IT Integration Challenges Solved by Service-Oriented Architecture
One of the biggest challenges your IT department faces today is keeping up with and supporting the variety of platforms that their customers are using. To solve this challenge a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) will enable processes to communicate via loosely coupled...
Bordeaux vs Burgundy?…..or how to choose your Omni-Channel Commerce System Integrator
So you finally closed that big account and the Boss invites you over to his house for a celebratory gathering. You of course asked him what you can bring…..and then he says it, ‘Arnie (some names have been changed to protect the...
Managing Mobility in the Cloud
As organizations continue to mobilize and transition to the cloud, they a face constant stream of new challenges. Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and the rise in application types that include web, mobile, and literally everything as a service continues to add to complexity to...
Exploring the Connection between Manufacturing and DevOps
As a DevOps evangelist, one of my passion and responsibilities, lies in spreading its awareness. There is a conscious efforts towards dispelling myths about what DevOps is – and isn’t. It is important to explain what DevOps means to “your” industry, how...
Function Point Analysis – The Software Engineering Tool for Improved Business Functionality
What is the most difficult task of any project? Arguably, it has to be estimating project cost and/or schedule.No matter the size or budget, estimating a project can be a daunting task. Most of us lack the ability to estimate simple tasks...
Returns – An opportunity or a problem!
My LG HBS800 was giving me trouble for a week now and finally gave up on me yesterday. It was 6 months old. Incidentally, I had thrown away the receipt. To set things right i went to the store yesterday, and spent...
Agile in BI
Agile methodology is gaining importance in all the aspects of Information technology and Business Intelligence cannot be secluded from this trend. While most of the Business Intelligence projects are executed in waterfall, executing a project in Agile was never acclaimed even though...
Are you prepared for Business Continuity on the Cloud?
Seamless delivery is a critical measurement of effective business IT systems and infrastructure. It is also the gap between a loss and profit. A successful, competitive organization understands that the availability of its business operations is a strategic requirement; making business continuity...
Data driven decisions The changing role of the retail CMO
In the past, life was relatively straightforward for an IT vendor – we spoke to the CIO, convinced him or her of the business value of our proposition, they would agree the investment spend with the CFO and we signed a contract....
How to ensure business continuity in IT landscape: 5 key areas to focus Part – 2
A 5 part blog series by Zensar’s Architecture Centre of Excellence Part Two In the first part we looked at some of the critical factors that need to be considered to ensure business continuity in IT landscape. Out of the five key...