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ü Screening criteria where investment advice should be filtered and sent to clients via SMS.
Requirement: The client had specific requirements that could enable the application to deliver the desired results. The client specifications included points mentioned below that Decos developers had to consider in order to arrive at a solution suiting the client’s need:
1. Pricing & Quotes Engine
The pricing engine should provide delayed or live quotes for the investor.
2. User Attributes & SMS Gateway
All investment advice needs to be sent to the user via SMS, Yahoo Messenger or email medium. All SMS/E-Mail copies need to be saved in website backend where client’s team can review it and or send revised SMS about performance.
3. Graphs & Detailed Performance
All scripts which are entered from the quotes engine need to be categorized into a number of sub-heads like industry, markets or indices a specific script belongs to. This data needs to be graphically represented in a manner as desired by the client. Data should not be represented for all the scripts but only a handful of them which are in the client’s portfolio. The investor should also be able to compare his performance with other top traders in the product and with an average benchmark. This should be variable at all times and should be decided by the application automatically.
4. Payment Gateway Integration & Access Rights
The payment gateway will need to be integrated with the application and further according to the number of subscription plans should be able to decide the user permissions.
There needs to be a provision for entering all this data and creating a user id by the application manually from the backend. Access rights to the back end of the application could be awarded to any of client’s internal staff by the administrator.
5. Complete Web Development
The portal should not be more than 15 pages apart from the application.
Decos Solution:
Decos analyzed the client requirement and based on that decided to have the following modules in the application, these modules would provide the functionality & features as specified by the clients:
1. Client & Advisor Module
This module should consist of 2 interfaces for the investors – which present a snapshot of the portfolio and the comparative analysis. There should be 2 windows for the advisor which should present a group and individual overview of the advisors’ clients.
2. Different Portfolio Modules
The client had nine different asset classes which need to be tracked in the portfolio. The asset classes were divided in different portfolio modules- 3 from cash segment (stocks, fixed income. etc.), 3 different derivative instruments (forex, commodities. etc.), 1 for mutual funds, 1 for Insurance and 1 for tracking net assets.
3. Transaction Statement & Portfolio Holdings Module
This module works as a backend brain and calculates and keeps track of what happens in the portfolio with respect to automatically adding entries for buy/sell of different asset classes.
1. Advisor Panel
This is the brain of the entire project. It is responsible for delivering customized advisory stock tips via SMS, E-Mail and Yahoo IM at the click of the button.
2. Chat Applications & Live Support
Live Support application and a chat application which is for the users to interact amongst themselves.
3. Group Management & Performance Page
The advisors can manage their client groups and issue logins and show their performance on the portal.
4. Quotes Application
This application delivers quotes either live or end of the day for the entire application.
5. Website Design & Registration Page
Registration page should allow users to sign up for regular services on the portal and advisors by paying money.
Technologies being used for this solution: Windows, Linux, DreamWeaver, PHP, Javascript, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, MySQL.
The Result: Decos team built the portfolio management application and the portal of 15 pages with rich user interface. Decos took care of all the requirements of the client and built the modules mentioned above to give the complete solution. The project was developed by a team of 4 highly experienced and talented PHP specialists. The project took 6 months to complete and Decos is working on the maintenance of the portal for the client.
Decos Software Development a Dutch Indo company is providing Onshoring solutions for European countries especially for The Netherlands.
The USP of Decos Onshoring Solution is that we provide Technical Architects (TA) – our experts with the right mix of technology & business expertise, to you onsite. Our TA works with you on your business idea and helps you to plan the transformation of it into a real software. TheTA does hand holding throughout the software development life cycle and consults you on the technologies to be used, product features and the best possible technical solutions that would help you to conceive a world class software product.
Decos has 150+ highly qualified software engineers having expertise in areas such as Biztalk, SharePoint, Java, PHP, Silverlight, ASP.NET. Decos can provide these technical experts onsite to work with you at your premises.
Choose from our resource pool of technologies- please visit www.decos.in OR write to us at info@decos.in.
Decos Human Resource Management System
Business Case: The client is a Netherlands based IT solution provider. The HR Administration of the client was falling short of controlling the employee’s activities such as – identifying employees’ strengths and weaknesses, analyzing employee performance during appraisal, analysis of employee performance based on the projects the employee executed.
In the existing system the following problems were encountered:
Requirement: The client required a customized solution for the HR department which can- update the employee details whenever there is a change in the employee, provide platform to the employee to bring to table the suggestions and encourage the employees to post their requirements to the HR.
