BearingPoint Uses iRise to Simulate Business Solutions; Global Systems Integrator Improves Sales & Delivery Processes Using iRise.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif. -- iRise(R), the world's leading application definition software company, today announced that BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BE), one of the world's largest management and technology consulting firms, has adopted iRise to quickly customize business solutions and assets that BearingPoint will then bring to its client base. The first solution BearingPoint has simulated in iRise is Enterprise Credit Risk Management (ECRM (Electronic CRM) CRM over the Internet. Most CRM systems have one or more Web-based applications for selling to or supporting the customer, so the terms eCRM and CRM are used interchangeably. See CRM. ), a single platform that integrates the analysis, decision-making, processing, and monitoring of all credit-related activities across the enterprise. The second solution BearingPoint has simulated is a search application for the insurance market that allows insurance clients to access real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. and business intelligence from a wide spectrum of enterprise applications. "We recognize that presenting a business solution to our diverse client base is challenging," said Peter Mooiweer, managing director at BearingPoint. "iRise provides considerable value to us by providing a customizable simulation of our solution and enabling more productive conversations earlier in the sales process A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. . Clients are able to test drive our business application in an iRise simulation, collaborate around the desired functionality for their specific needs, and accelerate our solution delivery process." Previously, BearingPoint modeled and simulated solutions for clients by relying on traditional prototyping techniques, such as coded prototypes and static screen shots. Those options were more expensive and time consuming. With iRise, BearingPoint can offer highly interactive and customizable visual simulations that take less time to produce and look and act like the real thing. In general, the ability to interact with and quickly customize an accurate preview of business solutions can create a unified vision among key client stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. that accelerates their buy-in, lowers the business risk of the project and promotes a culture of innovation. "Global systems integrators are concerned with more effectively visualizing applications, including pre-built business solutions, for their customers early in the engagement process," said Sherrick Murdoff, vice president of business development and global alliances for iRise. "By simulating solutions in iRise from the start, BearingPoint can engage clients to collaborate on what the end-state for business solutions should be and then deliver those solutions more accurately." About iRise iRise(R) () is dedicated to bridging the communication gap between business and IT by improving the process of defining software. Leading corporations like Agilent, Fireman's Fund, Sprint, Wachovia, Sun Trust Bank, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Name Headquarters A'rosa Europe NCL America America AIDA Cruises Europe American Cruise Lines America and Motorola use its market leading application definition platform to get requirements right -- the first time. iRise application simulations cut rework costs, accelerate time to market and reduce the risks associated with global development on mission-critical business systems initiatives. Unlike text-based requirements, visual iRise simulations are unambiguous and enforceable specifications that ensure the needs of the business are clearly understood and met. iRise simulations can be built by business experts and used in a collaborative global model to quickly iterate it·er·ate tr.v. it·er·at·ed, it·er·at·ing, it·er·ates To say or perform again; repeat. See Synonyms at repeat. [Latin iter on stakeholder requirements with business people, dramatically improving project success. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., iRise is backed by Morgan Stanley iRise is a registered trademark of iRise. All other companies and products mentioned are trademarks and property of their respective owners. |
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