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SaaS: Yesterday,Today & Tomorrow
SaaS has been considered a "great invention and delivery model", but the bigger question is – Would SaaS be a universal fit for every software category? Can SaaS be suitable for an ERP software same as a CRM or a HCM software? View Webinar  |
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Platform BPO: Hype, Holy Grail, or the New Normal?
Over the last few decades, the BPO industry has evolved from being purely voice and back office support services to multi-functional and multi-horizontal today. Delivery of services is also moving beyond the hourly or FTE (full time equivalent) based engagements to transaction-based engagements. Naturally, technology has had the biggest influence in making these transformations happen. View Webinar |
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Test Maturity - Tweens, Teens, Twenties Test Maturity is the overall efficiency of your QA team which in turn depends on the effectiveness of requirements gathering, test design, test planning, test execution, defect tracking and management processes. Aspire has successfully consulted hundreds of QA teams to improve their Test Maturity and we would like to share our knowledge through this webinar. View Webinar |
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From Web health to m-Health-Why should you transform? Mobile adoption is changing the way medicine is practiced today and there is a tremendous opportunity for healthcare software providers to offer their applications in mobiles/tablets. M-Health will act as a game changer in terms of differentiating organizations from competition, gaining customer satisfaction and eventually achieving revenue growth. This webinar will help you understand the opportunities and challenges in m-Health, top 7 mobility healthcare solutions and whole 9 yards on what it takes to go mobile. View Webinar |
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10 Considerations for ISV's moving to SaaS With customers fast embracing the zero-capex, on-demand SaaS model, ISVs must re-align themselves to sustain customer demand. But there are numerous architectural, business and operational considerations to be made before migrating to SaaS, and this webinar shall help you understand and appreciate the top ten in the list. View Webinar |
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5 things CIOs need to know before mobile-enabling Mobile-enablement is more than just tailoring your website’s content to fit a smaller screen. There are several options and challenges involved in going the mobile route. Executives overseeing mobile initiatives need to be aware of the considerations – in order to get the maximum RoI from their mobile strategy. Listen to two experienced practitioners discuss key elements that will be crucial in your mobile strategy. View Webinar |
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Transition to SaaS: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Today, almost all traditional Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are hard pressed to have a SaaS strategy in their Product roadmap. However, the transition to SaaS is very demanding and requires a total paradigm shift in the ISV’s outlook, model, technology, organization and sales process. So, many Software “Product” vendors are confused and unsure of the right steps that can guarantee success in the Software-as-a-“Service” model View Webinar |
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Rapid SaaS Development: Leveraging “off-the-shelf” applications As SaaS is becoming the preferred way of software delivery for end-users, every established Independent Software Vendor (ISV) and software start-up is now seeking to join the SaaS movement. However, the idea of building a SaaS solution from “scratch” sounds time-consuming and creates a fear of staying behind in the SaaS race. This webinar looks at some of the options ISV’s have to tackle those fears. View Webinar |
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Transforming Education through Disruptive Technologies IT budget cuts post-recession have forced organizations and institutions to streamline their training and learning activities using emerging cost-effective technologies like collaboration platforms, web based applications and the now buzzed Cloud Computing. However, this technology invasion is still nascent and various revolutionary concepts, like augmented reality and gesture based computing, are on the verge of becoming mainstream. View Webinar |
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Panel Discussion - Distributed R&D: Beyond just Cost Benefits Over the last several years, many packaged software vendors/ software providers have outsourced their development needs with cost-cutting in mind. However, that’s no longer the case. While having global R&D delivery capabilities are important, there’s more to it that just cost advantages. View Webinar |
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Going On-Demand: IaaS, PaaS or Solution Accelerators? SaaS has gained enormous momentum in the recent years. Almost all ISVs are considering SaaS in their Software roadmap – either a transition strategy or a hybrid strategy by adding a new product line to their existing suite of software products. Market trends also promise SaaS to be the “Future of Software”! View Webinar |
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Building Software Solutions using Web 2.0 Technologies Successful software vendors have always built products with a user-centric mindset. Traditionally, meeting the functional requirements of end-users would generally be adequate for a product's success. However, in today's Web 2.0 paradigm, it has become imperative for software vendors to design solutions that empower users in addition to addressing the basic functional needs. Hence, software vendors now build solutions that are more intuitive and allow users to access what they want instantly and at minimal number of clicks.
