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Capability architecture: mind the gap!

A new flavour of Enterprise Architecture is driving IT delivery from business goals. Enterprise Architecture (EA) has been offered as a part of the solution but has not been wholly successful.

In many cases, the way EA is done and the starting point used means that despite significant investment, EA is not delivering the value to the business that it could.

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Can you see?

Glue Reply is a business consultancy that strives to help its clients achieve their future potential by developing solutions that often for the first time align IT capability with business goals. Many companies have no blueprint for the future, make decisions using inaccurate data and are constrained by their IT capability. We provide our clients with a clearly defined roadmap, one accurate view of reality and an agile, self sufficient organisation. Glue Reply works with organisations as diverse as Marks and Spencer, UK MOD and AXA UK.

02.01.2012

Press Article

Enabling Defence Transformation

Experiencing strong demand for its technology and architecture services, Glue Reply is continuing to innovate to meet the needs of defence sector companies that are seeking to transform. Glue Reply empowers the CIO by enabling improved management and control over operations, a more effective portfolio planning capability and the flexibility needed to react to change quickly.

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Testing Methodology

Strategies, methodologies and tools for planning, organising, and managing testing requirements, and the test/requirement process of software projects.

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Technology Reply - Oracle Platinum Partner

Technology Reply is a Reply Company specialising in the design, implementation and management of custom-built solutions based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), using Oracle technologies (DB Technologies, Middleware). For us, Partnership excellence means not only obtaining Platinum Level certification but also an in-depth knowledge of Oracle Technology.

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SOA Presentation

One of the key promises of SOA is re-use, and over time organisations are increasingly becoming successful in achieving that goal. However there are external factors that also have an equal bearing on the success of an SOA implementation.  Factors such as changing standards and vendor technology lifecycles can impede the success of re-use alone in providing cost benefits.

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Managing the Services Lifecycle

The service Lifecycle – what does it look like? The presentation illustrates methods and processes for service evolution.

03.10.2011

Press Article

Cloud Control

Defense Management Journal, Issue 54

01.05.2011

Press Article

The Right App for the Job

Defence Management Journal

04.04.2011

Press Article

Driving Improvements in Defence Logistics

The UK MoD has embarked on a new approach to the delivery of end-to-end logistics information and processes across defence. The Logistics Network Enabled Capability Programme (Log NEC) is based on the assumption that in the future all elements of the military, together with the industrial and other partners upon which it relies, will be connected to a single coherent communications network.

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Enterprise Security

Improving or maintaining the enterprise security posture is a continuous process, that must be based on a robust, enterprise-level security architecture.

Reply has a wealth of experience in all of the fields needed to help you to move to a mature enterprise security posture and to operate your security more effectively.

Case Study

Cable & Wireless. Single product provisioning platform.

Cable & Wireless provides enterprise and carrier solutions to the largest users of telecoms services across the UK, US, continental Europe and Asia, and wholesale broadband services in the UK.

Glue Reply was engaged to support the architecture and design of a single provisioning IT platform.

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Solution Design & Technology Delivery

Glue Reply’s Solution Design and Technology Delivery consulting practice can help the customers to maximise the value derived from their IT spend. Glue Reply consultants can help them to realise the enterprise class IT systems that enable high business performance.

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IT Excellence

A competency centre or centre of excellence is a highly effective way of implementing and sustaining specialist capabilities where a consistent, expert and value added service is required across enterprise boundaries.
Glue Reply has worked with organisations which want to introduce the concept as a means of helping them to manage the IT function more effectively, as well as with companies which have tried to ‘go it alone’ in setting up this capability, but have failed. Glue Reply consultants deliver benefit in both scenarios.

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Mobile Computing Architecture

Glue Reply is always striving to bring the future to life for the clients. The Enterprise Architecture practice specialises in providing clients with a clear blueprint which maps out the future of their enterprise computing and aligns the goals of their business with the capabilities of IT systems and people.
Glue Reply has created a consulting practice to help UK clients investigate the potential of mobile computing as a means of improving their business and extending their reach!