Earlier this month, CedarCrestone announced the completion of its acquisition of E2E Consulting, a leading Oracle Certified Partner that specializes in providing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions using Oracle Fusion Middleware Technology.

The acquisition of E2E Consulting by CedarCrestone enables the combined company to better serve clients through an expanded set of services. CedarCrestone is now well positioned to partner with their Oracle applications clients to embrace SOA and include it as an integral and strategic part of their enterprise solution.

"CedarCrestone is thrilled to have E2E Consulting and its employees as part of our organization," said Cal Yonker, President and CEO of CedarCrestone.

E2E Consulting is on the leading-edge of embracing SOA technology and excels at communicating the value proposition in no-nonsense business language.

CedarCrestone looks forward to offering E2E Consulting's solutions to their current clients to provide an informative and established mechanism for delivering SOA.  

Please click here to view the complete Press Release.

Very few competitors have the ability to internally source highly skilled resouces through low risk, controlled processes at all levels of the PeopleSoft value chain including offshoring capabilities. As the Oracle/PeopleSoft customer base contemplates moves to future product versions including Oracle Fusion, tapping a full service partner with high quality, focused offshore operations will become increasingly important. India operations will enable CedarCrestone customers to achieve productivity gains through receiving high quality services at reduced costs.

The CedarCrestone Channel had the opportunity to sit down with Sudhir Javangula, General Manager of CedarCrestone's India Operation, to discuss the value and benefits that Offshoring brings to Oracle clients. As CedarCrestone is continually challenged by the market and customers to deliver high quality solutions at reduced costs, India has proven to be an important differentiator. The video interview will provide a close look into the evolution of CedarCrestone India Operation.

To view the six minute interview please click on the video image above.

As we've surveyed the enterprise application landscape in recent years, we've noticed a growing gap between what clients need and what solution providers are able to provide. No longer do clients simply need implementation or upgrade services. They need ways to optimize the ongoing maintenance of their applications.  Further, they need to determine how next generation technology can bring their business to the next level. The bottom line is they need a more holistic solution to not only serve them today, but advance their mission in the future.
 
Despite these changing needs, the solution provider community has in many ways failed to keep up.  As we see it, the solution provider community has become what we call "barbelled." On the one end of the barbell we find the Global Systems Integrators (SIs). It's true that the Global SIs have the breadth of capabilities to provide holistic solutions. However, unless a client is of significant size and willing to spend millions of dollars, these providers are just not interested.  On the other end of the barbell we find the niche providers. These organizations are generally very good at what they do. However, due to their size and lack of investment resources, they can only provide a part of the answer. 
 
CedarCrestone has bridged the gap. With a 25 year history of delivering client success, CedarCrestone's strategy is to better serve our clients by investing in our core capabilities based on market insight, client needs, industry trends and Oracle's strategic direction. This strategy has led us to a holistic solution set that combines industry based consulting, top tier managed services, and advanced technology services. It is through this combination that allows us to provide unique, differentiated solutions to our clients.