Services and Solutions

Objectstream offers a full range of Consulting Services and Solutions

IT Services

At Objectstream, we believe that deriving true, lasting value from technology requires not only IT-related skills, but also a comprehensive, in-depth understanding of business strategy. Today's businesses need partners capable of discussing both strategy and technology and their conjoined implications for facilitating effective business execution. Our IT services can help you craft a strategic vision - a solid theoretical foundation encompassing the core business processes of your organization - and then implement a practical, business-specific IT system and technology framework that turns this vision into reality.

Our IT professionals specialize in providing a number of services, which include:

Enterprise Architecture / Service Oriented Architecture

Businesses aiming to achieve continuous growth, successful security risk management, and efficient interdepartmental communication in the presence of distributed IT systems and architecture would do well to implement comprehensive, sophisticated enterprise architecture. Insufficient IT infrastructure and architecture often leads to decreased performance, increased security risk, and a level of inflexibility that calls for extensive, costly, unnecessary IT system upgrades to accommodate even minor changes in business applications/processes. Objectstream's Enterprise Architecture consulting experts will help transform your business into a secure, reliable, revenue-generating powerhouse by designing a foundation for business execution that digitizes your core business processes and allows for the sort of agility necessary to thrive in a dynamic global economy.

Objectstream Service Oriented Architecture Consulting offers an end-to-end lifecycle approach to defining and implementing SOA solutions. The use of heterogeneous technologies and applications in distributed environments is a reality. When resources are scarce and the only alternative is leveraging existing IT infrastructure, service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a popular solution, as it allows for reuse of and interoperability between heterogeneous applications and technologies. Objectstream's development strategy entails aligning SOA design with key business objectives in order to deliver concrete, measurable benefits while simultaneously addressing real world concerns such as the security and manageability of implemented solutions.

Quality Assurance / Independent Verification & Validation

Erratic fluctuations of market, constant changes of environment and completely unpredictable behavioral patterns characterize today's business world. With IT having become the central point around which today's businesses orbit, optimum levels of efficiency and effectiveness of the IT environment has become imperative.

A vital underlying factor in this situation is that the quality of output of all IT functions is of the highest order, with no room for lapses. A loss of quality in any output can have catastrophic effects on the entire business. The need of the hour is the availability of an end to end Quality solution that addresses all the process needs of an organization and ensures maximum Return on Investment.

Objectstream Quality Assurance Consulting endeavors to Improve IT Value and IT Governance for customers, using custom built process solutions, giving customers a 360 degree all round solution to address all their process needs.

Requirements Management / Business Process Management

Our Requirements Management services are aimed at helping our clients leverage industry standard Requirements Management and visual modeling tools to properly manage and administer requirements and change process through design, testing and development with minimal effort. Our professionals are seasoned experts in Business Analysis, Requirements Management, and Software Engineering who use best practices and established tools to ensure that software and systems are delivered in accordance with relevant business requirements.

Business Process Management allows organizations to model, digitize, and automate their critical processes, those that must provide consistent reliability. Core business processes ranging from Expense Management, Accounts Payable, and New Hire processes should be clearly articulated and digitized so management may apply maximum time, attention, and effort to high level business vision and strategy. Our professional staff of proven BPM veterans offers the analysis, experience, and know-how to ensure your initial and ongoing BPM and workflow success.

Our BPM Consulting services include:

Our BPM practice strategy centers on providing assistance to organizations in bridging the gap between process and technology, as well as highlighting the agility and consistency that comes with core business process automation and digitization.

Application Development & Maintenance

Our Application Development & Management service line focuses on developing and managing IT applications with an eye to identifying and solving - in descending order of importance - critical business and technology issues. Our efficient, effective software development methodology, coupled with the expertise of our team and our alliance with industry leaders, places Objectstream in a uniquely qualified position to reliably and consistently deliver solutions that fulfill stakeholder vision and requirements.

