Ignite Outsourcing http://ignite.yalla-ya.com Ignite, Setting Software Outsourcing alright - on target , on-time, on budget with an open approch enterprise-scale software solution development Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Clarizen http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/clarizen http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/clarizen#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:07:54 +0000 ignite http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/?p=49 http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/clarizen/feed Mercado http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/mercado http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/mercado#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:07:15 +0000 ignite http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/?p=48 http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/mercado/feed Orbograph http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/orbograph http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/orbograph#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:06:37 +0000 ignite http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/?p=47 http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/case-studies/orbograph/feed Software Development Outsourcing Conference http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/news-articles/events/software-development-outsourcing-conference http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/news-articles/events/software-development-outsourcing-conference#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:00:34 +0000 ignite http://ignite.yalla-ya.com/?p=44 Ignite is proud to invite you to the annual Software Development Outsourcing Conference, which will be held on October 17th, 9:00 - 16:00, at Avenue Conference Hall at Airport City.
This year’s conference is focused on the growing shortage of skilled personnel in the Israeli software industry, and the outsourcing alternatives that respond to this problem, namely offshoring and nearshoring.

The agenda for this conference includes:

  • Offshoring to India - Arun K. Singh, Ambassador, Indian Embassy.
  • Ukraine-Israel Overview - Ehud Gonen, Ministry of Industry and Trade.
  • Silicon Valley or Silicon Vaddi, Yanki Margalit, Alladin. The future of the Israeli High-Tech industry
  • Effective Outsourcing! Aviram Eisenberg, Ignite. Creating a cost effective global delivery model
  • The shortage in skilled personnel - expert panel including leading Israeli software vendors, leading service providers, and experts from the national and academic arenas.
  • My offshore case study - offshore case studies presented by senior software development managers who managed offshore activity

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Time Subject Lecturer
08:00-09:00 Gathering and Registration
09:00-09:10 Opening words Aviram Eisenberg & Yehuda Konfortes
09:10-09:20 India’s Strength & potential in Software Development H.E. Arun K. Singh, Indian Ambassador
09:20-09:30 Ukraine-Israel Overview Ehud Gonen, Ministry of Industry & Trade
09:30-09:50 Silicon Valley or Silicon Vaddi Yanki Margalit, Alladin
09:50-10:10 Ness Managed Labs for ISVs Sefi Galezer, NESS
10:10-10:30 Optimizing the R&D organization Gal Kimel, BMC
10:30-10:50 Effective Outsourcing! Aviram Eisenberg, Ignite
10:50-11:10 Break
11:10-12:00 Expert Panel - Q&A about the growing shortage in skilled personnel in the Israeli software industry - reasons for the problem and possible solutions namely offshoring and nearshoring Yanki Margalit, CEO, Alladin
Meir Raz & Motti Eichler, Marketing, Manpower Breshit
Menachem Zuker, Co-founder, Nisha group
Shlomo Waxe, head of the Israeli industry association
Sefi Glaezer, NESS, offshore provider
Moderator: Aviram Eisenberg
12:20-12:20 Israeli Offshoring from vision to reality Nisan Yaari, Tadiad
12:20-12:40 India is here Adam Back, Unit
12:40-13:00 Fixed Price Vs. T&M Prof. Gadi Ariav, Tel Aviv University
13:00-13:20 Legal issues in Outsourcing Contracts Gadi Openhiemer, Attorney
13:20-14:00 My Offshore Case Study - senior development managers present their experience and lessons in managing offshore R&D activity:

  • Alvarion
  • Mercury
  • BigBand
  • Sun
  • Checkpoint
  • Moderator: Ranit Fink
  • Ariel Cohen, Director R&D Enabled, HP Software (Mercury)
  • Ophir Kra-Oz, VP Products, IT Structures
  • Yair Badian, Senior Software Director, BigBand Networks
  • Eran Vanounou, Director of Engineering Services, SUN
  • Meir Ben Moshe, Project Manager, Nokia-Siemens
  • Moderator: Ranit Fink, Issue
14:30-15:30 Lunch

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