Sep
26

The Next Big ALM Wave – CLM

A “Wave” – a disturbance that travels through space and time, usually accompanied by the transfer of energy. Let’s take a simple example of three surfboarders on a beach. Catching the wave is the most essential step in the surfing process.

Surfboarder A goes in too early – the wave overtakes him and he is left behind.
Surfboarder B waits for too long for the wave to form – the wave engulfs him in its fury.
Surfboarder C catches the wave at the right time and the wave takes him safely ashore.

What significance does a wave have to our businesses? Wave travels and transfers energy from one point to another – waves cause disruptions. Technology is the strategic differentiator and technology waves can significantly change our business models – they will cause disruptions, but more importantly create huge business opportunities for our organizations if we can catch the wave.

Lessons for our business

  1. Pick the Right Wave – make sure its not a broken one
  2. Feel the Wave coming
  3. Prepare yourself to ride the wave

The Universe is made up of waves – it’s for us to tune in to the right frequency. And for people like us who depend on Technology to drive our businesses – collaboration is the key – collaboration amongst the business leaders, architects, project managers, developers, system integrators and testers.

Aptly named “Jazz” the collaborative open platform from Rational is the creating the Next Big Wave in ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) – CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management).

Ride the CLM Wave and see your business race to the shore at Software Universe 2011. Be there October 20th at the Renaissance Hotel Mumbai and catch the next big wave in ALM.

Happy Surfing!

This is a contributory post by Nilkanth (Neel) Iyer, Marketing Manager – IBM Rational. You can connect with him at the Rational User Group and on LinkedIn.
You can register for the IBM Software Universe 2011 here.
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Aug
16

Dr. Murray Cantor at Innovate 2011

Murray Cantor, Distinguished Engineer & lead analytics and optimization for Rational, IBM, talk about his experience at Innovate 2011.

“This is my 4th Innovate event In India and every time the experience with Innovate has been increasingly stimulating and Insightful.”

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Aug
11

Announcing the Facebook Contest winner

We would like to appreciate your effort for responding in such large numbers, our jury panel really had a tough time in announcing their verdict. All the responses were fantastic and right from the heart.

Extending the limit from 3 winners to 5, we are now announcing the winners for the facebook contest here. Winners will facilitated in the main hall at the time of Innovate closure.

1. Sunny Manchanda
To me ‘to innovate’ is an art, a quintessence of beauty.It is the awe that flows through the brush of a painter, the joy that flows through the writer of a story, the inherent beauty that flows through a mathematical proof, or the coherence that flows through a software architecture.
Perhaps innovate is what makes us what we are..Simply Humans :)

2. Narendran Dhinagaren

Innovate = Futuristic+Creative+Admira​ble+Affordable+Optimizable​.
It it the next generation of the Software Revolution which will highly intellegent and highly Automated. This Innovate word highly applicable to IBM which had started the new Software Era. IBM Rocks! opened the new way of the Sortware… Software.. Everyware.. IBM Leads Others Follows..

3. Ranga Reddy

Learning and exploring new technologies in Rational portfolio of IBM and helping software and system engineering client to use them for simplifying their efforts. A smart way of adopting cutting edge technologies.

4. Syed Attaullah

Innovate provides platform for customers to meet face to face with IBMers to resolve any issues that they have. It also allows would-be customers to understand the direction we are going by attending different tracks and sessions. Way to go Innovate….

5. Sachin Londhe

Innovation brings the change…and it difficult to have a change in our life….Innovation is the key entry point for any new changes whether it is software or life. IBM talks about the change which brings the world together with collaboration — lets Jazz together :-)



Those of you who were unable to claim your prize, please get in touch via email with ashpinto@in.ibm.com

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Aug
11

Rohit Mehta, Mindtree, shares his innovate experience

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I was here at Innovate to understand and learn more about the working capabilities of CLM ( Collaboration Lifecycle Management).

I am pretty impressed with the session in CLM and will surely try it in our organization.

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Aug
11

Developing RESTful services using Rational Software Architect

Aligning IT Strategy of execution with rational Focal Points and RTC

There are 3 man customer challenges faced today:

1. Decide- ‘Help me make strategic decisions
2. Develop- ‘Help me develop what I decide’
3. Deploy- ‘Help me deploy what I develop.

Aligning IT project investments with business strategy

• Rational Focal Point- IT Portfolio Management Capabilities

• Rational Team Concert- Gives you integrated, developer-centric project planning

For more information, kindly visit: http://www.ibm.com/software/in/rational/

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Aug
11

RL LUTHRA, CEO Micro Genesis at Innovate 2011

We have been partners with IBM for 12 years now and have been winning the ‘Best Partner’ award for 9 consecutive years.

We are largely into Defence, with our establishments in Bangalore and Hyderabad.

Today our client heads are here to attend the technical sessions and I am here to greet them personally.

