Bleum Software

Founded: 2001
Bleum is a high quality, low risk partner for IT Outsourcing.
Bleum provides services to American and European companies in a various sectors, including:
High-Tech
Financial Services
Telecommunications
E-commerce/Retail
We specialize in creating global development centers, providing services such as application development, product development, support and maintenance, testing, and legacy system modernization. Our relentless focus on quality has earned us prestigious ISO27001 and CMMI Level 5 certifications and a leadership position as one of China's premier outsourcing partners.
Bleum, American owned and managed, understands the language, business culture, and expectations of western-based IT organizations. We focus solely on clients in the U.S. and Europe, so our entire organization is completely aligned with executing a global delivery model. We maintain an "English Only" policy throughout our organization along with highly trained English teachers who are constantly enhancing our ongoing English curriculum. Most importantly, we adhere to Western business ethics and standards. As a result of these factors, project communications with our European and American clients are straight-forward, concise, and far superior to most outsourcing partners.
Moreover, Bleum employs some of the smartest and most capable people in the industry. Utilizing leading edge selection techniques, Bleum hires people with cognitive reasoning skills in the very top percentiles, and with highly developed technical, interpersonal, and management skills. In this way we ensure that our clients are working with intelligent problem solvers who can learn their specific business quickly and provide them with the best technical solutions.
Explore Bleum and see how we can provide superior outsourcing solutions for your business. From extensive technology expertise to the benefits of working with China, from English Only policies to extremely smart personnel, we can give you the confidence, trust, and relentless focus on quality you deserve from an outsourcing partner.

With a focus on clients in the U.S. and Europe, along with unparalleled quality standards and technical capabilities, it is easy to see why Bleum is the best choice for your IT outsourcing.
1. Bleum in China: Leading the Next Wave of Superior OutsourcingWhile other traditional outsourcing locations, such as India, are becoming oversaturated and overpriced, China is on the rise and Bleum is leading the charge.
China is quickly becoming a premier leader in IT services outsourcing. The size and skill of China's talent pool is largely untapped and represents enormous opportunities for both cost advantages and expert resources. As a result, the Chinese Government is quickly mobilizing and heavily investing in the software services industry in China. China is developing a skilled workforce, providing tax breaks and incentives to software outsourcing companies, awarding grants to service providers who receive prestigious certifications such as CMMI, and establishing national schools for software training.
China's focus on technology outsourcing, combined with its expanding infrastructure and openness to the West, is making it the ideal location for American and European clients to find superior outsourcing partners. Furthermore, with China's increasingly significant role in the global economy, outsourcing is a low risk gateway into this flourishing new economy.
2. Nothing Is Lost In Translation: Western Business Ethics, Clients, and Standards Combined with Clear English CommunicationsAccurate and efficient communications, both through language and culture, are critical to all partnerships but especially for offshore development. With disparate time zones, cultural nuances, difficult technical language, and foreign accents, the ability to communicate clearly and understand expectations is paramount for outsourcing success.
This is where Bleum, which is American owned and managed, completely transcends the competition.
Bleum understands the nuances, ethics, and expectations of Western business culture
We work solely with Western clients-this specific delivery model keeps us focused as we are not distracted by other markets in Asia and multiple competing territories
English is Bleum's official working language and we employ an English Only policy throughout our organization: all employees, at every level and every discipline, can communicate in English
Bleum has its own, full-time English teachers (trained professionals, not student backpackers) who provide an ongoing English curriculum that is critical to employee career paths and performance reviews
Our English Only policy is the most popular reason for joining Bleum, as employees are "excited about working in the global marketplace."
Ultimately, our ability to transparently conduct business for Western clients and clearly communicate in English makes outsourcing easier and more compatible with your business. Bleum is a partner in China that you can trust.
3. We Employ Only the Smartest IT Personnel So That You Receive Only the Best ServicesFor technology outsourcing, success doesn 't require large teams of warm bodies at low costs (as is seen at many large outsourcing providers throughout the globe). Instead, success demands the smartest, most capable experts who can quickly and accurately address your specific issues. Additionally, Bleum is just the "right size", large enough to invest in their people and small enough to focus on each client's needs diligently. When it comes to smart experts and efficient IT teams, Bleum simply blows away the competition.
Moreover, Bleum employs some of the smartest and most capable people in the industry. Utilizing leading edge selection techniques, Bleum hires people with cognitive reasoning skills in the very top percentiles, and with highly developed technical, interpersonal, and management skills. In this way we ensure that our clients are working with intelligent problem solvers who can learn their specific business quickly and provide them with the best technical solutions.
4. A Relentless Focus on Quality That Delivers Defect-Free, On-Time, and On-Budget Technology Solutions While outsourcing traditionally has been a key source for cost savings, with Bleum, outsourcing also is a key method to receive the highest quality technology services available.
We steadfastly hold our employees and deliverables to the strictest standards for superior quality. Our rigorous "zero defects" mission gives our clients complete confidence that they are receiving the highest quality technology solutions as well as exceptional cost structures. In 2010, Bleum delivered 81 projects, 64 of which had zero defects, and the defect density for all the projects were less than 0.12 defects per thousand lines of code.
Bleum's many quality differentiators include:
The first Chinese-based IT outsourcing companies to receive CMMI Level 5
All Bleum Project Managers are PMP® certified by the International Project Management Institute
Microsoft Certified partner
A dedication to delivering projects on-time, on-budget, and with no defects
5. Superior Security: You Can Trust in Bleum for IP and Data ProtectionBleum takes security extremely seriously.
After ten years of tailoring IP and data protection programs for offshore development centers, we have created what we believe is the most secure offshore development company in China.
We tailor security arrangements to meet specific client requirements while providing the highest level of security protection, particularly for our Stealth Offshore Development Centers
Bleum exclusively is a services company; as a result, we have no interest in product-related IP and do not present product-related conflicts of interest that can be found at other providers
Our System Support Group (SSG) conducts regular security audits to ensure validity and eliminate compromises
We test our employees on a monthly basis to ensure that security policies are understood and implemented
In ten years of business, Bleum has never had a security breach
Our Quality PolicyBleum is committed to continually improving our processes to meet the highest quality standards of our internal and external customers.

Commitment to quality is at the core of Bleum's culture and serves as our primary approach to client management. Bleum was the 2nd company in all of China to obtain CMMI Level 5 Certification and truly practices CMMI on a day-to-day basis. Bleum is now CMMI Level 5 assessed. We are one of few companies in China to be both CMMI Level 5 and ISO 27001 compliant."
In addition Bleum has developed its own proprietary methodology, Pearl for software development that combines the best aspects of leading software development methodologies optimized for offshore delivery.
Pearl is supported by Hydra®, Bleum's Quality Management System. Hydra is a web-based project management system that integrates all key development processes and tools with a client communications system. By accessing client dashboards from within their Web browser, Bleum clients can closely follow the status of their project on a daily basis.
To our clients, this focus on high quality means successful engagements that are completed on schedule with extremely low defect rates. For example, in Q4 2007, Bleum completed 26 projects, of which 5 had a 0 defect rate and the remainder had defect rates less then 1% per thousand lines of code.