This solution can allow the HR to identify an employee in the organization, view entire details of the employee through different employee Ids’.
Decos Solution: The system developed by Decos is completely web enabled and provides detailed information about the employee such as Educational, Certification, Skill and Project details. It enhances the HR Management in adding, viewing and updating employees’ details and generates various reports regarding employee’s skill and experience. Suggestions and Grievances posted by the employees are accessible and can be stored for future action.
Modules in Decos “Human Resource Management System”
Employee Info Module:
This module deals with the management of the employee information such as the personal details, qualification, skill, experience, login id, password, etc….
Recruitment Module:
This module deals with the management of the employee information such as the hiring of the eligible candidate, payments criteria, his personal information maintenance etc.
Project Management Module:
This module deals with the management of the projects related with the employee like-projects that were past dealt, current projects in his account etc.
Training Management Module:
This module deals with the training of the employee based on his experience and attendance monitoring. Also the information of the projects that need to be trained for the employees based on their experience and skills and the like.
Custom HR Reports:
This module is specified for the purpose of the report generation for the HR on desired requests.
Technologies being used for this solution:
ASP .NET, Silverlight, OpenOffice
Custom Document Management System – both desktop & web modes
Silverlight and WPF Technologies
Decos is a Microsoft Gold certified partner and specializes in developing enterprise applications using Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) technologies.
Decos builds rich .NET and Web applications in combination with expertise in enterprise application development. Decos has strong expertise in Silverlight & WPF which are the platforms for developing rich web and desktop based enterprise applications.
Silverlight powers next generation Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) by providing rich GUI environment that was until now restricted only to desktop applications. The additional benefit being accessing the application – wherever the web works.
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) provides a unified framework for building applications and high-fidelity experiences in Windows Vista that blend together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of the computer. Silverlight is a web-based subset of WPF that enables Flash-like web and mobile applications with the same programming model as .NET applications.
WPF and Silverlight together can build Enterprise applications which can run either as web application or desktop application. Also they offer reliability while running on cross platforms such as Windows, Mac and different web browsers.
Business Case:
The Dutch based Company providing 400+ training courses in software development & system & network management to professionals from ICT industry and end users turned to Decos in order to develop a custom Document Management application.
The client required an application that provided enhanced functionalities of template creation and also provided OpenOffice support.
Requirement:
The client wanted to develop a custom Document Management application that would serve both local users and remote users/clients by allowing them to add, edit and review documents. The system should also provide integration with many other Document Management Systems such as Decos, Corsa etc.
Users must have the possibility to easily import those documents into the system, keeping the original formatting as much as possible, but still, being able to manually adjust and link between inter-related documents if necessary. It is also important to be able to manage different user groups within the organization and define permissions for each group and also specific users.
Decos Solution:
The solution identified by Decos team was to create a web application which can be accessed via a standard web browser by all users (remote as well as local) and still have the same rich UI.
The preferred choice for development of the application was Silverlight 3.0. The same source code would be used to generate a web-based Silverlight application as well as a “fat client” Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) desktop application. The web server runs inside the server appliance.
The Document Management application offers the same rich, intuitive and familiar user interface whether the application is used locally on the desktop or accessed remotely via the web. Users can access the application from both Windows & Mac clients.
The application provides enhanced functionalities of template creation and also provides OpenOffice support. User can create and manage his documents using dotx and odt templates.
As specified by the client in the requirement the application provides the feature for creating groups with specific access permissions & document modification permissions. The offered solution was also able to incorporate the requirement of handling multiple users’ access level within the organization.
According to the client requirement it also provides integration with many Document Management Systems like Decos, Corsa etc.
The application offers rich user experience that was traditionally reserved only for desktop applications. By utilizing Silverlight, this rich user interface is now available via the browser.
Technologies being used for this solution:
. ASP .NET, Silverlight, WPF, OpenOffice
The Result:
Decos team built a rich desktop-like UI for web in the given time frame for this project. In terms of user experience, the rich-UI and the responsiveness of the interface allowed the client a user experience that feels and behaves like a desktop application. The client’s users and customers received a web application that can be accessed from any standard browser but still uses the same UI and at the same time allows them to add, edit and review documents as per access permissions/user rights. The application allowed easy integration with many other Document Management Systems as well.
BizTalk Custom Pipeline Components
Business Case:
A Sweden based ICT Company were facing a problem in archiving of invoice message (TIFF files). They had to do many manual processes for the archiving which required automation.
