Independent Software Vendors
The packaged software product industry is at the cusp of an inflexion point. Intense competition, shrinking product life cycles, growing technical complexities, shorter release cycles and the growing popularity of new trends like Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Social Media and mobility pose both additional challenges and opportunities to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). ISVs need to develop products that will keep pace with the rapidly changing technology platforms with far greater agility. They also need to tackle the perennial challenges of accelerating time-to-market, improving product quality, maximizing returns on R&D budgets and expanding their footprint into newer markets. While these scenarios mandate that product companies' plans effectively, embrace newer paradigms, they must also protect and leverage investments in their legacy products, as these are sustainable revenue avenues. RAAS works with the world's leading ISVs to address their toughest business challenges and drive growth. Our proven approach to global product development provides a compelling value proposition to our clients. RAAS can be your ideal partner to ably support you to

• Stay ahead of the technology curve with new-age solutions and frameworks.
• Select the right technology to last through the entire product lifecycle.
• Apply the global product development framework to substantially reduce time-to-market and development costs.
• Apply collaborative product development methodologies including distributed agile for multi-location development.
• Relieve the ISV of routine code base maintenance, thus freeing up valuable resources.
• Continue support for end-of-life and legacy products.
• Enable integration and interoperability with third party products.
• Tap the potential of emerging geographies, using our localization and internationalization services.
• Reduce TCO using a SaaS or Cloud model.

RAAS has successfully delivered a large number of products that demand high performance, reliability and scalability to ISVs. We understand the performance needs of a product and have the expertise to troubleshoot performance issues and provide solutions.
RAAS offers the following services for performance engineering:

• Performance analysis services
• Code refactoring services
• Database optimization services
• Test tool selection
• Test case creation and execution
• Load simulation
• Hardware and software sizing
• Hardware and software clustering

RAAS's interaction design services are constructed to ensure better product usability through improved design embedded in the software architecture. We deploy the User Cantered Design process, which ensures that adequate time is spent on improving design in the early phases of the design cycle.
RAAS delivers value to ISVs throughout the life cycle of product design and development by providing the following interaction and design services:

• Needs assessment
• Product evaluation
• Conceptual design
• Interface design
• Usability testing
• Design and develop ‘Help' feature

RAAS's interaction design services are constructed to ensure better product usability through improved design embedded in the software architecture. We deploy the User Centered Design process, which ensures that adequate time is spent on improving design in the early phases of the design cycle.
RAAS delivers value to ISVs throughout the life cycle of product design and development by providing the following interaction and design services:

• Needs assessment
• Product evaluation
• Conceptual design
• Interface design
• Usability testing
• Design and develop ‘Help' feature