Torry Harris Business Solutions (THBS) is a mid-sized IT services provider founded in 1998 specializing in SOA, integration, and agile development projects. THBS has deep expertise in SOA, middleware, and integration technologies developed over partnerships with major technology providers and through its SOA Center of Excellence. The company delivers cost-effective solutions using offshore development centers in India and a distributed agile approach, and clients appreciate its flexibility, value, and personalized service.
2. About US Founded in 1998, New Jersey with a strong heritage in integration & middleware Recognized leaders in SOA, SaaS and Agile development Partnerships IBM, BEA/Oracle, Sun, SAP, Microsoft webMethods/Software AG, Progress Software, Tibco, Amberpoint, SOA Software, Kabira, Nexaweb, JaxView, Lombardi Mosaic Island, GPM Business Consulting partnerships SalesForce, IBM cloud computing partnerships Globally clients acknowledge Torry Harris niche expertise and excellence in service specifically: Flexibility Value for Money Personalized Service Bangalore Shenzhen Dubai Dublin New Jersey Bristol Singapore Global Multishore Delivery Excellence Madrid Germany Head Quartered in NJ USA Offshore Development Centers Bangalore, India Shenzhen, China Dublin, Ireland Regional Offices Bristol, UK Madrid, Spain Munich, Germany Singapore Dubai, UAE
3. Torry Harris Business Solutions (THBS) is a midsized IT service provider with a strong focus on USA, European and Middle Eastern markets. THBS specializes in SOA and integration-centric projects, and hence has deep experience in this type of engagement. Its large offshore development facility in India combined with strong program and project management capabilities as well as the firms agile development capabilities mean that THBS can deliver solutions using SOA quickly and cost-effectively. Clients were highly satisfied with the integrators work. If you are seeking a provider with deep SOA, middleware, and SOA experience, then THBS is worth exploring. The Forrester Wave: EMEA SOA Systems Integrators, Q2 2009, Tim Sheedy Beyond the Factsheet
4. Blue Chip Clients Company Confidential Central Informatics Central Informatics Organization
5. Competency Matrix Technology verticals Delivery Models SOA Distributed Agile Delivery Information Management (IM) Proven Onsite-Offshore approach Testing Offshore Service factory approach Support Technology Consulting Architecture / Design Cloud Computing
7. SOA SOA Governance Consulting -- To establish a proven SOA governance framework with SOA-CoE (Centre of Excellence) to enable, monitor & improve SOA adoption. Enterprise Architecture Design -- Evaluate the current service portfolio, to design a business-oriented roadmap for the future. Business-Technology Strategy -- Outline a strategic SOA adoption plan and roadmap to align current enterprise architecture with transformation drivers to realize SOA benefits. SOA Build & Operate -- To help realize SOA through a cost-effective offshore SOA service factory that enables build and operate for improved business agility.
8. THBS & SOA A SOA CoE formed 5 years ago, contributes: Technical checklists, vertical specific frameworks, Governance frameworks Best Practices & methodologies (service versioning, Quick start rulebook, SOA test methodology, SOA capability maturity model) Tools (SOA Modeler, Monitoring & Management, BPM) Member of SOA-Consortium, ITIM, SOA-Institute, contribution to W3C, defining standards with industry bodies. Focused on SOA Fundamentals including XML Technologies, Web Services, WS-* Standards and specialist groups across the leading product suites (commercial and open source) 100% focused on SOA based Enterprise Application Integration, Portal, BI Dashboard and BPM solutions Agile for SOA: A large pool of 500 plus people skilled and experienced in delivering SOA projects using the distributed Agile global delivery approach to help realize results faster through a focused time-box approach Core XML, tools, SOAP, WSDLs, BPEL, WS SOA product stacks Open Source CoE Enterprise Architecture Technology Consulting Business Consulting Bulk of the company trained on XML & related technologies (XPath, Xquery, XSD, XML-binding etc.) Open Source Centre of Excellence researches on tools and features, tool comparisons and Proof-Of-Concepts. Partner ecosystem: partnerships with IBM, BEA/Oracle, Sun, Progress, Nexaweb, Cape Clear, SOA Software etc. Architects with broad experience on integration best practices and technologies across domains Evangelists and senior technologists with core SOA experience help define SOA roadmaps,. Global project milestones, identifying and launching pilot projects , define architecture, tool selection etc. Business Analysts &Partnerships with BusinessGlue, GPM etc.
