Dubai Calling - Cygnet @ GITEX Technology Week 2011

Cygnet Infotech is participating in the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2011), one of the world’s premier ICT exhibitions.  

Stand No. SME-1 in SME Pavillion at Sheikh Saeed Hall

The GITEX Technology Week is going to be held between 9^th and 13^th October 2011 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai. GITEX 2011 is expected to attract over 136,000 ICT professionals. Cygnet Infotech is one of the 3500 exhibitors at GITEX this year.

Cygnet Infotech is a Microsoft Partner with several Gold and Silver competencies providing offshore services to clients in over 20 countries and 5 continents. At GITEX 2011, Cygnet will showcase its vast expertise and experience in Microsoft Technologies including .NET, SharePoint, Dynamics, CRM, Windows Mobile, BizTalk and SilverLight.

Cygnet Infotech is an ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and CMMi Level 3 certified company which has always delivered high quality development and testing services via a mature and proven global delivery model.

Cygnet invites professionals from IT Companies and ISVs in the Middle East who are visiting GITEX Technology Week to visit our stall at SME-1 Stand in the SME Pavillion in Sheikh Saeed Hall and meet our senior representatives to know more about our services and how we can assist you.

Please write to us at inquiry@cygnet-infotech.com to schedule an appointment during 9^th and 13^th October at GITEX, Dubai.

Cygnet launches its brand new Microsoft services website

Cygnet is proud to announce the launch of http://microsoft.cygnet-infotech.com - a new website highlighting all of Cygnet’s professional services offerings in Microsoft technologies.

The development of this site is part of a larger re-look at Cygnet’s overall website strategy. In due course, we will be developing different sites for each of our service offerings which will all come under the banner of the main corporate website.

To reiterate, Cygnet has earned a Microsoft Partner Gold competency in web development and Microsoft Partner Silver competencies in software development, portals and collaboration, search, data platform, mid-market solutions provider and content management.

The main service offerings are related to software development in Microsoft .NET, collaboration and document management solutions using Microsoft SharePoint, CRM with Microsoft Dynamics, web applications with SilverLight, legacy application integration with BizTalk, cloud solutions with Office 365 and mobility solutions.

Get a taste of Cygnet’s expertise in delivering solutions in Microsoft technologies by reading the case studies section.

Speaking on the launch of the site, Cygnet’s Executive Director Tejinder Oberoi said, “The purpose of creating this exclusive website is to reiterate our commitment to Microsoft technologies. In the entire Microsoft stack, we have everything that is required for building best of breed technology solutions that translate to better returns on investment for our clients.”

Mr. Oberoi is attending the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, USA from 10^th to 14^th July and this was planned in advance as an appropriate event to introduce the site to other Microsoft partners and potential customers.

A special vote of thanks to the entire team which has made this site possible under extremely tight deadlines – from concept to live in just a month! Just goes to prove that if Cygnetians decide to do something, take it for granted that it shall be done.

Three Cheers to http://microsoft.cygnet-infotech.com.

SharePoint – An Operating System for Collaboration!

AIIM, the Association of Information and Image Management (www.aiim.org) recently released a report titled “Using SharePoint for ECM: How well is it meeting expectations?”

The report has some interesting findings on SharePoint usage in over 600 organizations which participated in the survey.

• 29% of the organizations are live on SharePoint 2007 and 28% are upgrading from 2007 to 2010 and an additional 8% have completed the upgrade.

This implies that more than half of all SharePoint 2007 users are upgrading or have already upgraded to 2010 for whatever reasons. An additional 21% of the user base is first time user of SharePoint 2010. This data is clearly in line with the fact that SharePoint is the best-selling Microsoft product till date.

• 55% of organizations are expected within a year to rollout SharePoint to 90-100% (almost all) of their employees.

This implies that these organizations very clearly understand that the real benefits of collaboration will come to fruition only if all employees are on the same platform, use the same interface and talk the same language.

• In terms of adoption, IT department of organizations is the highest (72%), followed by the line of business departments (41%) and then followed by Marketing and HR.

This is not surprising since IT departments would be instrumental in rolling out SharePoint to other departments. But it also raises a flag that unless other departments are equal if not more adopters of this platform, the technology will remain under-utilized.

Although, SharePoint has functionality to support conventional ECM activities like scanning, capture, records management and document workflow, most users are using SharePoint as a digital storage for office files and PDF documents, and do not yet trust it with confidential information or large size videos.

