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Orbees Inc.www.orbees.com
44250 Old Warm Springs, Suite 10Fremont, CA 94538Email:
[email protected]: 1-510-623-0400Fax: 1-510-578-7645
2008 Orbees Inc. All rights reserved
"One of the values provided byOrbees to Higher Ed is inherentin
its business model that ensurescontinuity of resources and
staffworking with the institution.The net effect is the building
ofstrong relationship, institutional
knowledge and trust that resultsin an effective
collaboration."
Top 10 Business School,Head of Computing Services
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Orbees IT Services for Higher Education
Orbees Solution Offerings
Information Technology (IT) departments in Higher Education
community face a comproblem: Rapidly growing demand for IT services
and applications from thschool community far outstrip the delivery
capacity of schools internal ITresources. As a result, the IT
leadership is forced to postpone or abandon high impprojects and
services. This negatively affects the institutions ability to meet
its strate
goals in the areas of Teaching, Research, Innovation,
Collaboration and Administratio
Learn how IT departments in higher education community have
overcome this predicby using Orbees Higher Education Services.
Application Development: Orbees assists in the development of
newapplications for Research, Teaching,Collaboration and
Administration. Orbeesacts as an extended organization of the
ITdepartments in higher educationinstitutions and offers the
following:
Maintenance of Legacy Applications:By taking ownership of the
maintenanceand enhancement of legacy applications,Orbees frees-up
the in-house IT resources
who can focus on high impact projects.Legacy applications can be
customapplications as well as commercial/opensource applications.
We also enableporting of legacy applications to standardframeworks
such as Microsoft SharePointand enhancing of older applications
to
leverage newer technologies.
Development and customization ofadministration applications such
asstudent information systems (SIS),human capital management
(HCM)systems, financial applications, andclient relationship
management (CRM)applications.
Custom application development forresearch and teaching
projects
Custom application development foronline marketing,
subscribermanagement, event registration etc.
Business intelligence applications anddata warehouse
development
Development of e-Learning andcollaboration applications that
leveragesocial networking and web 2.0 concepts.Development of
collaborationapplications using commercialplatforms such as
Microsoft SharePoint
as well as open source platforms such asSakai
Application Integration forEnhanced Business Flows:Orbees helps
enhance the institutions
business processes by integrating legacapplications with new
applications. Walso help to integrate the applications w
web services such as payment gatewayssocial networking sites,
external dataservices etc.
Strategy, Process Improvement, aBest Practices: Based on the
extensivexperience gained from working withhigher education
community, Orbeesprovides strategic and process consultiservices to
IT departments. We help tstreamline the workflows and to improthe
efficiency of the IT services such asproject management, quality
assurancehelp desk services etc. Orbees also wor
with IT departments to provide functioconsulting in the areas of
CRM, datamanagement and analysis.
Deployment and Customization:Orbees assists the IT department in
thecustomization and rollout of commerciand open source
applications in the areof school administration, learningmanagement
(LMS), web contentmanagement (CMS) and others.
Web Enablement andRe-architecting: We web-enable legapplications
for better access by the schcommunity. Orbees also helps the
ITdepartments to redesign and migrate thschool websites to various
web contentmanagement systems. Additionalservices include upgrading
the older weapplications to the latest web 2.0standards.
Orbees enables the IT departments to
benefit in the following ways:Higher productivity and
improvedROI for IT projects
Timely delivery of IT applicationsand services well within
budget
Cost effective maintenance of legacyapplications
On-demand access to technical andfunctional expertise
Enhanced ability to attract and
retain IT staff who can focus oninnovation and leading
edgeprojects
Key Benefits toIT Departments
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Prolific Relationship: As the first step,we understand the
business and strategicgoals of the customer to structure aprolific
relationship between Orbees andthe customer. If required, our team
ofexperts may initially perform an extensivestudy of the existing
systems andpractices. Based on our findings, we work
with the customer to introduce bestpractices and technologies.
This helps indesigning the most efficient solutions. Ouremphasis is
on improving ROI, reducingthe total cost of ownership while
ensuringhighest quality of service.
Extended Organization Model: As thenext step, our on-shore
project manager
will act as the bridge between thecustomer and the offsite
resourcesensuring a virtually seamless extension ofthe customers
capabilities. In theExtended Organization concept createdherein,
our customer dedicated team will
be focused solely on the customers needs.This ensures
consistency and continuity.
Knowledge of Customer:Fundamental to Orbees
organizationalphilosophy is our commitment to provi
value to customers by designing solutiothat perfectly fit to
their business goalsIT, and business process environment. achieve
this, Orbees experts will work tunderstand the macro and micro
issuesthe customer and design the solutionsaccordingly.
We have internal tools and processes tomanage customer specific
knowledge th
we gain through our projects, which in
turn helps us provide better and costeffective solutions.
Responsiveness: We have the capabito mobilize additional
resources if thecustomer schedule demands, or to meethe ad-hoc
needs. We maintain constancommunication and provide projectsstatus
on a continuous basis. Finally,customers have direct access to
keyexecutives of Orbees to discuss concernand resolve issues
immediately
Our customers in higher educationommunity trust and value
Orbees
ervices due to the following uniqueadvantages:
Expertise in solving problems thatare unique to higher
educationcommunity
Customer-centric relationshipculture
Reliability in quality, expertise andtimely delivery
Dedicated team for each institutionprovides continuity,
consistency,
and better awareness of customerbusiness processes
Well defined processes, end-to-endproject visibility, knowledge
transferand thorough documentation
Cost advantage due toonshore-offshore global deliverymodel
Orbees Inc.www.orbees.com
44250 Old Warm Springs, Suite 10Fremont, CA 94538Email:
[email protected]: 1-510-623-0400Fax: 1-510-578-7645
2008 Orbees Inc. All rights reserved
Unique Advantagesof Orbees
.NET Framework, C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET
J2EE Framework, Java, JSP, Servlets, Struts Framework, JDBC
Javascript, PHP, VBscript, ActiveX
WebLogic, WebSphere, Apache, Tomcat
Oracle & Developer 2000, Jdeveloper, WebDB
SQL Server, Oracle, Access, MySQL
C, C++, Visual C++
Microsoft SharePoint, Sakai
Technology Expertise
Contact Orbees
Orbees is a global services provider delivering innovative IT
and Marketing &Communication services to Higher Education
community. We help our customers tcomplete mission-critical
projects well within time and budget. We act as an
extendorganization to our customers and complement their in-house
expertise and resourOrbees is headquartered in the San Francisco
Bay area with a global delivery centerlocated in Hyderabad, India.
Our current customers include institutions such as
University of California-Berkeley, University of
California-Irvine and others.
About Orbees
To benefit from the speed and cost advantages of Orbees Higher
Education Services,us at [email protected] or call us at (510)
Orbees has a mature delivery process that utilizes a combination
of highly skilled on-sand off-shore resources that brings speed and
cost advantages. At every step, we woralongside our clients.
Solution Methodology
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