Enterprises are increasingly looking forward to innovative ways to address their business management needs ensuring agility with which changes can be accommodated with accelerated development and deployment capabilities, high degrees of customizability catering to changing needs and to top it all reduced risks as well as total cost of ownership from software/technology as well as from the infrastructure/maintainability perspective.
These challenges have led to significant innovation in the field of application infrastructure & methodology with which organization address their business management needs. Organization are no longer looking at the point solutions or infrastructure which addresses specific functional needs like workflow, complex event processing, master data management, document management, reporting, analytics, portal, etc
Further, given the rapid adoption of service oriented or cloud enabled business models, the new generation of application infrastructure have to enable organizations to progressively embrace cloud while also mitigating the risks and challenges associated with it.
Recognizing the need, AppPoint lauches its first ever cloud enabled business application infrastructure on industry leading cloud platform Microsoft's Azure." }, { Date:"04 / Feb / 2010", Type:"BizApp", Description:"BPM to expand beyond traditional boundaries - what Gartner has to say?", DetailNews:"The multi-billion dollar business process management (BPM) sector could expand beyond traditional boundaries as advanced software aid mobile applications to deliver technology practically anywhere, according to IT industry tracker Gartner.", LinkPath:"http://www.zawya.com/" }, { Date:"27 / Dec / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"Virtualizations of Microsoft Dynamics ", DetailNews:"With the release of virtualization platform for Microsoft Dynamics, BizAPP offers clients using dynamics a model drive approach to leverage information managed in dynamics to extend the process automation capabilities and integrate it with other OnPremise and Cloud based solutions.
Enterprise Lead Management process demonstrates how composite processes can be modelled improving automation, decision making and reporting capability leveraging information managed in dynamics as well as those managed in other enterprise systems (which in the demo is SalesForce.COM).
Implementing composite processes integrating leading OnPremise enterprise solution Microsoft Dynamics and cloud based CRM solution SalesForce.COM.
BizAPP's integration and composition capabilities enables organization to improve people, process and business efficiency optimally leveraging existing infrastructure and investment made.", LinkPath:"http://www.apppoint.com/enterpriseleadmgmt.htm" }, { Date:"22 / Sep / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"'Clouds' catch on even as concerns stay", DetailNews:"Cloud computing started off as Infrastructure-as-a-Service; then, Software-as-a-Ser-vice caught on, which rapidly converted business processes into services. Gartner estimates the market to be $160bn by 2011.
Sharma says a handful of PaaS start-ups in the country, such as OrangeScape, AppPoint Software Solutions, Wolf and Agile Labs are providing the rapid application development framework to smaller firms to develop products for a worldwide cloud services market that Gartner Inc. estimates will exceed $56.3 billion (Rs2.7 trillion) in 2009, a 21.3% rise from 2008. Merrill Lynch last year estimated this market to reach $160 billion by 2011. Nasscom’s estimate is that the domestic market will be worth $5 billion in five years, with products and platforms accounting for $2 billion.", LinkPath:"http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/22001207/8216Clouds8217-catch-on.html" }, { Date:"9 / Jun / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"Driven by market need, innovation and enterprise", DetailNews:"A successful venture needs three things in equal measure. Its products must address a clear market need; this should be exemplified by use cases and ideally should not require a whole lot of educating target users. A new product must be innovative in the sense it can deliver greater benefits to its target user base. And a new venture’s founders must show enterprise in that they can set up a business notwithstanding difficulties they face in raising capital, making first sales and managing new teams.
I have found quite a few young companies that have these qualities. Apppoint is one of them. I happened to meet up with their CTO a couple of months ago and was very interested to see an application virtualization platform they are selling. Put in simple words, application virtualization means the ability to integrate traditional client-server applications (the ones where client software sits on the desktop) and new software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications (where the client software is served from a server on users’ browsers). An example would be integrating, lets say, a companies legacy desktop accounting system to an online sales management application on salesForce
As more and more enterprises move towards the SaaS model of software delivery, the challenge of migrating older systems and integrating them with newer SaaS delivered systems is enormous. Apppoint’s BizApp virtualization platform is meeting this very clear and existing market need. The proof is their client base which has names like Motorola, Nokia, TI and many other well known companies.
As more and more enterprises move towards the SaaS model of software delivery, the challenge of migrating older systems and integrating them with newer SaaS delivered systems is enormous. Apppoint’s BizApp virtualization platform is meeting this very clear and existing market need. The proof is their client base which has names like Motorola, Nokia, TI and many other well known companies.
