Product category: Compliance Engineering
News Release from: Enea Embedded Technology
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 April 2007

Network services company
oversees test outsourcing

Services company to manage and optimise test and quality-control processes before overseeing outsourcing to Romania

Enea, a world leading provider of network software and services, has announced a professional services agreement with a leading provider of application servers for converged networks. Per the bridged services agreement, valued at US $3 million over two years, Enea will assume control of the company's test operations, providing processes, tools, training, audits and management services.

Enea will initially deploy a small local team at the equipment provider's home offices to manage and optimise test and quality-control processes.

Gradually, Enea will shift the majority of the test operation to its off shore facilities in Bucharest, Rumania, ultimately saving the equipment maker an estimated $1.5 million dollars annually.

'Enea's team of 350-plus professional services engineers has over 20 years of experience in telecom software testing, and provides full life-cycle services that address all aspects of telecom equipment design, test, integration, certification, maintenance and training', says Virginia Walker, Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy and Marketing at Enea.

'The expansion of our Romanian engineering facility offers an economically attractive opportunity for equipment manufacturers to outsource non-critical operations and focus internal resources on getting to market faster with highly differentiated equipment that offers best-of-breed service capabilities'.

The decision to partner with Enea marks a radical change in the way that telecom equipment manufacturers operate.

Traditionally, equipment makers have handled all aspects of platform design, test and maintenance in house.

Due to increased competitive pressures and demands for shortened time to market, a growing number are seeking a competitive advantage through off shore arrangements that enable them to outsource generic functions and operations.

This new approach, exploiting external engineering resources and expertise, not only speeds time to market and reduces cost, but also enables equipment makers to focus precious engineering resources on value-added application and service development.

Bridged services arrangements, in particular, give equipment makers the cost benefits of off shoring while maintaining control over their outsourced operations, enabling them to bring those operations back in house at a later date if they so choose.

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