While Exigen tend to work on large-scale and long-term projects involving close interaction with the customer, StarSoft specializes in agile software development with fast tangible deliverables. This differentiation became the base for the merger on which the companies are going to complement each other.

The newly formed company will be called Exigen Services but will still operate under StarSoft brand in certain locations. It will work on projects ranging from simple team extension engagements managed by the customer to large-scale projects in offshore outsourcing of R&D for key business applications leveraging Exigen's technology expertise and fully managed by it.

Exigen plans to maximize the value of its services and avoid competing for hourly rates that switches developers' work into a sort of commodity.

"When the customer just employes the cheapest labor they do not solve their problems", said Alec Miloslavsky, chief executive officer of the new Exigen Services.