Xpanxion, LLC, an Atlanta-based global software engineering company, is pleased to announce the expansion of their software quality assurance center in Kearney, Nebraska. Xpanxion started operating in Kearney in November of 2006 and, within 6 months, has 15 employees. The company anticipates adding another 15 employees in the next 12 months.

"This expansion would not be possible without the considerable help of the College of Business and Technology at the University of Nebraska Kearney" said Paul Eurek, founder and chairman of Xpanxion. "The university turns out excellent business graduates with emphasis in information technology and we depend upon them as a source of labor for Xpanxion."

While Xpanxion does funnel the programming and some of the QA work to its office in Pune, India, a core component of the software testing and customer technical support is completed out of the Kearney office. Xpanxion's customer base includes COX Media, Coca-Cola, NCR and Holiday Inn, to name a few clients.

For the past eight years, Xpanxion has operated out of Atlanta, Georgia with its offshore development center in Pune, India. The Atlanta office has been responsible for sales and marketing, product/project management and strategic leadership. The Pune office has been responsible for software development, quality assurance and program management. This division of responsibilities has allowed Xpanxion to provide successful, high quality IT consulting services at highly competitive prices. The new “Cross Sourcing” program combines the best elements of local, offshore and onshore outsourcing. By offering cost-efficient onshore QA services, Xpanxion is able to provide its clients with real-time support and control of the testing and release processes. The onshore QA team performs rigorous user-acceptance testing, along with an extra level of functional, integration, regression, performance, and load testing.

Xpanxion was an early adopter of combining U.S. and India centers for outsourcing operations and is committed to remaining at the forefront of outsourcing advancements. Its Cross-Sourcing model establishes a new standard for distributed software engineering, one that leverages the strengths of multiple geographic locations while reducing some of the risks inherent in the development process.