Apppoint is also high on innovation. Their product which is essentially a suite of process modeling, workflow, mapped application modules of popular systems such as Siebel, connectors, and user interface designers that enable integration with zero coding requirement and is offered as a software-as-a-service itself. Apppoint calls this ‘Integration as a Service’ model which sounded very intriguing in the beginning. The zero coding claim is made probably because Apppoint has got connectors for a lot of systems such as Rational, SAP, Oracle, SalesForce, Microsoft Office and support native connectors as well.
Coming to demonstrating enterprise, Apppoint’s founders all came out of Rational where they worked till a couple of years back, implemented the product and acquired customers without resorting to any external funding. The product is only 5 months old but already looks very mature. The company is already 48 people strong and is looking to expand its geographic reach and solutions portfolio.
", LinkPath:"http://www.apppoint.com/downloads/RMADemo/rma.html" }, { Date:"25 / May / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"Leveraging Business Process Platform to develop agile process management infrastructure ", DetailNews:"Modeling driven approach gives business owners total control over how their business would be defined & orchestrated, without having to worry about underlying technology or coding.
", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"17 / Feb / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"AppPoint - NASSCOM's innovation award finalist", DetailNews:"Bangalore, India, December 2008 -- AppPoint software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a technology company providing solutions and services which enable our client to build software infrastructure for managing their business processes. Our solutions are geared to optimally align our customer’s business goals and their IT infrastructure is among the top 6 companies in NASSCOM's 2008 Market Facing – Business Process and Business Model Innovators.
We are proud to be acknowledged as one of top 6 innovators by NASSCOM”, said Venki Muthanna, CEO, AppPoint Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. “Such recognition would further fuel innovation spirit.", LinkPath:"http://blog.nasscom.in/nasscomnewsline/2008/12/nasscom%E2%80%99s-innovation-awards-2008-spotlighting-the-path-breakers-in-the-it-bpo-industry/" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"Primarion models its IP AND PARTNER MANAGEMENT PORTAL using BizAPP Studio. ", DetailNews:"", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"Improving information sharing with BizAPP Studio & OPEN XML", DetailNews:"", LinkPath:"" }, { Date:"11 / Feb / 2009", Type:"BizApp", Description:"Extending BizAPP virtualization to the cloud - Leveraging Azure SQL services through BizAPP Virtualization ", DetailNews:"Microsoft® SQL Data Services (SDS) delivers on the Microsoft Data Platform vision of extending the SQL Server capabilities to the cloud as web-based services. While SDS offers highly scalable, Internet-facing distributed database services in the cloud for storing and processing relational queries, AppPoint’s business process platform, BizAPP Studio offers a model driven approach to quickly develop and provision enterprise process management solutions which uses SDS as its information repository.
With its out-of-the box capabilities such as its rules, responsibility & authority based security model, highly configurable workflows, BPLN/BPEL compliant process modelling and orchestration, process aware reporting, integrated rules engine, integrated portal designing and runtime, etc.. BizAPP Studio offers an end-to-end capability to develop comprehensive process management infrastructure. BizAPP’s virtualization capability enables organization to use its model driven approach to expose, integrate and extend existing process management solution, including those which are managed OnPremise and those which are hosted in the cloud.", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"13 / Jan / 2008", Type:"BizApp", Description:" Integration as a Service - Data served up to users from across multiple, disparate systems.", DetailNews:"Enterprise information integration must contextualise data served up to users from across multiple, disparate systems. Integration-as-a-service (SaaS) can facilitate just that, with a raft of associated benefits offered by the SaaS model.
", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"Product", Description:"AppPoint release test extensiblity solution enhancing IBM Rational Functional Tester to support ORACLE FORMS", DetailNews:"Oracle forms application has become key for many companies, as it provides a rapid application development environment for developing critical database applications. In such an environment, automating the regression testing becomes decisive. But one of the powerful functional testing tools like IBM Rational Functional Tester has limited capabilities to recognize Oracle Forms controls, thus making the automation less reliable. ″AppPoint′s Proxy for IBM Rational Functional Tester to support Oracle Forms″ becomes very valuable in increasing the reliability and quality of the product.
AppPoint′s Proxy for IBM Rational Functional Tester to support Oracle Forms has been validated as Ready for IBM Rational Software.This integrates with IBM Rational Software Delivery platform, and complements governance of software and systems delivery.
AppPoint with its strong background in Proxy development for IBM Rational quality tools has developed a proxy library to support Oracle Forms. This enables automation engineers to develop quality scripts that are easily manageable and reliable. Proxy library also allows scripts to be written in different languages as supported by IBM Rational Functional Tester and also enables project teams to decide on the development environment on multiple platforms.