Object-Oriented Development:  Objectstream assists organizations with the use of and transition into object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) methodologies, which our personal experience, as well as expert testimony, identifies as the most reliable bet for the timely delivery of software systems that often exceed functionality expectations. Our team commands extensive fluency, proficiency and experience with J2EE/JEE/Java and .Net/C# development. We also have several years of experience realizing critical and complex business requirements through the explicit use of industry standard UML diagrams, Use Case requirements capturing methodology and Component Based Development (Business Service Enablement).

Legacy Migration:  Our professional staff has successfully migrated legacy applications to newer platforms, thereby producing higher efficiency, responsiveness and agility. One of our best practices in the arena of legacy migration calls for an implementation strategy that identifies and mitigates potential interference with business processes, leading to a smooth, seamless transition among IT systems. We also determine those conditions under which service enabling (SOA) is the more appropriate, expedient solution, rather than a legacy migration initiative. Our team can and will provide the detailed business analysis necessary to make a fair, informed decision on the firm basis of the relevant facts.

ITIL-Based Data Center Management

IT infrastructure and data center changes must be closely and carefully managed to avoid disruption, inconsistency, and system failures; a change management process must be precisely articulated, instituted, and executed, and capable of accommodating timely failure incident prevention, control, analysis, and correction. In order to track and coordinate change within a data center and maximize the benefits achieved through sharing and application availability, an organization must rise to the daunting challenge of tracking, documenting, and auditing numerous device configurations and dependencies.

No theoretical body of knowledge of process and service-based principles and strategies is more complete and explanatorily powerful than ITIL. With its emphasis on standard processes and universal IT definitions, ITIL produces the common language, processes, consistency, understandability, and predictability necessary for handling data center problem, incident, change, and release management. That is why Objectstream takes special pride in its adherence to ITIL best practices; we take care to continually revise our own data center management practices as new information comes to light from user groups and industry application of ITIL principles and processes.

Server Virtualization: This is one of the more commonly miscast catchphrases in the IT industry; server virtualization signifies a set of data storage technologies that create a layer of abstraction between logical storage and physical storage, and in so doing provides applications with a layer separate from and above physical storage with which to interact. The result is a vast reduction in the complexity generally associated with data center management.

Currently, server virtualization exists only as an academic ideal; fortunately there are several products that manifest the virtues of server virtualization to some degree. Objectstream uses the VMWare ESX V5 Workstation product, which according to Data Recovery Software Reviews realizes the ideal of server virtualization more closely than many of its competitors.

Online Back-up/Recovery: Dependable data backup and recovery planning is indispensable in today's information-driven global marketplace. Objectsream uses Veritas Netbackup, a unified, comprehensive data protection solution designed manage more data with less staff and complement VMare's Workstation server virtualization product. In addition to leveraging the best data backup software in the market, we staff the experienced data management professionals that organizations need to administer the software and implement problem and incident controls that virtually guarantee data back-up, as well as swift problem and recovery resolution.

Going Green: In addition to our strict adherence to ITIL-related best practices and principles, Objectstream is sensitive to the impending energy consumption regulations that could potentially raise data center operational costs by twenty percent or more; we also consider social responsibility an intrinsically worthwhile activity.

Our data center management practices are consistent with recent initiatives prescribed by The Green Grid consortium as an end-to-end guide for creating energy efficient data centers. We focus on optimizing the useful, service-based work performed by the data center via server virtualization. The simpler and responsive the data management process is, the greater the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): Power Usage Effectiveness = Total Facility Power/IT Equipment Power.


Consulting Services

Project & Portfolio Management

Objectstream's Portfolio Management takes a holistic, comprehensive approach in its endeavor to encapsulate your organization's strategic goals within its IT infrastructure. Whether you need to manage a few or perhaps thousands of projects for strategic growth, our staff of experienced project and portfolio management professionals bring years of project, resource, and portfolio management experience to bear on your organization's unique business needs. Our primary objective is to determine that optimal sequence and combination of proposed projects which best serves to achieve organizational business and technical strategy goals, while simultaneously heeding constraints imposed by management or external real-world factors.

We Are "Content Rich" Project Managers.

We firmly believe that industry and technology knowledge are not sufficient to achieve successful project results. We believe the discipline of rigorous, pragmatic project management is an indispensable, often necessary condition for project success. We take special pride in staffing our firm with some of the best, brightest, most seasoned Project Managers the IT industry has to offer.

