producteering.org » Webinar http://producteering.org Software & technology trends Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:34:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 © selina.dsouza@aspiresys.com () selina.dsouza@aspiresys.com() Just another Localhost.localdomain weblog selina.dsouza@aspiresys.com No no http://producteering.org/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg producteering.org http://producteering.org 144 144 Aspire’s Webinar || Going On-Demand: IaaS, PaaS or Solution Accelerators? http://producteering.org/2010/02/16/aspire%e2%80%99s-webinar-going-on-demand-iaas-paas-or-solution-accelerators/ http://producteering.org/2010/02/16/aspire%e2%80%99s-webinar-going-on-demand-iaas-paas-or-solution-accelerators/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:12:22 +0000 Rajalakshmi http://producteering.org/?p=277 SaaS has gained enormous momentum in the recent years. Almost all software vendors 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”!

With the evolutionary changes in the cloud market, the path to SaaS has become multi-fold. It is vital for software providers to understand the SaaS development and infrastructure eco-system.

Join us for this live-webinar presented by Janaki Jayachandran, Head of ‘Aspire Systems’ SaaS Center of Excellence, as he lay out the ways of going on-demand. Some of the topics being discussed in this session:

- Different approaches available in building your SaaS solution

- Various factors influencing each SaaS adoption path

- Relate their relevance to your business and product requirements

Date: Feb 18th, 2010
Time: 11:00 AM ET/ 08:00 AM PT/ 04:00 PM BST/ 09:30 IST

Registration is Free!

Click here to register

]]> http://producteering.org/2010/02/16/aspire%e2%80%99s-webinar-going-on-demand-iaas-paas-or-solution-accelerators/feed/ 1 “Building Software Solutions using Web 2.0 Technologies” – Webinar http://producteering.org/2009/10/27/panel-webinar-building-software-products-using-web-20-technologies/ http://producteering.org/2009/10/27/panel-webinar-building-software-products-using-web-20-technologies/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:23:50 +0000 Rajalakshmi http://producteering.org/?p=215 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.

Aspire together with our customer, Biz-LX™ is organizing an informative webinar where we discuss the journey of building a software solution using Web 2.0 tools such as RIA and mashups, and demonstrate the benefits of such an exercise with a real-time case study.

In this webinar you’ll learn:

- Techniques used to design software solutions to allow better usability
- How to evaluate and select Web 2.0 techologies suitable for your software?
- The business benefits and implications of applying Web 2.0 designs to your software solution

Date: Thursday, Nov 19, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM ET/04:00 PM BST/ 09:30 PM IST

Regsitration is FREE!

Click here to register:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/587477833

Panelists:

Dave Strite
Chief Information Officer, Biz-LX™

Elango Kanakaraji
Head – Web 2.0 Specialization, Aspire Systems

]]> http://producteering.org/2009/10/27/panel-webinar-building-software-products-using-web-20-technologies/feed/ 2 Webinar on “Transition to SaaS: The Challenges and Solutions” http://producteering.org/2009/09/18/aspire-systems-hosts-a-webinar-on-transition-to-saas-the-challenges-and-solutions-on-september-24th-2009/ http://producteering.org/2009/09/18/aspire-systems-hosts-a-webinar-on-transition-to-saas-the-challenges-and-solutions-on-september-24th-2009/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:55:03 +0000 Rajalakshmi http://producteering.org/?p=199 Today, almost all traditional Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are hard pressed to have a SaaS strategy in their Product roadmap. This is essentially to protect themselves from pure-play SaaS players stealing their market share. However, Software “Product” vendors are confused and unsure of the right steps that can guarantee success in the Software-as-a-“Service” model. They are faced with questions like:

- What kind of business changes/adaptations are needed in a SaaS model?
- Should we sunset on-premise product (or) keep it and offer hybrid solutions?
- Technically, is SaaS a feasible model for my product?
- What should be the SaaS development strategy – in-house development or cloud computing strategies?

Join Aspire and our partner Calia Consulting for an illuminating session on September 24th at 9 AM Pacific time, as they share and discuss the key considerations in making a SaaS transition.

Registration is FREE!

Click here to Regsiter:

https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/736707585

Panelists:

Dani Shomron
SaaS Expert – Calia Consulting

Janaki Jayachandran
Business Unit Manager – SaaS Specialization, Aspire Systems

]]> http://producteering.org/2009/09/18/aspire-systems-hosts-a-webinar-on-transition-to-saas-the-challenges-and-solutions-on-september-24th-2009/feed/ 0 Webinar from Aspire’s testing team: Move beyond bugs http://producteering.org/2009/08/27/webinar-from-aspires-testing-team-move-beyond-bugs/ http://producteering.org/2009/08/27/webinar-from-aspires-testing-team-move-beyond-bugs/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:46:39 +0000 Selina http://producteering.org/?p=194 This is short notice but for those interested, you can still make it for a webinar presented by Aspire Systems in a couple of hours on:

Moving 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.

Join us for a webinar to know how Aspire can help you:

-> Handle quality challenges at every stage of the SDLC using our IQA approach

-> Optimize testing process and accelerate releases leveraging our Test Automation Framework – PropelQ

-> Transform QA processes to plan your budgets effectively

-> Identify appropriate processes and tools

-> Gain an insight to our expertise through our success stories

Presenter:

Ananth Krishnamoorthy
Head – Independent Verification & Validation Services at Aspire Systems

Date : Thursday, August 27, 2009
Time : 11:00 AM EST

Register now

For those of you who can’t make it but want to attend, I will put up a link to the recorded webinar here later.

