SMS Solutions Improves Enterprise Productivity
When you have a business which is spread across geographies, as the business owner, one of your prime focus areas might be consolidation of data from various sources and then analyzing the same to determine the trends and predict the forecasts, as accurately as possible. It is needless to say that slight modifications to the data from the points of sale might prove disastrous. Doing business in remote diverse areas has its own advantages including lesser costs of operation, lesser costs of maintenance, lesser perceived risks but it comes with its own share of thorns.
The data collected from your point of sales face issues reaching your central processing server. Getting the data intact from the points of sale, regional offices, remote work stations etc does in fact become a bottleneck in areas which are not connected via the internet or where the internet speeds are low. And when your business has to collect data from agricultural fields, where you can not always carry a laptop, the problem of centralized data collection amplifies. "Read more on SMS Solutions Improves Enterprise Productivity"..
Automated Education Evaluation System
When it is about improvement of quantitative skills of the students, and making a robust, secure, scalable system for the education and learning industry, Mindfire understands that the system needs to be completely foolproof. The client had a need to create a complete online, web-based system for an education package which could help students take up courses as per their weak areas, appear for tests, get measured on their performance and remedial courses suggested, automated. Expert architects at Mindfire designed the overall architecture and the system workflow from the concepts relayed by the client. The system was built in Java, PHP and MYSQL 5.x, ensuring scalability. With Open Source Java OMR utilization in the application, the EES (Education Evaluation System) removed the last piece of manual labor and made the application fully automated. "Read more on Automated Education Evaluation System"..
Activity Management System
When you are one of the largest insurance companies in the country, you have claims running into millions of pounds, you have employees who are scattered across throughout the country, and you have various levels in the same designation, and on top of it , multitudes of designations in the company and each level in each designation has hundreds of people, you need a system which not only tracks the information, the performance parameters of each of the people, but should also be robust, scalable, secure and user-friendly. When one of the largest insurance company in Romania faced this problem of consolidating all the information and making a system which catered to tracking correct information of its agents. The challenge lied in the timeframe available and also in understanding where to start so that the business for the company kept on running as usual without affecting the existing customers. The client was on the lookout for a mid sized vendor where it could share all the details without having to worry about the architecture of the application itself. They needed a web solution and were unsure whether the web version of such a massive application would be feasible, if at all. "Read more on Activity Management System"..
Project Management Portal Webparts Implementation
The client needed a project management portal to streamline its project creation and management process of each project throughout the project lifecycle. Basically an extranet project management portal in MOSS 2007 which could be easily used by different agents across the globe was needed. The complexity increased with the requirement of various different user levels and different permissions for each level. Finally, there was a requirement to automate the entire deployment process for the solution and/or features which needs to be carried out on the production server. Client was searching for offshore service providers who would have top project management experience with stable processes, who would be able to understand the subtle nuances of an intricate project management system. Mindfire pitched in with the solution and with its cutting edge expertise in SharePoint as well as Project Management experience of over 10 years, helped the client in building the application through SharePoint Webparts implementation. "Read more on Project Management Portal – Webparts Implementation..
Display Calibration Software : Migration - Windows to Mac OSX
The client firm (an OEM) had a great opportunity to sell 50 medical-grade display panels but its customer used Apple machines (Mac OSX based computers).The display-configuration management software for the panels required Windows OS – there wasn't any Mac version. Fortuitously, the customer willingly allowed a 6-month period for software migration, considering the quality of display panels on offer. Successful migration to Mac OSX thus became crucial to, what could possibly be a half a million-dollar deal. Client didn't have in-house Mac development expertise & six months was too short a time to do head hunting. Established IT vendors showed lack of willingness in taking up such a high-risk project considering strict timelines. Client contacted us at Mindfire Solutions at this time. "Read More on Display Calibration Software Case Study"...
Dynamic Document Management System: A nimble SaaS solution
The client firm (Leading Adobe Products, Graphics, Collaboration Software Company in CA, USA) had a vision of a possible product/system, which could help meet the requirements of its sales and marketing teams, who are the main people responsible for actual content in many significant documents. The rudimentary need was to focus on sharply reducing the turnaround time on getting the key updates made and delivering for publishing. "Read More on Dynamic Document Management System Case Study"...
Online Gaming Applications Suite: Porting from Windows to Mac OS platform
An online gaming client (World's Leading Listed Online Gaming Company), best known for its online Poker rooms, sought to increase their online players/users through an available Mac OSX platform user base. The idea was simple – migrate Windows gaming client applications to Mac OSX platform. The promise was enormous – multi-million dollar revenue opportunity for the client. The firm had a serious target to release the Mac versions – before World Series of Poker; all related advertisement campaigns were to ride on the event's popularity. Evidently, substantial budget and foolproof planning were required for definite and quick results. Client was wondering which offshore company to trust. "Read More on Porting from Windows to Mac OS Platform Case Study"...
QA/Test Automation using QTP: Extensive Workflow-based Software Systems
The client firm provides web-based environmental, quality, health & safety, and business-performance management solutions in Toronto, Canada, offering a library of over 65 unique software systems and modules, all of which strategically designed to address distinct specific business needs, to work either as stand-alone solutions or as seamlessly integrated combined solutions. Their software approach has high configurability, which allows the customers to build the perfect solution for their specific needs. How do they make sure it all works? The complexity implies tremendous QA/Testing efforts and respective/associated costs. A small change (any major/minor release to any software system/module) affects a considerable magnitude of workflows/scenarios. This gets worse if you consider the pure manual testing efforts. They needed to automate their testing efforts. The client firm was looking for an expert and reliable partner to help them with QA automation of various software systems and their interdependencies. "Read More on QA/Test Automation using QTP Case Study"...
Cross-Media Software Suite Development: Virtual Product-Development Team - Excellent Experience & Talent at Reduced
The client firm was facing resource and cost issues and had never contracted work to any firm locally or globally. Contracting work to another firm and that too in another country was a double-challenge for the client firm. "Read More on Virtual Product-Development Team Case Study"...
Wholesale Distribution Reporting System: For Sales Managers and Sales Representative
The client firm, a wholesale distribution software-consulting firm based in LA, California, provided comprehensive business solutions to its customers using on an ERP solution (based on Progress 9.1D database). Their supplied reporting application for sale/purchase, accounting, and inventory was too restricted and required a makeover to allow for quicker and easier inquiries to the financial data for multiple companies in a group, with better visual & text reporting features. "Read More on Wholesale Distribution Reporting System Case Study"...