CM Crossroads Webcast Series How to Cut Development Costs with Process Automation and Tools Integration
How to Cut Development Costs with Process Automation and Tools Integration |
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Broadcast Date: Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
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For most companies, there is a wealth of untapped opportunities to cut costs from their development projects which do not get focused on when the times are good! However, when the economic climate turns the way it has recently, all avenues have to be examined to cut costs and improve efficiencies. When development groups are geographically distributed globally and many different tools being used is the order of the day, inefficiencies are rampant! This webcast will show you how integrating existing tools in a single and transparent ecosystem and enabling them with process automation will considerably enhance efficiency, improve productivity and delivery times, cut travel and communications costs, reduce management overhead and bring total visibility for cost reduction!
About the Presenters: Sabyasachi “Sky” Basu,CTO & President Kovair
Sky Basu is the President and CTO of Kovair Software, a Milpitas, California based ALM and ITSM company that has been recently listed by Gartner as one of the 12 leading ALM companies in the market today. Sky came to Kovair from Speedev after the merger of that company with Kovair where he was its founding CEO from 2000 to 2005. Prior to that Sky was a cofounder and CTO of Agniroth, a boutique consulting company. Prior to that Sky founded Temple Consulting Company in India that was acquired by Magus Group in 1995. Former Forrester/Giga Analyst and SCM expert Uttam Narsu has more than 20 years of experience as an analyst, architect, software developer, trainer, and consultant. Uttam is quoted frequently in industry publications such as Application Development Trends, CNET (News.com), Computerworld, eWEEK, InformationWeek, and Internet Week, as well as in Business Week and the Financial Times. Uttam has also spoken at numerous industry conferences. Formerly a well-known SCM analyst with Forrester Research and Giga Information Group, Uttam now freelances, consulting on a broad range of enterprise application development areas including SCM, agile development methodologies, ALM and testing. Uttam attended the University of Chicago and earned a B.S. in computer science from the State University of New York, Albany.
About the Sponsor:
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Kovair is the innovation leader in application lifecycle management solutions supporting global software development and management of offshore outsourcing. With adaptive workflow and highly configurable process management, Kovair solutions are designed from the ground up as an integrated web-based platform enabling anytime, anywhere access.