Archive for September 1st, 2010

5 IT System Outsourcing Trends Headed for the Clouds – Part 1

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

 

by John T. Connelly, BusinessReviewCanada

Top 5 newest cloud computing capabilities every business should know includes security protections and propriety development

Cloud computing trends shift as quickly as the wind in today’s highly competitive information technology industry. Staying informed of the latest developments can significantly reduce data infrastructure maintenance costs and, therefore, free up specialists’ time for innovation.

The adoption of cloud computing is a foregone conclusion. The shape the cloud will take is a whole other story, altogether. At Business Review Canada, our tech experts combed through the mountains of theories and speculation saturating the discourse. We separated truth from myth. Here are the top 5 newest cloud computing capabilities every business should be aware of:

1. Software-as-a-service (Saas)

The original hype surrounded Infrastructure-as-a-service (Iaas). Iaas allowed companies to access remote datacenters, like a utility, without having to be concerned about actual hardware requirements. Iaas can be considered the birth of cloud computing. The computing giants like IBM, Google and Amazon have and continue to dominate the market. However, independent software vendors (ISV) are now realizing the potential of applications as a subscription service.

ISVs develop business applications designed to facilitate operations either on a mass scale or in niche markets. Microsoft and Oracle are the most visible in terms of mass appeal applications. Companies like salesforce.com and Kronos are creating apps that operate across multiple platforms, providing more value through greater capability. Take for instance Geminare Inc.’s new iPhone application iCloudRecovery. This new recovery software enables users to manage entire IT systems on-the-go. The big dogs also see the potential and have started alliance programs to partner with the smaller ISVs.

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Simple Successful Outsourcing – Part 6

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

 

By Stephanie Overby

part 6

But most impressive to Gaines has been how quickly DBA Direct, with its well-honed database experience and best practices, has been able to move Cinergy from its old data mart model to an enterprise data warehouse. Far from stagnating Cinergy’s architecture, transaction outsourcing has improved it. "I would never have been able to bring that [enterprise data warehouse] into this company as quickly if we tried to do it ourselves," says Gaines. DBA Direct "had that core competence because it’s their business. It wasn’t rocket science. But the need was so urgent for us—we had customers in the business who were building new applications dependent on having a data warehouse—that finding a partner like them was important."

CIOs should not be lulled into believing that success with transaction relationships means they’re ready for riskier adventures in outsourcing. According to Ross, knowledge from transaction outsourcing does not necessarily transfer to other, more complex types of outsourcing. "You’ll never find the level of success you have with transaction relationships in other types of outsourcing because nothing else is as extractable," she says.

Smart CIOs who have found success in transaction relationships know this, and consequently, they approach all outsourcing—even further transaction relationships—with due caution. "With transaction relationships, you tend to find a lot of happy people. They’re outsourcing smaller pieces of IT," says Ross. "But the bigger it gets, the riskier it gets."

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Nanjing Soft Technology Co., Ltd.

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Due to more and more global clients outsource their software projects or other business projects to China, RayooTech decides to release China Outsourcing Company Series on our official blog for your consideration.

Considering Privacy Protection for these outsourcing companies, we use pseudonym instead of their real names.

– RayooTech Co., Ltd.

 

China Outsourcing Company Series 18

- Nanjing Soft Technology Co., Ltd.

 

By Beijing RayooTech Co., Ltd.

Nanjing Soft Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Feb. 21, 2003, which was invested by Nanjing Corporation and the world’s largest management and IT consulting companies – Accenture together. The company is committed to provide the service solutions and business support systems (BSS / OSS systems) to domestic and international telecommunication clients. Meantime, the business also involve in e-government, e-commerce and other related fields. Relying on the group telecom equipment manufacturing experience and Accenture’s global telecommunications services experience, the company rapidly build fixed voice, mobile voice and various data services, and the new business comprehensive support, from the collection, billing, accounting, CRM, billing, resource management, service provisioning, business intelligence.

Nanjing Soft Technology has built 56 sales and service offices in 32 provinces; and has branches in over 70 countries. The billing system, CRM, OSS products have been successfully used in China Telecom (10 province), China Netcom (three province), China Unicom, China RailCom, China Mobile, China SatCom and other special network market, and has launched in Pakistan, Nepal, Iran, Vietnam, Libya, Zambia, India, Congo, Romania, Sweden, Bulgaria, Philippines and other 24 countries. By building "applications software + software services" business model, Nanjing Soft Technology has established the leading position in China’s telecom software markets.

Please contact us at info@unisoftchina.com if you want more info about Nanjing Soft Technology or if you are interested in software outsourcing.

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