Technological
Technological Expertise
Software vendors are constantly under pressure to meet market
demands within available budgets and in a short span of time.
VertexPlus productizing expertise has been proven by our
engagement with various ISV’s working on different types of
product, domains and technologies at different product life
cycle stages. our independent centers of excellence and
specialist groups contribute towards customer innovations.
Center of excellence
To be at the cutting edge of technology and innovation in the
software industry requires constant updating of skills and
rigorous R&D activities. Recognizing this, VertexPlus’s center
of excellence (CEO) are focused on staying abreast of the latest
innovations and developments in their specialized areas of
interest and how and where they can be tapped.
Our CEOs are also a store house of knowledge and best practices
gained from working on multiple software products in various
technologies, domains and lifecycle stages.
Technology
VertexPlus technology expertise encompass a wide range of
languages, platforms, tools and business solutions like:
- MS Technologies, Java Technologies, PHP, ASP, SQL
- Graphics, Multimedia and Flash development using strong
graphical tools
- Web Technologies (AJAX, JAVA Script, HTML, DHTML, XHTML, XML ,
CSS, RSS)
- Streaming Technologies
- Web 2.0 compatible services
- Cross browser compatible solution (IE 6.0/7.0, Mozilla firefox,
Netscape Navigator, Safari and Opera Macintosh)
- Multi Lingual Solutions
Product Stage
One of the biggest challenges for software vendor is to manage
the transformation throughout their product life cycle-from
early stage to growth, mature and decline stages of the product.
This transformation is like crossing the chasm, as it demand
varying combination of skills, processes and disciplines
throughout a product’s life cycle.
Early stage
- Begins with a robust new product idea
- The market is small and growing
- There are few or no competitors
- Finally, there are few beta customers
Growth stage
- Starts from a couple or more proven customers to a rapidly
growing customer base
- Increasing competition in the market
- Focus on building customer relationships and increasing the
number of customers
- Approach towards profitability
Mature stage
- Tremendous increase in volume of sales
- The product is well established in the market
- Focus is on increasing market share and exploring newer markets
- Feature introductions to the product to differentiate from
competing products
Decline stage
- The market is saturated with myriad products.
- Re-focus on service and maintenance revenues rather than new
license revenues for old product lines.
- The product become technologically obsolete.
- Need for ISVs to focus on product innovation/diversification of
product lines/finding new uses and markets for the product.