Trends driving demand for Virtualization & Cloud Computing

In the post-economic turmoil world, even as the global economy pulls out of tough times, business leaders are likely to continue putting pressure on managers to do more with the same or better still, more with less. Tough times have taught some tough lessons and the drive for greater productivity, lower complexity and greater responsiveness is likely to continue.

Google Wave’s Impact on the Enterprise Content Management Space

 Google Wave has the potential to dramatically alter the Collaboration and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) market spaces. Traditional ECM vendors may end up offering Google Wave plug-in’s to make collaboration more effective. Also, vendors who have been thriving on providing excellent collaboration tools are likely to feel a strong threat from a product that comes free and backed by the Google brand.

 

Sustaining Competitive Advantage Of Divested Business

Market realities and increased competition have pressurized corporations to revisit their priorities and operational strategies. Divesting non-core business units that no longer fit strategic goals and selling under-performing units can be a viable means to resolve pressing business issues at hand. However, separating a business unit (BU) from its parent organization is wrought with tremendous IT challenges for both the parent as well as the BU being divested. Here are a few observations from the perspective of business unit(s) that are being divested to ensure they safeguard the competitive advantage in the face of divestiture.

 

Cloud Computing – Why should we adopt it

“Cloud Computing” – it is becoming one of the buzz word; everyone is talking about it or writing about it. Some of them would like to understand it, use it, feel it and experience the Cloud phenomena.  In a broader sense, it’s an umbrella of services includes – SaaS, Virtualization (Infrastructure) and Cloud Platform itself i.e. Application based frameworks. It’s very puzzling to know that, Search engines (like Google) lists thousands of definitions for the cloud computing.

 

Podcast: Operational Cost Transformation in AMS services

In this Podcast, Prashant discusses the various cost transformation levers in Application Management Services and provides and insight into how these are applied to AMS engagements. Learn how AMS services can be designed to leverage economic benefits on an ongoing basis using the cost transformation roadmap.

Prashant Shirgur, Sr Solution Architect & Head- Managed Services, Enterprise Applications

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Podcast: Code Refactoring Overview

In this podcast, Mahesh Kshirsagar, AVP and Head- Technology & Solutions at Patni Global Delivery Centre, offers an overview of Code Refactoring and its role in reducing total cost of ownership

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Taxonomy for an Enterprise

When you visit a shopping malls or a Grocery stores, you will see  all the items  – everything is arranged in aisle, racks, shelves with label, tag (name and description, if some cases), price – product expiry information, nutrition information and etc. It makes a shopper very easy to find what is looking for and where to find it thereby enabling SELF-HELP experience – touch the product and feel it before you actually buy it.

 

EDI over the Internet

The revolution for EDI has been taking place since the last decade. Although the figures might tell the VAN (value added networks) have been successful to survive several odds. But now the internet technologies are coming forth to embrace the EDI protocols and methodologies.

EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) has been an ANSI X12 or an EDIFACT standard driven with VAN as the primary transport. There are 2 considerations primarily for EDI or e-Commerce - the Translation/Transformation and second the Transportation. Translation is the mechanism to convert the business data into Trading Partner understandable data, and transportation is the mechanism to publish/receive the business data. EDI cryptic files (ANSI X12 or EDIFACT) over VAN transports have been extensively the mechanisms of yester years.

Why Organizations need Collaboration and Communication tools?

Close your eyes and imagine a day without a Computer, telephone / cell phone, email, internet - NO WORD, NO EXCEL and NO PPT. Can you re-collect any such day?  80-90% answer is NO. You must be using atleast one of these, if not all.

In a typical office environment - A day starts with checking emails, attending meetings, chatting on messenger, use company intranet, Internet and various LoB (Line of Business) heterogeneous applications – Web based Legacy, homegrown or ERP/SAP. An individual (for e.g. in an IT company, to which we can better relate) plays multiple roles and has various responsibilities - task initiator to an approver or may be an administrator or an auditor. All these elements are inter-woven and consolidated into complex matrix, based on the functions of an Individual and the operation of an organization - access is granted or restricted to systems/tools (SSO:Single-Sign-On is major challenge).

SAP Supply Network Collaboration: Improve margins amidst uncertain growth in recessionary times

Globally, businesses have realized that the current economic recession is here to stay in the near to mid term future. Hence, companies are designing compelling measures to steer the business through these tumultuous times with minimal impact on long term business objectives. Companies have already begun cutting costs across the board as margins are under pressure.