Jun
4

Enterprise Modernization – A Proactive Approach

By Pankaj Sinha

Businesses need to proactively manage change, instead of struggling to keep up.  Our Enterprise Modernization story focuses on helping customers save

today and build a smarter foundation for future investments. We focus on 4 primary focus areas Applications, People, Teams and Infrastructure to achieve the optimal business value in today’s tough economic climate.

  1. Applications are all about how you can be smart in maintaining and extending the applications that run your business
  2. People focuses on the employees who build the applications.  We have smart people.  How can we help them deliver their best work?
  3. Team is about smart ways for the people to work together to build high quality applications in a timely manner, especially in today’s geographically dispersed world.
  4. Infrastructure is the other area that focuses on how customers can get the most out of the infrastructure they already have. Given today’s challenging economic times, customers are not interested in rip & replace, it is all about leveraging what they already have.

    Let me know if any of these ring a bell and I could further substantiate these areas.

    Enterprise Modernization

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    May
    24

    Smarter Software & Systems Delivery

    By Pankaj Sinha

    As the head of the IBM Rational India labs, I come across a lot of examples in my day to day work life on the software market and I get to see some best practices applied across Industry for software and systems delivery. I felt this is an ideal platform to share my views and interact with all of you interested in the same.

    I strongly believe, that Software is the main component of Innovation and to be Innovative in this world, we seek knowledge and tools to support our cause and goals. From the Automobile major, thinking of the next big innovation to drive business growth,  to the home maker trying to balance her responsibilities and keep her family happy, software is touching lives all over the world, in more ways than we can comprehend. A classic example is the Innovation by GM for its hybrid car, Volt which actually has many many more lines of software code than the first space shuttle launch. That’s the quantum leap in the use of software. The GM Volt case study is an excellent example and I urge all of you to take a look at it. Software is truly everywhere…
    Having said this, as we get into an environment where software systems have to co-exist with widely disparate systems to achieve favorable business outcomes, there needs to be a slightly different approach to be successful:
    1. An Incremental Approach to ensure all external/internal dependencies are being addressed effectively
    2. Measured Capability Improvement around parameters that are essential for a successful outcome and if they are not on target measure & steer to achieve success
    3. An Integrated Delivery Platform that can support an heterogeneous environment and provide real-time data for effective collaboration across multiple disciplines
    These are my experiences and what keeps me up at night… I would love to hear your thoughts on this…
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    May
    20

    Smarter Software & Systems Delivery
    By Pankaj Sinha
    As we get into an environment where software systems have to co-exist with widely disparate systems to achieve favorable business outcomes, there needs to be a slightly different approach to be successful:
    1. An Incremental Approach to ensure all external/internal dependencies are being addressed effectively
    2. Measured Capability Improvement around parameters that are essential for a successful outcome and if they are not on target measure & steer to achieve success
    3. An Integrated Delivery Platform that can support an heterogeneous environment and provide real-time data for effective collaboration across multiple disciplines
    Any thoughts, comments?
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    May
    19

    Launch of Pankaj’s Corner

    Breaking News!!! Pankaj Sinha, the Head of Rational India Lab will be connecting with you directly on the Rational India Blog through his very own section, Pankaj’s Corner.

    Pankaj’s Corner is for you to get direct access to his insights on current trends around software engineering. This will also provide a perspective on what Rational is doing to address the current challenges around software, systems and enterprise modernization.. Connect with Pankaj and stay tuned for the latest updates!

    Pankaj Sinha - Head of Rational India Lab

    Pankaj Sinha - Head of Rational India Lab

    A Brief Bio of Pankaj

    Pankaj has 24 years of industry experience and has been with IBM for the last 18 years. He has been with the IBM Software Lab, India since its inception and has played key product development leadership roles across both Software Group (SWG) and Systems & Technology Group (STG). He currently leads the Rational India Lab that focuses on Development & Support of Rational Products. He also has worldwide development responsibilities for a product & portfolio management product- Focal Point. Prior to his current role, he was instrumental in setting up the India SWG Lab Services team in 2005, that is mandated to work closely with customers and partners in making the adoption of IBM Software Group Products and Solutions successful. He has also been the Development Manager for several messaging & transaction middleware, products and has extensive experience working with global multi-site development & support teams. He has also worked for Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Ramco Systems, where his experience spanned Development of Embedded and Real Time Digital Signal Processing Systems. Pankaj is an ’87 Engineering Graduate in Electronics & Communication from IIT- Roorkee.

    You can access Pankaj’s Corner here.

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