While parents struggle to pay annual school fees between Rs 12,000 and 18,000, a south Mumbai family outsourced a single Std X project for Rs 26,000.

The cost of outsourcing projects has skyrocketed over the years. Regular project work is now compelling parents to send their children for tutorials, giving rise to a new cottage industry.

Meenakshi Chirawawala, a professional who compiles school projects, charged a student Rs 26,000 for an assignment recently. “The student was one of the top scorers in his class and wanted to secure top marks in the assignment. His mother, a resident of Altamount Road, just asked me to spruce up the task. I not only researched into the topics given to students, but also included a lot of craftwork.” she said.

The task of embellishing the project work involves making it more colourful; the use of various types of inks and papers increases its cost, say experts. Moreover, parents demand that the professionals make the “best project”. Atit Shah, an engineering student who coaches students in preparing projects, said, “I charge Rs 5,000 a month for nearly 10 sessions. Students have to complete projects in every subject, therefore, parents are seeking professional help to train them. We guide students in compiling matter and different forms of presentation.”

Shah’s services as a “project assistant” are listed in business directories. With all the education boards earmarking 20 marks in each subject for internal projects, the demand for good project work guides has gone up. “Currently, students have to secure a minimum score of 90% to get admission into any of the toprung city colleges. Students in Std X also unable to meet the submission deadlines with greater emphasis on studies. Parents want wards to bag top scores and leave no stone unturned,” Chirawawala added. For a parent of a Std X boy, the money spent on projects has become an integral part of their monthly budget. A parent of a child who studies in an ICSE school said, “Students have to complete assignments throughout the academic year. We end up spending between Rs 7,000 and Rs 15,000 per month. Students do not have the time to work on these projects ahead of the board exam. We treat the money spent on outsourcing project work as tuition expenses.”

The project work involves research and then summarising the findings. Once the guide has finished the assignment, students have to merely write it in their handwriting. A school told students to visit nationalised, private and foreign banks and then asked them to compare the fixed deposit interest rates. The guides ensured that different projects are compiled on the topic for submission.

Source:http://educationtimes.com/educationTimes/CMSD/Newsroom/1/2012010320120103134347609c39e6a93/Busy-students-outsource-homework.html

ABTO Software (www.abtosoftware.com), a global provider of offshore IT outsourcing and high-end software development services, officially announces its new slogan “Accelerate Business Today – Outsource to ABTO!”

The familiar slogan: “We’ll scope it and build it; we’ll update and then take care of it. Solutions with integrity.” has been ABTO’s slogan since 2007, but with the course of time the company has grown, evolved and felt the need to become more visible on the global IT outsourcing services market.

This new slogan summarizes the company’s core values, reflects its corporate strategy and reveals its mission to the world. It clearly manifests that ABTO Software is aimed at helping its customers accelerate their business by providing high quality outsourcing services in a variety of areas like Custom Software Development, Mobile Solutions Secure Software, Web Design and Development, etc. and across such diverse vertical markets as Banking & Finance, Healthcare, Government, Retail & Distribution, etc (new.abtosoftware.com/category/portfolio/) .

ABTO’s goal has always been to remain a trusted provider of advanced software solutions for customers around the globe. Since its setting up ABTO Software has grown significantly. Now it employs over 60 professional software developers to catch up with the growing customers’ demands. Our software and web development experts all have Master or Bachelor’s degrees in Software Engineering and Computer Sciences, which allows them to leverage various state-of-the-art technologies to create high class IT solutions that ultimately help ABTO’s customers grow, accelerate and succeed in the highly-competitive global economy.

ABTO’s team of bright dedicated software developers using innovative technologies has recently been working on a major makeover of the company’s website to better reveal the new company’s slogan concept. The new slogan vividly displayed on the updated ABTO’s website is addressed to the company’s current and prospective customers and aimed at promoting the company as a reliable software outsourcing partner.

Oleksandr Muzychuk, the CEO at ABTO Software, notes: “ABTO Software’s uniqueness lays in its flexibility and total commitment to specific customer’s needs. So, our new slogan is designed to emphasize that our prospective clients can rely on ABTO Software as a partner aimed at our customers’ business workflows optimization, and as a result increase of their competitive advantage. We are striving for long-term mutually beneficial cooperation with our valued customers, which is sure to bring unrivaled value to their business.”
Keywords: ABTO Software, IT outsourcing services, software development services, custom software development, software developers, software outsourcing.

Source:http://www.openpr.com/news/201009/ABTO-Software-Announces-its-New-Slogan-Accelerate-Business-Today-Outsource-to-ABTO.html

Time is valuable. For some, it is more valuable than anything else. If you run a business like I do, you will encounter tasks that need to be done but waste lots of precious time. A basic example would be comment moderating, checking for broken links or answering emails. While it is not always possible to outsource those tasks, especially not so if you do not want to provide a third party access to the data, there are other tasks that can be easily outsourced to free up time.

When I say outsource I mean to hire a third party to perform that task for you. And this can be anything that you are comfortable to share. From homework assignments to creating a new website, writing an article or converting documents. Outsourcing on the Internet works best for tasks that are technology related, even though they are not limited to that.

Lets take a look at one of the marketplaces where you can outsource your tasks. Fiverr on first glance does not look like a place where any sane person would outsource tasks on. You pay $5 regardless of the task which, depending on the task, feels awfully low. I’d suggest to use the search first to find suitable providers. Lets say you are looking to get your math assignment done. Enter math, or something more specific like algebra or geometry in the search form and look at the results.

Source:http://www.ghacks.net/2011/10/31/how-to-outsource-assignments-tasks-to-free-up-time/