IT Solutions

The pace of technology has resulted in hundreds of enterprise solutions, new vertical packages, and countless opportunities to improve and integrate technology within an organization. At Tekforce Consulting LLC, we draw on our expertise and experience with enterprise solutions development to help you navigate through the complexities and deliver the value-based solutions your business needs.

Our goal is to help our clients expand their vision of enterprise applications to encompass the full potential of technology. We have integration experience with all the top enterprise software manufacturers, including:

• Informatica

• HP OpenView

• J.D. Edwards ®

• Lawson Software TM

• PeopleSoft ®

• SAP TM

• Siebel

Tekforce Consulting LLC helps you demystify complex applications and focus on the transformation of your organization through the enabling technology of the leading enterprise systems. Tekforce Consulting LLC can help your company with enterprise solutions through the following services:

Project Planning

Projects require careful planning to achieve maximum success. The experience and perspective of Tekforce Consulting LLC project managers and analysts are a critical component in helping you develop and execute effective plans with achievable goals.

Project Management

All application implementations require staffing, scheduling, coordination of resources, careful monitoring, contingency planning, change control, and crisis resolution. Tekforce Consulting LLC can take charge or support at any level of project management.

Process Management

Tekforce Consulting LLC consultants are skilled at evaluating and recommending standards and procedures that fit your organization and are appropriate for your applications.

Application Consulting

Functional analysts from Tekforce Consulting LLC are experts in their respective disciplines. This enables them to lead or assist your organization in the development of functional requirements.

Technical Consulting

Tekforce Consulting LLC consultants are completely trained in all aspects of enterprise applications. This training, combined with real-life experience, gives our consultants the background necessary to perform successful implementations, upgrades, modifications, and conversions.

Data Conversion

No implementation can be successful without all the necessary data captured and converted to the new proper format and structure. Our consultants will assist in defining new data coding schemes and developing a quality-controlled conversion mechanism from existing data sources.

End-User Training

Tekforce Consulting LLC offers customized end-user training, delivered in a variety of formats, from CBT to instructor-led. Throughout your project, our consultants gain an understanding of your organization's processes and procedures, and will develop a customized curriculum to fit your specific needs.

Application Hosting

We understand that operating and maintaining an enterprise solution production environment can be resource intensive. Tekforce Consulting LLC can help host these applications for you by providing the necessary infrastructure and support.

Data warehousing has become a powerful tool as companies strive to become more responsive to customers and competitive in the marketplace. Structured to empower business users to explore and exploit an enterprise's information assets, a data warehouse takes full advantage of the history created by all applications to ensure the ongoing integrity and quality of critical business data.

Data warehousing services from Tekforce Consulting LLC are dedicated to helping organizations successfully develop, implement, and maintain these leading-edge solutions. Providing experienced project teams and leveraging partnerships with industry leaders, Tekforce Consulting LLC can quickly and effectively help you take full advantage of data warehousing solutions.

Data warehousing services include:

Needs Assessment

Tekforce Consulting LLC can design and conduct interviews to identify the needs of system users. These needs can be summarized, describing each data set in the organization along with the creation, maintenance, access, and analysis activities for each user group in the organization. Through a thorough analysis of each group's needs, detailed requirements and design specifications are documented to ensure the system supports your business objectives.

Technical Architecture

It is critical to the success of the warehouse to design the most effective data aggregation strategy and data model. This will not only provide dimensional flexibility and superior performance, but will allow for future data growth and dimensional expansion. An efficient, cost-effective solution is designed to meet your data warehousing needs using industry best practices, proven methodologies, and a compilation of recommended database, extraction, and data modeling tools and technologies.

Data Cleansing and Conversion

Tekforce Consulting LLC’s consultants are experienced in developing data cleansing and conversion methodologies that assist clients in the transfer of accurate data from any source into their data warehouse. Tekforce Consulting LLC can also assist with integrating data from proprietary and standard formats as well as commercially available data sets. We have experience and relationships with leading extraction and translation tool vendors, which enable the implementation of a rapid and repeatable data cleansing and conversion process.

Prototype Definition and Data Modeling

Tekforce Consulting LLC can provide you with a working model of your actual data that can then be manipulated, reported, and tested in your environment. Through production of prototypes for data, system architecture, and dimensional analysis, Tekforce Consulting LLC can help you at any step in the process.

