1. Gain control of your requirements process and meet your business goals
Software and Systems Delivery Solutions
for a Smarter Planet
Gain control of your requirements process and meet your business goals
Increase quality and efficiency by optimizing requirements management, communication and collaboration. Provide traceability and alignment with business processes..
Solutions
IBM Rational software offers a full lifecycle
solution of analysis, design, development and
testing products to unify cross-functional
teams and support enterprise systems projects
from requirements to release. This complete
yet modular solution provides an integrated
toolset & vocabulary based on open
Standards, including the Eclipse framework
and Jazz platform, for teams adopting a
business-driven development approach.
The result is faster development, lower costs,
more predictable results and a better
alignment of IT and business goals.
Innovate • Collaborate • Grow
Improve Service
Improve Service
Manage changing requirements in a collaborative environment.
Actively engage all stakeholders by providing web browser access to the
requirements database and integration to requirements definition
capabilities.
Rational DOORS:
> Capture, trace, analyze and manage changes to information and demonstrate compliance to regulations and standards.
> Optimize requirements communication, collaboration and verification – throughout your organization and across your supply chain.
Rational DOORS Web Access:
> Globally distributed stakeholders can create, review, edit, and discuss requirements through a Web browser.
Rational Publishing Engine:
> Automate the generation of documents for ad-hoc use, formal reviews, contractual obligations, or regulatory compliance. .
Reduce Cost
Import/export capabilities dramatically reduce the time it takes to capture
and communicate requirements.
Increase efficiency, reduce project costs and delivery time through
integration with other design, development, quality and change & release
management solutions.
Manage Risk
Links requirements to design items, test plans, test cases and other
requirements for easy and powerful traceability.
Traceability helps teams align their efforts with business needs and
measure the impact that changes will have on everything from business
goals to development.
Highlight areas of risk and maintain complete audit trails in order to
ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards.

2. Want to become a smarter business?
A Business-Driven Development solution from SIA and IBM can help you meet the challenges of becoming a smarter business by giving you the tools you need to streamline systems development from requirements through release.
Are your IT and business objectives aligned?
Want to become a smarter business?
Think big, start simple, scale fast. Call SIA today and get up to speed.
Quickstart Solution Accelerators
Requirements Management
Web Access Add-on
Document Publishing Add-on
Set up a small project and provide coaching for a small project team.
Includes: Rational DOORS (1 floating user) plus 5 days of SIA installation & configuration services.
Expected payback: 6 months!
Provide web access for internal or external stakeholders to the Requirements database.
Includes: Rational DOORS Web Access Reviewer (2 floating users) plus 1 day of SIA installation & configuration services.
Expected payback: 3 months
For companies that want to publish their requirements in different formats.
Includes: Rational Publishing Engine (1 floating user) plus 2 days of SIA installation & configuration services.
Expected payback: 3 months!
$18,750* (list price $21,864)
$15,7500* (list price $17,644)
$16,750* (list price $18,309)
On Premise Computing
Not sure how to get started?
Add a rack-mounted server
Conduct an SIA Business
Value Assessment**
Engage IBM Business
Consulting Services
IBM x3650 M3 Intel Xeon 4C X GHz with 12GB memory, 2x300GB 15K HDD, DVD-ROM, 6Gb SAS HBA,Win 2008 Server, VMware, 3 yr on-site warranty for only $8,500* (list $9,318).
For companies interested in evaluating an IBM collaboration solution.
Includes: 3-4 days of SIA consulting services.
Receive a brief report highlighting objectives, business value and recommendations.
Need help defining your requirements or justifying your technology investments?
Concerned with the impact of changes brought on by new technologies?
Looking for solutions to your enterprise needs?.
Add a blade server
IBM HS22 Intel Xeon 4C X GHz with 12GB memory, 2x300GB 15K HDD, 6Gb SAS HBA, Win 2008 Server, VMware, 3 yr on-site warranty for only $8,500* (list price $9,149).
$2,500* (list price $6,240)
IBM Global Business Consulting Services offer a pragmatic approach using industry specialists who can help you make the right decisions and assist you in your implementation efforts.
* Special discounted prices available until December 15, Configured IBM blade server does not include BladeCenter chassis, storage or related hardware.
** Enterprise solution assessments from SIA or IBM are also available on request.
SIA’s Advantage
SIA’s industry knowledge, technical expertise and innovative methodologies help our customers reduce risks and achieve rapid results from their investments in IBM Smarter Planet solutions. SIA’s versatile team of IBM-certified professionals combines broad expertise across IBM’s middleware products (Information Management, WebSphere, Lotus, Tivoli and Rational), systems technologies (Power, Modular, BladeCenter and Storage) and on demand operating environments (AIX, Linux, IBM i, Microsoft Windows, PowerVM and VMware).
IBM and SIA - Your Technology Partners
SIA and IBM have been working closely together since 1975 to provide customers with robust, business-integrated technology solutions that help them become more responsive, flexible, efficient and resilient. No project is too small or too big – by teaming together, SIA and IBM can deliver the expertise and solutions you need.
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