Since most of our business (70%) comes from Defence, we are here to know how IBM’s technologies and smarter solutions can help us. We have already worked with IBM on a project for the Kerala government. We are also planning to do projects with the Gujarat and Rajasthan governments.

The IBM and Microgenisis relations and the way our business is growing shows in the awards and appreciation we receive.

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Aug
11

Day 2 at Innovate 2011 at Leela

After a pulsating day 1 at Innovate, we now are at the threshold of experiencing another exciting day at Innovate 2011.  Today, besides Bangalore, even New Delhi will witness the magic of software around.

Today the event will commence with a keynote by Harish Grama, VP, Product development, IBM Rational, who will talk about “Integration that matters”. Post that, Leigh Williamson, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Rational would talk to the audience about Accelerating Innovation through IT and enterprise modernization.

Tracks today

  • Modeling, Architecture & Construction- Grand Ballroom
  • Application Lifecycle Management- Royal Ballroom
  • Quality Management- Sitara
  • Change & Configuration Management- Diya
  • Application Security & Compliance- Kamal
  • Strategic Planning- Kamal

* Names Ballroom, Sitara, Divya, Kamal suggest the location inside The Leela, where the tracks and sessions will be organized.

To stay updated with the latest proceedings at Innovate 2011, follow us live @rationalindia on twitter. For FB you can use this- http://www.facebook.com/IBMRationalIndia- Check Day 2 pictures

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Aug
10

Application Lifecycle Management Track by Fariz Saracevic

The first in the set of track sessions at Innovate 2011 kick started with “Value of IBM Rational Collaboration lifecycle management solution”.

The track sessioned by Fariz gave an overview of Application Lifecycle Management and Rational Collaboration Lifecycle Management.  Fariz emphasized that Software today drives innovation for a smarter planet and exists everywhere.

The defining challenge though is managing “Systems of Systems”, over the period of time the complexity of Software has increased.  Which can be simplified by defining a well etched development lifecycle.

The first step in the process is to Decide, then Develop and then finally deploy.

Collaboration Lifecycle Management- Improve productivity with an integrated ALM solution.

It optimizes your team through support of 5 ALM imperatives

Imperative 1: Real Time planning

Imperative 2: Lifecycle Traceability

Imperative 3: In-context collaboration

Imperative 4: Development intelligence

Imperative 5: Continuous Improvement

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Aug
10

Innovate India Unveils with a Bang

After all, techies are  no less than a Rock Star

The unveiling ceremony of Innovate 2o11, caught my surprise as it just happened in a different way, a big way. They say people in the IT industry feel a little lazy during morning hours, and for sure a speech would further motivate them to carry laze rhythm through out.

An event like Innovate is about energizing and to pump in that energy shot in the vain, who else can be better than Radio One RJ Prithvi. The vibrant introduction by Prithvi, was more than cheer the audience up, however to get them on the floor Innovate’s first performance had to be  a Rock Show with the rock band Thermal and a Quarter at their rocking best… New for an IT conference, but desperately needed. After all, techies are  no less than a Rock Star

A Flashmob with Thermal and a Quarter kickstarting the IT conference,was the whisper inside and then the volume pumped up. Taking people off their seats, the vocals compelled people to flock near the stage and do the morning “head bang”. Now that’s the way to Kick start the 7th edition of  Rational conference.

Check out the Rock show images on Rational India Facebook Page

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Aug
10

Driving Expectations at Innovate 2011

At the time of registrations we asked the audience today, what are they expecting from this event. Interesting morning conversation with plenty of images.

Badrinath, Senior consulatant at  Wipro, said he is here to  to know more about rational team concert and rational software architecture and how it is helping enterprises grow, while  Joe Joseph, HCL, spoke about having a Product wise understanding of Quality Management and Configuration Management.

Ashwit, Microgenesis– Here to know more about Rhapsody.

BG Shyamala, Vidhan Soudha- I want to gain an understanding of all Rational tools and offerings.

Siddhartha Bhusan Nilamani- I am here to know about the latest updates on Rational. Also, looking forward to participate in contests.

Karthikeyan Subramaniam, HCL- I have not used Rational earlier, here to gain a better understanding of  Rational tools.

Rachel- I expect to know more about rational business partners in this event

Pamela Stanford, IBM WW- I am here to learn about all the Rational Offerings.

Andreas- I have attended the Innovate 2011 in US, now here to understand what has India to offer.

Ashish Mehta- IBM: I would want to know various guidance tools to implement projects

Swarup Mahalik- GM: Excited about the partnership with IBM and I am here to attend the workshops

Manish Virwani- IBM: It’s a great opportunity to interact with customers and share our future roadmap with them

Ratna Shekar- Accenture- Excited about to learn about new tools and technology and what’s upcoming in software

Dileep- SE Mentor- I am here to understand Rational Tools and also the true customer perspective- Success stories & failures.

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