Report Design and Generation

A flexible report generation interface provides business analysts and executives with the ability to perform detailed analysis of custom reports from their desktop via Web browsers, existing applications, or custom reporting software. We can assist in the design and creation of reporting structures and systems.

Implementation

Tekforce Consulting LLC’s consultants are experienced in the implementation of data warehouse architecture and related databases. The integrity and implementation rules governing the consistency between information in the data warehouse and the operational applications are identified and initiated, which creates a smooth and effective transition from test to production.

Database Administration

Tekforce Consulting LLC can provide you with database specialists that excel in database maintenance and administration, which will improve data integrity and ensure the long-term success and support of your data warehouse.

Application Hosting

We understand that operating and maintaining an enterprise solution production environment can be resource intensive. Tekforce Consulting LLC can help host these applications for you by providing the necessary infrastructure and support.

Project Management

Supplying project leaders, analysts, practitioners, and architects as well as performing training and education follow-ups, Tekforce Consulting LLC can help you create a flexible set of solutions, support the operation of the data warehouse, and evolve your solution over time.

The need for a reliable IT infrastructure has never been more critical to success in today's competitive economy. Although system sizes and scales may differ, it is imperative that organizations optimize their IT investments by augmenting performance, improving data availability, and avoiding delays that can cost time and money.

Tekforce Consulting LLC offers infrastructure management services that range from design and analysis to procurement, integration, implementation, and support in the following critical areas, including:

Security

Security is critical to both information systems and information. At Tekforce Consulting LLC, we know security breaches compromise the integrity of both front and back-office processes. Our consultants provide assistance with security services that help your organization understand and eliminate security issues.

Network Support

Your network needs to be designed and supported so you can realize a significant return on your investment. Tekforce Consulting LLC consultants evaluate your needs and provide an efficient network infrastructure that is fast, reliable, and easy to maintain.

Server-Based Applications

When you need an application server and remote access technology, Tekforce Consulting LLC consultants can deploy, manage, support, and execute a server-based computing model. This model employs a multi-user operating system, a highly efficient computing technology, and a centralized application for effective management and maintenance.

Storage Management

Our data storage and management services help clients store, manage, protect and deliver business information in ways that are centralized, cost-effective, and platform independent.

Monitoring and Reporting

Through our understanding of your business needs, Tekforce Consulting LLC is ready to lead or assist clients in establishing state-of-the-art monitoring and reporting frameworks for their IT infrastructure.

We have the expertise to help you design and implement your IT infrastructure management strategy. Tekforce Consulting LLC is dedicated to helping you leverage your current computing configuration as well as helping you invest in a network infrastructure that supports your connectivity, organizational and strategic goals.

Software development activity is incomplete without Quality Assurance cycle of the Software Development Lifecycle. Quality Assurance cycle is crucial part of the Software Development Lifecycle. This is the place where most companies either lack the necessary skills or resources to catch software problems before software is installed for the customers. An effective Quality Assurance system in place saves companies millions of dollars and results in more satisfied clients. At Tekforce Consulting LLC we know the value of Quality Assurance in your Software Development process and we strive best to help you deliver value products to your clients. We help many organizations from concept to completion stages of the Software Development Lifecycle. We are specialized in the following Quality Assurance areas:

• Unit Testing

• Functional Specification Testing

• Regression Testing

• Integration Testing

• Users Acceptance Testing

• Integration Testing

• Database Testing

• Load and Stress testing

In order to conduct above mentioned testing efforts we utilize the following methods:

• Manual testing

• Automated Testing

We utilize state of the art Mercury Interactive and Rational tools to carry out both Automated and manual tests. We utilize the following Test Management tools.

• Mercury Suite

• Test Director (Mercury Interactive)

• WinRunner (Client/Server and Web Testing)

• LoadRunner (Load and Stress Testing)

• Rational Suite TestStudio

• Rational TestManager - Manages and controls all test activities from a central point.

• Rational Unified Process - Browser-accessible knowledge base that prompts the team to use development best practices.

• Rational RequisitePro - Enables team-based requirements management.

• Rational ClearQuest - Delivers integrated defect tracking and change request management.