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Panel discussion: Bootstrapping a Technology Start-up Entrepreneurs who bootstrap typically go through trying times. Yet, bootstrapping your software business – being frugal and resource-constrained - has its own advantages. It can help you focus and prioritize, and get your product validated by customers before you consider other funding options.
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Transition to SaaS: The Challenges and Solutions Today, almost all traditional Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are hard pressed to have a SaaS strategy in their Product roadmap. This is essentially to de-risk stealing market share by pure-play SaaS players. However, Software “Product” vendors are confused and unsure of the right steps that can guarantee success in the Software-as-a-“Service” model. View Webinar |
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Web 2.0 for the Enterprise While the revolution of Web 2.0 adoption entered enterprises few years ago, the utilization of Web 2.0 technologies for business (otherwise called Enterprise 2.0) still remains unclear in many organizations. Certain companies refrain from embracing Web 2.0 due to ambiguities in areas like ROI justifications, security related issues, etc. View Webinar |
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Move beyond bugs – Testing solutions for optimizing product quality Changing business environments need mature testing processes & practices that can guarantee success rather than just cut costs. While Testing has traditionally been regarded as a curative solution, the reality is that it is a preventive medicine that can enhance product capabilities and help meet business objectives. View Webinar |
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Managing Security Threat in SaaS: Essential "How To's" Despite SaaS helping enterprises survive the economic downturn, uncertainties around security issues still seem to hamper SaaS adoption. View Webinar |
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Profitability: SaaS Versus On-Premise Solutions SaaS is being increasingly adopted and is even considered a savior model in this economy due to the zero upfront CAPEX for buyers. Still the question remains if SaaS is a profitable model for solution providers? Regardless of the longer sales cycles, is the on-premise solution providing faster break-even? View Webinar |
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Enterprise Product Frameworks: A sure-fire way to reduce development time, cost & bugs! “How can I get my product to market quickly and still ensure that quality is intact?” This may seem like a common concern, but it is one that many ISVs (Independent software vendors) of all sizes still grapple with everyday. Product frameworks can be a significant part of the answer to this question. View Webinar |
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Is (or Why is) SaaS the Survival Strategy in this Down Economy? Despite the current gloomy economic climate, with IT budgets tightening and layoffs increasing, spending on software-as-a-service continues to grow in enterprise markets. Research from firms such as Gartner, IDC, and Softletter confirm this growth and predict that SaaS market expansion will continue despite the recesson. Why is SaaS continuing to grow while many traditional licensed and on-premise software companies suffer from declining profits and static market share? View Webinar |
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Managing Agile development : Best practices Although agile methodologies have become a popular alternative to traditional methods, agile is still relatively new to many software organizations. Even among those who have adopted agile practices, many have not been successful in deriving real value from them. Having a clear understanding of agile engineering and management practices and being able to choose the ones that will deliver value for your specific needs are key to making agile development work for you. View Webinar |
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Software usability: Necessary evil or True differentiator? The importance of usability engineering in software product development has grown in recent years. This is because many software vendors, software and internet-enabled businesses have begun to realize that the pay-off is huge if software is highly usable and is able to attract and retain its target audience. The converse is also true – a difficult-to-use product finds few takers. Usability has indeed become a differentiator for most successful products. View Webinar |
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Is Test Automation right for you? Do your Math! Since many organizations consider test automation as the next logical step towards establishing a mature QA program, it becomes imperative for them to understand the initial costs involved in test automation. They can then weigh those costs against the benefits they will avail, post automation. View Webinar |
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Successful New Product Development – what does it take? Truly successful software products are hard to come by. Products that are adopted and embraced by their target audience are more the exception than the rule. So, what does it take to build great software? Is having a brilliant product idea enough? Do you need to have a stellar team and dedicated UX experts?
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How do you optimize Software Test Automation Costs? When it comes to automated testing, everyone throws around hot buzzwords like “data-driven”, “data flows”, and “error handling”. Do these buzzwords allow you to produce automation that is efficient, maintainable and usable? Above all, what does it take to optimize the costs involved in achieving efficient, maintainable and usable automation?
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