Deepak Kumar is CTO and Founder at Adaptiva. He is responsible for strategic product direction and leads the development organization. He was the lead program manager with Microsoft's Systems Management Server 2003 team and program manager with the Windows NT Networking team. Prior to Microsoft, he was a group manager for IP Telephony products at Nortel. Dr. Kumar has received five patents related to his work on SMS 2003 at Microsoft and has written more than 50 publications, including a book on Windows programming. While at Microsoft, Dr. Kumar also authored the Thinkweek paper for Bill Gates that became Project Greenwich, now known as Microsoft Office Communications Server / Lync.
Corporations around the globe rely on having highly efficient IT networks,
and introducing a new piece of enterprise software into the mix will have a
far-reaching impact on the entire organization. The decision to purchase and
implement new business IT software is not one to enter into lightly. The
process may be convoluted because it may affect many different parts of the
business and can be difficult to manage without a dedicated workforce
focusing solely on software implementation and integration. This article will
present a set of recommended cost/benefit criteria that should be considered
when evaluating, implementing and measuring the ROI of implementing new IT
management systems.
Cost of Deployment Across the Enterprise - Enterprises today demand the rapid
deployment of new software to get up and running quickly and reduce lag time
in their operations. Red... (more)
Deepak Kumar is CTO and Founder at Adaptiva. He is responsible for strategic product direction and leads the development organization. He was the lead program manager with Microsoft's Systems Management Server 2003 team and program manager with the Windows NT Networking team. Prior to Microsoft, he was a group manager for IP Telephony products at Nortel. Dr. Kumar has received five patents related to his work on SMS 2003 at Microsoft and has written more than 50 publications, including a book on Windows programming. While at Microsoft, Dr. Kumar also authored the Thinkweek paper for Bill Gates that became Project Greenwich, now known as Microsoft Office Communications Server / Lync. 
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