Muhammad Omer is the founding partner at Allied Consultants. Areas of interest for him are entreprenuership in organizations, IT Management, Integration and Business Intelligence.
Business Intelligence

BI on a shoestring budget for small and medium enterprise

Abstract IT organizations are under pressure to deliver more bang-for- the-buck. Intelligence delivered on existing corporate data is usually viewed as low hanging fruit that.  For small organizations, executing these projects cost-effectively remains a daunting challenge. Based on over 10 years of working small and medium sized companies, we share 10 tips that can help. 10 […]

Business Intelligence
Iterative Business Intelligence

Iterative Business Intelligence

Traditional software development process relied on waterfall based model. Progress flows from phases passing through requirements, design, implementation, and verification and maintenance. Next phase cannot start when the current phase is incomplete. Clients didn’t have a working prototype and they were out of the picture for what actually was being developed till the final delivery. […]

Technology

PASS MADE Principal for Software Architecture

Recently I’ve come across an acronym called PASS MADE, which is interesting to memorize some important principals on Software Development; it looks like this: Performance Availability Security Scalability Maintainability Accessibility Deployability Extensibility We’ll have a brief look at each of these and then look at a few other possibilities for requirements. Remember, though, that all […]

US Customs

First Step towards ACE Portal Application

ACE Portal Application and Program Participation To take advantage of the latest ACE Secure Data Portal capabilities company must register for it first. Benefits of establishing a Portal account include the following: file manifests electronically; make periodic payments on an interest-free monthly basis; file and process formal consumption entries and informal entries, including Automated Broker […]

US Customs

Integration with U.S. Customs Automated Commercial System (ACS)

Automated Commercial System (ACS) As shipments of raw materials, parts, and finished goods cross national borders, they must pass through customs. Today, the United States Customs Service allows shippers and consignees to submit customs declarations and receive customs releases electronically. In April 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began rolling out an electronic cargo […]