Requirement:
The requirement of the client was to create a custom pipeline component in BizTalk to support archiving of invoice message (TIFF files). The proposed solution has to interact over secure FTP (SFTP). The invoices have to be transferred to the second party and acknowledgement of the receipt is to be recorded. If there is any error in the process then it has to be notified by email. A strict requirement was that the invoice and accompanying files should be transferred as a single set. If there is any error then the sending of invoice should be cancelled and notified by email.
Decos Solution:
BizTalk Pipelines allow you to customize the processing of XML documents received or sent via the various BizTalk adapters. Custom Pipeline components extend the behavior of Pipelines to include processing data of virtually any format. They can be a powerful solution if you support legacy systems that require integration with other products, but your legacy data format does not follow standards. It may contain carriage returns in odd places or records spanning any number of lines of text, for example. The only stipulation is that the data emerging from the Custom Pipeline must be some form of XML document.
The client’s requirement was to build custom pipeline component in BizTalk to support archiving of invoice message. The invoices which were TIFF files were generated at the client’s side.
First step taken by Decos Team was creation of windows services to interact with SFTP server at source and destination sides. And then the Enhancements to third-party nSoftware component were done to search/create directories recursively.
To complete a Pipeline, one or more Pipeline components from within Visual Studio .NET were needed to be selected and then they can be added to the Pipeline. None of the existing BizTalk Pipeline components satisfied the client requirements, so Decos had to build a custom pipeline component.
A custom pipeline component for archiving the invoices was created.
After creating the custom Pipeline component, the pipeline was deployed to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006\Pipeline Components directory so the custom Pipeline component can be added to the Pipeline in the BizTalk 2006 project. After deploying the custom Pipeline component, the component was added to the Pipeline component toolbar.
The logic in BizTalk Orchestrations was implemented to ensure that files are received as a single set and error conditions are detected and notified.
Technologies being used for this solution:
BizTalk Server 2006 R2, nSoftware SFTP adapter, SSH library
The Result:
Decos team delivered this solution in 20 days and is currently working on the development of additional features. Client was delighted to have an advanced solution based on Biztalk Server 2006 to get relief from their pain area of archiving the invoice messages.
Concept of Offshoring
Outsourcing is a business activity through which business firms attempt to reduce or eliminate its non-core areas of functioning by contracting with another company who provide services at lower costs that might otherwise be performed by in-house employees. This arrangement would lead to lesser resource consumption and increase the competitiveness of the business organization.
Two outsourcing models that are popularly adopted are -
Nearshoring (also known as “nearshore outsourcing“) means sourcing service activities to a foreign, lower-wage country that is relatively close in distance. The expected benefits are from one or more of the following constructs of proximity: geographic, temporal, cultural, linguistic, economic, political, or historical linkages.
Offshoring (also known as “offshore outsourcing”) literally means outsourcing your activity to one who is positioned in a country that is geographically remote from your premises or who is beyond your shore.
This has further given rise to the concept of “Offshore Development Center” or ODC where a dedicated team of programmers and developers are handpicked to complement the customer’s skill set and culture. This customized team works exclusively on behalf of the customer at the service provider’s site or their own captive site in a secure environment. The infrastructure and security can be designed to meet the customer’s specific standards and specifications, and may include co-branding. Indeed, the closer the synergy between an ODC and an organization’s own IT/development department the better. The ultimate goal is for an ODC to be a seamless extension of an organization’s IT department.
The main reasons why one might opt for software offshoring
Advantages of Offshore Delivery Model
As Dutch companies learn more and more about offshore outsourcing, slowly but surely they are adopting offshore practices. For service providers the major challenge in the Netherlands has been to propose a mutually beneficial and strong value proposition which can take care of -
How can Decos Offshoring Model help address the concerns above?
Decos Technology Group (DTG) is a Dutch company providing cost effective Offshore- Software Development, Maintenance & Testing services in the ICT industry in the Netherlands, Sweden and Europe for the past 22 years. With a primary focus on the Dutch and Swedish Market, Decos is successfully serving more than 25 European companies as their outsourcing center.
From small start-up ventures to Fortune 500 corporations, Decos provides software solutions, products, testing & development services – to help these companies to manage their IT projects & enable their growth by offering onsite & offshore highly skilled & educated software engineers.
Decos has the experience, credibility and technical competencies to work on joint development of products & projects in verticals such as ICT, Telecom, Finance, Insurance, Retail, Travel & Tourism, Logistics, Healthcare and Manufacturing.
