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Who We AreWho We Are• IT Strategic Alliances is a premier IT Consulting and Staffing firm
with a global presence. Leveraging more than 25 years of experience, we have built upon our core competency of consulting and staff augmentation by creating offerings that bring cost-effective, client-centric solutions to specific markets.
• Our offerings include:• Project Solutions• Nearshore Global Development Centers• Staff Augmentation
How Are We Different?How Are We Different?• We thrive in an environment where new ideas are in abundance and
knowledge is shared freely. Different backgrounds and experience allow us a unique vantage point with perspective from all angles.
• We see ourselves as Strategic Advisors to help our clients fix business problems (not just technical challenges).
• We look for and implement cost cutting measures and efficiencies in order to provide our clients with a quick ROI.
“We help our clients to make their best IT decisions for their business”
What’s Different Today?What’s Different Today?Today, organizations are facing unprecedented challenges:
– Do more with less
– Maintain focus on business-critical issues and initiatives
– Cut departmental budgets
– Reduce administrative overhead
– Improve overall efficiencies
– Adapt to new technologies
Unfortunately, most organizations are trying to face these new challenges with old solutions.
Our Mission Our Mission IT Strategic Alliances offers specialized services that are tailored to deliver proven, repeatable and scalable solutions to meet your specific needs.
Our process begins by understanding your unique challenges and long-term business goals. From there we work with you to define the solution that is best for you, no matter the challenge.
“We clearly understand that we will not succeed without our clients. Therefore, we build strong, long lasting win-win relationships”`
Our StrategyOur Strategy
•Full project teams – managed by you or jointly with IT Strategic Alliances•Full responsibility – of partial deliverables (i.e., phases or activities within a larger project effort)•Complete deliverable – and/or service level accountability, from beginning to end
We believe that each organization cannot use a “one size fits all” model and requires a tailored approach to their specific business challenges. IT Strategic Alliances offers:
Our CapabilitiesOur Capabilities• ERP Implementation and Support• QA & Testing• Legacy Systems Development (Mainframe)• Business Intelligence and Data warehousing• Customized Solutions• Application Maintenance and Support (AMS)• Nearshore Delivery Solutions:
– Software Factory (SwF)– Remote Testing Lab– Application Maintenance & Support Centers
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Mercury
Open source
JAVA
Microsoft
Retail
Insurance
Bancing
Telcos
Manufacturing
Logistics
Testing
Migrations
ERP’s
Development
AMS
BI
ERP ImplementationERP Implementation• Consulting
– Implementation– Customization– Interfaces
• Technology– SAP – Oracle
• Industry– Energy (O&G)– Logistics – Banking & Finance– Food chains– Manufacturing
TestingTesting• Strategies
– On site Testing engineers and leaders– Center of Excellence Model– Development and execution of End-to-End strategies
• Services– Functional Testing– Unit Testing– Integration Tests
• Automated Tools– Mercury Interactive– Rational Robot– Compuware– Open Source tools (Junit, Jtests, OpenSTA, etc)
Legacy SystemsLegacy Systems• IBM Mainframe Platform
– Online and Batch processing using Cobol/CICS– Relational Database Design using DB2– JCL’s, VSAM, VTAM– VMS Operating System
• Analysis and Design of Solutions– Functional and Business Analysis– Complete Solutions in the development cycle– On site and remote delivery
• Mainframe Interfaces– Plain text files– XML Files– IBM MQ Series
Application Maintenance & Support Application Maintenance & Support • Maintenance of in production applications• Flexibility to increase or decrease on demand
tasks• A Core-Support team with deep business
knowledge• Self-oriented to provide all the services required
and established by the client• CMM and CMM-I Delivery Models• Java, J2EE, .Net, PL/SQL, Oracle Tools
Business IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence• Planning, design and building of Data warehouse
and Data marts• Exploitation of information, using several tools
like:– Cognos, Business Objects, Informatica, Warehouse
Builder– Oracle eBusiness Suite and Discoverer
• Design and creation of Balanced Score Cards• Integration with ERP’s• Creation of BI Portals
Specific solutions to meet your Specific solutions to meet your expectationsexpectations
•Forms •Reports•Oracle 9i/11i•Designer•Oracle iAS
•Oracle Portal•JDeveloper•Discoverer•Warehouse Build•PL/SQL – Pro*C
Other Technologies
•HP-UX•Open Source•Linux•Tuxedo•Sun Solaris
•MS .NET•Web Services•Visual Basic•SQL Server•Microsoft SharePoint (Moss)
•ASP•Access•Windows•Biztalk•DCOM
•J2EE•JSPs•Java Beans•JDBC•Weblogic•JBoss
•AS400•Mainframe•CICS•JCL
•DB2•Websphere•MQ Series•AIX
Customized SolutionsCustomized Solutions• IT Strategic Alliances helps organizations to increase
shareholder value by reducing labor costs, lowering support costs and controlling project spend through outsourced IT solutions. We accomplish this through:
– Onsite Project Solutions– Nearshore Global Development Centers (GDC)
MethodologyMethodology• Use
– CMM-I, Six Sigma– RUP, ITIL– Oracle AIM– ASAP
• Concentrated in Business processes– Strong support in client processes– Self Service
• Technology innovation
Tae IT LocationsTae IT Locations
Mexico - Monterrey - Mexico City
USA - Houston, TX - Austin, TX
Spain - Madrid
United Kingdom - London
MexicoMexico
SpainSpain
USAUSA
Success CaseSuccess CaseWal Mart
Project: Heterogeneous Migration of 96 application from HP and IBM platforms.
Objective: Migrate 96 applications, more than 33,693 components that operate on HP into IBM.
Services: migration and Coding, Data migrating, Testing, Product Installation, Post Installation Support, capacitation and project management.
Mayor benefits: Business continuity and cost reduction.
Technologic Platform:
Operating Systems: UNIX HP y AIX 5.3
Languages: JAVA, HTML, ASP, VB, VB-SCRIPT, JSP .NET, Cristal Report, Microstrategy, Servlets VB, .Net, C+, 4gl, shells, SP, perl, Java, ESQL-C, C.
Business Object
Data Base: Informix 7.3 y 9.4 a 10.0
ResultsResults
•Reducing project spend•Increasing shareholder value•Lower support costs & controlling spending•Reduce administrative resource requirements•Best practices and knowledge transfer•Risk Mitigation
IT Strategic Alliances has a proven track record of:
Why us?Why us?
RisksRisks
•Exceed budgetary constraints•Report lower than expected profits•Buy from the wrong vendor•Loss of time/additional man/hours•Business as usual (no change/improvement)
Risks of not taking action?
BenefitsBenefits
•Increased corporate revenue•Maximized ROI•Reduced project spend•Best practices shared•Lean business process definition
There are many benefits in allowing IT Strategic Alliances to partner with you:
Questions, Comments?Questions, Comments?
“There is no point to get to your final destination without enjoying the voyage”
-Roger Martínez González