The 2009 Year in Review
A look back at the top 10 iRise related stories of the past year

CIO Magazine: FedEx Speeds Delivery with iRise
FedEx's use of visualization software helps company staffers collaborate more concisely on new software features for online customers

In September, CIO magazine published a great article about how Rob Carter, global CIO at FedEx, has driven accelerated application delivery by making a strategic bet on visualization from iRise. From the article:

"The real story that lurks out there, plaguing every CIO, is the complexity of it all," Carter says. "How can we introduce things faster? How do we enable a business to move more quickly? That's where we can create the most value." The ability to dynamically and visually show what a developing product will look like generates "a lot of excitement and speed in the front-end processes," the CIO adds. "That's the primary time when you're working with business." Read More

Capgemini Standardizing on iRise
North America Technology Services transforms delivery with enterprise visualization

In October, Capgemini U.S. LLC, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, announced that they are standardizing on visualization solutions from iRise in North America to engage with clients from initial discovery through solutions delivery. Visualization is being adopted as a capability that aligns with Capgemini's strategic framework for services delivery, as well as Capgemini's Center of Excellence (COE) network which offers Capgemini's Rapid Design and VisualizationTM (RDVTM) services.

"In today's fluctuating markets and economic climate, companies are looking at new ways to have technology services implemented, and how the success of the project is quantified and measured," said Lanny Cohen, chief executive officer, Capgemini U.S. LLC. "Capgemini is leading the way in working with clients to find new ways of delivering sustainable results and value. Visualization is a clear competitive advantage because it is a proven strategy that is aimed at improving our clients' ROI, reducing risk and cutting rework costs by potentially up to 70 percent, enabling us to deliver projects faster." Read More

Visualization Changes App Dev At UPS
Featured InformationWeek article in January discusses how UPS adopting iRise significantly improved their process

Most business software gets written wrong the first time. Usually by a little, sometimes by a mile, but almost always because of the difficulty of capturing every requirement up front.

That held true at UPS, despite close ties between business units and IT teams. "Business users really don't know what they want until they see it," says Bruce Besserer, UPS's systems manager for enterprise data architecture. "That's really the crux of the problem." UPS's solution, championed by CIO David Barnes, includes using simulations that show how a person can interact with an application before even prototype code gets written, using visualization software from iRise. Read More

BP Adopts iRise Visualization Platform
Visualization key to BP's application consolidation & global sourcing initiatives

In April, BP, one of the world�s largest energy companies, adopted solutions from iRise with the intent of visualizing and fully experiencing new software applications before development. This new approach is designed to eliminate ambiguity and get the right systems delivered the first time � on budget, on time and with all the features needed by the client.

Users around the world will be able to interact with and fully experience visualizations of the proposed solutions and provide feedback in real time. The application definition team at BP can then rapidly iterate to the right answer in a fraction of the time it would take with traditional methods. Read More

Haworth Transforms Application Definition with iRise
iRise first helps transform Haworth website, then business critical projects

In August, Haworth, a $1.6 billion global manufacturer and designer of organic workspaces and office furniture, announced it has transformed its application definition process on business critical software projects by using iRise to visualize solutions before development. iRise visualizations have already been used in a major redesign of the www.Haworth.com website, the release of an Apple iPhone application and a large SAP project that is being coded with offshore resources. Haworth experienced dramatically shorter requirements cycle times on these projects and improved communication between business and IT, resulting in faster time to market, lower project cost and improved software quality. Read More

RELATED: Manufacturer Looks To iPhone To Help Boost Sales
Haworth's success using iRise to help build an iPhone app, while using Facebook and Twitter to drive customers into its showrooms is detailed in this InformationWeek article. Read More

SAP® Consulting Leverages iRise Visualization
Fully immersive visualizations to be used in all phases of client engagement model

SAP (NYSE: SAP), the world�s leading supplier of business software, announced in August that SAP Consulting in North America will adopt enterprise visualization software from iRise to engage with clients from initial proposal pursuit through solutions delivery.

