QA Consultants, the Toronto-based software quality assurance company that has grown to be the largest of its kind in North America, has opened a new
20,000-square-foot software testing facility in North York that it says will be a cost effective alternative to overseas outsourcing.
"We are responding to market demand," the company's Managing Director Alex Rodov said in a statement announcing the opening. "Many Canadian businesses are looking to use on-shore facilities but in the past have been put off by the price.... the size of this operation means that we are talking about massive economies of scale, allowing us to offer prices that are competitive with off-shore facilities but at the same time can remove the difficulties often associated with off-shore work -- such as language problems and time-zone delays."
The facility, to be located in the building at 1 Sparks Avenue that was the former home of
Hummingbird Communications (now Open Text), will employ roughly 250-300 employees, according to QA VP Harvey Dawson, the "vast majority" of which will be newly created positions.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Harvey Dawson, VP Client Services, QA Consultants
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