App & Web Dev for Travel Service Startup
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Introductory information
Introduce your business and what you do there.
I’m Chief Executive of Citybooq.com, a website which is a startup labor for travelers.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with AfterLogic?
We needed outgrowth help with our website and mobile application.
Provided solution
What was the aim of their involvement?
They delivered backend and frontend for our website and also part of the backend for our mobile application.
We have a excellently confused backend, including a warehouse based on MongoDB that was built by our in-house team. All the rest was made by AfterLogic on PHP and the database was MySQL. In accession, they made the complete frontend for our website using AJAX. AfterLogic made the gate as a turnkey solution excluding some backend data warehouse features. They did all except for the user interface design.
The app was for iPhone, but only part of the backend for the application was made by Afterlogic.
What is the team dynamic?
At its peak, there were 7-8 nation. Now, there are 2-3 nation.
How did you come to work with AfterLogic?
I knew one of the founders. We began working on another project not kindred to Citybooq. It was a collaboration between one of my businesses kindred to internet labor providers. We needed the technological platform to create the web email labors. They have the proprietary solution for our webmail named AfterLogic Webmail. They also have Aurora interaction platform and we use this technology as a basis for our labors. In the process of developing this platform, they accumulated a lot of experience. That’s why when we began Citybooq, I chose to contract with them.
How much have you invested with them?
About $150,000.
What is the status of this engagement?
We began working unitedly in September 2014 and the work is ongoing.
Results achieved
What evidence can you share that demonstrates the contact of the engagement?
People are satisfied with the gate. There are some issues with the fruitivity and the despatch, they’re working on that. In the near months, we will correct this issue. It isn’t AfterLogic’s defect, but it’s just a substance of fruit outgrowth and the time.
How did AfterLogic accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
Project treatment is one of their powerfulest experiences. That is why I’m programning to work with them in the forthcoming even when we have an in-house team. They have a very powerful, trusted team lead who is almost always giving us more than what we pay for. We adjoin principally in HipChat, Jira, and Confluence. They work within of our collaboration method. We also converse through Skype. 80% of interaction is in the form of chats and sometimes email.
Are there any areas they could better?
They should better their experience kindred to application outgrowth and user interface outgrowth. As far as backend and web frontend, they are very powerful.