�Visualization allows us to accelerate the delivery of business software with low risk,� stated Ross Wainwright, executive vice president for North America Field Services, SAP America, Inc. �Companies of all sizes rely on SAP to run their businesses. Today, customers are even more focused on implementation duration, time-to-value and the overall simplification of SAP�s roadmap. By adopting visualization from iRise, we can provide this simplification and assist our clients in clearly capturing their vision. In turn, we help mitigate risk and implement in the shortest time possible.� Read More

RELATED: iRise Ships Visualization Solution For Use With Implementations of SAP® Solutions

iRise User Group Meetings a Big Success
October meetings held in 6 cities across the country have big impact

Throughout October, iRise held a series of six regional User Group Meetings. The agenda in each city featured case studies, product roadmap presentations and interactive user panels. For those not able to attend, we�ve got you covered. Videos of key note and customer case studies, along with a copy of each presentation, have been posted on the iRise website. They include:

JPMorgan Chase: Implementing iRise

Capgemini: How Visualization Relates to a Changing Focus for Business and IT

Bank of America: Using Visualization & Tollgates to Support Business Goals

Haworth: Creating 'The Agency Within'

GMAC/Ally Bank: eCommerce - Strategy and Design

Northwestern Mutual: Using Visualization as a Tool for Organizational Change

Deloitte Consulting LLP: Making the Complexities of the Tax Process Come Alive

First American Financial Services: iRise Implementation at First American

OneSpring: Case Study JAM Session� - Experience Your Requirements

FedEx: Implementing Visualization to Drive Quality

Delta: Effective Ways UX Professionals Can Provide Value With Less

22 videos and presentations available from 6 cities. View All

The OneSpring® iPhone SimDK� Released
Premier iRise partner released their iPhone Simulation Developer�s Kit� (SimDK�), a free toolkit for the design of custom iPhone applications inside of iRise, at no cost

The OneSpring iPhone SimDK is a complete toolkit for the design of custom iPhone applications. It offers a template guide that matches the form factor of the iPhone to help ensure designs can be accurately reproduced with the Apple SDK. The toolkit includes everything you need to build a high fidelity simulation of iPhone application in iRise including menu icons, slider and button action behaviors, dozens of interface elements and more. Helpful guides provide tips on making the most of the SimDK. �iRise for iPhones�� gives the ability to quickly prototype the look, feel and behavior of iPhone applications, including screen transitions, typing, sliding, etc., before any coding, saving time during product ideation and speeding up delivery of finished apps. For the first time, iRise for iPhones is now free for download direct from iRise and OneSpring. To learn more and to download: Click Here

iRise Ships Integration to IBM Rational Requirements Composer
Interactive, immersive software visualization teams with IBM requirements tool

iRise Connect for IBM Rational Requirements Composer makes high fidelity iRise visualizations instantly accessible from within the IBM Rational Requirements Composer� environment. The combination of IBM and iRise now provides a richer requirements definition solution supporting a variety of elicitation and definition methods. This integration is designed to eliminate wasteful cost overruns and delays by ensuring IT organizations are documenting and tracking the right business needs � the first time. Read More

iRise Closes Record Quarter & Fiscal Year 2008
Software revenue for Q4 2008 beats entire 2007 total

Back in January, iRise announced that software revenue for the just completed fiscal Q4 2008 surpassed the entire fiscal year 2007 total. In addition, software revenue for 2008 increased by 50% over the previous year, making fiscal year 2008 a record for the company.

�The current economic climate is actually fueling our dramatic growth,� stated Emmet B. Keeffe III, CEO and co-founder of iRise. �In today�s economy it�s more imperative than ever to find ways to cut IT cost and deliver more effectively in a global model. Many organizations are now making visualization a standard for how they define and deliver mission-critical systems.� . Read More