IoT, Mobile App, and Software Dev for Energy Company
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Introductory information
A fast induction on the buyer’s organisation
For this project, I was the COO at a Munich-based organisation. We had a Smart thermostat for water radiators.
Desired goal
What challenge were you trying to address with GlobalLuxSoft?
We had alprompt gone through a few outsourced technical teams owing none of them were able to help us mark an grateful user aim for the fruit or match the needs that we had for the fruit. It was a hardware fruit, but it quiet needed a very powerful software layer. Because of this, we were looking for a organisation to match the hardware needs of our artifice with the software use cases.
It was challenging to find the right team. We hired 3 or 4 teams over 8 months and none of them succeeded. We were fortunate that we establish GlobalLuxSoft. They didn’t explain all of our issues, but they explaind the software part veritably well.
Provided solution
What particular tasks were Globalluxsoft responsible for?
We were edifice a thermostat that could be put into a water radiator, which is widespread in Europe. We have water radiators with a thermostat that controls the temperatures. In the US, it is generally a boiler based thermostat solution. We were edifice out a artifice that was a design driven access, it had to accost to our main hearers. It was a sleek and amiable artifice with a Red Dot design assign.
The main locality for use was for nation at home who didn’t want to bestow a lot of time calibrating their thermostat. It allows you to make adjustments on the app and notifies the user if they have to change the temperature or the temperature has changed. Basically, when the app requires user action. This eliminates the need to go to the thermostat to push buttons on it. The team at GlobalLuxSoft explaind the challenge well, it was designed and incorporated those instances that we needed and withstood the testing that we needed.
There are a lot of industrial protocols used for IT connectivity. In particular, we had a CIP protocol which is widely used in IT artifice industrial protocols. This protocol had to be sumd into the app. We also worked on integrating tone commands through the API using Amazon and Alexa. I left the organisation precedently the API was prompt. I believe it was sumd successfully. Then there are a lot of other specific technologies that adduce to iOS and Android outgrowth.
They helped us moving advanced on the project side, as well as the technological side. Our fruit is offered on both Android and iOS and can be easily establish on Google. I’m not a technician, so I can not converse to the project’s hardcore software outgrowth. There were a lot of technologies that applied below their section of the IoT [Internet of Things]. They used a lot of protocols from the real globe that you have to sum with both the software and the hardware.
How did you come to work with GlobalLuxSoft?
We were referred by two different start-ups. One of them is another Ukranian energy organisation in Kiev. They had worked with GlobalLuxSoft previously and referred us to them. The other organisation was friends with the establisher of our organisation who also referred GlobalLuxSoft. So we had two recommendations for them. Back then, we reflection we would be able to feel the issues with the existing teams on our own, but in the end, we determined to extend out to GlobalLuxSoft. Our CEO met with them and kicked off the collaboration.
How much have you invested with them?
We’ve spent between $10,000 and $50,000.
What is the terminal result of working with Globalluxsoft?
We began working unitedly in May 2016 and are quiet working unitedly. The thermostat project artistic in June 2016, but then they changed to a support and livelihood role. We’ve since released separate renderings precedently the project ended in October 2016. When I was leaving in October 2016, they were moving into some new fruits in the Smart Home space with smoke alarms. I believe they were quiet using GlobalLuxSoft and have continued to work with them.
Results achieved
Are there any measureable or plum results?
First, we developed the hardware 20-22 months. At some point, we knew we had to come up with a good software that was able to control our hardware. We later realized that software in hardware companies is sometimes more significant than the hardware itself. If you ponder of the GlobalLuxSoft’s total donation, it was not more than 15-20% of the total work. But, if you ponder of the weight of their work in making the fruit functional, their donation was huge. It was surely over 50% in provisions of bringing the fruit to market.
I wish we could have establish them earlier owing they veritably saved us time and made the project market-prompt. Our progress was awful precedently finding them. Hardware and software are independent, but it’s hard to change teams on the go and then having to find somebody who is an expert in edifice something intricate but also able to jump in from day one and belowstand your issues. I’m not a technical individual, but I do recollect the excitement our CEO had when we began working with GlobalLuxSoft. It turned out to be a good determination in the end.
We released the app fairly fastly, within 7 weeks of bringing them on board. We worked on it much earlier and longer, but they were able to repeat it, write good code, and sum the protocols. The leading rendering was published below their care.
How did GlobalLuxSoft accomplish from a project treatment standpoint?
Project treatment was one of their powerfulest points. They were well organized. They took an access that I wish more outsourcers would take: they below promised and over delivered. Unfortunately, I’ve had the facing experience with other companies. With GlobalLuxSoft, it was streamlined, honorable, and to the point. We had some good fair feedback for each other. It worked out well. They veritably came in at the right time for us.
What is (from your point of view) the key factor to pay observation while intercourse with Globalluxsoft?
The interaction was consummately good and they over-delivered, we worked extensively on weekends sometimes. We veritably needed somebody who could save the app and idea. Since we had used other teams precedently them, they were not coding from scratch, which made it even harder. Given the circumstances, they jumped right in, began working, and did a phenomenal job.
What aspects of their work would you like to get improved?
There were things that could be improved on both sides, but you can’t find a consummate developer.
