SDA India Magazine (Digital Edition)
Volume 03, April 2007
Middlesourcing: The New BPO Buzzword
How Singapore Can Benefit from China and India
Middlesourcing is a term that helps to illustrate how firms in Singapore and SE Asia can benefit from the technology waves in China and India, and create a new niche area for business. As a regional hub (with similar time zones with that of India and China) with a wired-up populace and strong e-government infrastructure, Singapore can leverage its position as a middleman and become specialists in managing outsourcing relationships that have started in India and China.
As You SOA So Shall You Reap
Realising Greater Rewards from Your IT Investments
With so much emphasis on SOA these days, there is a heightened focus on its deployment, success and demonstrable ROI. In fact, Gartner states that the worldwide market opportunity for SOA, including software and services, will continue to grow through 2008 when it is expected to reach $143B. Further, Aberdeen recently underscored the growing value of SOA with its findings that companies can save up to $53 billion in IT spending over the next five years by implementing a SOA.
Give Wings to SOA
Why SOAs Fail and How to Avoid Becoming a Statistic
For every SOA success story, there lays an abandoned SOA project stuck in one of the various stages of deployment. Still, SOAs remain at the top of the executive and IT agenda based on their ability to more closely align technology with the needs of the business. This article explains how SOA can succeed where previous approaches have failed and how to avoid becoming a statistic. The article also showcases a company, Bombardier Aerospace, that has successfully implemented SOA and is reaping its benefits.
SOA You Have It Easy
SOA Manufacturers Success for the Supply Chain
Business has gotten increasingly complex over the past couple decades. Yet manufacturers can be hampered in their ability to keep pace due to outdated IT systems that do not maximize their investments, align with their business goals, or extend and build their community of business partners and customers. This article exlains why manufacturing is an industry ripe for SOA adoption and acceleration. It also elaborates on how SOA can prove to be a viable strategy for delivering cost savings and providing a flexible business environment that will support a manufacturer's business goals.
Sold on SOA
Two SOA Projects that Can Pay for Themselves in Six Months
The future success of organizations will be based on how easily services can be pieced together to quickly create new business solutions. SOA, backed by robust standards, technologies and best practices, will enable this success. This article explains how two companies--a retail and a financial services organization--used SOA to solve nagging problems, producing clear and demonstrable business results in just a few months. The article should set you thinking on how your company can use SOA to solve your business problems.
Aligning Execution with Corporate Strategies
Bridging the Gap between Strategic Intent and Operational Execution
Corporate Performance management (CPM) provides a blend of technology and processes that enable enterprises to plan, monitor, measure and manage performance so they can better align execution with corporate strategies. This is a crucial objective for every business especially during times of slower growth and lower profitability, frequent mergers and acquisitions, global competition, and greater scrutiny of accounting practices. Companies in every industry are seeking ways to get a clear, accurate view of operational performance. Essentially, they need an effective, reliable approach to connect operational performance to financial results.
The Key to Successful Enterprise Application Performance
Performance Testing Methodology Best Practices
This article presents a methodology that defines processes for effectively implementing performance testing in enterprise Java environments. It explains how to define performance requirements, and implementing a formal capacity assessment to validate that your test bed mimics the behaviour of your end users.