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Our Services

IT/IS NextGen offers services and solutions that can make a profound difference in the success of our clients’ enterprises.  Our mantra is efficiency, effectiveness, and execution.  Our services range from strategic planning, through technical and engineering planning, to supporting the enterprise operations.

 

IT/IS brings a variety of disciplines to our project teams, which are focused on helping the client obtain a successful outcome to what may have been an optimistic business case. Strategic planning and systems/process engineering provide a starting point for a successful initiative, and a focus on long-term implementation results in the realization of value.

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Taking a narrow view of the role of an organization, without also viewing the larger context of the enterprise, can lead to inefficiencies and ineffective use of enterprise resources – people, money, and time.  Our company perspective starts with the enterprise as a whole, and strives for a holistic view of the enterprise building blocks, the organizations and business functions.  An internal organization or business function can be viewed an “enterprise within an enterprise”.  We understand the inefficiency that may result from organizations acting to meet narrow goals (i.e., stovepipe mentality). While certain natural forces may inhibit creating and maintaining an efficient enterprise, our company goal is to provide the nuclear “glue” to overcome such forces.

Moreover, the industry has renewed emphasis on selecting those programs and projects that provide significant opportunities for creating shareholder value and improving financial results.

Wireless Delivery
Telecom Delivery
Wireless Delivery

 

IT/IS wireless services professionals have designed and deployed wireless networks, processes and services in the U.S, Europe and Latin America, and are field-experienced in multiple technologies. Sample services include:​

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  • Enterprise Network Architecture Transformation/Planning/Design

  • Wireless Network Engineering/Implementation/Integration

  • Wireless Network Modernization Planning/ Economic Analysis

  • Modernization (NextGen) Deployment Program Management

  • Design and Implementation of Wireless Network Management Systems and Network Operations Centers

  • Mobile Data Converged Services Planning and Implementation for 3G services

  • Wireless LAN Planning, Implementation and Integration

  • Wireless E911 and Public Safety Services Planning and Implementation

  • Integrated Enterprise Network Validation Tests

  • Enterprise Network Security

  • Wireless Customer Resource Management Planning

  • Wireless Service Operational Readiness Tests

Telecom Delivery

 

IT/IS can assist our clients in addressing telecom service delivery.

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Sample services include:

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  • Enterprise Network Architecture Transformation

  • Enterprise Network Architecture Planning

  • Enterprise Network Design

  • EngineeringEnterprise Network 

  • Enterprise Network Implementation

  • Enterprise Network Performance

  • Enterprise Network Management

  • Enterprise Network Operations

  • Enterprise Network Validation Tests

  • Enterprise Network Security

  • Converged Services Planning

  • Network Validation Tests

  • Service Operational Readiness Tests

  • Service Delivery Process Design

  • Cost and Revenue Modeling of Telecom Enterprise Operations

  • Revenue, Cost, and Performance Modeling

  • Revenue, Cost, and Performance Metrics Data Collection

  • Revenue, Cost, and Performance Metrics Data Warehousing

  • ​Vendor Selection and Management

Network Operations

 

Both external telecommunications suppliers and internal service management groups must be able to efficiently handle service orders, create resulting work orders, monitor the progress of work orders, validate the successful completion of service components, test for end-to-end service activation, initiate service billing, handle trouble reports, resolve billing issues, and manage requests for service deactivation.

 

​IT/IS staff can assist in all aspects of network operations, for telecom suppliers or users of telecom services.

 

Sample services include:

 

  • Reengineering of provisioning processes for telecommunications providers

  • Reengineering of maintenance processes utilizing the Total Quality Management methodology for telecommunications providers

  • Development of an Operations Administration and Maintenance Plans for telecommunications carrier networks and services

  • Operational Reviews of telecommunications providers network operations and management

  • Support for new venture market entry through process design, system requirements and selection, deployment program management and Operational Readiness Validation (NVTs and ORTs)​​

Content Delivery
Network Operations
Content Delivery

 

IT/IS can develop and operate integrated Network and IT platforms that leverage “Cloud Commerce” capabilities.   

