DBAccess

Engineers based in Latin America, working in hours that overlap with North American business days, are what this software company supplies to clients. DBAccess says it has worked in a nearshore model for more than twenty-five years, serving customers in Canada, the United States and Europe, and that its history in software development runs to more than thirty-five years.

Startups and enterprises

The firm divides its market into two groups. For startups it helps launch products faster and scale them, building innovative products with current technologies and practices. For corporate clients it works on core systems, and says it has built them for more than thirty years, including for several Fortune 1000 companies. The aim for those clients is to drive innovation and make operations run better.

The nearshore case

According to the company, sharing time zones with Eastern, Central and Pacific time allows real-time communication and collaboration, which it links to higher quality and lower cost. It adds that Latin America offers a deep pool of university-trained talent with skills in Java, JavaScript, Kubernetes, advanced analytics, machine learning and cloud-native development, at average rates it puts at half to a third of the US tech labor market. It also lists practical points such as low visa requirements, ease of travel within a working week and cultural proximity.

The Solutions Development Center

A key idea in its delivery is the Solutions Development Center, a team model through which the company provides disciplines according to the stage of a product. Examples on its client list include centers that built an organization's sales, shipping and workshop systems, kept an application portfolio running for a bank, developed a learning management application and managed a project portfolio for a direct sales company.

Agile working

The company emphasizes extensive experience in agile methods, proposing solutions centred on the client and on the evolution of products through iterations and continuous improvement. It says it has executed more than a thousand projects for clients in over twenty countries.

Sample work

Projects listed on the site include a professional social network, an inclusive auto insurance provider, learning technology, an online finance platform for subcontractors, 3D-printed prosthetics, a smart-city web platform, an all-in-one digital product for private aircraft operators and nurse staffing services in Illinois. Larger engagements include clearing solutions for a development bank, the maintenance of card transaction applications, a cement plant production system and a health platform for tracking a fungal infection nationwide.