The tools and techniques of the Project Management discipline reduce risk and provide structure to what would otherwise be unstructured and unpredictable activities. We recognize that successful practice of Project Management as a discipline calls for a broad, comprehensive skill set that eludes simple explanation. Real-world, human factors behind project execution are often a troublesome source of delays, cost overruns, or total project failure. The successful Project Manager must identify and mitigate these risks, appreciating and properly handling the sensitive social nature of project development and execution. Our Project Managers avoid anchoring on any one of the dimensions involved with managing persons and projects, and instead actively formulate a comprehensive strategy designed to address the many and varied aspects that are inextricably linked to successful project management and completion.

Process and Methodology

Our IT professionals develop process solutions in accordance with industry best standards, which often leads to mature organizational operations that are in harmony with general, unwritten business standards and specific workplace cultures. We take a collaborative approach with our clients to carefully refine the delicate balance between people, process and technology.

Our process improvement-related solutions include established process models and applied proven methodology and practices (RUP/ITIL/CMM/Six Sigma), as well as customized solutions tailored for your specific, unique business needs. Objectstream Process Consulting services empower organizations with increased competitive advantage by fostering business value, driving down costs, and enabling rapid, agile adjustment to dynamic market challenges.

Objectstream's ITIL process improvement consulting combines highly skilled ITIL expertise with 'real-world' experience in process improvement transformation. We will work with you to build the ITSM program that is right for your organization.

Technology Consulting

A close alliance between business and technology initiatives is crucial for reducing costs, improving efficiency, and promoting business agility. Objectstream's technology consultants leverage sophisticated, industry standard design and construction strategies that serve to exploit IT systems for maximum business value. Our consultants combine extensive technical expertise and experience with strong strategic and business-centered leadership to make your business truly agile. Our technology consulting services encompass areas such as architecture, business value analysis, asset management, product evaluation and selection, data privacy and security of their IT function.

Our technology consultants work closely with clients to clearly identify and articulate business needs, striking that delicate, elusive balance between leveraging existing IT systems and increasing functionality only insofar as the particular business need dictates. We take our responsibility to provide technology solutions at the very lowest cost possible to your business quite seriously.


Strategic Staffing Services

In today's complex global business environment, ready access to the proper resources is essential for delivering high quality, competitive products. Arguably the greatest - and most elusive - resources are professionals with the relevant knowledge and expertise necessary to ensure timely delivery and completion of a particular project. Objectstream's Strategic Staffing service is designed to address this crucial need, and we staff only the most dynamic, amiable, well-rounded professionals capable of handling both the technical and sensitive, interpersonal dimensions of project development.

Objectstream's Staffing service is the perfect solution for those companies who wish to retain exclusive control of their budget and projects, yet who encounter a staffing shortage of experienced, IT personnel. We will follow your lead and supply your company with veteran IT staff that boast demonstrable track records in meeting project timetables and functionality requirements.

Need to optimize project time, scope, and budget? Our Project Manager Staffing experts are here to help! We'll place a dedicated, technical recruiter at your company to attract the talented and passionate personnel you need.


Training Services

Desire without knowledge is not good; the man in a hurry misses the way.

Training should allow a transfer of knowledge from the instructor to the student (pupil). Not only should a knowledge transfer take place but also an application of that knowledge. Therefore, Objectstream takes every step necessary to ensure expansion and enhancement of knowledge as well as the application of that knowledge. Objectstream Training Services help you develop and transfer IT knowledge and skill sets through coaching, mentoring, and onsite collaboration.

Interactive and Customized Modules

Our clients find our training to be very practical and interactive. This allows students to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the technology and the processes involved. We also customize our training programs to meet your current needs, and we constantly focus on developing training initiatives that bring innovative solutions. We believe the investment you make in training should show profitable returns and we do everything we can to ensure your success along with your project's success.

Needs Analysis

Time investments for training vary, depending on your unique business needs. Therefore, we will conduct a thorough needs analysis to identify specific training objectives. Training initiatives are then customized to exact specifications based on utilizing the right technology for the right environment.