 

Cloud Commerce is a virtual computing paradigm that IT/IS NextGen believes will revolutionize the sale and distribution of digital goods via the storage and use of digital media, including video games, software, eBooks, music, movies, radio, and TV shows.  Cloud Commerce also enhances the online checkout process for digital and physical products by creating a unified shopping cart for eCommerce transactions.

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Cloud Commerce is enabled by the integration of the following technical capabilities:

 

  • Cloud Computing (this is where substantial computing software and data reside online, as opposed to being stored on a local access device/computer)

  • e-Commerce (this is the online purchase of goods and services from a vendor/outlet, as opposed to buying at a physical store, through the mail, by telephone, or from a product catalogue)

  • Online Content Distribution Platforms (this involves telecommunications-based networks, and their associated IT support processes and systems – that are focused on the delivery of digital media)

Our Services include: 

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  • Web Design and  Development

  • Application Development

  • Audio/Video Production & Editing,

  • Software Design / Development

  • Network/OSS/BSS Integration

Billing

 

Billing systems play an integral role in a successful telecommunications enterprise. Being able to effectively integrate billing data from different business units or service providers, and present a coherent billing experience to the customer, may be the key to winning in today's environment.

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IT/IS Telecom can assist clients who need to evaluate, implement, or convert telecom billing systems and interfaces.

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Sample services include:

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Billing Process Management:

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• Billing Process Planning and Design
• Billing Process Integration
• Billing Process Implementation
• Billing Process ORT

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Billing Systems Planning:

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• Strategic, Policy and Enterprise Context Assessment
• Technology Context Placement
• Scope Determination

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Billing System Management:

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• Program and Project Management
• Requirements and Configuration Specification

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Billing System Execution:

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• Vendor Selection and Management
• Conversion/Migration Design and Management
• Revenue Assurance Studies/Controls
• Validation of Detailed Supplier Bills

Process Improvement
Billing
Process Improvement

 

The performance of an enterprise process reflects the mix of information systems, communications methods, process architecture, staff procedures, and staff performance.  Process analysis and design efforts can assist an enterprise to reduce costs, improve processing velocity, improve customer satisfaction, and increase revenue - all of which can have significant impact on financial performance.

 

Sample services include:​

 

  • Conduct process health-checks, assess existing performance metrics, identify areas for improvement

  • Review current methods for collecting and analyzing process metrics, as the basis for suggesting improvements to operations

  • Document existing process and procedures, and recommend improvements

  • Identify all processes related to customer billing, and recommend ways to improve timeliness and accuracy of bills rendered

  • Analyze and validate processes related to vendor invoices and payments, assess accuracy of billed services, and develop methods for seeking reduction of billed amounts for phantom services

  • Assess impact of data quality problems, such as data input errors and inconsistencies between different systems, on process velocity, costs, and revenues.

IV&V
Program Support
Program Support

 

IT/IS resources can assist in the planning and implementation of complex technology programs. Inserting new technology and/or systems into an ongoing enterprise requires careful planning in all stages of the program.​

 

Sample services include:

 

  • Business Case Formulation

  • Project Definition and Technology Assessment

  • Program Risk Assessment and Mitigation

  • Architecture Planning

  • Vendor Selection

  • Vendor Management

  • Organizational Change Management

  • Cutover Planning / Transition Management

  • Technology Insertion Support

  • Quality Assurance

  • Operational Readiness Testing

  • Program Management

IV&V

 

Independent validation and verification activities play a large role in ensuring that business and tech investments meet prescribed goals, including targeted metrics (e.g., time, cost, maintainability, adaptability, relevance).

 

Our core strength in this area is that we are vendor neutral, and our team has conducted audits and due diligence reviews as part of their career activities.

 

The introduction of new technology has wide-ranging effects on how an enterprise conducts its business. We provide world-class capabilities to validate systems and network technology and integration.​

 

We also plan, manage and execute user oriented and process oriented testing incorporating the new technology, ensuring successful technology introductions and positive business outcomes.

