RAIN is a dynamic, open environment helping you to discover, develop and deliver sustainable new business models using collaboration and innovation to build the Service-Oriented Enterprise.
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Its goal is to help companies unleash business value from the constraints of traditional IT, transforming the business for customers, employees and shareholders.
Short for RApid INnovation, RAIN is a series of global, service-oriented environments uniquely designed to help organizations envision and embrace the future.
RAIN brings leading IT giants and pioneering software vendors together to focus on your specific business challenges, and then find, build and implement a tailored solution fast. With this approach, RAIN promises to reduce the implementation time of traditional IT projects by 40%.
Rapid Innovation makes businesses grow. Click an image below to hear reactions from three clients after engaging with the RAIN process.
SKF
SKF CIO Olle Johnson describes the impact a 4-day RAIN session had on the ball bearing manufacturer, providing a clear vision of how to bridge the gap between now and the future, with IT as the enabler.
City of Rotterdam
The City of Rotterdam’s Henk van der Rijt explains how the RAIN experience enabled him to understand that "rapid innovation can be done" with the right enablers. Henk participated in a 1-day collaborative session in the RAIN environment in Utrecht. He is the City’s Manager of Strategy and Integration.
KPN
KPN’s Martin Hoff participated in an intensive collaboration session in the RAIN environment in Utrecht. Hear him explain how the experience enabled the mobile telco to recognize that "creativity within IT brings you more innovation."
Capgemini and Intel are the founding partners of RAIN. Our exceptional intimacy, access to the Accelerated Solutions Environment, and the unique Integrated Architecture Framework make RAIN a clear choice for realizing the benefits of service orientation.
About Intel
Intel®, the world leader in silicon innovation, is helping accelerate the transition to SOE by designing its market-leading platforms to deliver new capabilities that benefit both IT and end-users, including Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology, Intel® Virtualization Technology and Intel® Active Management Technology. http://www.intel.com
About Intel Capital
The Intel Capital team seeks out and invests in promising companies worldwide working together to establish new and innovative technologies.
http://www.intel.com/capital
About Capgemini
As one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, Capgemini is an acknowledged leader in developing and implementing service-oriented approaches. We are leading the field in developing open standards and our own Integrated Architecture Framework. http://www.capgemini.com
Download materials from representative RAIN partners below:
- JackBe (PPT)
- InSync RFID (PPT)
- Space Time Insight (PDF)
- PIe Matrix (MP4)