Is SharePoint the final answer?

SharePoint 2010 does claim to be a one stop solution for all collaboration and document management needs of an organization. However, the fine print is seen through some of the AIIM survey findings

• 50% or more organizations believe that they still need third party add-ons because SharePoint is not enough

• 20%-40% of the organizations feel that SharePoint functionality in records management, scanning and document capture, and social business are not up to the mark

Microsoft itself is encouraging independent application developers to develop add-on functionality around SharePoint. This implies that Microsoft probably intends to make SharePoint as an “operating system” for collaboration, as a platform on which other applications can be built. It is also possible that Microsoft wants to learn how people use these add-on applications for collaboration so that it can build some of these features into the next version of SharePoint.

Some of the most popular add-on functionality organizations are adding is workflow/BPM, security and rights management, search and analytics, archiving of content and records, taxonomy management, security management, interface to email, digital signatures and case management.

• 53% of organizations consider SharePoint to be their primary system for Enterprise Content Management going forward.

So currently, the scales are evenly balanced with a little more than half of the organizations believing that SharePoint is the final answer to their requirements.

Using iPhones to deliver Healthcare e-learning

The moment our customer, healthcare educationist, saw students (healthcare professionals) spending significant time on their iPhone and reaching out for their laptops less and less, he decided to add iPhone to deliver e-learning in addition to its web based delivery platform. We analyzed the requirements and utilized our iPhone application development expertise to create this M-learning experience.

The design team worked to create a User Interface to ensure maximum synergy in its web based delivery model and iPhone experience. E learning content, notebooks and AVI were moved onto the iPhone interface and necessary changes were made for iPhone compatibility of content. Dry test runs were done to ensure error free user experience.

This M-learning application allowed professionals to upgrade their skills, access online notebook, attempt test & surveys, download documents, etc. on the iPhone, saving time and making the information available on the go.

The application allowed our client to stay ahead with technology while offering services to its clients. His clients paid back by subscribing to M learning in large numbers.

Read more about this revolutionary iPhone application, here.

If you wish to reach your clients on their iPhones, talk to our subject matter experts.

Developed an Android based educational games for children

If you want an interactive tool for training children, than mobile games must be there in your list. Easy access and quick learning has made it one of the fastest growing educational tools. Have you adopted it for education delivery?

We recently built an android based game on mobile phones for an educational institute which can develop intuition, decision making and motor skills in kindergarten children. The interface design used lot of flash, giving playful appeal and making kids involved. Our Android developers followed rigorous testing cycles to test the application and enhance to improve the usability of the application.

In today’s mobile learning revolution this fresh idea of teaching through a game could gather overwhelming response from the parents and kids. The application was available on online app store adding to revenues of our customer and encouraging him to plan more games for M-learning.

Allow us to develop games for your concepts, contact us.

To read more please click here.

Designed an Mobile add-on for an Inventory management application

When this client of ours discussed with us how he was bogged by the management of large inventories in remote ware house locations and its cost and the prohibitive cost of implementing an inventory management system, we recommended building an application for him on the mobile phones with a bar code scanner attachment at a small fraction of the total cost that he could use for inventory management.

The client couldn’t believe this is feasible until we charted it out and explained how the system will work and even update the inventory on his existing inventory system at a central location.
The system design enabled the team to read inventory bar codes with the scanners attached to mobile phones and keep the records in the application which updates the inventory on the central server.

The mobile application was developed as an add-on feature of the existing system saving substantial costs. It improved inventory handling and reduced cost and effort for managing the inventory manually.

The application was easy to operate, accessible round the clock and can be integrated with SAP applications. To know more please click here.

For further consultation you can contact us now.

This Cricket game churns money

This iPhone cricket game churns money for my client each time someone downloads it from the appstore. My iPhone application development team designed this exciting application filled with rich features and simple navigation. The most involving task was to develop the game more challenging and unpredictable to the player.

Game offered functions such as selection of country, team or players, quick match to play ODI, 20:20 or tournaments, statistical chart at game end, flexibility to pause or resume the game, etc. Our work exceeded our customer expectations.

The application has caught the fancy of the iPhone users for its innovative and fresh approach and is a popular download on appstore, generating decent revenues for the client.

If you are looking to get such an application which is loaded with fun and fills your pocket too, contact us now.

To read more about this application click here.