RCG IT Offshore Services Marks 10 Years of Delivery Excellence for Global Clients

　　EDISON, N.J., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- RCG Information Technology, Inc. (), a global leader in software development services, is marking the 10-year anniversary of its Offshore Delivery Center (ODC) providing services to global clients through its wholly-owned facility in Manila, the Philippines.

Since its inception in 1997, RCG IT Manila has set a number of international milestones which continue to prove the world-class abilities of its state-of-the-art offshore facility. RCG IT became the first company in the Philippines and the 8th in the world to be assessed at CMMi Level 5 in July 2003. Since 2003, as one of the top IT outsourcing companies in the Philippines, it has grown by 250 percent, providing IT professional services to more than 360 global companies.

ODC clients are enjoying 50-60 percent lower labor rates, as well as English language proficiency and are further benefiting from an ever-increasing predictability in project cost and schedules, higher productivity and shorter cycle time achieved through the CMMi ? Level 5 certification.

"The ODC has been offering clients maximum flexibility for off-shore, on-shore or duel shore capability for a decade now," said Robert D. Simplot, CEO and President. "We''ve been offering our clients a highly attractive, cost effective alternative to the crowded Indian outsourcing market, due to our focus on custom application development, software testing and application maintenance coupled with our sharp focus on delivery excellence ?, which is our company''s hallmark."

US companies utilizing the ODC represent such diverse industries as: insurance, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, retail, energy/oil & gas and pharmaceutical.

According to Pet Hartman, Vice President of Implementation Services at Arch Insurance Group, "Arch is on its second year of engagement with RCG IT''s Offshore Delivery Center. My department has completed more projects within budget and time constraints as a result of our partnership."

"RCG IT has world-class IT professionals and experienced professional Project Managers that ensure a high percentage of resource retention, which is critical to my department''s needs and success," Pet said.

According to a recent Gartner study, new approaches to application testing using offshore resources and significant vendor investments have created tremendous opportunities for efficiency and have reduced time to market.

"We see the Philippines value proposition, combined with our world-class CMMi-5 quality processes, as a compelling case for choosing the ODC as an outsourcing partner to demonstrate significant cost savings and shorter cycle times for clients," said Richard McGonegal, PhD, President and Managing Director of RCG IT Philippines. "Our CMMi mechanisms provide us with competitive advantage vis-a-vis other offshore centers who have not been assessed at the integrated level linking the entire systems development and engineering process to our clients'' business objectives. CMMi is embedded in our organizational culture and will foster continued delivery excellence."

The RCG IT ODC is 100 percent owned and operated by RCG IT US and, as such, has all the protections of US law. It maintains a technology platform and consultant pool experienced in Web technologies, Object Oriented (OO) tools and middleware. Offshore capabilities include application development, application maintenance, software testing and database migration and conversion. Complemented by certified project managers, technical architects and business analysts, the ODC solutions portfolio and skill sets mirrors US market demand.

About RCG Information Technology

RCG Information Technology is a leader in IT professional services with 33 years of experience and best practices providing IT strategy and design, application development, testing, integration, and management. We are committed to delivery excellence? and are CMM certified enterprise-wide. Specialized solutions include: Business Intelligence, Business & Technology Planning, SOA/Web Services, QA and Software Testing, Application Management, Offshore Delivery and Project Management. RCG IT serves 360 clients and 7 of the Fortune 10 across a range of markets, with special focus on the financial services, government, manufacturing, retail, energy/oil & gas, insurance and pharmaceutical industries. RCG IT is based in Edison, New Jersey, with offices nationwide, an Offshore Delivery Center in the Philippines, assessed at SW-CMMI? Level 5, and a global recruiting engine.

Source: RCG Information Technology, Inc.