 

Sample services include:

 

  • Planning IV&V strategies

  • System integration testing

  • User acceptance testing

  • Validation testing of network services

  • Operational readiness testing of systems, communications, methods, and personnel involved in introduction of new processes, systems, customer and internal services

  • Business readiness validation

Capital Management

 

Capital investments play a key strategic role in the evolution of any enterprise.  IT/IS views the capital process as a linkage of overall strategic goals, multi-year programs and projects which may consist of many tactical choices of equipment and systems.

 

Sample services include:

 

  • Review of capital planning process and prioritization methods with focus on optimizing enterprise value added

  • Assessment of realization of anticipated goals of capital programs based on previously approved business cases

  • Introduction of metrics to increase profitability and value of enterprise

  • Develop financial projection models to assess impact of alternative programs/projects on a variety of financial and strategic measures

  • Economic evaluation of projected operational efficiency and costs, to develop planning baseline that can be used for outsourcing planning

  • Economic evaluation of strategic and operational alternatives

  • Economic evaluation of inter-departmental transfer costs, economic efficiency, and customer cost/benefit

  • Governance and control assessment of capital expenditure processes and databases that authorize, book, manage and account for capital assets

CRM

 

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is critical to the success of any enterprise or government agency. IT/IS consultants have extensive experience in planning and implementing CRM and provisioning processes and systems.

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In addition, the broad business experience of IT/IS resources provides critical focus on integrating these processes and systems into the larger enterprise, unlike vendors of cookie-cutter solutions.

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Because CRM is tightly coupled with service provisioning, IT/IS has tightly coupled these practice areas.


Sample services include:

 

  • Process design, including sales, ordering, service inquiry, account inquiry and service management

  • Process design for provisioning of telecom services and equipment and end user IT resources

  • Systems / solutions requirements development

  • Vendor selection and management

  • Implementation planning and management

  • Integration planning, design and validation for processes and systems

CRM
Capital Management
eBusiness

 

Whether you are web-enabling customer and worker interfaces to a "bricks and mortar" business or creating a new e-business, IT/IS can provide operational and technical consulting to insure that the strategic and technical plans will meet business needs. IT/IS can also verify that these plans have been implemented properly, and insure that goals continue to be met during ongoing operations.

 

Sample services include:

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  • Define requirements, design, development and implementation of web-based capabilities for a globally distributed services organization

  • Assessment/selection of Customer Relationship Management applications built on internet based architectures

  • Define, develop and project manage applications targeted to automate Sales, Provisioning, and Customer support for E-business ventures

  • Provide technical and operational assessments of proposed mobile commerce applications and ventures

  • Develop business model, define operations plan and build the infrastructure for e-business ventures

  • Develop and deliver web collaboration applications

eBusiness
Project Management
Project Management

 

IT/IS Project Management activities provide a structured approach for managing an project throughout its lifecycle to a successful conclusion. Our methodology conforms to guidelines established by the Project Management Institute in the Project Management Body of Knowledge.

 

The ability to quickly and efficiently manage a business objective to its conclusion, or deploy new technologies and processes, is a key goal for our project management methodologies. Our team offers comprehensive, flexible and effective project management to ensure projects are achieve the client objectives.

 

IT/IS can track and manage schedules and resources through the following project phases: Initiate Engagement; Discovery Phase; Definition Phase; Design Phase; Development Phase; Deployment Phase; Operational Phase, Ongoing Evolution Phase.

 

​IT/IS can also perform Vendor Management functions, including development and evaluation of RFPs, monitoring vendor performance, validation of vendor bills, etc.

IT
Information Assurance
IT Delivery

 

IT/IS can assist our clients in addressing IT service delivery. Sample services include: ​

 

  • User Account Management

  • System Application Development and Performance

  • Help Desk Support Disaster Recovery Planning/Management

  • Application and Data Security

  • Distributed Processing Design and Support Service Delivery and Provisioning Service

  • Chargeback Methods

  • Cost and Revenue Modeling of IT

  • Operations

  • Revenue, Cost, and Performance Modeling

  • Revenue, Cost, and Performance Metrics

  • Data Collection/Warehousing​

  • Vendor Selection and Management

Information Assurance

 

IT/IS can assist our clients in assuring their networks and information.  

