|
|
|
|
 |
Spoken Translation Outsources to Startup Focused Inventure Global |
| Companies mentioned in this article: |
|
Harris Corporation |
|
| 6/23/2008 @ 4:58 PM
print this article -
email to a friend -
join our eNewsletter
|
 |
Inventure Global, a San Diego-headquartered IT consulting firm with staff in India, recently completed an installer project for Spoken Translation that increased speed-to-market for the startup company’s flagship product, Converser.
Spoken Translation had a challenging project involving changes to the existing installer of its software product, in which numerous third-party software elements are integrated, each with their own idiosyncrasies.
The biggest challenge: time. Spoken Translation didn’t have the time needed for its busy in-house engineers to make changes in time for the product release, and the $200-$250 per hour price tag for most U.S.-based IT outsourcing firms on a rush job exceeded the project’s financial goals.
Spoken Translation turned to Inventure Global’s dual U.S./India IT outsourcing team. Inventure Global completed the critical installer changes on time and at about 25 percent the cost of other U.S. IT firms. Spoken Translation estimates the project took about half the time it would have taken the in-house team alone, benefiting from both the high quality team and Inventure Global’s around-the-clock development cycle.
“Frankly, we were reluctant to use an outsourced or overseas IT team at first. But the experience, responsiveness and professionalism of the Inventure Global staff in general, and lead engineer in India Amit Arora in particular, was impressive,” said Spoken Translation CEO Mark Seligman. “Amit was extremely acute and resourceful in addressing the range of our issues. He communicated with crystal clarity, worked at an intense pace, and was able to suggest and implement helpful simplifications. Meanwhile, Chris Harris stayed on top of the case from stateside for a seamless workflow.”
The Inventure Global team has a valuable combination of experiences as founders, employees, partners and investors in venture-backed technology companies. This experience base and their extensive IT knowledge support the initiatives of companies looking for a shorter path to profitability.
“Outsourcing tough and time-sensitive IT projects makes sense when you have a fixed budget and a critical deadline. Time is often the biggest enemy startups face,” said Chris Harris, president of Inventure Global. “At Inventure Global we solve that problem by providing highly skilled and affordable IT engineers in the U.S. and India who can tackle critical IT tasks on tight deadlines at affordable rates.”
About Spoken Translation
Spoken Translation, Inc. (www.spokentranslation.com), headquartered in Berkeley, CA, creates ground-breaking solutions for automatic cross-lingual communication. Its mission is to enable wide-ranging conversations across language barriers by building intuitive software systems combining automatic translation, speech recognition, speech synthesis, and its own proprietary technology. Spoken Translation’s flagship commercial product, Converser for Healthcare, is the world’s first interactive software for reliable interpretation of wide-ranging conversations between English and Spanish speakers.
About Inventure Global
Inventure Global is a privately held California corporation based in San Diego with offices and staff also in India. It offers sophisticated IT and technology planning, design and implementation services for startups and growing businesses looking for experienced talent and intelligent support. More info: www.inventureglobal.com |
| Computers/Internet/Hardware/Software |
|
|
| |
| Monday, October 6, 2008 |
 |
|
Express Logic and PolyCore Software First to Announce Commercial RTOS Integration of Multicore Association’s MCAPI Communications API Posted 6:52 AM PST
Comergence™ Partners with BasePoint™ to Improve Risk Detection and Compliance Monitoring Posted 6:51 AM PST
Detectent Named as Finalist for 2008 Platts Global Energy Rising Star Award Posted 6:45 AM PST
|
| |
| Friday, October 3, 2008 |
|
|
Detectent Named as Finalist for 2008 Platts Global Energy Rising Star Award Posted 12:41 PM PST
Mitek Systems ImageNet Payments(TM) Selected by AnyDoc Software Posted 6:45 AM PST
ATA Engineering Named as One of San Diego's 100 Fastest Growing Companies Posted 6:20 AM PST
Sony's Third Generation Reader Digital Book Gives Readers A 'Feel' for Literature Posted 6:19 AM PST
|
| |
| Thursday, October 2, 2008 |
|
|
Patriot Scientific Announces Portfolio License Agreement with Rockwell Automation Posted 2:04 PM PST
DivX, Inc. to Announce Third Quarter 2008 Results Posted 11:04 AM PST
Livia Web Protection Delivers Filtering Technology to Support National Cyber Security Awareness Month Posted 10:44 AM PST
Cymer Researchers Receive Prestigious ‘Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis’ Award for Advancement of Light Source Technology Posted 5:12 AM PST
|
| |
| Wednesday, October 1, 2008 |
|
|
ATA Engineering Expands Offices in Los Angeles Metro Area Posted 6:06 PM PST
ICW Group Announces Entry into Small Business Market Posted 6:03 PM PST
Sony Starts a Reading Revolution Posted 3:47 PM PST
Dot Hill Certifies Entry-Level and Midrange RAID Solutions With Full Line of FalconStor Data Protection Products Posted 3:47 PM PST
|
| |
| Tuesday, September 30, 2008 |
|
|
Dot Hill Signs Manufacturing Agreement with Foxconn Technology Group Posted 2:47 PM PST
Same-Day Delivery & Logistics Company Dynamex Achieves First-Class Data Protection With Overland's NEO-REO Backup and Recovery Solution Posted 10:16 AM PST
Dot Hill Announces OEM Partnership With WISDATA Systems, Leading Chinese Storage Provider Posted 10:14 AM PST
Ioko Joins the Tech Elite With Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 Listing Posted 8:38 AM PST
|
| |
| Monday, September 29, 2008 |
|
|
Intentional Design Uses MadCap Flare to Complete Enterprise Health Management System Training Documentation Project in Six Weeks Posted 4:52 PM PST
Pioneer Introduces Their First DivX Certified Blu-ray Players Posted 8:00 AM PST
|
| |
| Thursday, September 25, 2008 |
|
|
Websense Makes Web and Email Security a Smooth Ride for Metro St. Louis Posted 3:53 PM PST
|
| |
| Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
|
|
RoyaltyShare to Provide Service to Track and Pay Royalties for Interactive Streaming and Limited Downloads Posted 3:10 PM PST
DivX Announces the Panasonic "UniPhier" as the World’s First DivX Certified Blu-ray Chip to Support Full HD Playback Posted 6:30 AM PST
|
| |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
|
|
Anacomp and Bridgeway Announce Strategic Alliance to Streamline and Accelerate Electronic Discovery Posted 5:00 PM PST
Overland Extends Distributed NAS Solutions with New Snap Server 620 & Enhanced, Next-Gen GuardianOS, Replication and Backup Software Posted 8:51 AM PST
Dot Hill Announces Strategic Acquisition and Plans to Expand RAID Footprint With Launch of New Storage Software Posted 8:50 AM PST
Sony Unveils World's Lightest Blu-ray Disc Notebook Posted 8:47 AM PST
|
|
|
|
|
|
FreshNews.com Jobs Change DAILY
We Have 5,000 + Job Listings! Open Your FREE Account
Employers or Job Searchers Get Started Now! Click Here
|
