Allied Consultants - Enterprise Application Integration

Enterprise Application Integration

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About Allied• Consulting since 2001• Focused on Business Intelligence, Application Integration, Mobile and

Web development• Offices in Alberta, Canada and Indian Subcontinent• 25+ architects with a broad partner network of specialists based around

the world• 10 years of experience in the Mid-sized market• Industry Agnostic

Company

Clients

Channel Partners

History

• Over 2 decades of consulting experience

• Diversified into Legal Education Consulting

• Diversified into IT in 2001

• Growing at over 100% a year since 2007

• Comprehensive partner network of over 50 local

companies for expertise not available in-house

• Core values remained the same through the years:

– Small. Smart. Fair.


IT - Practice Areas

• Enterprise Application Integration• Business Intelligence• Web and Portals• Mobile Development

Predominantly Microsoft Focused


Integration Specializations

• B2B – Connecting across Partners• Regulated using a host of Industry standards• High Security and reliability requirements

• EAI – Connecting within the enterprise• Expertise in source/destination systems.

Including operating systems, technologies and product architectures

• Verticals• Banking, Health care, Retail, Oil & Gas


Systems Experience

• ERPs , xRMs• EPICOR, ADP Taxware, Dynamics, SAP, Sage

X3, Oracle EBS, Sales force, SugarCRM, AccountMate, PeachTree, Quickbooks

• IBM• DB2, Mainframe CICS, MQ Series

• Cloud• Cortex, ADP, Elemica, LinkedIn, Facebook, ADP

• Banking• MiSys Equation, TCS BANCS, BankTrade


B2B Protocols & Standards

• RNIF

• CIDX

• PIDX

• HL7

• SWIFT

• X12

• IBM TLOG


Technical Capabilities

• Microsoft BizTalk Server

• Microsoft WCF, WWF

• Microsoft Host Integration Server

• IBM WebSphere ESB

• IBM Data Stage

• SharePoint Server 2010


Differentiators

• Experienced consultants who understand the

business problem, not just the technology

• Average developer has about 8 years of

experience

• Vast partner network for best-in-class

delivery


Alberta Pipes

• 2 year long project building an integrated supply chain

with partners and customers

• PIDX Implementations with 13 customers on the Cortex

and ADP cloud gateways

• Warehouse Integration with Pelican flat files

• Reduced processing times from a week to a few hour


AceLynk

• Integrated a custom product with the US Custom’s department mainframe (CBP ACE)

• Legacy EDI messages delivered over secure MSMQ• Integration and transformation to various transactions

in the CBP Interface• Enabled AceLynk/Commerce Generation to become

one of only 18 vendors able to connect to CBP electronically


Sage Publications

• Connected the sage order system with Siebel and

EPICOR

• Tax calculation integration was done with ADP Taxware

and WorldTax

• Flexible ESB 2.0 architecture implemented in BizTalk

Server 2010


Canadian Tire Company - Marks

• Connected IBM Websphere commerce server with a

custom fulfillment system

• Connected with IBM WS ESB over an enterprise service

bus to CTC

• Product Metadata Integration using IBM Data stage


Other Competencies

• Business Intelligence• Web Development

– Portals and websites to go with the mobile applications

• Mobile Development


Engagement Models

• Fixed cost : You get a fixed quote for an application– Lowest Risk, Lowest Hassle

• Time and Material: Charging by the hour. Best suited for projects where the scope is not clear or an iterative SDLC is preferred.– Flexible, More control

• Team Incubation : Customer can chose to host a team at Allied, managing them directly and paying local rate salaries– Lowest Cost, Maximum Control


Call to Action

• Talk is Cheap• We’ll give you 2 weeks of free services to try

us out• If you don’t like what we can do, you don’t

pay

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Allied Consultants - Enterprise Application Integration