3i Infotech: Public and private sector development of Business Technologies through SOA

June 22, 2010 - PRLog -- Doha - June 15, 2010 - Key technology and business experts from across the region addressed a one-day conference on smart IT solutions and IT spending during the IT Managers Forum at the IDC Summit held at the Al Sharq Resort & Spa, Doha, Qatar, on June 14, 2010. IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy.

The new economic reality has proved beyond doubt that there is intense pressure on every aspect of business operations to curtail capital spending and reduce operating expenses. The squeeze is especially trying, given the ongoing need to support operations, while enabling new growth coupled with cost-containment initiatives.

One of the key technologies which caught the attention of the attendees was Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Mr. Uttam Majumdar, President, Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd. (a subsidiary of 3i Infotech) gave an informative presentation on how SOA helps organizations deploy their business services with agility. SOA is getting noted by many leading organizations today due to the simple fact that it helps them achieve business-IT alignment better than the existing systems.

3i Infotech has been assisting customers migrate to the SOA environment and especially address some of the building blocks like identity-enabled SOA and governance. Middle East businesses are pursuing SOA and a large-scale adoption of SOA is expected in the next 18-24 months in sectors, such as Insurance, Banking, Telecom and Manufacturing.

Mr. V. Narayan, Vice President & Region Head, Middle East, 3i Infotech, is of the opinion that, “SOA is a major shift in technology,  and has the potential to make a huge impact on a business module; and enterprises should attach more importance to their systems architecture while facilitating alignment. Companies today need to adapt immediately to changing market conditions and be more alert to meet the continuously growing demands of businesses.”

Mr. Narayan further added, “In the recently concluded IDC Forum, 3i Infotech has been able to successfully demystify a methodology that would help businesses and organizations take an important step towards advocating SOA, while making sure that governance is well addressed.”

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3i Infotech (www.3i-infotech.com) provides a range of information technology solutions for the Insurance, Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Mutual Funds, Government, Manufacturing, and Retail & Distribution sectors. The Company's quality certifications include SEI CMMI Level 5 for Software business, ISO 9001:2000 for BPO, ISO/IEC 27001:2005 for Data Center Operations and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005 for Data Center Management Services.

3i Infotech helps corporations in their businesses through its expertise in enterprise-class software solutions, software services, information security consulting, IT infrastructure and disaster recovery solutions. 3i Infotech has a presence across 5 continents and serves customers in 50 countries.

For almost two decades, 3i Infotech has been serving the Middle East and Africa region. 3i Infotech's list of more than 1,500 customers includes those in the GCC countries, Africa, Mauritius, the Central Asian Republics and the Mediterranean countries.