Overview

Key Isthmus Data
• Founded 2003, spinoff of • “Agile CMMi”: Collaborative,
Lidersoft, a leading regional iterative, repeatable and
software services company predictable.
• 24,000 s.f. development center • Both Waterfall (turnkey) and
Agile development
• San Jose, Costa Rica,
15 minutes from airport • Custom development,
maintenance, QA/Testing,
• Supplemental Development professional services, business
talent Mexico and Colombia analysis
• US business offices: Charlotte,
• Specializing in J2EE, .Net and
NC and Sunnyvale, CA current “in demand”
technologies (e.g., Web 2.0,
• 3-5 hrs flight from most U.S.
LAMP, Ruby, PHP, Ajax, J2ME
cities
and others)
• Central Time Zone (CST)

Why Nearshore, Why Isthmus?
Control
w e w o r k w h e n y o u d o . We
maintain constant contact to
provide you real-time metrics
on progress, issues, changes
and milestones

Why Nearshore, Why Isthmus?
Collaboration
we work seamlessly with your
team leveraging parallel time
zones. Teams from both sides
transition easily to work
together on knowledge transfer
and deliverables

Why Nearshore, Why Isthmus?
Cultural Affinity
We place optimal emphasis on soft
skills, consultative approach,
extrovert personalities and intense
problem solvers. Our people have
extensive international experience
and a stated professional goal to
work with US clients.

Why Nearshore, Why Isthmus?
Right Shoring
Isthmus Costa Rica is inspired by software development
work requiring high personal interaction, personnel onsite-
nearshore movement, geographic risk diversification, tight
control and collaboration and analytical rigor

Why Nearshore, Why Isthmus?
Simplicity
From ease of travel to real-time
collaboration to teams comprised
of only mid-senior level
professionals, the essence of our
nearshore approach is based in
making your offshore relationship
simple and seamless for your
organization

All services
service offerings based on custom
software
development
Focus on tech
• Custom development and maintenance expertise, not
domain expertise
• QA/Testing J2EE, .Net,
current “in
• Business Analysis, requirements definition and demand”
technologies
design (e.g., Web 2.0,
LAMP, Ruby, PHP,
• Professional software customization and Agile
Ajax, J2ME and
others)
implementation services Programming
Testing BOT
• 3-5 hrs flight from most US cities Custom
Software
• Central Time Zone (CST) Development
Enterprise
ADM
•
App Support
Waterfall (turnkey) and Agile development
BA
• Specializing in J2EE, .Net, QA/Testing and new
technologies

Global Delivery Model -- Optimum Activity Location
Offshore
On-site • Project management
• Program management • Detailed design
office (PMO)
• Coding
• Requirements definition
• Unit testing
• Prototyping
• High-level design • Usability testing (preliminary)
• User-interface design • Documentation
• Usability testing • Bug fixing
• Integration testing • Warranty maintenance (alternative)
• Acceptance testing • Ongoing maintenance
• Implementation/cutover
• User training
• Warranty maintenance
• Small, dedicated staff
Onshore
• Account management
• Domain experts’ consulting
assistance
• High-level design (alternative)
Nearshore Costa Rica • Emergency bug fixes
• High-level design (alternative) (alternative)
• Quick turnaround development • Tier 1 triage
• Assessment/estimates
• Emergency bug fixes
• Interactive development
• Prime-time support
• Testing
• Risk diversification for onshore/
offshore tasks
• On-line applications management

Unique Nearshore Approach
High-touch, HIGH CONTROL
Co-development (Leveraging proximity and same
timezone)
Collaborative projects and teams
Unique verticals
Frequent OR EASY onsite/offshore movement High-relationship
Training and Frequent onsite/offshore movement
knowledge transfer
Training and knowledge transfer
Strategy sessions
Co-development
geographic de-risking nearshore
Agile teamwork
Collaborative projects
High-touch and teams
Audits
Specific or
unique technologies
Offshore/farshore

The advantages are yours
• WELL EDUCATED
• U.S./Western acculturated
• Proximity (2-5hrs)
• Timezone aligned +- 1-2hrs
• ITO $30-40/hr, BPO $15-25
• U.S. legal and Education system
• CAFTA signee
• Lower onshore rates ($60-70/hr)

Contact
Andy Hilliard
CEO, Oneworld Technology Inc.
Co-Founder, Isthmus Costa Rica
ahilliard@isthmusit.com
andy@oneworld-technology.com
www.isthmusit.com
www.oneworld-technology.com
704.649.1087