Application Management Services Overview




                                     Increased Return on Application Investments
                                     through Proactive Support




                                     Infogain’s Application Management Services (AMS) increase the return on application
                                     investments and improve IT organization effectiveness, freeing IT resources to focus on business
                                     priorities. Beginning with an assessment of your needs, AMS delivers support throughout the
                                     application lifecycle including application and DBA support, application maintenance, and
                                     systems monitoring. Infogain’s unique, engagement-long proactive support model significantly
                                     reduces the number of problems reported by clients and produces sustained improvements in
                                     user experience.

BUSINESS DRIVERS                     Application Management Services
l Customer experience
                                     l	 Application Support includes functional integration, DBA and technical support services
l Lower TCO

l Global coverage
                                         designed to meet your specific needs. Infogain’s global support team handles multi-channel
l Compliance/regulatory                  requests and provides around-the-clock coverage. Application Support delivers a full range of
	 requirements                           metrics, backed by well-defined Service Level Agreements.
l Go-to-market timelines
                                     l	 Proactive Monitoring is the best way to fix a problem – by preventing it from occurring in the
                                         first place. This service monitors your applications and databases. Monitoring will also detect
                                         system errors and performance anomalies before they develop into serious problems.
                                     l	 Application Maintenance ensures that applications are running on the most effective
                                         application software versions. This service manages bug fixes, minor enhancements,
WHY INFOGAIN?
Guaranteed Service Levels (SLAs):        and patch releases including periodic planned releases. Infogain oversees a joint change
Jointly agreed upon SLAs and             management request process with your team, minimizing problems and inconvenience to
risk / reward model with built in        your users.
productivity increases.
                                     l	 Application Optimization improves application efficiency and removes gaps between
Resource flexibility: Rapid access       application functionality and business processes. Infogain will enhance and tune your
to a broad pool of resources with        applications to optimize performance. Your business benefits from improved process
easy ramp up and ramp down.              automation and increased value.
Application Management Services Overview


                           Key Features and Benefits
                           Engaging Infogain’s Application Management Services brings you a rich set of benefits:

                            Feature                            Benefit
                            ITSM-based support model Establishes industry standard processes in your organization
                            Extensive set of tools             Automates the entire support process and increase the
                                                               operations efficiency
                            Well-defined metrics               Enables precise information for management
                            reporting
SERVICES SCOPE              Comprehensive SLAs                 Provide accountability to service performance
l Applications

l Middleware
                            Dashboard                          Visibility enables timely and actionable information
l SW Infrastructure         Proactive Monitoring               Enables detection and resolution of issues before they affect
                                                               users
                            Flexible resource model            Provides resource flexibility for IT managers
                            Dual-shore delivery                Leverages skilled resources and lower support costs
Platforms                   Industry best practices            Helps your organization move towards higher operational
l Oracle                                                       maturity
l Microsoft
                            Governance model                   Enables reduced risk and increased collaboration
l SFDC

l Custom / Legacy
                            Proactive Support                  Enables team to identify problems, inefficiencies and
                                                               opportunities before they become issues and develop action
                                                               plans to resolve issues before they affect users


                           Enabling IT Transformation: AMS Roadmap
                           IT managers regularly face the challenge of balancing competing priorities. They often have
                           common questions regarding the best approach and what it would take to progress to a mature
                           IT operation. Infogain provides a comprehensive assessment program as a first step, which
                           evaluates several areas:

                            l	 Application Portfolio                                  l	 Metrics
                            l	 Support Model                                          l	 Processes and Tools
                            l	 Service Levels                                         l	 Governance


                           Key deliverables of our AMS assessment are three-fold:
                           1.   A set of recommendations for moving to a higher IT Infrastructure Library framework-based
                                maturity model
                           2.   A roadmap to implement these recommendations
                           3.   The cost model


                           Contact Infogain today at ams-solutions@infogain.com to discuss your
                           application management needs.


USA: +1-408-355-6000
UK: +44-(0)-162-842-1500
INDIA: +91-120-244 5144
                           All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies
www.infogain.com           © Copyright Infogain Corporation, 2012. All rights reserved.


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Application management services overview

  • 1.
    Application Management ServicesOverview Increased Return on Application Investments through Proactive Support Infogain’s Application Management Services (AMS) increase the return on application investments and improve IT organization effectiveness, freeing IT resources to focus on business priorities. Beginning with an assessment of your needs, AMS delivers support throughout the application lifecycle including application and DBA support, application maintenance, and systems monitoring. Infogain’s unique, engagement-long proactive support model significantly reduces the number of problems reported by clients and produces sustained improvements in user experience. BUSINESS DRIVERS Application Management Services l Customer experience l Application Support includes functional integration, DBA and technical support services l Lower TCO l Global coverage designed to meet your specific needs. Infogain’s global support team handles multi-channel l Compliance/regulatory requests and provides around-the-clock coverage. Application Support delivers a full range of requirements metrics, backed by well-defined Service Level Agreements. l Go-to-market timelines l Proactive Monitoring is the best way to fix a problem – by preventing it from occurring in the first place. This service monitors your applications and databases. Monitoring will also detect system errors and performance anomalies before they develop into serious problems. l Application Maintenance ensures that applications are running on the most effective application software versions. This service manages bug fixes, minor enhancements, WHY INFOGAIN? Guaranteed Service Levels (SLAs): and patch releases including periodic planned releases. Infogain oversees a joint change Jointly agreed upon SLAs and management request process with your team, minimizing problems and inconvenience to risk / reward model with built in your users. productivity increases. l Application Optimization improves application efficiency and removes gaps between Resource flexibility: Rapid access application functionality and business processes. Infogain will enhance and tune your to a broad pool of resources with applications to optimize performance. Your business benefits from improved process easy ramp up and ramp down. automation and increased value.
  • 2.
    Application Management ServicesOverview Key Features and Benefits Engaging Infogain’s Application Management Services brings you a rich set of benefits: Feature Benefit ITSM-based support model Establishes industry standard processes in your organization Extensive set of tools Automates the entire support process and increase the operations efficiency Well-defined metrics Enables precise information for management reporting SERVICES SCOPE Comprehensive SLAs Provide accountability to service performance l Applications l Middleware Dashboard Visibility enables timely and actionable information l SW Infrastructure Proactive Monitoring Enables detection and resolution of issues before they affect users Flexible resource model Provides resource flexibility for IT managers Dual-shore delivery Leverages skilled resources and lower support costs Platforms Industry best practices Helps your organization move towards higher operational l Oracle maturity l Microsoft Governance model Enables reduced risk and increased collaboration l SFDC l Custom / Legacy Proactive Support Enables team to identify problems, inefficiencies and opportunities before they become issues and develop action plans to resolve issues before they affect users Enabling IT Transformation: AMS Roadmap IT managers regularly face the challenge of balancing competing priorities. They often have common questions regarding the best approach and what it would take to progress to a mature IT operation. Infogain provides a comprehensive assessment program as a first step, which evaluates several areas: l Application Portfolio l Metrics l Support Model l Processes and Tools l Service Levels l Governance Key deliverables of our AMS assessment are three-fold: 1. A set of recommendations for moving to a higher IT Infrastructure Library framework-based maturity model 2. A roadmap to implement these recommendations 3. The cost model Contact Infogain today at ams-solutions@infogain.com to discuss your application management needs. USA: +1-408-355-6000 UK: +44-(0)-162-842-1500 INDIA: +91-120-244 5144 All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies www.infogain.com © Copyright Infogain Corporation, 2012. All rights reserved. H700 09/12