Location plays an important role when outsourcing to an offshore development center. The choice of location determines the caliber of resources available, language and cultural compatibility, time zone differences, innate quality consciousness, availability of infrastructure, political stability and, most importantly, cost. It is extremely beneficial if the offshore vendor also has a local presence in your country or has extensive experience working with other clients from your country.

Encodex Technologies is located in Pune, India. Our analysis say, several IT companies are evincing greater interest in Pune, a Tier II city, over all Tier I cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai or Delhi. It's slowly becoming the hub of huge IT-ITES (Information Technology-IT Enabled Services), BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) investments. The city has seen a precipitous growth in the last 12 months. And if the gamut of activities going on in the city is anything to go by, the city is competing strongly with other IT strongholds to be the IT capital of the country. To be the next outsourcing hub of India. And it's a strong contender for (against Bangalore) the position of "Silicon Valley of India".

Pune is home to all the major IT companies — Infosys, Wipro, Zensar Technologies, Cognizant, KPIT, Kanbay, Tata Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to name a few. There are in all 109 companies registered with the Software Technology Park of India (STPI), Pune. From multinationals to Indian majors, BPO units are choc-a-bloc in Pune. The big bulls — EXL, MsourcE, Convergys, HSBC, Aviva etc — have all set up shop here. And many of these companies are venturing out of their nerve centers in Bangalore and Hyderabad, to make Pune the hub of their expansion plans.

It is located 192 Kms (by rail) and 160 kms (by road) from Mumbai. Nearest International Airport is Mumbai.

Large talent pool
Pune being "The Oxford of the East" has no dearth of a talent pool either. The city churns out 80,000 engineering graduates each year. There are specialized education institutes here and a large base of scientists working on research and development. While Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad suffer from the accent factor, the BPO industry has Pune to look to, for a large English speaking public.

Pune has undergone a metamorphosis from a city of decrepit wadas (ancient houses from the Peshwa era) to a city of suave IT parks and stellar business achievements. It boasts of a high standard of living. And yet the cost of living here is nearly 40 per cent lower than a city like Mumbai. There's a new cosmopolitan culture here. A mall-and-multiplex culture. A lifestyle to celebrate. There's the Kentucky Fried Chicken. And McDonalds. And Shoppers Stop. And Pantaloons. And Gold Adlabs. All emblematic of a sumptuousness in a city that had earlier earned itself the sobriquet, "Pensioner's Paradise" for its sedate pace of life and simple lifestyle. It's slowly emerging as a city of dreams. A city where the bourgeois is given the prospect of a very good life, at an affordable price.

Pune has the highest PC penetration among households, even more than Bangalore. The telecom infrastructure is fast improving.

The city has an Intelsat Standard C-Band earth station, which provides connectivity to any point of the globe. The Software Technology Park of India, Pune, has tie-ups with 18 international carriers to provide connectivity anywhere in the world.

Weather / Climate:
Located in the Sahayadri Hills, near the west coast of India, Pune (180 31' N, 730 51' E) is a fascinating city with a healthy climate all year round. Pune is among the greenest urban areas in the country with more than 40% of its area under green cover.

Pune winters are cool, with bright sunny days and cool evenings. Summers are warm and monsoons are not too intense. Minimum winter temperatures, from the end of December to early January, can touch 6° Celsius.

Altitude: 559 Meters
Rainfall: 70 CMS (June to Sept)
Temperature:
Max- 41 C and Min-26 C in Summer
Max-29C and Min-6 C in Winter