ICEPortal

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Apache Cordova – Open Source Mobile Frameworks

Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Microsoft that is focused on engaging with open-source communities and developing stronger relationships with those communities. The company has been heavily involved with numerous business groups. It has also been a part of evolving the standards initiatives across Microsoft, such as W3C’s HTML5 and many different cloud standards.

Business Need

Apache Cordova is a highly popular platform for building native mobile applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Apache Cordova graduated in October 2012 as a top level project within the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). As part of our collaboration with Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc, our developers were asked to contribute to Apache Cordova by adding support for Windows Phone 7 (Mango) and Windows Phone 8 (Apollo).

Solution
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For several months, our developer worked diligently with the Apache Cordova and Microsoft teams to bring support for Windows Phone. We actively participated in every project phase, including system design, coding, and testing.

The following tasks were performed to accomplish the project:

Implementing Javascript<->C# bridge and other core functionality for Windows Phone.
Implementing Cordova Api: File, Camera, Capture, Media.
Additional plugins implementation: Facebook, LiveTile.
Adding support for Windows Phone 8; implementing Windows Phone 8 specific functionality and features
Tracking and fixing system bugs that arose.

This was the best platform we have ever used.

Comments

As a result, Apache Cordova released statements praising our developers, regarding them as highly valuable resources.

“The commit history will say the same thing, but for those that like the high level, I have to give [Akvelon employee] a huge tip of the hat for his awesome contributions along the way. [Akvelon employee] is responsible for a LOT…”
“The majority of the effort has been done by [Akvelon employee] with tech support from the MSOpenTech team.”

Our developer put in a tremendous amount of work into WP8. He had already made numerous contributions to Apache Cordova for Windows Phone 7 (WP7), so he inevitably knew his way around Cordova.

Process

Akvelon applied its best practices for the solution design and implementation:

In-depth analysis of the business need based on historical data and brainstorming sessions with the company management.
Road-map arrangement: goals, deliverables, milestones, specifications, estimations, and communications.
Software design and development.
IT consulting related to solution implementation.
System deployment: testing, local demonstration, and solution feedback providing improvements to resolve additional queries.
Regular communication with the client to provide post-sale services and support.

Benefits and Results

Can now use Cordova to write web apps for Windows Phone.
Increase in productivity due to a simplified development process.
Can now use code base of existing Cordova apps to run on Windows Phone, which can decrease development and maintenance costs for multiplatform scenarios.
Increased number of mobile web apps in Windows Phone market.

04 Oct ICEPortal

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ICEPortal – Content Management Platform

ICEPortal is one of the largest content providers of travel and leisure-related visual content online. ICE Portal produces 360° virtual tours, WebShows, videos, and eBooks for the travel industry’s leading suppliers (hotels, destinations, cruise lines, vacation rentals, attractions, etc.) ICE converts content to the correct size, format, category,and brands it cheap mlb jerseys for delivery to multiple channels in many different languages.

Business Need

ICEPortal was mainly a photo and content wholesale jerseys production company seeking cutting-edge technology to change its business processes. Due to the rapid growth of its client audience, ICEPortal needed to upgrade technology, streamline content creation and management processes, and design an online wholesale jerseys China platform capable of supporting growth. Akvelon proposed an entire business model to meet those needs.

Solution

We developed a solution leveraging Microsoft .NET technology along with Microsoft SQL Server. It provided a scalable, manageable, and upgradeable web platform to lay the foundation for By ICEPortal’s success.
This solution provides ample cheap jerseys functionality and includes multiple features:

eBooks (electronic versions of books, brochures, catalogues with hi-resolution images)
Brochure Management Tool
Invoice Manager
Brochure Smart Links
360° Virtual Tours
Live Image Manipulation
Image Admin
Custom Features (based on specific business needs)
XML Interface

Following the system implementation, Akvelon signed an agreement to provide ongoing maintenance, support, and upgrades for ICEPortal. We are proud to provide Impressum 99.99% uptime for the service and 24/7 support.

This was the best platform we have ever used.

Benefits and Results

Improved overall company performance.
- Subsequently, ICEPortal has grown into a visual content distribution powerhouse, providing millions of content views per day with a monthly growth of 8%.
Increased company visibility.
- Based on the new business model, ICEPortal has established long-term partnerships with major industry players, including Orbitz, Travelocity, Priceline, Obrazy Expedia, etc.
Increased revenue.
- The advanced technology solution brought new and notable clients to ICEPortal. It helped make ICEPortal the easiest and most efficient way for hotels and resorts (such as Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, Westin, and others) to deliver their content to 30,000+ leading travel websites and search engines worldwide.

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