• Sysmetric has 230 person-years of core software development experience, of which 90 person-years is onsite. All this, in five years time.
  
  
• Our consultants work in the UK, central Europe and the USA
  
  
• We have also successfully completed projects in France, New Zealand and, of course, India
  
  
• We specially groom our consultants so they rapidly gel with your way of doing things
  
  
• We are open to YOUR project management
  
  
• We bill you locally

Our project managers, software engineers and media designers travel to your location and work onsite for contracts ranging from three months to two years.

»  When do you need this model?

This model is suitable when:

• The work to be done requires a high level of interaction with the customer
  
  
• Where the work being outsourced is part of a large project which can not be easily parcelled out
  
  
• Initial knowledge transfer or specifications finalisation for offshore work
  
  
• Difficulty in replicating computing environment offshore as well as remote connectivity
  
  
• End user training
  
  
• Final implementation or customer acceptance testing of software developed offshore
  
  
• Certain types of package implementation
  
  
• Maintenance/ bug fixing of first level of defects

»  Hybrid model

This model combines the best of both onsite and offshore. In this model, high level work is carried out of Sysmetric’s facilities in the city/ country where the customer is located and activities such as coding, testing are carried out offshore. This model is more suitable when:

• The customer requirements are prone to frequent changes
  
  
• Sysmetric team has to interact with users as much as the customer internal team
  
  
• The users are spread across multiple sites
  
  
• The customer need for project visibility is very high

»  Skill set

Front end tools : Visual Studio.NET Delphi Visual Basic Visual C++ Visual Foxpro Developer 2000 PowerBuilder Crystal Reports Quick Reports JBuilder Kylix Languages : C#, VB.NET Java C, C++ COBOL PASCAL Clipper Databases : Oracle MS SQL Server Interbase MySql Paradox Operating systems : Windows 2000 / NT 4 Novell Netware SCO-Unix DRS-Unix Burroughs MCP RedHat Linux Management tools : Microsoft Visual Sourcesafe Microsoft Project 2000

Web technology : ASP.NET ASP, Visual Interdev JSP, Tomcat J2EE-Websphere XML, XSL, WML PHP, Apache HTML, VBScript / Javascript, Dreamweaver Flash, Authorware Oracle Web DB Microsoft Site Server Middle tier : COM/DCOM Active X MTS Oracle Application Server EJB Java Beans Application server : IIS Oracle Application Server Weblogic J-Run Enhydra Enterprise applications : Pivotal Great Plains Sales Logix, ACT! GoldMine, Heat Sage Line 100 Access Accounts CASE / Reverse : S-Designer Rational-Rose WithClass Engineering Tools

»  Frequently asked questions

Q: What about the quality of consultants?
A: WORLD-CLASS
Our onsite consultants represent a truly global talent pool, certified in various technologies, highly experienced and trained in our world-class methodologies. Our rigorous recruitment and selection processes ensure that we hire the most experienced and well-qualified consultants.

Q: How do you recruit?
A: RIGOROUS SCREENING
We put the applicants through a rigorous testing process. For technical positions, the candidates have to take a detailed technical test. While selecting a person, we insist on a good educational background and a proven track record. This ensures that only the best talent is inducted into the organisation. We select only those people who have excellent communication and presentation skills.

Q: Do you train your consultants formally?
A: YES
All the selected candidates are inducted into various critical projects. We make sure that the training does not only enhance the technical skill, but also imbibe in them problem-solving skills and a high level of customer orientation. They are formally trained in our software engineering methodologies and quality processes prior to joining a live project. Due to such rigorous training, our consultants feel at home even in the most demanding circumstances onsite.

Q: Do you impart any culture training?
A: YES
Our HR team has developed special programs for exposing our consultants in the relevant culture of the international workplace, which ensures that the consultant is a good fit from day one.

Q: What is the degree of your international exposure?
A: VAST
We have acquired considerable onsite software development experience in five years of business. This indicates the level of our international exposure.