SVT Inc.
SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS
E-Business is sweeping the world into a new kind of economy and a new kind of society. A society of new mind sets and new ambitions but not divorced from old values - customer relationships, smart people, deft strategy, human ingenuity - these still matter.
As we forge ahead into the 21st century our honest endeavor is to provide total business solutions and breakaway business strategies. We are a team of visionary professionals ready to take our place in the revolution that has arrived.
Application Development
Our competencies stretch the full breadth of the value chain, from basic programming and Systems Integration to ERP and e-Business.
We can also offer expertise in Engineering Services, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, Embedded Systems, Web based technology applications and Internet based transactions services.
E-Business
E-Businessis the new paradigm that takes business to the next generation. E-Business is all about building your business on a strong foundation bringing suppliers, vendors, employees and customers together thereby transforming current processes into one seamless operation.
E-Business will fine-tune your business from the earlier simple e-commerce transactions and support business model changes such as:
- e-Commerce: From the earlier basic transactional model to drawing together of the entire value chain of suppliers, partners, customers etc.
- e-Customer Service: Build stronger with customers with a better 24x7.
- Business Intelligence: Build a more comprehensive database and use it to communicate more effectively.
- Supply Chain Management: Streamline end-to-end processes from SCM to CRM and secure a competitive advantage
Quality Assurance Methodology
Objectives
Quality Assurance is a planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that the software developed conforms to established technical standards and requirements.
SVT has an exhaustive Quality Assurance Plan, which can be implemented for every project. Our Quality Assurance Plan (QAP) contains a checklist for activities that have to be carried out to assure the quality of the project.
Quality Assurance Organizational Structure
A Quality representative is assigned to the project from the project proposal stage onwards.
The Quality representative reports to the Quality Manager and not to the Project Manager. This representative is involved in all the functions of the project like technical reviews, change management, problem tracking, etc.
The Quality representative is responsible for interacting with the team members to implement the quality procedures.
Performance Measures
Performance measures provide management with means of evaluating actual performance of the quality of the function against the defined business and customer needs.
Performance measures provide:
- A target to be met
- A control point for evaluation
- A means for monitoring progress in meeting quality objectives throughout the life cycle of the project
Other Features
Some of the other items covered in the Quality Assurance Plan are:
- Risk and Contingency Planning
- Reviews and Audits
- Tools and Techniques
- Records, Collection. Maintenance and Retention
- Planning for implementation of Quality Assurance Plan
- Configuration status accounting audit
- Testing
- Technical reviews
Business Quantitative Analysis
With the merging of communication and information technologies IT usage has become an integral part of any business. This has led to Strategic IT Planning becoming a critical factor for the success of any organization.
Today no organization can function in isolation. Organizations are forced to integrate with other organizations and the world, creating more business opportunities than were possible before the advent of IT and Worldwide Web.
We specialize in the following:
Front office quantitative analyst
In trading and sales operations, quantitative analysts work to determine prices, manage risk, and identify profitable opportunities. Historically this was a distinct activity from trading but the boundary between a desk quantitative analyst and a quantitative trader is increasingly blurred, and it is now difficult to enter trading as a profession without at least some quantitative analysis education. In the field of algorithmic trading it has reached the point where there is little meaningful difference. Front office work favours a higher speed to quality ratio, with a greater emphasis on solutions to specific problems than detailed modelling. Our highly skilled analyst are very well versed with IT and specialize in Java Swing technology, Python programming development, C++ programming just to name a few. SVT specializes to meet the expertise needed for front office quantitative analyst. Also, we can provide contractors or full time hires.
Quantitative Investment Management
Quantitative analysis is used extensively by asset managers. Some, such as AQR or Barclays, rely almost exclusively on quantitative strategies while others, such as Pimco, Blackrock or Citadel use a mix of quantitative and fundamental methods. Virtually all large asset managers and hedge funds rely to some degree on quantitative methods. SVT experts are well versed in all quantitative methods.
Library quantitative analysis
Major firms invest large sums in an attempt to produce standard methods of evaluating prices and risk. These differ from front office tools in that Excel is very rare, with most development being in C++, though Java and C# are sometimes used in non-performance critical tasks. LQs spend more time modelling ensuring the analytics are both efficient and correct, though there is tension between LQs and FOQs on the validity of their results. LQs are required to understand techniques such as Monte Carlo methods and finite difference methods, as well as the nature of the products being modelled. We have a great team of LQs available for contract assignments or full time hires.
