With its modest population of 9.9 million, Belarus is one of the hottest offshore outsourcing destinations in Eastern Europe now.

Belarus has a more favorable geographical location than the biggest outsourcing destination - India. Located almost in the heart of Europe, Belarus borders on countries-members of EU, which makes it incorporation into the European culture quicker. Minsk, the capital, is within a two and a half hour flight from Frankfurt, which means that it will be possible to build business relationships not only on a virtual level, but also personally. It is critical that customers visit the office or delivery center of their outsourcing partners, establishing thus personal contact with management, get acquainted with the company's workflow, facilities, etc.

The Belarusian time-zone allows Belarusian and American working hours overlap, while Indian and American working hours do not overlap at all. Some of the businesses (such as MoveYourWeb) even offer almost full business-hours time overlap with the USA. There is not that much difference in the price, but there is some clear difference in the quality of the services provided. Belarus is known for performing all outsourced tasks promptly and effectively with the business relationships based on trust, teamwork, and effective use technology.

Belarus is offering the same set of services as India. With strong education system, high intellectual capital is the key differentiator of Belarus as outsourcing destination. Belarusian education is one of the strongest growth supporting elements. In fact, when it comes to experience with complex software development tasks, Belarusian developers tend to outrank all others.