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Industries : Media, Information & Entertainment

Overview

The media, information & entertainment (MI&E) industries are experiencing a rapid shift into digital content and multi-channel distribution models.  Industry analysts from Gartner, IBM, IDC and others agree that converging forces are driving MI&E players to open content up to more distribution channels, demanding more enterprise-level management of their assets, billing process and delivery formats.  All MI&E businesses–from publishers to information providers, syndicators and advertisers–face the same challenge: augmenting the value of their content and their customers–at faster speed and lower cost.

Growth projections for MI&E are dramatic:
Industry analysts see the information provider market growing to over $350B by 2008
The market for search, aggregation and syndication will experience a compound annual growth of 17% from 2006 to 2009, to $68 billion in revenues

IDC predicts an acceleration of “information as a service” into applications like human resources and financial services

The move to electronic distribution models does not come without risk–in some cases risk to traditional business models themselves. Pure-play digital players are re-defining traditional channels and even the definition of content itself–blogs, community input and user ratings as popular examples. The application of Web 2.0 and advanced search engines to building “sticky” on-line user experiences require new disciplines, such as component software architecture and information analysis. And, content providers are evaluating the alternative business models of search-based advertising, syndication and for-fee distribution.
Virtusa’s Media, Information & Entertainment practice brings the consulting and the technology execution that leverage these new media forces into competitive advantage. We apply our time-tested global delivery model for developing high-value software for Global 2000 companies to MI&E’s unique challenges. Notable examples include: 
 
We apply our expert business analysis services to produce information architectures and “business process visualization” that align process and functional requirements.
We apply our Productization® methodology to rationalize media industry back-office systems and content sources in a way that leverages our clients’ existing assets and processes, and maximizes return.
We provide the end-to-end technology services that power the new MI&E business models.  From conception through delivery, these services include editorial workflow and re-purposing, content management, Web 2.0 and search-driven information applications, and such back-office functions as distribution rights management and billing/contract systems.

Media, Information & Entertainment Solutions

      Publishing and Information         Web Portal and Information Applications
  • Content analysis and architecture
  • Content management (Vignette) and digital asset management
  • Editorial workflow and content re-purposing
  • SOA integration and information-as-a-service application development
  • Vista’s publishing fulfillment platform
  • Web 2.0 product development (AJAX)
  • Enhanced search implementations
  • Personalization and CRM/BI integration
  • Commerce and catalog capabilities
      Search/Aggregation/Syndication        MI&E Back Office
  • Content application analysis, prototyping
  • Multi-database, real-time information delivery
  • Search-driven user design and development
  • Integration of content-in-context feeds with portals, extranets and personalized micro-sites
  • Entitlement/fulfillment
  • Digital asset and metadata management (including Microsoft Sharepoint)
  • Back-office system rationalization
  • Enterprise business intelligence
  • Advanced workflow and business rules optimization using Pegasystems’ platform
Partner Product Services
Virtusa offers consulting & IT services for content management, digital rights management, enterprise search and MI&E back offices, and has key partnerships to provide comprehensive solutions to MI&E clients:
Vignette: As a Vignette long-term product engineering and implementation partner, Virtusa provides a full range of Vignette services, including consulting, deployment, custom development, hosting and support services. Our unique software platforming approach focused on asset reuse, optimized global delivery model, and experience in building and implementing Vignette products, enables us to reduce your deployment time and implementation cost.
FAST: Virtusa partners with FAST to create build-to-order technology solutions that address the difficult business challenges that media, information and entertainment companies face.  Our FAST services include enterprise search design and implementation, solution maintenance, data transformation, cleansing and loading. FAST’s scaleable and flexible search platform with Virtusa’s global delivery model offers customers much more for much less.
 
 
 
 
Presentations:
Challenges in Managing Digital Rights for Professional Publishing - Presented at DAM Conference, Los Angeles, November 12-13, 2007

Case Studies:

A Global Leader in Information Services Leverages Virtusa’s Platforming Approach
Virtusa Teams with Vignette to Deliver 50% Cost and Time Savings in Website Development for the UK’s Leading Broadcasting Company
Virtusa Reduces Order-to-cash Cycle Time for Enterprise ICT Division of a Global Communications Services Company

Data Sheets:

Virtusa’s Media, Information & Entertainment Practice
Virtusa Delivers Strategic End-to-End Technology Solutions for Media, Information & Entertainment Market (FAST)
Publishing Expertise Coupled with Engineering Excellence (Vista)
Take Control of Your Quality - Virtusa’s Software Quality Assurance Services

White Papers & Points of View:

The Business of Software Quality Assurance
Improving IT Project Decisions through Business Process Visualization
Increasing Business Agility Through IT Platforming
 
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