Algorithmic trading quantitative analyst
Often the highest paid paid form of Quant, ATQs make use of methods taken from signal processing, game theory, gambling Kelly criterion, market microstructure, econometrics, and time series analysis. Algorithmic trading includes statistical arbitrage, but includes techniques largely based upon speed of response, to the extent that some ATQs modify hardware and Linux kernels to achieve ultra low latency. We specialize in provididng ATQs for contract or full time assignments.
Managed Services
Our Managed Services line of business spells operational excellence through software automation and proven experience.
SVT Managed Services helps companies save money and time and increase their effectiveness by deploying solutions that deliver the benefits of achieving business goals and improving customer relationships in addition to:
Reducing the growing complexity of systems management
The number and variety of systems deployed in IT today has created a wealth of monitoring data with little value. SVT Managed Services provides ways to process and consolidate this data into meaningful statistics – allowing insight into current deployments and improved planning for the future.
Reducing the risk of technology adoption
SVT Managed Services builds close partnerships with major technology suppliers, participating in early adopter programs to gain access to the latest hardware and software. You can leverage this advanced expertise to mitigate the risk of your deployment, insuring professionals trained on the latest technology manage your cutting edge applications,
Accelerating delivery times.
Rapid changes I business goals require rapid changes for IT. Our inventory of facilities, bandwidth, and devices, coupled with automated build procedure helps you respond to your changing needs by offering quick deployment times for systems and software.
Increasing the availability of your environment.
As the number and variety of systems increases, the need for process grows dramatically. To achieve mainframe-like availability for distributed systems, SVT Managed Services combines lights-out operations, clustering technologies, global change management, unified alert management, and 24 x 7 monitoring.
Decrease your exposure to treats
The amount of threats to your systems is growing, but adding to that concern are the increasing sophistication and persistence of attacks. SVT Managed Services combines the latest security tools with trained security professionals to create an environment focused on preventing threats from affecting your systems.
Ensuring business continuity for mission-critical applications
SVT Managed Services offers a service that combines deployment of applications in multiple data centers with real-time disaster recovery, putting business continuity at a price point significantly lower than traditional solutions.
Remote Management and Security
Our team of Remote Management Experts can monitor your infrastructure on a 24 X 7X 365 basis and provide your firm with the peace of mind that things are operational even when the rest of the organization is gone for the day.
SVT devised three key processes to manage online risk. They are:
(a) Detect
(b) Respond
(c) Prevent.
In addition we can offer organizations a comprehensive Security Plan built on the following premise:
- Confidentiality – The capability of an information system to protect Data from access by unauthorized persons or their agents.
- Availability - The capability of an IS to keep its resources and data available to its users despite disruptive events or conditions.
- Integrity - The capability to provide its services and processes in a manner that would not permit it to be altered (changed, corrupted, moved or destroyed) except as intended by authorized users.
System Integration
Whether it is solving problems, connecting people or helping them to work more efficiently there is always the challenge of doing things better - and faster. Sometimes technical innovation is the answer at others human ingenuity.
We provide consultancy services in the design of information systems, choice of applications and design of networks. We are frequently called upon to provide a single customer interface, integrating hardware, networking products, software and project management skills to ensure a successful systems rollout.
We translate legacy systems and new technologies into value for our clients.
Client Site Outsourcing
SVT can provide dedicated management teams, specific processes, infrastructure and delivery models set up with the sole purpose of achieving success in the global outsourcing business.
IT Infrasture Managment
Mission critical IT infrastructure demands the most reliable maintenance and ongoing support. Many firms today, prefer to outsource this function while remaining focused on core competencies.
We have many years of combined experience in managing and maintaining large complex legacy systems, and we don’t stop there. SVT can improve on the quality of existing applications and maintain your legacy software systems.
Application Management
Overview
All projects adhere to SVT Quality Management System (QMS). In situations where the customer’s procedures are required to be followed, the organizations process is tailored to evolve project-specific processes that conform to the mandatory practices and information capture requirements of QMS.
The project execution methodology will be documented in the Project Management Plan. A copy of this plan is sent to the customer as a contractual deliverable, if requested. The customer is however, always informed about the planned effort, schedule, cost deliverables and payment milestones based on the original plan and any subsequent revision. The contracts for projects vary from time and material or fixed price or multiple fixed-price basis. The reporting and review procedures on projects are based on guidelines for project
tracking as given in the Project Management Process Overview document in the QMS. The actual effort will be captured on-line for time and material contracts using customer’s templates wherever applicable.
The project file shall be used as an important monitoring tool for all projects to be executed by SVT. The Project Manager will open the project file before the project execution phase begins.
Project Management Plan
After the User Requirements stage, the project plans will be reviewed by the Project Manager to incorporate suggestions or revisions. If any of the plans revised, they will be sent to the customer for his comments, and if necessary, his approval. This ensures that all changes to the plans will be managed by assessing their impact on schedules, resources and budgets. This is in the best interest of good communication, to ensure that there are no surprises as a result of drifting requirements.
