QW2002 Paper 2P1

Mr. Vijay Sikka & Mr. Anurag Khemka
(Nirixa, Inc.)

Outsourcing in QA and Testing

Key Points

Presentation Abstract

Recent downward market trends, waning revenues and emphasis on the bottom line has prompted a resurgence in the trend of outsourcing. Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies are using outsourced services, whether they are business process management, customer service, software development, transcription or QA and testing. All the top 20 ISVs now have software development and QA labs in countries such as India, Ireland, China, Israel amongst several others. Questions range from whether outsourcing QA and testing been a productive experience for companies to whether the promise of cost savings was fulfilled.

About the Author

Vijay Sikka is the co-founder and principal of Nirixa, Inc. a company providing comprehensive QA and testing outsourced services. Vijay's more than 15 year executive career and strengths span business development, engineering, and operations. Vijay has done marketing at IBM in Madison Avenue, New York and engineering management for 7 ½ years at Intel Corporation headquarters in Santa Clara. In 1996, Vijay founded IBrain Software, Inc. and served as its CEO until its acquisition by Entigen Corp in 1998. In 1999, Vijay started Bodha.com, Inc. and served on its board of directors until its acquisition by Peregrine Systems (NASDAQ: PRGN) in 2002. Vijay has built international teams and engineering organizations with successful multi - year operations. Vijay is an advisor and a consultant to several bay area companies.

Anurag Khemka is the co-founder and principal of Nirixa, Inc. a company providing comprehensive QA and testing outsourced services. Anurag has more than fifteen years of experience in enterprise software development, product architecture, and executive management. Anurag is the founder of MarketFirst Software, a pioneer and leader in Enterprise Marketing Automation, and currently serves there as Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Prior to founding MarketFirst in 1996, Anurag was the director of research and development at Cambio Networks, and previous to that held positions as the chief product architect and R&D manager for UB Network's enterprise-wide, client/server based network management products.