Datawarehousing and Business Intelligence (DWBI) needs usually vary by customer. However, there are a common set of evaluation criteria that can be applied while evaluating the proposals from various vendors that usually include boutique as well as established IT service vendors. Irrespective of the size, complexity or scope of the DWBI project, the below list of 10 things expected from vendors in their proposals can decide on the success or failure of your project. (more…)

Recent research has shown that there is a marked increase in the move to outsourcing application development and maintenance of organisational applications.

Computer Economics have found that based on an annual survey of 200 IT organisations, there has been a marked decrease in ‘in-house’ IT staff ratios for application programmers and system analysts. It has declined from 25% of the IT staff on average in 2007 to 20% in 2009. (more…)

The market of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has historically been misunderstood as many vendors, analysts and customers had their own interpretations of what ECM constitutes.  In my opinion, it includes document and web content management that needs to be put through a work flow in order to publish, with up front capturing / scanning and back office archival and storage.  Throughout its lifecycle, content needs to be available for search, to integrate with business process and downstream analysis of its use for making better business decisions.  ECM also includes delivery of this content in a user–friendly fashion via portals or other rich internet application channels.  At every step it has to carry the content intelligence (meta data) as it traverses through its life and gets consumed by various persona (humans or systems).  Supporting all this with a secure, scalable and flexible architecture is of utmost importance. (more…)

No one likes to be told that they produce poor quality. Each one of us believes that the work we do strikes the right balance between customer needs and time to market, between cost/benefit and right quality. We reassure ourselves that the number of defects in our code is lower than industry standard. But the standard IT customer is not happy, even if they have wearily accepted software defects as a fact of life. (more…)

BPM is a hot topic today, for the enterprises who are evaluating BPM as well as for those who have already boarded the train and are implementing BPM. For those who are currently evaluating BPM the challenges are many: business case preparation, technology evaluation, Business-IT alignment and education, architecture and roadmap. Each of these areas not only consumes lengthy cycles of learning curve and evaluation but also introduces failure points. (more…)

Welcome to the new Virtusa blog!  As a leading global provider of advanced IT solutions, our core focus is helping our clients positively impact their businesses through advanced technology systems.  Through this blog we hope to offer our clients, prospects, communities, investors and employees insights into our vision of the way technology can and will transform industries and businesses.

As the global economy recovers we enter an age of unprecedented change.  Technologies such as intelligent mobile devices, high speed internet access, wireless communications, digital content creation and delivery, advanced process management and insightful business intelligence give today’s leading companies a vast array of tools to create new products and services.  Those preparing for the recovery will dominate the landscape.  Those continuing to struggle with yesterday’s recession will remain in the rear-view mirror.

With more assets at its disposal than any time in history, IT is a critical strategic enabler of the road to recovery.  After decades of expansion and contraction it is IT’s responsibility to introduce these new, advanced weapons to the business.  Only through a tight partnership can the entire organization seize the opportunities before it.  Industry leaders know this.  It is steeped in their culture to the point that the blend of technology and business requires no conscious thought or effort.

The Virtusa blog will offer readers our perspective on how companies can evolve to a higher state and blend technologies into their business fabric to become leaders in their industries.  We hope you find our insights valuable and appreciate your readership.