Software Technology Consulting
Whether assessing the feasibility of offshore development, getting a new software product release schedule back on track or helping to recover a failed production system, we begin each engagement by working with the client to establish clear business success criteria that are measurable in financial terms.
Production system crisis management
Our seasoned staff will get your system back online quickly, whether your problem is with your network, hardware infrastructure, systems software, databases, custom applications or third-party software products. After we stabilize your production operations, we complete a system stabilization plan that includes a comprehensive system diagnosis, risk analysis of future outages, specific mitigations and root cause analysis.
Release management
We review your software release practices from business case and functional design through development and configuration management to deployment into production. By helping you develop an effective release plan and quarterly roadmap, simplify critical path dependencies, or implement state-of-the-art software configuration management tools, we provide you with the assurance you need that your phased software releases will be successful and on time.
Enterprise architecture
AretéAS enterprise and solution architects help you sort through the mix of emerging Internet technologies, low-cost hosting providers, web services, open source software, and legacy systems. By looking at your systems as a whole, along with business processes, day-to-day operations and midterm objectives, we can help you balance the tradeoffs between scalability, stability, marketplace competiveness and total cost of ownership.
Our enterprise architecture planning process helps you establish a timeline for retiring outmoded expensive platforms and exploiting emerging low-cost internet services in a manner that fits within capital budgets, preserves stability in day- to-day operations, and gets the new system features that you need to remain competitive on line.
Software delivery operations
We take a holistic approach to our evaluation of your development operations that includes a value stream analysis of systems, suppliers and personnel. The result is the rapid identification of failure points, risks, bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement across the full system lifecycle prioritized in terms of positive financial impact.
Offshore & near shore outsourcing options analysis
Our international staff is able to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential risks and benefits of offshore and near shore development that includes financial, intellectual property, technical, logistic, quality, and communications considerations. We can then help you choose and manage a service provider that is a good fit for your technical and business operational needs.
If you are having difficulties with your current offshore program, we can help you identify what is wrong and make the changes needed to get your program back on track, including renegotiations with or replacement of your current provider.
Software asset assessment & valuation
Our expert engineers use a variety of automated quality verification tools, conduct build and load tests and obtain a mix of professional opinions to obtain an overall technical quality assessment that is matched against the intended use of the software in the expected business operations environment. The result is a realistic estimate of how much it will cost to put the software to productive use, how well it will perform, how long it will last and the ongoing operational cost.
If you are considering the purchase or sale of software assets, we can help you appraise the likely market value by comparing the costs and benefits of packaged and custom alternatives.