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Patni's Enterprise Integration Solution
Provides Vision for a Leading
Organization in the Utilities Sector |
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The Client
One of the largest electric
utilities in the US,
providing power on an
average day to 11 million
individuals, 427
communities and cities,
5,000 large businesses, and
280,000 small businesses.
The Challenge
Patni developed a business case for an Enterprise Architecture framework
comprising an Enterprise Portal (B2B, B2E and B2C), an Identity
Management Solution and an EAI framework.
The challenges included:
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Articulating a system vision, which will help support the business
needs of the utility in future |
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Evaluating the cost benefits and NPV computation |
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Complex IT environment comprising hundreds of applications, which
had been developed using diverse technologies and owned by different
business units |
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Collating unstructured information from multiple sources. |
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Aggressive timelines. |
The Solution
Patni's responsibilities included:
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Conceptualization of future enterprise architecture framework seamlessly
integrating the portal and security solution with the middleware platform |
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Assessment of the current state of the systems and processes |
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Logical and technical architecture detailing the components of the portal,
Identity Management and Enterprise Application Integration solutions |
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Development of an alternative solution and its cost-benefit analysis |
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Identifying products for implementing solutions |
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Effort estimation for detailed design, multi-year implementation and
support for the Enterprise Architecture |
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Integrated Business Case for the Enterprise Architecture comprising
Portal, Identity Management and Enterprise Application Integration. |
The Benefits
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Clear vision for IT investments and resource planning over a multi-year
period at a 80% confidence level |
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Technical feasibility confirmation |
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Comprehensive support with minimum resources resulting in cost reduction
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Flexible effort estimation model that can be used to determine:
—Internal and external effort required to implement the solution
—Costs associated with the internal and external efforts
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Availability of professional product selection expertise |
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Enterprise Architecture design and business case package was created and
delivered within a short timeframe. |
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