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United States Department of Agriculture

Application Integration

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Service Description

NITC can provide the professional services required for integrating and administering enterprise-class business applications.

What is Included

  • Application architecture planning
  • Application integration expertise and consultation
  • Application software installation, maintenance, and support
  • Supported Applications Services include, but are not limited to::
    • Web Applications Servers such as IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, JBoss and Tomcat
    • Content Management solutions such as Oracle WebCenter Content and IBM Web Content Manager
    • Web Servers such as IBM HTTP Server, Oracle HTTP Server and Apache
    • Business intelligence suites such as IBM Cognos and Oracle Business Intelligence
    • Many other Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products.
    • IBM MQ Series™

How We Charge

Charges are based on actual numbers of professional services hours.

Price Drivers:

Service Level Metrics

Measure Service Level Targets
Incident Response 24 x 7

Cost Saving Tips

  • Avoid greater costs associated with high priority service
  • Engage project team early to document requirements
  • Minimize changes during project delivery
  • Avoid historical project cost estimation
  • Ensure that all requirements are documented

Additional Information

  • Customer acceptance of deliverables is required
  • Administration and support for other application software is considered on a case-by-case basis

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