Offshore Development Center (ODC) Services Highly flexible ODC engagement models ODC services are extended to our clients using either one of following two modes as well as their various combinations tailored to fit the client’s special business needs: China has become a highly competitive location for International Offshore Development Centers. The continued improvement of its software engineering capabilities and the rapid increase in capacities guarantee the long-term availability of high-caliber talents at competitive price. When these factors are coupled with Hong Kong's international business practices, domain expertise, robust legal system, software design capabilities, quality and project management skills, iASPEC has successfully positioned itself as one of the pioneers of building ODCs for multinational corporations in mainland China. Since 1993, iASPEC has been operating one of the most successful ODCs in mainland China focusing on information technologies. Since 1993, iASPEC has been operating one of the most successful ODCs in mainland China focusing on IT development work. Since then, the Company has been offering ODC Services to various clients around the world. Our Zhu Hai ODC is capable of working round the clock to support clients’ needs. Project-based, Fixed-priced, Turnkey Program Under this engagement model, we will work closely with the clients in crystallizing the requirements of the software so that a fixed-price, turnkey program can be used for the contracted software engineering work. To this end, iASPEC is sometimes engaged by the clients to provide consulting services over a short period of time in the detailed business requirement definition, systems design and other services for the formulation of the very concrete specifications that are typically required prior to the entering into fixed-price contracts for turnkey software development. It is our normal practice to assign Hong Kong based senior professionals to interface with customers to define their requirements and perform architecture and system design and analysis work. Software coding and testing will be carried out by our software engineers, also managed under our Hong Kong based managers, at the Zhu Hai ODC . To facilitate the transitioning of the developed software back to clients' designated location for ongoing maintenance and operations, we also accommodate clients' assigned technical staff to participate in the development work at our ODC. On-site implementation, training and on- going software maintenance services can be provided as and when required by our clients. People-based, Retainer Program Under our Retainer Program, clients can retain our Zhu Hai ODC for various types of software engineering work. This group of software professional staff typically reports to our team leader who is assigned to serve a particular client. This team leader reports directly to the client's designated ODC Manager and to obtain assignments for the team from this ODC Manager. Clients can treat this group of retained staff as their offshore development team. This gives them flexibility and efficiency in staff deployment to meet changing business needs while avoiding the disadvantage associated with direct hiring. iASPEC provides standard technology infrastructure and software development environment including hardware and software in the ODC for the retained staff to carry out the work required by the clients. The Company also supports special infrastructure requirements of its clients. Security Measures in ODC iASPEC enforces within its ODC many security measures to protect the intellectual property rights of the software work contracted from its customers. Some of these security measures include: ♦ Enforcement of physical security at all entrances and exits; ♦ Round-the-clock camera surveillance of the facilities; ♦ Dedicated computer equipment for customers when required; ♦ Backup media stored in secured sites under sealed containers; ♦ Lockout of direct Internet access to all the developers in the facilities; ♦ Secure email within the UDDE environment; ♦ Pre-approved incoming and outgoing mailing lists for projects; ♦ Auditing of all email records; ♦ No removable magnetic media on the desktop equipment used by the engineers; The ODC reviews these security measures regularly and engages independ- ent auditors to perform security audits to identify necessary improvements.