Innovative Alternatives - IT Practice

About Our Firm

Company
Innovative is a technology-consulting firm that provides comprehensive business solutions. Our services enable our clients to adopt and adapt approaches to business, tap into new markets, and create success.
Innovative helps companies formulate Business-based strategies, create design vehicles that communicate effectively, and select technologies appropriate for the projects objective.


Primary Services
Centralized Vendor Management System: We use proven supply chain management methods to assist clients in identifying and staffing present and anticipated needs, formulating short- and long-term strategies, and mapping the route to implementing the technologies and processes
Technology: We have the expertise to provide and implement appropriate technology to every project, including even the largest E-Business-based applications.

Methodologies
Innovative provides integral elements that facilitate delivery of complete solutions.

Project Management
We provide additional value to clients by managing scope, time, resources, and quality to satisfy objectives and expectations. Coordinating these processes ensures that creation, delivery, and implementation of projects occur on time and on budget.
Business Mapping Strategies: Selecting, procuring, and implementing technology solutions for business poses several challenges. Innovative's forward-thinking approach to selecting appropriate tools keeps our clients on the cutting edge of technology.

Our comprehensive services include:

Assessing business factors and devising strategies
Designing creative, effective visual communications
Building appropriate technology
Providing Pinpoint staffing needs
Implementing completed centralized vendor management systems
Maintaining and developing finished projects as needed
Training client staff to maintain and develop projects

Centralized Vendor Management Systems
With the explosion of business technology, staffing and managing professional personnel has become a complex and expensive process. The spend related to the acquisition of human resources has increased fifteen to thirty percent annually for Global 1000 companies.

HR managers devote upwards of 50% of their time communicating with suppliers, tracking invoices, as well as contractor timesheets and expense reports.

Several hundred hiring managers within a corporation work independently. They are posting requirements and negotiating with multiple suppliers without market data.

Innovative

Innovative coordinates all required HR procurement and staffing management via a Web Based Application. It empowers customers with the information needed to reduce overall cost on workforce acquisition.
Innovative customers are experiencing cost reductions for acquisition of both contingent and full time professionals.
Innovative significantly reduces the time it takes to manage an ever fluctuating workforce that is consistently in need of new manpower.
Innovative incorporates rich procedural work flows to control each process. Customers and suppliers can access the system from any internet connection.

Technology
Technology is the backbone of Innovative. The members of our technology division have the expertise to provide the technology appropriate to virtually every project, including even the largest E-Business-based applications.
Our consultants are proficient in a wide range of E-Business-based, "back end" technologies crucial to clients' successful operations. Technologies frequently employed in providing solutions and services include:

E-Commerce Solutions Client-Server Development Mainframe Development
Mid-Range Technology Database Administration Project Management
Conversions/Upgrades Systems Administration Software Engineering
Network Designers Software Testing Technical Writing
Statistical/SAS Programming Quality Assurance and Testing CRM (customer Relationship management)

Technologies utilized in recent projects:

E-Commerce Development and Architecture
Java, JSP, ASP, Coldfusion, Interdev, IIS, MTS, ATG, Microsoft IIS, BEA web logic, IBM Web Sphere


ESM Enterprise System Management
Tivoli TME and HP Openview Architecture and Administration
SMS Administration

Operating Systems
Novell, NT, and Windows2000 Networking
Unix (SUN, HP, AIX, SP2, HACMP, Tuxedo) Administration
Remedy Administration

Main Frame
Cobol/CICS/ADS/O/DB2/IMS/IDMS application development
MVS Systems programming

Database
DB2/UDB database administration
Oracle, Sql Server, Sybase, Access administration

Data Architecture and Migrations
Essbase and Oracle Data warehousing development

AS400
RPG/PRMS/ERP Application Development
Visual Age programming and architecture


Testing Applications
WinRunner, TestDirector, LoadRunner, Silk, SQA Software Testing

Groupware
Lotus Notes/Domino R4/R5 Development and Administration
Exchange Administration

SAS Statistical Programming

Help Desk/PC Technicians
Help Desk (I-III)/PC Tech Support



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