During each project review, all project plans will be re-evaluated to see if they need any modifications or updates. Necessary modifications will be made and update will be made and sent to the customer for his comments/approval. SVT project Manager will provide the latest copy of each plan to the customer’s project representative whenever there is a baseline version.
Project Management
The following are the various tools and methods used for managing the project.
- Controls, Monitoring and Measurement
- Project Reviews
- Technical Reviews
- Change Management
- Problem Management
- Configuration Management
System Management
We have expertise and extensive experience in managing the following operating environments.
Web Technology
ASP, Java Scripts, VB Scripts, HTML, DHTML, XML, XSL, Java Concepts, JDBC, JSP, Internet Information Server, Java Web Server and J2EE
Programming Language
Visual Basic, Java, Visual FoxPro and FoxPro
Database
SQL Server 6.5/7.0, Oracle 8i/9i, FoxPro and MS Access
Hardware
IBM PCs, Servers, Peripherals, RISC based Servers such as SUN, IBM RS6000, HP 9000 and Digital, Proprietary Systems such as IBM AS400, Tandem etc.
Operating System
UNIX, Solaris, HP UX, AIX, SCO UNIX, Linux, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell 3.x, 4.x, Intranetware etc.
Imaging and Document Management
The principal benefits of imaging technology are:
With the increasing acceptance of imaging technology, the demands of the market place have become increasingly sophisticated. Our efforts are based on a holistic implementation of imaging technology, which includes document management, workflow tracking, and recognition-based data entry/processing in organizations. Backfile conversions have become increasingly important to generate a viable starting condition for this whole process. For this we have assembled a specialized team of conversion engineers to facilitate the process in a reliable, time-bound and cost-effective manner.
The principal benefits of imaging technology are:
- Saving of storage costs. - Even if documents cannot be destroyed, they can be stored in a relatively inexpensive warehouse.
- Improved organizational efficiency. - Users of information get more time to act on the information stored in documents than chasing paper documents.
- Workflow management results in proactive management rather than a reactive condition
- Reduction in photocopying costs.
- Sharing of documents over a LAN/WAN by multiple users.
- Improved security of documents
- Preservation of documents. Old documents are not only preserved but can be digitally enhanced.
- Reduced communication costs.
Project Management
Our methodology relies on two important business tools. Project Management Solutions and a Portfolio Management Tool. These enable an overview approach to prioritizing projects by merging all project information and scorecard data into one visual model.
Change Management
In many cases, organizations respond to change through outsourcing. However, outsourcing is more than a tactical response to improve cost structures. It is a strategic issue that impacts the direction of the business, its ability to respond to changes in the competitive or regulatory environment, and to the shape of the internal organization structures and business processes themselves.
Outsourcing will transform the IT organization as well, changing the roles and responsibilities of technology professionals, and the relationships that they maintain with the rest of the business.
SVT Change Management Program capitalizes on our long experience in managing complex projects that involve significant organizational and technology change. Our proactive approach employs a structured methodology that helps organizations master the change process and benefit from it. Involving elements such as risk assessment, program management, contingency planning, training, and communications, Senos Change Management Program can help organization understand the short- and long-term impacts of change, acclimate your staff, and realize the benefits of outsourcing more rapidly.
Most organizations are constantly contending with changes to their competitive environment, business goals, organization structures, and technology strategies. Some of the prime instigators of change include merger and acquisition activity, sales patterns, new product competition, deregulation or re-regulation, changes in staffing priorities, and other factors.
In many cases, organizations respond to change through outsourcing. However, outsourcing is more than a tactical response to improve cost structures. It is a strategic issue that impacts the direction of the business, its ability to respond to changes in the competitive or regulatory environment, and to the shape of the internal organization structures and business processes themselves.
Outsourcing will transform the IT organization as well, changing the roles and responsibilities of technology professionals, and the relationships that they maintain with the rest of the business.
SVT Change Management Program capitalizes on our long experience in managing complex projects that involve significant organizational and technology change. Our proactive approach employs a structured methodology that helps organizations master the change process and benefit from it. Involving elements such as risk assessment, program management, contingency planning, training, and communications, Senos Change Management Program can help organization understand the short- and long-term impacts of change, acclimate your staff, and realize the benefits of outsourcing more rapidly.
Help Desk
SVT provides Level I & Level II support for UNIX (all flavors) NT / Windows 2000 and a variety of Desktop applications (MS Office Suite). Our members are generally certified in these specific areas and bring many years of experience with them.
