Vietnam
has great potential as a centre of excellence in the field of software
testing, according to the US-based software testing company LogiGear.
The software testing market
is a niche segment within the IT outsourcing market, with global market
size estimated at US$6.1 billion in 2005, according to the US-based IT
research and advisory Gartner Group.
LogiGear Viet Nam CEO and
President Hung Nguyen said though India is Asia's undisputed market
leader of offshore services and China the leading challenger, Vietnam
could offer fierce competition in the niche segment.
Software testing is an
empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with
information about the quality of a software product or service in the
context in which it is intended to operate.
India's young software
testing market, which started around 2001, has an estimated total
market size of $1 billion (Meta Group). The industry has created an
estimated 40,000 software testing professionals in 2008.
"Though Vietnam's software
testing professionals level is at only 15 per cent of India. The 6,000
professionals in Vietnam will more than triple and grow to 25,000 by
the year 2011," said Nguyen.
Vietnam's edge would be
hinged on its skill-based approach that produces a workforce with
advanced software testing and automation skills higher than those of
the two other countries, he said.
The intent of software testing is finding software bugs or errors to ensure optimum software performance for various industries.
Nguyen said the Vietnam
market's viability was based on cost of labour; workforce suitability;
political and economic stability; government policies on business and
intellectual property protection; and facility in English of its IT
graduates and professionals.
LogiGear Corp has been
expanding its operations in Vietnam since 2005 as Vietnam is seen as
being a favourable location for offshore outsourcing.
(Source: Viet Nam News) |