‘Assembly Methodology’ posts
Optaros at SugarCON 2008
Posted by Optaros on 12 Feb 2008
I spent the Wednesday – Friday last week at the SugarCON conference in San Jose. Overall, I found it a good event with relevant and entertaining speakers, topics, and lots of opportunities to hook up both with the SugarCRM team and other players in that eco-system: – SugarCRM CEO John Roberts illustrated the SugarCRM success | View post »
Open Source Ecommerce – Assembled
Posted by Marc Osofsky on 06 Feb 2008
In a very competitive sector, flexibility, extensibility and time to market have been the main drivers when we assembled the Wonderbox ecommerce platform. <!–break–> The SOA architecture we implemented (based on Mule ESB) integrates the different services provided by packages such as SugarCRM(CRM, SFA, Partner management), SAGE(finance), SCPA(logistics), ATT(Traceability), osCommerce(order tacking), Ogone(payment) as well as | View post »
From requirements to a designed UI in 5 too-short days!
Posted by Optaros on 30 Jan 2008
When Swisscom Mobile challenged our Zurich team to design a total overhaul of the Labs public beta website in just 4.5 working days, some said that it couldn’t be done. And they were right – it took 5 days! This project proved the value of two things we pride ourselves on at Optaros: methodology and | View post »
Open Source CRM – How it fits into the overall CRM solution market
Posted by Optaros on 29 Jan 2008
Many people are still unclear on the role of open source business applications in relation to the proprietary offerings available. In a recent article in destinationCRM.com, I’ve provided Optaros’ point of view of open source CRM in an overall CRM solution context. Over the last couple of years, several strong open source products and projects | View post »
Keys to Support
Posted by Optaros on 10 Jan 2008
The keys to successfully supporting a solution assembled from open source solution include: Building a quality solution from the start, selecting the right components at the right level for the particular solution Understanding open source projects and communities and leveraging them effectively Managing and tracking the components utilized. This includes maintaining awareness of roadmaps for | View post »
Support for Open Source Assembly
Posted by Optaros on 10 Jan 2008
While Open Source have become accepted in most corporations, there are still some fears and misconceptions about supporting a full enterprise-scale solution. Because such solutions are typically made up of multiple open source components, it’s no longer a process of just downloading the latest version or a patch. The complexities involved are much greater than | View post »
NGI, Assembly, and Open Source
Posted by John Eckman on 10 Jan 2008
Next Generation Internet applications, assembly as a methodology, and open source are related to each other in important ways. It’s the combination of the three that really enables the rapid delivery, business agility, and innovation that businesses need on the web today. Open source applications and frameworks make possible as assembly methodology. Although Optaros often | View post »
Aren't All Methodologies the Same?
Posted by Marc Osofsky on 09 Jan 2008
The word methodology does not make most people smile – but what we deliver for clients using OptAM often does. Here are the highlights of what we consistently hear from our clients: See, touch, react – Nearly all IT consulting methodologies start with requirements definition captured in text documents. This is a painful process for | View post »
Assemble vs. Build, Buy, Rent
Posted by Marc Osofsky on 09 Jan 2008
The ChallengesEnterprises face significant challenges today to meet rapidly growing customer expectations for online experiences. The online applications must be continually differentiated from competitors; which requires a highly flexible and responsive technical framework. This pain is most acute in applications that are constantly compared by customers and employees against rapidly evolving competitive alternatives. Failure to | View post »
Tear down the walls!
Posted by Optaros on 06 Jan 2008
Optaros has torn down the walls between design and development. Other companies treat Usability like a condiment, adding a little just before delivery. Not us – our User Experience and Technical teams form a true partnership right from the beginning of every project.
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