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SOA Fundamentals for Success: Defining Meaningful, Effective Business-Oriented Services
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) can help businesses respond more
quickly and cost-effectively to changing market-conditions and challenges.
In order to implement SOA, we must identify the various types of services.
Enterprise Architecture models are an important source of service
information. Once identified, services need to be managed by means of
service governance and metadata management.
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Actionable Data Governance: Talk is Cheap, But Can You Really Implement a Sustainable Data Governance Program?
There is so much written right now about data governance. Who needs data
governance? In truth, some organizations (usually very small) do not need a
robust data governance program. However, the rest of us do need to consider
things like who is using the data, where is the data being used, and the accuracy
of the data. Along with all those ‘data’ issues come business rules, data policies,
and usage guidelines. Not the easiest endeavor – data governance!
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Process Automation for the Procurement of Direct Materials
This paper will present an analysis of a plan-driven procurement process for direct
materials. This analysis includes not only the activities and steps in such a process,
but also the data sets associated with each activity. Automation of this process will be
explored to highlight where an organization can find process improvements that lead to
positive impact on the bottom line. Several recent studies are referenced to identify the
benefits companies have obtained by automating the plan-driven direct procurement
process. Purchasing executives can use this information to analyze their own direct
material procurement processes to determine what benefits might be obtained.
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Business Intelligence Best Practices: Transforming Data into Information
The introduction of information technology systems decades ago helped organizations worldwide benefit from more efficient operations and greater productivity. Over the
years, companies have acquired volumes of data in these applications, but much of this data is trapped in multiple, disparate systems which cannot easily communicate. As a result, firms must expend considerable effort to tap into the full potential of these data assets to strategically maneuver the business in a rapidly changing and competitive marketplace. The latest evolution in IT is “business intelligence,” which promises to help businesses better tap into and leverage their data assets. But what, exactly, is BI? How can it help? How is it implemented? And what can it do for your company? Essentially a primer on BI, this paper describes BI, how it can help you, and best practices to consider when launching or refining a business intelligence initiative.
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Maximize Your Investment in Service-Oriented Architecture: Leveraging the IBM Software Foundation
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“SOA: Why You Need To Care About This Business Method”
Smart Business Magazine
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“Piecing Together SOA”
PC Connection Magazine
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01 Jul 2009
CIBER Wins Contract With Ohio University For New Student Information System
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04 Dec 2006
CIBER and Microsoft to Host Ohio Seminar on Service-Oriented Architecture
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CIBER has completed the redesign and redevelopment of the first of three hospital patient flow and capacity management applications for Pittsburgh-based TeleTracking Technologies.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
CIBER SOA Solution Alerts Public Health Officials and Organizations Worldwide
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Experience Works
IBM Servers from CIBER Improve Business Processes
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ServiceLink
CIBER Selected by ServiceLink to Build New Asset Management System
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TeleTracking
TeleTracking Engages CIBER to Build Next Generation of Patient Flow Software
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“CDC Alerting Service provides an enterprise alerting service infrastructure that CDC Centers, Institutes, and Offices (CIOs) can securely integrate with their disparate technologies. CDCAS provides a truly reusable component framework that allows CDC to easily expand communication capabilities with little or no impact to the CIOs while reducing the cost of ownership for CDC and our Public Health Information Network (PHIN) partners. The CIBER team has expertly created CDCAS to meet both current and future needs with a highly flexible architecture and component model.”
Robb Chapman — Program Manager, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“CIBER's capability, scalability, and size were the factors that told us CIBER is the ideal partner for this project. CIBER is a leading .NET development shop and offers a mature practice with a proven track record. They quickly put together the facility, infrastructure, methodologies, and risk mitigation strategies we needed. As we expand into new markets, CIBER can provide strong local capabilities backed by their global organization to support our growth.”
Anthony Sanzo — CEO, TeleTracking Technologies
“CIBER impressed us with their understanding of local government challenges and concerns. Not only does the CIBER team bring to the table significant technological expertise, but a solid understanding of local government processes and issues as well.”
Catherine Maras O’Leary — Chief Information Officer, Cook County, Ill
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Rapid change that affects bottom lines is influencing companies to become more agile and flexible. Increased competition and the need to respond quickly to the marketplace are causing organizations to scrutinize processes and systems that depend on IT.
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a business and technical approach that enables companies to move forward with their business initiatives supported by technology rather than being limited by IT. SOA enables users and systems (consumers) to use applications (services) made available on a computer network. SOA is not a single technology, but it is an architectural style for integrating business software applications (custom, ERP, legacy, Open Source or vendor supplied). SOA focuses on loosely coupled services, automated end-to-end business processes, and reusing existing IT systems resources based on open standards.
SOA provides the means to deliver integrated business applications in a timely fashion with the least amount of intervention to change application code or structure. SOA delivers real, tangible business value.
The CIBER Difference
CIBER has a full range of services and world-class expertise to drive your SOA program to meet current and future business needs. Our services include:
- SOA Readiness Assessment
- SOA Strategy and implementation Roadmap
- Enterprise Integration using SOA
- SOA Implementation
- Legacy Modernization and Migration using SOA
CIBER is uniquely positioned to aid customers in building and integrating efficient and cost-effective enterprise IT solutions. We have several flexible options for customers to evaluate and, if desired, implement a SOA solution for their organization:
- Discovery – A one to two day visit to your site to obtain a “snapshot” of your current business and IT position
- Assessment/Planning – A 6 to 12 week engagement that involves interviews with key IT and business stakeholders, reviewing documentation, and holding Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions to identify business requirements and objectives. The end result is a SOA Roadmap that defines your SOA Strategy.
- Implementation – Local experts take the results of the SOA Assessment and Roadmap and drive the SOA initiative, which may include business process re-engineering, organizational and behavioral models, and upgrading enterprise architecture.
- Support – Local experts maintain a strong relationship with you, providing knowledge transfer and support, and nurturing independence.
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