The Oracle Forms proxy hence improves test coverage, increasing the ROI of the functional testing tool to deliver a better quality Oracle forms applications to the customers.", LinkPath:"http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/gsdod/solutiondetails.do?solution=34502&lc=en&stateCd=P&page=1&sa=true#sd" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"Product", Description:"AUTOMATING TESTING GAMING SOFTWARE FROM IVYCOMPTECH ", DetailNews:"IVY Comptech Pvt Ltd. based in Hyderabad is a premier provider of software products and solutions to the global online gaming industry.
Background & Business Drivers:
The company is Information Security Management System compliant with BS7799 standards and certified by BSI. This leads to significant improvements to work and business processes by comparing and adopting current methods and practices identified as global best practices. Testing has been one of the key areas of focus for IVY. Given that constant development of numerous custom controls and up-gradation of the solutions, there is a need for continuous testing with optimal coverage to avoid regressions in the software.Achieving higher levels of coverage being impractical and unreliable using manual testing process, IVY made a strategic decision to adopt test automation methodologies & process.
Test Automation:
Automation ensures that the application under test is subjected to extended test coverage in a shorter period of time as compared to manual testing. Several factors are instrumental to successful automation of testing process, such as –
About AppPoint
AppPoint is a technology company focusing on providing solutions and services to help our customers automate their business processes. The leadership team at AppPoint comprises of individuals with over a decade long experience in designing and developing enterprise solutions such as Rational Robot, Rational Functional Tester, Rational ClearQuest. AppPoint till date has developed over 100 test extensibility solutions addressing complex test automation needs in diverse business domains.
Estimated ROI
Using the framework IVY is chalking out an automation roadmap that would result in unmatched test reliability, better product coverage, higher stability of the tests, quicker test cycles and confidence in delivering the product. With the extensibility framework IVY would be able to achieve over 100% improvement in the ROI on Rational testing tools
AppPoint as an Advanced level IBM Partner participated in the conference and has a booth in the Exhibition Show floor, to demonstrate its Extensibility Software for Rational products. “AppPoint’s Oracle Extensibility for IBM RFT” has been show cased for the show.
AppPoint′s Proxy for IBM Rational Functional Tester to support Oracle Forms has been validated as Ready for IBM Rational Software.This integrates with IBM Rational Software Delivery platform, and complements governance of software and systems delivery.
AppPoint with its strong background in Proxy development for IBM Rational quality tools has developed a proxy library to support Oracle Forms. This enables automation engineers to develop quality scripts that are easily manageable and reliable. Proxy library also allows scripts to be written in different languages as supported by IBM Rational Functional Tester and also enables project teams to decide on the development environment on multiple platforms.
The Oracle Forms proxy hence improves test coverage, increasing the ROI of the functional testing tool to deliver a better quality Oracle forms applications to the customers.", LinkPath:"http://www-304.ibm.com/jct09002c/gsdod/solutiondetails.do?solution=34502&lc=en&stateCd=P&page=1&sa=true#sd" }, { Date:"17 / Feb / 2009", Type:"General", Description:"AppPoint presents its business process platform BizAPP Studio at the IT2020 conference.", DetailNews:"No Contents In Current site", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"General", Description:"APPPOINT IS CERTIFIED FOR ISO 9001:2000", DetailNews:"No Contents In Current site", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"General", Description:"AppPoint presents its IaaS offering at the business technology summit 2008", DetailNews:"Given the high degree of competitiveness and the reduced time lines available to respond to dynamic business needs, organizations have little option, but to embrace as many productivity enhancement tools as necessary to stay ahead & optimally manage their business. Invariably this results in a farm of tools which either are loosely connected or are completely isolated, introducing a level of management complexity which negates the value these tools offers in isolation.
Traditionally organizations adopted data integration and warehousing infrastructure to break the barrier imposed by these point solutions, but with organizations recognizing the benefits of OnDemand solution or software delivered as a service (SaaS), complexity associated with integrating these has increased by several folds. In this session we could look at how organizations can leverage some of the standard architecture (like SOA) and standards (BPEL/BPMN, REST) to not only address the integration constraints, but also enable integration solution providers to offer these integration as a service. In this session, Venki will also discuss about the advantages organizations get by developing these integration solutions using a comprehensive business process platform that adheres to the standards.", LinkPath:"http://www.btsummit.com/2008/sessions.html#session37" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"General", Description:"Indian IT Companies Innovate Solutions By Leveraging Open XML", DetailNews:"No Contents In Current site", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"General", Description:"INNOVATIVE PARTNER OF THE YEAR – 2008", DetailNews:"AppPoint Software Solutions, an advanced level business partner to IBM, has been awarded with Innovative Partner of the Year – 2008. The award was conferred on 27th Aug 2008 during the IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2008.
