WHY CHINA?
China is a strong IT outsourcing environment and continues to prove itself by becoming a fundamental part of almost every organization's Global Sourcing strategy.  Overall benefits of IT outsourcing in China include:

1. Global Risk Diversification.  Risk management is an important part of business strategy.  The change occurring in the outsourcing marketplace is causing some companies to aggressively seek geographic risk diversification – not moving their business out of India – but moving to locations such as China to offer a balanced portfolio of services.   
2. Alignment with Asia Business Initiatives – China has been steadily transitioning to a market-oriented economy – providing opportunities for foreign direct investment.  This growing economic clout is an attractive lure for many global companies.  A smart China strategy is a vital component for future growth. So is having a trusted China partner.
3. Highly Skilled Technical Workforce – Reports indicate that nearly 6 million engineering graduates live in China – with over 2 million software developers.  And, an additional 2 million graduates are predicted to be added each year.
4. English Proficiency – English language aptitude is on the rise in China.  Analysts indicate that China will challenge India's IT leadership during 2008 through the country's improved English proficiency.
5. Strong Government Support – The Chinese government has taken a proactive role in the country's rapid growth – placing a high priority on development of the IT services sector – including tax rebates and credit support to boost the nation's services outsourcing industry.
6. Infrastructure – The results of government support are obvious in China especially in the scale and physical size of infrastructure created in relatively short period of time – featuring state of the art technologies, communications, buildings and transportation systems.
7. Optimum Cost Efficiency – Currency fluctuations in India are causing companies to explore other destinations.  Most recently, the rupee has appreciated heavily against the US dollar, shrinking labor arbitrage. 

WHY FREEBORDERS?

Freeborders is the leading provider of IT outsourcing and services delivered from China to companies across North America and Europe.  With deep industry expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record serving the Global Fortune 1000 for over eight years, Freeborders can mobilize the right people, skills and technology to help clients. 

WHAT WE DO
As one of the top global outsourcing providers, Freeborders offers a full suite of IT outsourcing services that encompass all phases of a project lifecycle – ranging from strategy, assessment and planning - continuing on to include all elements of design, development, testing, implementation and integration, and ending with extended support.

WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT
Grounded in the experience of Indian and North American IT environments, Freeborders collaborates with clients to develop, implement and enhance their global outsourcing strategy in China with:

• Proven Global Delivery Model - We have developed and deployed a proven world class global delivery model known as CHINDUS, which includes the best practices from the U.S., India and China.
• Strategic Partnership Approach – Our clients view Freeborders as a strategic partner who delivers services that are centered not only on reducing costs but also enabling enterprise transformation and supporting their ability to access new markets quickly.  The pillars of our success are the values we share with our clients.
• Industry Expertise – Domain expertise across the chosen verticals is key to Freeborders' ability to add significant value to our clients.  In a world where expertise can be defined in many ways, Freeborders defines domain expertise as knowledge and experience that has been acquired through a track record that comes from working “hands-on” within a particular industry.  We invest in industry experts from the Financial Services, High Tech, Manufacturing, Retail and Telecommunications fields to work with our clients.
• Global Quality Standards  - Freeborders has embraced global quality standards - such as CMMI, ISO 9000, ISO 27001 and PMI -  to deliver superior business results to our clients.
• US Ownership – As a US-based corporation, Freeborders is able to offer its clients all the benefits of IT outsourcing from China while avoiding the assumed risks of dealing with an outsourcing provider that is based overseas. The management team at Freeborders has leveraged its experience working in India and China to maximize our clients' ROI and minimize the risks to their businesses.
• Security & Intellectual Property - Freeborders is a US-based corporation that understands the importance of protecting its clients' intellectual property. With outsourced development operations located in China, Freeborders clients work with US-based project managers and application architects. We strive to have all levels of project resources (technical and business) in onshore and offshore locations. All contracts, Statements of Work (SOWs), and business agreements are drawn up in accordance with US piracy, copyright, IP protection, and data privacy laws.