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Cases In case you don’t believe anything you’ve read so far then here are a few more voices to try to convince you. Language games, community and e-learning portal Client: Multithink Ltd. (Ireland) Brief: Develop custom code with community features, dictionaries, games, communications and other related modules. Be creative and have suggestions for development. Help drive timely functions and business features. Timescale: 3 months and then rolling Skills requisite: Extensive knowledge of open source products and working methods, PHP, MySQL, HTML, Flash. Ability to see how product should function and suggest improvements, also ability to work independently. Experience of community and member group work previously. Client quote: “Persson Technologies and Eric were great. A real breath of fresh air compared to other vendors. They delivered on time, added extra features not in the brief and took real responsibility for product delivery on time and to budget”, Chris Mortimer, CEO. Comment from Persson Technologies: “This project was a challenge because it was a tight budget and tight deadlines. I had worked with the framework we used before but this demanded deeper knowledge and fast coding with conformity to coding standards: every programmer’s challenge. I was able to bring knowledge from other community and member solutions we had built before to bear and look forward to adding the finer touches to it.” Reference details: Chris Mortimer, chris@multithink.com, +46 708 509962. Webaid, non-profit allowing digital sponsorship Client: Webaid (Sweden) Brief: Increase the visiting frequency to the Webaid website. Enable the digital collection of sponsorship from the member group and a closer communication through a new channel. Timescale: 4 months and on a rolling basis with maintenance. Skills requisite: A proprietary mail system was suggested to ease communication and other skills needed to be taken on board also to ensure a successful delivery. Wide knowledge of various technologies with an eye towards the stringent budget from Webaid. Important to use applications which could give much value for little money. Client quote: Niklas Aronsson, “Persson Technologies has been with us from the very beginning with our web development. Eric in particular has helped us find and evaluate various technologies for use in our business activities. Then he has integrated and maintained them very professionally and reliably. A business partner we rely on. “ Comment from Persson Technologies : “Webaid wanted to offer a decent service to their active donors and I scanned off the market before we settled on a Squirrel mail solution for them. Then we tailored the application to client needs and since then have done further tailoring to tweak the value to their members. Again it helps to have worked with communities since first entering the market in 1998 as there are a lot of things you know intuitively from experience” Reference details: Niklas Aronsson, niklas@webaid.se, +46(0)8-620 02 16 North Texas Information Technology, Inc. Client: North Texas Information Technology, Inc. Texas, USA Brief: Assist as a technical advisor and evaluate and help out in technical matters concerning Linux administration, web development and IT infrastructure. Timescale: On a rolling basis since 2003. Client quote: Brandon Robinsson, "Persson Technologies have really helped us in making better decisions. Our clients have thanked us for creative and innovative solutions based on ideas and decisions made by and thanks to Persson Technologies. It's great to have someone with solid technical knowhow who can advise you ad-hoc and on a day-to-day basis" Comment from Persson Technologies: "NT IT is a great company to work with since they allow us to fully use our technical creativity and try out new and untested solutions. They are keen to use cutting-edge technology and also make very professional business decisions based on technical information." Reference details: Brandon Robinsson, info@nt-it.com, +1-817-289-3600 |