod video, one of five 8 GB iPod nanos or one of 50 SQS music CDs: “Hits from 1982”.

Good luck!

• 1. Which country currently generates the biggest turnover worldwide with the offshoring of IT services?

  China India Malaysia
   

• 2. Which country is the location of the first offshore operation belonging to SQS Software Quality Systems AG?

  Egypt Russia South Africa
   

• 3. What, apart from reducing costs, has now become the most important motivation for IT offshoring?

  Access to new markets Improving your own employees' knowledge of English Access to qualified personnel
   

• 4. How does the practical experience of small and medium-sized enterprises (annual turnover below 10 million euros) in contracting awards compare with that of large corporations (turnover above 1 billion euros)? Is it …

  less the same more
   

• 5. Which of the following companies is not an Indian IT service provider?

  Tata Infosys Evolutionsoft
   

• 6. What is the proportion of companies asking for a separation of software development and testing?

  About one third About a half About two thirds
   

• 7. What does the term “homeshoring” mean?

  Outsourcing to nearby service providers in the same region who offer similar advantages to those of offshore providers. The employees of an IT service provider work mostly at home in a home office, which generates additional cost benefits. The outsourcing of IT services to the enterprise’s own subsidiary companies.
   

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Employees of SQS and their dependants are not eligible to enter. The winners shall be drawn at random from among all correct answers submitted. The winners shall be notified by SQS and their names published at www.sqs.de. The entrant expressly agrees to this form of publication in the event of winning a prize. No cash payments can be made in lieu of the prizes or any substitute prize. The claim to a prize or substitute prize is not transferable.