]]> http://producteering.org/2009/08/27/webinar-from-aspires-testing-team-move-beyond-bugs/feed/ 0 Managing the Security Threat in SaaS: Essential “How To’s” (Panel Webinar) http://producteering.org/2009/08/06/aspires-expert-panel-webinar-managing-security-threat-in-saas-essential-%e2%80%9chow-tos-on-august-13-2009/ http://producteering.org/2009/08/06/aspires-expert-panel-webinar-managing-security-threat-in-saas-essential-%e2%80%9chow-tos-on-august-13-2009/#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:47:30 +0000 Rajalakshmi http://producteering.org/?p=187 Despite SaaS helping enterprises survive the economic downturn, uncertainties around security issues still seem to hamper SaaS adoption. Software Providers are repeatedly being asked questions like -

- What is your Security policy? How secure is my data? Who can access my data in your company?
- How separated is my data from your other customers?
- How does your solution address authorization and encryption need?
- What kind of physical security measures are being followed?

Join Aspire for an hour long discussion with trusted experts, Alexey Lef, Chief Technical Architect – SciQuest and Jothi Rengarajan, Senior Technical Architect – Aspire Systems, as they share and discuss various “How To’s” of providing a secure SaaS solution.

Date : Thursday, August 13, 2009
Time : 11:00 AM ET/ 08:00 AM PT/ 04:00 PM BST/ 08:30 PM IST

Click here to register:
http://www.aspiresys.com/events/current-events/managing-security-threat-in-saas-essential-how-tos.html

]]> http://producteering.org/2009/08/06/aspires-expert-panel-webinar-managing-security-threat-in-saas-essential-%e2%80%9chow-tos-on-august-13-2009/feed/ 0 Enterprise Product Frameworks: A sure-fire way to reduce development time, cost & bugs! http://producteering.org/2009/05/27/enterprise-product-frameworks-a-sure-fire-way-to-reduce-development-time-cost-bugs/ http://producteering.org/2009/05/27/enterprise-product-frameworks-a-sure-fire-way-to-reduce-development-time-cost-bugs/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 09:47:00 +0000 Srivandya http://producteering.org/?p=163 Building software is a complex effort – and when you need to be early-to-market with a quality product, it is even more challenging. Framework-driven development is an approach that attempts to increase developer productivity by making use of pre-built components and a solid underlying structure, which has already been tested.

Frameworks help maintain developer discipline, limit unnecessary re-invention of the wheel and provide features that are almost universal requirements. Enterprise product frameworks go one step further by providing a pre-built product architecture layer with many cross-concerns and design decisions addressed. This helps development teams focus on solving business issues and reduces development time by more than 30%.

“Propel” is Aspire Systems’ enterprise product framework, that reduces the time and cost to develop a software product by about 30%. It comes with a pre-built, tested product architecture layer and can help developers focus on solving business issues, instead of worrying about basic design decisions and other cross-concerns.

Aspire Systems hosted a webinar on the importance of Enterprise Product Frameworks this month.

Some other key take-aways from this session:

• How product frameworks can be leveraged to your advantage.
• The quality and other indirect benefits of using frameworks.
• How Propel can reduce your development time and costs by 30%.
• Real-life experience of Ajuba Solutions on how they use Propel to develop their solutions rapidly.

The recorded webinar can be viewed by registering here

]]> http://producteering.org/2009/05/27/enterprise-product-frameworks-a-sure-fire-way-to-reduce-development-time-cost-bugs/feed/ 0 Is (or Why is) SaaS the Survival Strategy in this Down Economy? http://producteering.org/2009/05/04/is-or-why-is-saas-the-survival-strategy-in-this-down-economy/ http://producteering.org/2009/05/04/is-or-why-is-saas-the-survival-strategy-in-this-down-economy/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 11:02:08 +0000 Srivandya http://producteering.org/?p=155 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 recession. Why is SaaS continuing to grow while many traditional licensed and on-premise software companies suffer from declining profits and static market share?

Join Aspire Systems for a timely Webinar on the 14th May, 2009 at 11:00 AM ET / 08:00 AM PT featuring SaaS industry speakers Merrill R. (Rick) Chapman of Softletter and Richard Dym of OpSource discussing:

· Softletter research analyzing increased SaaS adoption

· Reasons/Factors influencing the SaaS wave

· SaaS prospects/opportunities

· The future of SaaS and SaaS companies

Register Here for this Webinar

]]> http://producteering.org/2009/05/04/is-or-why-is-saas-the-survival-strategy-in-this-down-economy/feed/ 0 Software usability: Necessary evil or True differentiator? http://producteering.org/2009/03/24/software-usability-necessary-evil-or-true-differentiator/ http://producteering.org/2009/03/24/software-usability-necessary-evil-or-true-differentiator/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:46:27 +0000 Padameshwar http://producteering.org/?p=149

Aspire Systems hosted a webinar on the importance of Usability Engineering this month. A customer who implemented usability engineering and reaped substantial benefits from the same, shared his experience during the webinar. Some other key take-aways from the 1 hour session:

* Fundamental guidelines for improving product usability

* Technology enablers for usability

* The Usability life cycle in product design

* How better usability can boost your sales and lower your support costs

The recorded webinar can be viewed by registering here

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