Applications Services
Achieve the Agility You Need To Compete Effectively
Technology is so pervasive and has advanced so rapidly that it's changed every aspect of how you do business; and it impacts your growth, productivity, quality levels and customer service. It's a consumer-driven, global marketplace so your company has to be easy to do business with; and that means you need a cost-efficient, seamless end-to-end supply chain that can respond to changes quickly. To keep ahead of your competition, your enterprise must be agile and your operations must become streamlined, utilizing emerging event-driven technologies. But the complex, legacy systems you have now present a barrier to your ability to compete effectively.
To overcome these challenges you need an ally that can modernize your infrastructure and applications so you can become more agile and keep pace with the changing marketplace. And that means your technology has to be aligned with your business processes. The solution is not about replacing your legacy technology; it's about end-to-end integration and consolidation over time. The key is to leverage your current legacy information technology (IT) investments as you transition to the new environment. You can choose to simplify and renovate applications, which will change the longevity, resiliency and adaptability of your legacy systems. Renewed legacy systems and newly developed functionality can then be integrated to work together in new ways through service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA enables technology to be more responsive to the demands of the business because flexible, standards-based components can be developed, combined and deployed rapidly.
But modernization is not just about the applications. Modern applications require a modern infrastructure in order to provide the “always on,” secure and flexible operations your enterprise needs. Modernizing only the applications will lead to high overall costs and negatively impact performance and quality. The applications and the infrastructure are inseparable when it comes to quality, availability and agility of the business processes. The entire platform must support agile business processes.
With EDS you are assured that your solutions will be Designed for RunTM, which means that they will be designed with operational costs and ongoing management in mind, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership. Agile solutions also have to be rigorously tested in an environment that mimics production and 24-hour operations to ensure it runs efficiently for the long term. In contrast, a poorly designed and built implementation could have lots of hidden costs and unnecessary risk.
With our vast experience in complex environments and legacy systems along with industry-specific knowledge, we know what works. And we have the frameworks, processes and resources to design the modernization programs and individual integration projects that you need for now and in the future. We've done it for many other successful companies, and we can do it for you.
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EDS Provides:
- Technical domain expertise
- Process excellence
- Knowledge of legacy systems
- Knowledge of best-of-breed and prepackaged applications
- Industry-oriented Global Competency Centers offshore resources
- Rigorous testing capabilities
- The capabilities of our globally secure network, capacity management and reusable solutions
Applications Development Services
Have feature-rich applications built that cost you less to operate and maintain.
Applications Modernization Services
Modernize your infrastructure so it's simpler, less costly to manage and more responsive.
Applications Outsourcing Services
Gain insight and better control of your applications. Have us manage and maintain them.