Enterprises need to execute their IT strategy in a planned manner, accounting for their short-, medium- and long-term business needs.

IT architecture is a crucial part of this process at many levels. At the highest level, it helps translate IT strategy into a set of technology principles and standards that need to be adhered to by all applications in the enterprise, or solutions under consideration. It can also help make actual build-buy-adapt decisions for various application components based on knowledge of the enterprise’s existing application portfolio.

i-flex Consulting offers all these capabilities through its IT Architecture offering. A special area of focus is Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), which we view as a key architectural direction for the financial services industry to adopt. In this area, i-flex is developing methodologies and service and process models that can accelerate the successful adoption of SOA in an enterprise. Our belief is that the key business benefits of SOA can only be achieved when one adopts an end-to-end process perspective.

i-flex has successfully developed and implemented large-scale solutions for financial services around the globe, using the latest technologies. We bring to our customers our knowledge of the financial services industry as well as practical knowledge on current IT trends and technologies. Our focus on SOA is based on our strong relationship with key vendors in this area, and our intimate knowledge of banking and financial services processes and practices.