Belfast Company's Off-shore Resource Drives Irish Firm's Growth

Jan. 26, 2012 - PRLog -- The world's largest mushroom producer has signed a deal with a Northern Ireland firm to provide off-shore software development support that will help drive the company’s business on every level – from growing through to distribution.
Belfast-based Equiniti ICS - one of the UK's leading providers of IT and business process outsourcing - won the contract with Irish company, Monaghan Mushrooms and will deliver the services from its business centres in Northern Ireland and India.
Equiniti ICS's off-shore programming team is based in the southern Indian city of Chennai and can provide a full-time resource at highly competitive rates.
The two-year deal, of a significant value, will play a key role in securing the mushroom producer’s future growth and job creation.
Noel Lynch, Business Development Manager at Equiniti ICS said: 'We have a wealth of experience in delivering large scale projects - which was key to securing the deal.
'Outsourcing this software service delivers secure programming that increases company productivity and also reduces costs. We provide oversight and account management services for Monaghan Mushrooms here in Belfast while the technical elements are delivered by our team in India.
'The system is effective but unobtrusive - allowing companies of all sizes to concentrate on producing and selling great products. It is also extremely flexible – enabling us to 'scale up' resources during busy periods and reduce them as required.
'We are providing access to an experienced team using the very latest development tools.  Equiniti ICS is committed to developing and investing in off-shore capability – so that we have the right infrastructure, communications and people in place to deliver value-added solutions to our clients.

Cherian George, IS Manager from Monaghan Mushrooms, praised Equiniti ICS's flexibility.  He said: 'Our business is international and we needed systems that could deal with the tight turnaround times required to ensure we produced and delivered only the highest quality mushrooms.
'Having explored other off-shore options, we found that Equiniti ICS offered the best value and service.  
'It means we gain the price advantage associated with off-shore development but also benefit from the many practical benefits of working with a locally-based company.
'Equiniti ICS was also the only firm able to provide the kind of scalable resources we required. They’ve worked tirelessly with us to ensure that we were involved at every stage of the design process.'