Mr. D.R.Mahesh, Director – Business Development received the award on behalf of AppPoint. Michael J.Farland, – Director world wide Strategic sales of IBM Rational Software Group and Pam Stanford Director , WW SWG Channel Marketing did the honors on behalf of IBM.
AppPoint team were ecstatic as this is the third award in this year as recognition towards their continued innovative efforts in bringing value to the solutions.", LinkPath:"http://www.apppoint.com" }, { Date:"15 / Feb / 2009", Type:"General", Description:"AppPoint recognized as Beacon award finalist at IBM Beacon Awards competition, which recognizes IBM Business Partners for outstanding delivery of value to clients and innovative approaches to solving business issues.", DetailNews:"IBM today recognized AppPoint Software Solutions as a finalist for its Beacon Award in the Rational® Excellence in Software Delivery category. Accepting the award, Rajasekar Shanmugam, Founder — CTO of AppPoint said 'We are pleased to be awarded this prestigious recognition & we do believe it is a true reflection of how our customers feel about us.'
The IBM Beacon Awards are an important part of IBM's PartnerWorld program, providing industry recognition, increased visibility and promotional opportunities to winners and finalists.
Being lead by a team with over a decade long experience in designing and developing products at Rational Software, our Vision at AppPoint is to deliver innovative products and solutions to help our customers in managing their mission critical business processes. Balaji Bhagawan, Founder Director of AppPoint adds — 'Being a technology company with a vision to deliver innovative solutions solving complex business problems and developing strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as IBM have been keys to our success. We are proud of our association with IBM and the Beacon award. With our flag ship product BizAPP Studio and our association with IBM SaaS community, we are sure to be back here next year.'
AppPoint Software Solutions, an IBM technology partner and a member of IBM, Partner World has been recognized as a Value Added Reseller to IBM, Rational Software. AppPoint is committed to making it easier for our customer to procure, deploy and use solutions from IBM, Rational Software.
AppPoint strongly believes in being a one-stop shop for procurement, deployment, training & integration services involving Rational tools and technology. There is no easier way to deploy and be successful with using Rational Tools than to partner with AppPoint. We are committed to maximizing your returns on the investment you make on Rational Tools. We have extensive expertise with tools and technology from Rational, we have developed several add-on solutions to these tools to increase the ROI on them.
Engineering team at AppPoint has expertise with integrating Rational tools with solutions from other leading vendors in the industry,
Contact us at sales@apppoint.com for procuring Rational Tools.", LinkPath:"#" }, { Date:"13 / Jan / 2008", Type:"General", Description:"AppPoint - 2008 IBM Beacon award finalist", DetailNews:"AppPoint recognized as Beacon award finalist at IBM Beacon Awards competition, which recognizes IBM Business Partners for outstanding delivery of value to clients and innovative approaches to solving business issues.IBM today recognized AppPoint Software Solutions as a finalist for its Beacon Award in the Rational® Excellence in Software Delivery category. Accepting the award, Rajasekar Shanmugam, Founder — CTO of AppPoint said 'We are pleased to be awarded this prestigious recognition & we do believe it is a true reflection of how our customers feel about us.'
The IBM Beacon Awards are an important part of IBM's PartnerWorld program, providing industry recognition, increased visibility and promotional opportunities to winners and finalists.
Being lead by a team with over a decade long experience in designing and developing products at Rational Software, our Vision at AppPoint is to deliver innovative products and solutions to help our customers in managing their mission critical business processes. Balaji Bhagawan, Founder Director of AppPoint adds —'Being a technology company with a vision to deliver innovative solutions solving complex business problems and developing strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as IBM have been keys to our success. We are proud of our association with IBM and the Beacon award. With our flag ship product BizAPP Studio and our association with IBM SaaS community, we are sure to be back here next year.'
Mukul Mathur, Director - Channels & Marketing, IBM India / South Asia, 'The Beacon Awards recognise business partners who bring value to the customers and market proven innovations and collaborations across the board. The Business Partner Leadership Conference is a great forum for us to meet our Business Partners and understand the challenges they've faced and the accomplishments they've achieved. Through collaboration, a dedication to skills and a focus on innovations that matters, these Business Partners have developed unique solutions that solve real business issues while bringing high customer satisfaction to the clients.'
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