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Globant
Type Limited company
Founded 2003
Headquarters Buenos Aires, Argentina
Key people Martín Migoya, CEO; Guibert Englebienne, CTO; Martín Umaran, COO; Néstor Nocetti, Director; Guillermo Marsicovetere, CBO,
Industry Software Product Development & Maintenance Outsourcing
Products Software Development, Infrastructure Management, Globalization
Revenue ▲ ˜ $22 million USD (2007)
Employees ˜700 (2007)
Website www.globant.com

Globant is an Argentinean Software development and maintenance company. It was formed in 2003 by Martín Migoya, Guibert Englebienne, Martín Umaran and Néstor Nocetti, based on the growth of the IT outsourcing industry in India.

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[edit] History

Globant was founded in 2003 by Martín Migoya, Guibert Englebienne, Martín Umaran and Néstor Nocetti, and it's headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the years, Globant opened more offices and now also operates in La Plata and Tandil (Argentina), Federal District (Mexico), London (England), Boston and Palo Alto (US).

Timeline of revenue and headcount:

  Revenue Headcount
2004 3 millions 70
2005 6 millions 150
2006 12 millions 350
2007 22 millions 700

[edit] Timeline of the company

  • 2003: Globant started operations with own funded capital.
  • 2005: Globant opened its second Development Center in Buenos Aires. The company was also named Endeavor Entrepreneur 2005 and was recognized as the Best Services Exporter by Export. Ar. The Sloan School of Management of the MIT wrote a case about Globant called: "Leading the IT Revolution in Latin America".
  • 2006: Globant opened its development center in the city of Tandil, Argentina, and became the first authorized SUN Education Center in the province of Buenos Aires.
  • 2007: Globant certified CMMI level 3. The company was recognized as the Top Emerging Global Services Provider, by Global Services Magazine. Globant opened offices in the city of La Plata, Argentina; and expanded its operations also in Mexico and the US (Palo Alto). Globant founded Fonalix with BGH, a company dedicated to provide IP Telephony Solutions for small and medium business in Latin America.
  • 2008: The research company IDC pointed Globant as one of the growing companies in Latin America in its study "Latin American Predictions 2008".

[edit] Operations

Globant characterizes for:

  • Use of a Rational Blend of Open Source with proprietary software
  • An Agile Methodology Approach
  • Use of SmartStaffing TechnologyTM, a program designed to match the skill requirements with Globant's resource pools

Globant serves in five industries:

[edit] Globant Services

[edit] Software Development

Globant provides software solutions on platforms like Java and Microsoft.NET, including different technologies and frameworks.

[edit] Infrastructure Management

Globant manages and monitors the IT infrastructure, including Unix & Windows Administration and Support, Database Administration, Networking, Security and QA.

[edit] Globalization

The company provides marketing and design services including Website maintenance, Direct marketing and Website or Software localization.

[edit] Mainframe Services

Globant developed services to support Mainframe and Open System legacy applications. This includes migrating to up-to-date Operative Systems such as Windows, UNIX and Linux; performing maintenance tasks, data conversion and application offloading.

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