• Rational ClearCase LT - Provides software configuration management.

• Rational SoDA - Generates project documentation automatically.

• Rational Developer Network - A resource for additional testing information.

Whether you are developing Client/Server applications or web applications, Tekforce Consulting LLC has the solutions for your changing needs. Tekforce Consulting LLC can help your organization in all aspects of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Complex legacy systems that organizations develop to support traditional corporate applications are colliding with the idea of conducting business in Internet time and satisfying customer needs. Organizations can no longer take years to design and develop all-inclusive applications or integrate existing systems. Systems are expected to be available virtually immediately, provide exceptional functionality, maintain flexibility, and operate flawlessly. Systems integration is the key for meeting all these goals and developing business solutions for today's competitive economy.

Systems integration is the process of bringing together technology components to support a business solution and ensuring that the components work in a unified fashion. It is part of a much larger business solution development effort that includes activities such as business process re-engineering, change management, and transition management.

Tekforce Consulting LLC specializes in providing systems integration services for a variety of technology platforms, bringing together hardware, software, consulting that ensures proven business solutions for today's information technology environment. Tekforce Consulting LLC provides a single point of contact for open systems technology products and services that are critical to your business success.

Tekforce Consulting LLC specializes in providing system integration services to meet the unique needs defined with each client including:

• System Level Consolidation

• Knowledge Management

• Backup and Recovery Strategies

• Configuration Support

• Database Infrastructure

• Performance Monitoring

• System Conversion

• Capacity Planning

• Disaster Recovery Planning

• Storage Management

• Server and Network Configuration and Installation

• Systems, Network, Database and Application Management

Tekforce Consulting LLC also holds several vendor-accredited certifications that allow our team.to remarket products and deliver implementation services that meet current technology standards. Tekforce Consulting LLC is a diverse group of certified professionals including management, sales, marketing, and systems engineers with strategic partnerships providing additional resources to complement and enrich our consultant's technical expertise.

Through extensive experience, skilled consultants, and close working relationships with industry leaders in technology products, Tekforce Consulting LLC delivers an expert understanding of systems integration issues and solutions.

The ability to provide effective documentation and communication on technology projects is critical to achieving goals, meeting deadlines and requirements, and facilitating training and implementation. Tekforce Consulting LLC can provide you with the talent, resources, and expertise needed to ensure proper communication and documentation. Our experienced teams use proven methodologies to identify the scope of work, define the project, and design, develop, and deliver solutions tailored to your business objectives.

Custom Training

customized training solutions are crafted to fit your specific requirements, providing exactly what is needed when it is needed. Tekforce Consulting LLC analyzes your current and ongoing training needs to create and deliver robust solutions tailored to your organization. Whether paper or technology-based, instructor-led or self-paced, we work with you to develop the solution that best supports your strategic and financial goals.

Custom Documentation

when documentation is well organized and clearly written, your employees can locate information faster and more accurately, increasing their productivity and job knowledge. Our documentation specialists are industry experts in designing, developing, and revising documentation in paper-based and multimedia formats, including:

• Product documentation

• System documentation

• User guides

• Policies and procedures manuals

• Proposals

Performance Improvement

Tekforce Consulting LLC can create an integrated performance improvement system that can lead to improved performance and compliance. Our approach to performance improvement complements our training and documentation services by taking a more comprehensive, critical look at your organization's ability to achieve its objectives. Our performance improvement solutions can include the following elements:

• Integrated documentation and training programs

• Performance support systems

• Training program evaluation and redesign

• Process improvement

• Project management

Support Services

Tekforce Consulting LLC’s rigorous application of quality assurance concepts to all of our projects separates us from traditional consulting companies. Our specialized editing and graphic design areas enable us to provide tailored quality assurance and graphics services for complex, custom projects.

Editing

Our editing services department provides experienced professional editors who lend their valuable expertise to your documentation projects. Our editors work with you to improve the overall flow, clarity, focus, and readability of your paper-based or online documentation.

Graphics Design

Whether you need elaborate graphic design for marketing materials or less complex graphics support on internal corporate documentation, our graphic artists offer scalable solutions to meet your specific graphics requirements.

Tekforce Consulting LLC can help your business use technology better and run more efficiently by helping document and communicate new processes, systems, and applications.