Decos provides a pool of technologies to choose from – ranging across Microsoft technologies, Open source technologies and latest Web Development technologies such as Web 2.0.
Decos has its own line of products developed In-House and hence has expertise in complete software product life cycle from conceptualization, final product development to quality management & testing.
Decos Software Development processes adheres to the requirements of Quality Management System under ISO 9001:2000, assuring high standards of software quality & 100% success in project delivery.
Decos has developed a unique offshore model which focuses on providing dedicated offshore teams of highly qualified & experienced software engineers working directly as an extension of the client’s on-shore team. This dedicated team works in the European business hours.
Decos has a state of the art infrastructure that facilitates multiple communication channels while ensuring timely project completion.
Decos Offshore Model ensures process transparency, flexibility and goal oriented software services and has been very successful.
This makes Decos an ideal partner for companies looking for outsourcing or offshoring solutions.
Decos has established long term Partnership for joint development of products / projects with many Dutch companies and has contributed in enabling their growth. Over the past 22 years Decos has built strong partnerships with Dutch companies gaining immense knowledge from them and a deep understanding of the Dutch culture and businesses.
Offshore Outsourcing in a difficult economy
In difficult economic conditions Offshore Outsourcing becomes significantly useful as a lot of companies have tight budgets but still have to manage the operational side of business such as product development, testing, enhancements, maintenance etc…. Offshoring provides a reasonable alternative and can save a company from cutting down on software development or enhancement costs/budgets. Offshoring alternative can empower you with all the necessary support to move ahead with expansion, new development plans, new product launch and maintenance in turbulent economic conditions, thus allowing you to remain competitive and get an edge over your competitors.
Thus, Offshoring becomes a well considered strategy to help save as much as possible, and with a good partner like Decos- offshoring becomes an easier & safer option.
The Decos Technology Group, founded in 1987 by Paul Veger, is an international ICT company with headquarters in Noordwijk, The Netherlands and a software development & QA testing center in India.
Over the past 22 years, Decos Technology Group (DTG) has rapidly grown into a widely respected conglomerate organization with five flagship companies spread across The Netherlands, India and USA. All the five companies have combined their knowledge and flexibility to achieve one mutual goal: (help) bringing innovative solutions to the market as quickly as possible.
Decos products range across a variety of domains from – Decos Document Management System – a completely online Enterprise Document Management Software, Decos Cartracker – an advanced fleet management system that works on GPS/GPRS and Decos Audiology Workstation- the new generation computer-controlled clinical audiometer.
Decos Software Development (DSD) is the development & QA testing center in India and was formed in the year 2000.
“Where “Yes” is “Yes” is the branding statement of Decos-India and reflects its young & exuberant attitude towards client commitment & delivery success. It means that if we say- “Yes”, we can deliver the quality to our client and according to the agreed timeline, the “Yes” is a commitment & will be fulfilled -and that’s a guarantee” says Mr. Ankur Parikh, Director Decos-India.
Under the leadership of Mr. Parikh, the company has grown from a 6 member team into a strong team of 150+ highly qualified software professionals.
Decos India has established successful offshore software development partnerships with 15+ Dutch companies, which include fortune 500 companies and has contributed in enabling their growth. Decos is also providing its value added services & products to companies in Sweden & USA.
“Het is handig als iemand je verstaat” “It is useful if someone understands” – with the 9 years of experience in the ICT industry in The Netherlands, Decos- India has developed a deep understanding of the Dutch culture and businesses.
Decos has partnered with companies in industries such as ICT, Telecom, Finance, Insurance, Retail, Travel & Tourism, Logistics, Healthcare and Manufacturing and helps them manage their IT projects and the strength and adaptability of their IT infrastructure to increase.
Decos- India’s success has largely been its unique & powerful delivery model that it can allow the partners’ of Decos to have a dedicated team of developers in India working in the Dutch business hours as an extension of their own team.
Decos has a powerful management team with the right people who can combine business insight with technical savvy, and are committed to continuous learning & innovation. The Decos Management team includes veterans such as Mr. Paul Veger- Founder & Chairman for Decos Technology Group, Mr. Bert Hendriks- Director of Sales for Decos Technology Group, Mr. Mark van der Linden- Director for Decos Software Engineering (DSE), Hans Zwerus, Director of Finance for Decos Technology Group and Marco De Wit, Director at Decos Audiology.
Armed with an innovative approach, experience & immense talent Decos envisions of achieving a 5 times growth by 2012. Decos plans to continue to target robust growth while building its reputation as a high-quality solutions provider.
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