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LogiGear Expands Offshore Testing Center

LogiGear are expending their software testing center in Vietnam, as announced by the company this week. The testing center is located in Ho Chi Minh City and it is currently the only software testing center in Vietnam. LogiGear Test & Research Center is expanding to support the continued rapid expansion of LogiGear`s independent software testing services. The center is expected to double in size by the end of the year, and will provide work for around 160 engineers. ?Software testing in Vietnam provides a key strategic advantage for LogiGear and for our customers,? said Hung Nguyen, LogiGear?s CEO, President & founder. ?Labor costs in Vietnam are generally lower and are not growing as rapidly as in India or China. Furthermore, since the IT industry in Vietnam is just beginning to emerge, LogiGear is able to recruit the best talent in the country, including many foreign-trained engineers.

Despite widespread outsourcing of software testing, many companies are finding it difficult to find high quality offshore software testing services. ?We surveyed our clients, prospects, and contacts, and learned that most of them were dissatisfied with offshore software testing services from larger vendors who are primarily focused on software development,? said Nguyen. ?These vendors simply don?t have enough expertise in software testing, nor do they assign their best talent to software testing. LogiGear is strictly focused on software testing. We are recruiting the best talent available and providing them with the same world-class QA training that we deliver to our customers.?

LogiGear intends to continue offering its independent software testing services as a combined onshore/offshore model, with onshore account and project management, and offshore test management, development, automation and execution. ?Our goal is to make the offshore software testing process as seamless as possible for our customers,? said Nguyen, ?and based on the feedback from our existing customers, we have been tremendously successful in this initiative.?