Develop Forward & Reverse Auction Applications

Start-up Company needed to develop auction engine with highly efficient search engine capability to support millions of online visitors.

Problem: Greatest urgency was the time factor… 60 days… because the infrastructure needed to be built and implemented as close to yesterday as possible in order to capitalize on a Beatles and other famous musicians' memorabilia auction. Client needed a 10-man team but ended up wasting 15-days to just recruit 2 candidates without fully compliant skill sets. Client also set aside a budget of $180,000.

Solution: An existing client referred Client to us. In 3-days, our management team was able to finalize the domain of the project. Within 10-days we were able to bring in 3 of our software engineers from India for onsite development to work with an additional 7 member team based in India. Within a total of 45-days the project was completed and live online for a total price of $65,000. After the completion of this project, the CTO of this Client was so impressed that he decided to contract with us for a dedicated 6-member team for their applications maintenance.

Bottom Line: Project was completed 15-days early and 65% below budget.

Golf Course Automation and Real-time Tee-time Schedules

Client needed to develop industry-specific golf course automation software for nationwide online public access to 100% available tee-time schedules and management.

Problem: Initial planning exceeded 1-year. Of $1 Million budget, this client spent in excess of $250,000 unsuccessfully with different development companies, over a 9-month period, to build their golf course management grid. Client was frustrated to the point that he began to doubt the technical viability of project. Project had to be completed within 7-months before running out of funds and multiple commitments were at risk to not being fulfilled to golf courses.

Solution:Client was referred to us via their attorney. In 10-days, our management team was able to finalize the specifications of the project and select the offshore development team in India. The first version of the grid was completed within the first 60-days. Total project was completed within 5 ½ months at a cost of $125,000. One of client's prospective investors evaluated this application and estimated its market value at $2 Million.

Bottom Line: Project was completed 45-days early and 87.5% below budget.

Database Migration from MS SQL to Oracle 8i plus Optimization of Application

Client is an online transaction service company. Client was receiving 1-2 million hits/day on their backend SQL server database running their applications.

Problem: Users started complaining to Customer Service that pages were loading very slowly. Client wanted to migrate from MS SQL server to Oracle 8i as well as optimize their database and application. Client wanted the first version of optimization and database migration to be completed within 45-days. Client requested quotes from Oracle Corp.. and other 3rd parties: Oracle quoted around $300,000 and the 3rd parties in the neighborhood of $100,000, each imposing a minimum of 3-months.

Solution: An existing client referred Client. Client chose us due to their technical evaluation of our
1) technical team; 2) timeline (60-days); and quote ($50,000). By day-2, our team started working with this Client. Within 1-week we submitted a Migration & Optimization Plan for Client's review. Upon approval, we were able to implement this project successfully within 45-days

Bottom Line: Project was completed on time and 50% to 83% below other quotes.

IT Staffing: Reduce Cost by 25% to 30%

Client wanted to reduce spending of its IT department by a minimum of 25% to 30%.

Problem: The capital-intensive requirement of all application maintenance and production support needed to be reduced immediately. Client was utilizing outside consultants who were not willing to take a 30% reduction in fees. Clients existing overhead included a 6 to 9 member consulting team, costing $75,000 to $100,000 per month. Client wanted to retain 2 of the consultants only.

Solution: Existing Client. Client asked us if there was anything we could do for them. Within several business days we submitted a proposal to the CTO. We proposed a 2-member onsite team to work with our Client and a 5-member offshore support team in India. What our Client was paying for just two (2) of their existing Consultants covered the cost of our entire proposal.

Bottom Line: Even with our Client retaining (2) of their higher-cost Consultants, we were still able to reduce Client's overhead in excess of 50% within 1-month from start.