Sample Projects & Case Studies: Online Services

To facilitate e-mail access via the portable devices, the client's service collected customers' e-mails to a special server. Special programs (pollers) retrieved customers' e-mails from different mail systems and delivered them to the server. The main problem was to create a poller for the AOL mail system because AOL did not open its protocol to the public. Another challenging task was retrieving information from web-based mail systems.

Technologies: Solaris, C, sockets, TCP/IP spying tools, Perl, HTTP

Custom software development | Mobile applications | Online services

Development of a B2B web-portal implementing the client's idea to create an innovative trading platform for a large segment of the B2B service market.
The platform covered different kinds of services available in the market and provided functionality needed for exchange between market players.

Technologies & tools: MS Windows, IIS, C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, JavaScript, DHTML Transact-SQL for MS SQL Server, MS SQL Server Reporting Services, DotNetNuke

Custom software development | Web applications | DotNetNuke | Online services | SaaS

The Client developed Internet Translation Server for Windows intended for text and URL translations via internet/intranet. Windows-specific functionality problems and the desire to attract Unix-using customers forced the company to start developing a Unix-based version of the Internet Translation Server.

Technologies & tools: Linux, GNU C, TCP/IP, Apache, Perl

Custom software development | Web applications | Online services | Machine translation

Implementation of new functionality to online order management tool. The tool integrates information from the order and production systems and provides commercial and residential customers with 24-hour access to real estate transaction processes and documents.

Software re-engineering | Web applications | Online services | Workflow & BPA | Real estate

Internet portal for Russian Institute of Literature hosting one of the largest archives of ancient Russian manuscripts and documents. The portal allows to store and publish unlimited number of documents. Special tasks included automation of information loading process and publication of “parallel texts” — original Ancient manuscripts with translations into modern Russian.

Technologies & tools: MS Visual Studio, MS SQL Server, DotNetNuke, MS .NET Framework, VB.NET, C#

Custom development and web-design | Web applications | .NET | DNN | Online services | Science & culture

The Client needed to test (1) a new product for faster streaming video delivery based on MVQ technology, (2) a new Java applet. The project required a huge number of tests under many different Web browsers and operating systems.

Quality assurance (testing) | Web applications | Online services

A custom search engine developed by the Client needed a number of modifications. One of the main tasks was to make the engine's relevance algorithm adjustable, so that it would be possible and easy to customize the order in which the search results would be returned.

Technologies & tools: FREE BSD, GNU C, TCP/IP, Apache, PHP

Software re-engineering | Web applications | Online services | Search engines

Arcadia's team developed hotel reservation search and booking module for e-tickets purchase and travel planning web service. The module can connect to different booking adaptors (TransHotel, AcademService, etc.) thus providing the most wide range of offerings for the clients. Besides, the system allows online payments through Assist system.

Technologies & tools: MS Windows, MS .NET, MS SQL Server, Kentico, C#, JavaScript, Transact-SQL, XML/XSLT, ASP.NET WebForms, AJAX, CSS, jQuery, WCF, MSMQ, ADO.NET, LINQ, NHibernate, Reactive Extensions, Unity Application Block, jQuery UI, MS Visual Studio/2010, ReSharper, nUnit, MS Visual SourceSafe, Subversion, NAnt

Custom software development | Web applications | .NET | Online services | Travel

The client is a hotel offering to it's guests unusual pricing options which are not available in standard hotel room reservation applications: price of the room rental is not strictly linked to the number of guests; additional services are not included into the price but are ordered as separate items instead. Thus, the hotel developed it's own online reservation system matching its unique offerings. Still, the system needed improvement. The client's web-site allowed reservations of one room at a time. According to client's requirements, Arcadian team implemented the following new functionalities:
1) Multiple room reservation for one customer. This feature required changes in user interface, business layer, database structure and communication protocol with Amadeus Property Management System.
2) Possibility for registered users to log in and make a reservation without paying it online. Instead, they receive invoices later.

Technologies & tools: MS Windows Server 2003, MS .NET, C#, MS SQL Server, ASP.NET, ADO.NET

Implementation of new functionality | Web applications | .NET | Online services

Development of one of the modules of security management system used by millions users worldwide. Arcadia's team works in close co-operation with the client and actually became a part of distributed development team.

Technologies: C++, Java, Python, Ruby on Rails, Qt, Windows, Linux, Sprint framework

Custom software development | Desktop applications | Web applications | Mobile applications | Java/J2EE | Online services | Security & data protection