Australia’s IT industry received a shot in the arm this week when Silicon Valley firm GitHub spurned its selection of local providers – some of the world’s biggest hosting companies – in favour of Sydney web developers Anchor.
GitHub is a prominent Silicon Valley based tech startup well-known among the IT cognoscenti for its web based software management system.
It has a client base of over 125,000 programmers world-wide using GitHub to manage projects and share coding solutions. It is also sometimes known by the affectionate moniker, “Facebook for programmers”.
While GitHub’s hardware will be physically located in the US, the Anchor team has been contracted to remotely install, monitor and manage its complex operating systems and server software.
Anchor was launched nine years ago, in typical shoestring fashion, by Andrew Rogers, now Managing Director. When asked about Anchor’s appeal to US companies, he cites the nocturnal habits of programmers and how this can work as a bonus for Australian companies seeking to outsource IT services to the US.
According to Rogers:
“With programmers traditionally keen on keeping vampire-friendly schedules, peak time in Silicon Valley often matches standard business hours in Australia.”
If this means more work for Australian IT entrepreneurs and innovators, there’s only one thing left to be said. Spotty, ashen-skin, vampiresque US programmers…
We salute you!
Steve Anderson Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 11:34 am
We find Australian talent first rate, and frequently bring Australian companies to the US and prefer keeping the software design and development in Australia. We have been doing that for over a decade and lots of success with that model.
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Stephanie Reply:
September 30th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Could anyone lend some advice as to what type of software is in demand in the US? We are considering the US market but are still at planning stage.
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