ThoughtWorks Opens First Development Center in China, Adding Significant Capacity to its Global Delivery Model.CHICAGO -- Transnational IT professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm ThoughtWorks today announced it is strengthening its footprint in Asia-Pacific and its global software delivery model by opening its first China office in Xi'an. ThoughtWorks, known for it distributed global delivery approach and dominant regional presence, leverages the most talented software and technology professionals, wherever they might be located, to bring forward exceptional solutions for its clients at home and abroad. "China's domestic software market is expected to take a giant leap forward in the next few years," says Roy Singham, ThoughtWorks' Chief Executive Officer. "ThoughtWorks is pleased to be a part of China's technology and innovation explosion and is excited to offer its best practices and software application delivery skills to this growing market." ThoughtWorks chose Xi'an, the major city in the province of Shaanxi, for many reasons, including its rich scientific and academic backdrop, its access to three highly acclaimed ac·claim v. ac·claimed, ac·claim·ing, ac·claims v.tr. 1. To praise enthusiastically and often publicly; applaud. See Synonyms at praise. 2. technical universities, a population of 7 million, and, perhaps most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , one of the most progressive High Tech Zones and accompanying software parks to be found in China. Singham adds, "ThoughtWorks prides itself on providing strategic technology solutions to its clients by finding and hiring talent across the world. Having a Development Center in China will allow us to further optimize our delivery capability for clients globally while also having a fundamental impact on how software is created and delivered locally." ThoughtWorks is known as the industry leader in Agile development See agile software development. methods, and maintains an enviable en·vi·a·ble adj. So desirable as to arouse envy: "the enviable English quality of being able to be mute without unrest" Henry James. track record in high-end application development. Agile software development Methodologies for designing software that have proven to be more effective in dealing with business realities such as changing requirements during development. It promotes industry best practices that emphasize teamwork, customer involvement and the frequent creation of small, working methods deliver units of workable software as often as practically possible, reducing cost and risk for clients. In fact, ThoughtWorks' global sourcing model has been found by a Forrester Total Economic Impact study to reduce application time to market by half and to be nearly 30 percent more cost effective than its alternatives. "We are very excited about the opportunities in China and are humbled at how gracious gra·cious adj. 1. Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy. 2. Characterized by tact and propriety: responded to the insult with gracious humor. 3. our reception has been," says Sid Pinney, General Manager of ThoughtWorks China. "ThoughtWorks looks forward to becoming a leader in China, not only in the education and application of best development practices in China's software industry, but also to be recognized as strategic IT advisors to China's largest corporations." About ThoughtWorks ThoughtWorks, Inc. is a transnational IT professional services firm providing application development and systems integration services to Global 1000 companies. The company's leadership in the practical application of Agile ag·ile adj. 1. Characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble. 2. Mentally quick or alert: an agile mind. methods on enterprise class projects allows its people to deliver higher quality solutions more quickly and cost effectively, while giving client business leaders greater program and project control. ThoughtWorks' more than 650 professionals serve clients from Australia, Canada, China, India, United Kingdom and United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . ThoughtWorks' Web site is www.ThoughtWorks.com. |
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