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>> BILLY DAVIS: Something that a lot of people
don't realize is how unique IEM is in the way it delivers and embeds
information technology into its solutions. Our solutions are delivered to a wide audience
in both the public and private sector; and one of the things we
have discovered over the past 25 years is that we can deliver higher quality
by incorporating what we call innovation threads into all of our projects.
Innovation is in our name and is something that we take very seriously
here at IEM. We actually begin to incorporate
innovation to our project at the very earliest stages of development;
that is, even as early as when initial requirements are
being gathered for the project. Whether it is a software development project
or a systems integration project, or an IT infrastructure project,
we fully utilize innovation at the very beginning.
For example, when applicable, we can analyze the customers' needs and
identify ways that we can reduce their cost by implementing
strategic design decisions early on that yield a better and more sustainable value
to them in the long term.
For an IT infrastructure project, this may involve a migration
to virtualization or cloud computing farms. And likewise,
for software development projects, that might include reducing
dependence on third-party licensing and development tools by incorporating open
source technologies where possible.
This is something that we have done for our customers in
Homeland Security and the Department of Defense for many years,
and we have saved them millions of dollars over
the lifetime of the projects. What this means is that we are not
just delivering a solution to the customer, but we are
delivering a cutting-edge solution that meets the requirements
not just for today, but for the future as well.
Oftentimes, this requires us meeting with our customers on the first
day a project begins and going through the discovery of how
we can meet and exceed their expectations. And these innovation threads are
key to making sure that the project gets started off right.
All the way from the requirements phase to the development and
final closeout. One of the other things we do
at IEM is, we incorporate a wide range of subject matter expertise
into all of our projects. For example,when designing
a software system,we utilize PhD cognitive psychologists
to assist with the usability of the application to ensure that
the final solution is usable by the target audience,
which can range widely in skill and function. That's why getting this right
in the design phase is extremely important and is often
overlooked by many companies. We believe our solutions should
incorporate the right subject matter expertise in the right areas.
We incorporate these diverse skill sets into the development of our solutions.
So at IEM it's not uncommon to have a PhD physicist working right next to a psychologist,
who is working right next to a senior software architect
or a database administrator. In fact, we aggregate our
project teams specifically to include as diverse of a team
as possible to ensure that all of the phases of a project
are infused with a combination of skill, design expertise, project management,
and teamwork. To learn more about IEM and the ways
that we deliver innovation and technology to our customers,
I'd like to recommend that you check out our website at iem.com.
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