Foundation offers a full spectrum of offshore development services:

• System Design
• Regional Customization
• Vertical Industry Customization
• Language Translation
• Post-Production Support

• ERP Implementation & Integration
• Call Center & Help Desk Support
• ASP Hosting

Foundation's team offers deep expertise in PeopleSoft, Oracle and SAP implementation and integration, combined with alliance-level certification, training, deployment and access to advanced eBusiness solutions from our partners i2, TIBCO, IBM WebSphere and MQ Series, Siebel and other leading vendors. We also provide years of detailed experience in the banking and finance, insurance, healthcare and high tech manufacturing industries, to focus our development on vertical-specific requirements.

This ensures that, independent of platform and application considerations, our offshore development team will benefit from a detailed knowledge bank and extensive experience with best-of-class design architectures, functional capabilities and integration systems.

Our expertise extends to internet/object technology, client/server technology, data warehousing, operating systems and networking technology. Our network of software service facilities function as virtual extensions of our customers' software development environment by using state-of-the-art hardware, software and communication resources.

Another benefit of choosing Foundation for offshore software services is the added-value we deliver through our Quality Assurance Team. Foundation insulates the offshore and on-site service initiative with a Team of senior consultants who are experts in development, integration, testing, deployment and project management. The Team's primary objective is to ensure the quality of deliverables, reduce business risk and assist with all aspects of the project life-cycle.

The quality of Foundation's consultants is a key differentiating. All of our consultants are cross-trained in ERP and specific best-of-breed supply chain, CRM or e-Business software applications. They are also trained in database architecture and application program interfaces, languages and tools. Foundation consultants have an average of 10 years relevant information technology and business application experience.

Foundation's project life-cycle methodology is GoLive@eSpeed. It is a rapid development and implementation framework that provides a single point-of-contact and accountability for both on-site and off-shore services, and establishes common delivery standards, procedures and tools for the entire project life-cycle. GoLive@eSpeed is comprised of flexible guidelines, techniques, tools, templates, work products and real world examples which enable the Team to identify, understand and create solutions to achieve results and overcome challenges.

Foundation succeeds where others fail because the Team leverages our comprehensive service model that consists of vertical, horizontal and integrated solution expertise. Our service model is designed to take clients far beyond software development typically associated with off-shore services. Foundation Off-Shore Software Services maximize systems investment and delivers faster business results.

With the growing demand for offshore services, it is necessary to have a good communication infrastructure. To ensure comprehensive project management control and quality of deliverables, Foundation utilizes ultra high-speed and reliable communication links.

The center, including conference rooms, training rooms, a library and discussion room, is connected through high bandwidth dedicated communication link providing Foundation the capability to execute projects spanning multiple locations seamlessly

The Software development Center is equipped with high-end workstations with network connectivity. E-mail and Internet facilities are used as enabling technologies for a virtually paperless environment. A dedicated Intranet is provided for all Inter Company policies and communication.

For clients, secure Extranet access ensures private, encrypted communications and data integrity.

The Offshore development center provides an intellectually stimulating software development environment and there is a perpetual learning environment, which ensures that all consultants are continuously trained in evolving and emerging technologies.

The work culture of problem solving ensures that project conceptualization crosses barriers of locations, platforms, tools, resources and methodologies to provide the client with the best possible solution.

Services Offered:

1. Application Development and Management/ Solutions Scoping/ Training/ Implementation/ Integration with other systems/ Customization/ Post Production Support.

   Foundation has expertise in a variety of application development technologies from the Mainframe legacy platforms to Client Server to Object Oriented and Component based development.

   The Foundation Offshore approach provides the client a framework that ensures that it is " to specification, on time and within budget.

2. Re-engineering

   Foundation has specialized methodologies for Re-engineering projects. We provide expertise in re-hosting and platform migrations, which may result from varied business scenarios such as Mainframe downsizing or Business process re-engineering.

3. Conversion & Migration

   Capability to port legacy applications written in outmoded languages:

   • across platforms
   • across languages
   • across versions

4. Application Maintenance

   Maintenance of legacy applications using certain methodology that benefits the client directly by reducing maintenance costs through improved productivity. The whole system is backed by an efficient communication network to provide a round-the-clock Help Desk.

5. Product Maintenance

   Offshore maintenance of software products - customizing new installations, fine-tuning existing functionality's, porting to new versions of software and adding new features. Clients benefit through significant reduction of time-to-market and better competitiveness through reduced maintenance and development costs.

6. Web-centric Technology

   Capability to develop applications based on Java and other network computing platforms. Foundation offers clients with help to develop architectural frameworks that can extend host-centric applications to the web

7. Extended Enterprise Business

   At Foundation, our objective is to provide end-to-end solutions. As part of our business strategy, we first map the customers' needs and their business plan/focus. Our domain expertise in consulting studies aid us in this exercise to arrive at the customers relevant IT management needs, various 'interfaces' and how best to integrate them.

   The above process, then requires our comprehensive and cross-functional skills to help re-engineer the customer's IT environment. Wherever necessary, we innovate and improvise the methodologies to suit the customers' culture. Acting as 'change agents' we interact with the customer's teams and ensure smooth and effective knowledge transfer. Our role in many instances has been that of a blender - or management consulting and IT solutions.

   The scope of the services which we offer in the ERP business:

   • Integration

     ERP allows a considerable amount of integration between different divisions of the business. For example, marketing, accounting, purchase, warehousing, hr.… With the implementation of ERP system becoming more and more complex, customers are considering end-to-end ERP outsourcing as the best way to unleash the power of an ERP system, with minimum risk and maximum functionality.

   • Implementation

     The implementation of an ERP system involves a complex set of tasks, from selection and system design, to installation, tuning, maintenance and upgradation. The core set of technologies and capabilities needed to accomplish these tasks is often not obtainable in-house, due to high costs and lack of resources.

     Hence, customers outsource expertise while controlling costs and still are able to implement and maintain a strategic ERP system. The benefits of ERP outsourcing can be enormous, depending on the company, its business model, and the scope of its internal IT requirement and budget.

8. Setting up of Call Center

The Foundation Advantage:

Foundation offers the same full spectrum of off-shore software services, but our real-world global knowledge of industry and business, combined with comprehensive technical and functional expertise allows us to do it better, faster and at a lower cost.

Better: Through our off-shore software service facilities and network of India Partners, Foundation has a large pool of talented resource available to be in tune with any new requirement.

Faster: We can manage a team on-site and in India giving you 7X24 hour production, or in 60-90 days we can have a team of 100 or more software developers and engineers placed at your site.

Lower Cost: Since we are using resources and facilities in India, economies of scale allow us to deliver more value for less cost - typically 50 to 70% lower cost.