 

Sample services include:

 

  • Network Architecture Design and Development

  • Enterprise Management and Architecture Development

  • Directory Services (DNS, Active Directory)

  • System Performance Measurement and Tuning

  • Network and System Security (PKI/VPN)

  • Mission Assurance (COOP)

  • Web Authoring

  • User, System and Application Training Development and Delivery

  • SNOC - 24/7 CIRC Support

  • Certification & Accreditation

  • IAVA / Penetration Testing / ST&E

  • Threat Analysis

  • Network Profiling

  • Vulnerability Analysis

  • Risk Assessment

  • Tools Development

  • Malware Analysis

Government Enterprise
Government Enterprise

 

Our company provides experienced people to help solve problems, evaluate alternatives, develop technology plans, analyze outsourcing options and assist in preparing requests for proposals, improve operations, conserve capital, reduce expense, or analyze/improve information security.  Our team has many years of experience as technical managers, executives, and consultants in the areas of IT, IS and Telecom. These areas display high degrees of complexity, scope, and technological change.  We are committed to creating effective solutions, in a timely fashion.

 

Improving Government Enterprises

 

IT/IS is strongly committed to assisting government enterprises improve the way they function.  Our professionals have experience in assessing areas for improvement, evaluating strategic options, and implementing change.  Our scope includes communications, computing technology and systems, processes, operations outsourcing, services/products, as well as policy development and evaluation.

 

Primary Service Areas:

 

Public Policy: Identify policy options with all relevant groups, prepare position papers, assess alternatives, and work to promote the selected policy. As needed, create quantitative computer models to assess impacts over several years.

 

Telecommunications Planning and Integration: Evaluate existing network architectures and identify where changes can improve the operation, reduce cost and improve alignment with strategic objectives. Identify customer needs that are being met, as well as those that are not being met. Collect usage and cost data concerning the current networks (i.e., wireline, wireless, voice, data, video) and develop detailed engineering/cost models to identify opportunities. Develop engineering models that allow for the evaluation of new technologies, and create multi-year financial models to guide choices. Prepare transition plans required to implement new architectures.

 

Enterprise Systems and Network Integration/Operations: Evaluate IT infrastructure and applications architectures and related operations for operational and cost effectiveness, and alignment with enterprise goals and objectives. Identify potential impacts of technology and human resources upgrades.

 

Business Process Re-engineering: Based on both an organizational and functional view of government operations and stated operational and policy goals, develop description of current process and identify needed process changes. Evaluate impacts and develop prioritized program of improvements. Facilitate the development of detailed process definitions, metrics, work flows, task descriptions, requirements for supporting software and training. Implement metrics tracking and continuous process improvement programs to assist process managers.

 

Vendor Selection and Management: Assist in development of requirements, vendor qualification, creating requests for information and requests for proposals and evaluating responses. Perform a scan of current and future technology options.

 

Independent Validation & Verification: Plan and conduct testing programs to assure that process and technology deployment works properly and supports the enterprise. This includes verifying that specifications are met by vendors supplying services or equipment and that processes meet enterprise goals and agreed upon metrics.

 

Network Security: Assess security policies, specifications, and implementation. Assess the security, survivability and business continuity of IT and network infrastructures and physical premises. Recommend security improvements and enhancements.

 

Project/Program Management: Facilitate the development of project and program measurements and goals. Coordinate and facilitate complex projects and programs.

 

Service Costs and Chargeback Billing Systems: In many cases, the billing systems used to bill internal users of services are not closely linked to the actual detailed billing from outside suppliers of IT and Telecom services. Legacy systems may have constraints that limit flexibility in the chargeback approach. Modern approaches, including the use of meta-software and new billing platforms that are economically suited for governments as well as medium-sized telecom providers, can offer substantial improvements in providing good service to internal customers. A new billing system, coupled with an economically attractive chargeback approach, can provide improved service and lower cost.

 

Financial Planning and Management: Develop multi-years views of capital and expense budgets, to attempt to maximize the value/benefit of planned expenditures. Facilitate use of business cases to evaluate benefits of alternatives. Use financial evaluation models to prioritize programs and investment options, using standard summary metrics. Use functional breakdown of government activities to achieve cross-functional optimization. Incorporate planning results into future budgeting.

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