9. Information Management Information Management (IM) Business Intelligence Data Management ETL Data Warehouse ODS Reporting Analytics Enterprise Performance Management Data Quality Data Governance Data Structures Data Stewardship Data Architecture Data Security Master Data Management
10. IM Technical Skills TECHNOLOGY Architecting skills Design Skills Development skills Testing Skills Support skills (L2,L3) DATABASES ORACLE, TIMESTEN COPPER EYE INFORMIX DB2 SQL SERVER MY SQL BERKELEY DB DATAWAREHOUSE, BI AND ETL ORACLE WAREHOUSE BUILDER AB INITIO INFORMATICA NETEZZA SAP / BUSINESS OBJECTS TERADATA COGNOS IBM IIS AFFINIUM CAMPAIGN MANAGER ORALCE HYPERION SAS
11. Testing Torry Harris offers independent verification & validation services to help realize defect free scalable applications. Verification & Validation : Test strategy development. End-to-end testing. Process improvement design & implementation to reduce time-to-market. S&V, load & regression testing. Testing tool evaluation & implementation for better management. Test automation & management. Design & implement testing CoE. Technical Snapshot : Mercury interactive tools Test Director Loadrunner Winrunner QTP
12. Support Torry Harris provides L2, L3 support services and a cost-effective, 24*7 managed services model. Application Management & Support : Application operations including 24*7 monitoring of applications for availability/performance/capacity, batch monitoring/management. Problem management with escalation & closure of issues. Production Support with SLA for resolution & service restoration. Release & change support. Product administration & support. Enterprise Operation Support SAP 24*7. Application Maintenance & Bug Fixes. Database administration & support
13. Cloud Service Offerings Cloud Consulting & Implementation Application Architecture, Design and Development for the Cloud Aggregate & evaluate services from external cloud providers Outlining a cloud strategy roadmap for cloud adoption Integrate or build proprietary SaaS services Migration to & integration of cloud services Plan, design, build & deploy private and hybrid cloud infrastructure Cloud Operate & Manage Connect, operate and ensure interoperability between private and commercial clouds Ownership of SLAs & management of the cloud set-up Management of cloud based applications
15. Distributed Agile Delivery Torry Harris recommends the focused, time-boxed, agile approach for a quicker RoI, especially in SOA and integration projects. The company possess diversified agile expertise in Scrum, XP, lean management etc. Distributed agile expertise : Training/workshops to plan adoption and to socialize the approach Design, development, testing & implementation with the agile delivery approach Implement distributed agile delivery with offshore service factory to realize cost benefits Manage agile delivery across vendors Evaluate current delivery processes to leverage partial/complete agile delivery benefits.
16. Global Delivery Torry Harris has a decade of experience delivering projects using the proven onsite-offshore approach to realize the benefits of a longer working day, flexible resourcing and reduced costs. Global delivery expertise : Proven delivery capability to realize onsite-offshore cost benefits Design, development, testing & support with global delivery Evaluate & plan a road map for implementing the global delivery model with required governance and SLA implementation End-to-end multishore delivery management with vendors Plan & implement the managed services, 24*7 approach for project delivery and support engagements.
17. Offshore Service Factory Torry Harris is a pioneer in establishing the service factory delivery approach for highly cost effective delivery. The service factory approach ensures reusability of software assets across project and business portfolios to reduce time, investment and effort. Service Factory Approach : Builds ongoing shared services cost-effectively and centrally Increased manageability through smaller dedicated work streams The approach mandates solid standards to be introduced in very early stages, robust planning and a solid Governance structure Achieves highly componentized applications on a wide-spread, cost-effective basis Leads to highly integrated processes in lesser time owing to a large factory dedicated to churning out reusable assets Work Stream 1 Work Stream 2 Work Stream 3 Project Portfolio Reusable Services Service Factory
18. Recent Successes JPMorgan Chase - USA Niche service provider for 9 years Started with middleware & messaging, today we support their SOA initiatives Technologies include SOA stack from IBM (Process Server, Datapower, Application Server), Open Source (Apache/AXIS, JBoss) Architected and provide managed service support to the custom built Enterprise Service/Message Bus Provide Training on SOA Technologies for JPMC teams in the US, UK and India Designed, implemented and support reusable Services using IBM Datapower as the core SOA technology www.thbs.com/soa