Web Development

Overview

Web development is a broad term used to describe the activities related to developing Internet experiences, e-commerce applications, or web applications that allow businesses and/or customers online access to your products, services and information.

The web technology landscape is littered with an array of vast and varied technologies, vendor offerings, and open source solutions that are available to build an online presence, each addressing a specific need but none that provide the complete solution. The challenge is determining which options make the most sense for your business in order to create an intuitive and engaging user experience that is scalable and provides flexible management capabilities, as well as ensures it is interacting with your audience in an environment in which they are familiar.

Aligned Global has extensive experience defining, architecting and developing online experiences using the right blend of technology and products - open source or proprietary, to meet the objectives of our customers. Whether you need to create a new web presence to remain competitive, revitalize an existing site to increase the value to your customers, integrate an e-commerce solution to drive sales, or simply add a micro-site for a targeted event or campaign, we have the experience, organizational scale, and engineering resources required to advise you on the best solution and deliver a market-ready offering while reducing expensive overhead.

Approach

The process of engagement with Aligned Global is very simple. You communicate your requirements and objectives to us and jointly we define the metrics of success, tailor the team of software engineers, agree on a cost-effective pricing model, and begin the effort. We partner with you from internal proposals and budgeting, through project approvals, all the way to delivery, deployment, and maintenance (including porting where required) and support.

Process Overview:

Strategic Vision. Ensure a shared vision of the project and agree on business objectives, success metrics and overall risk assessment. Once aligned, identify the team and establish a broad definition of requirements as well as overall solution design.

Design and Planning. Determine what to develop along with design concepts, specifications and system requirements. Implement plan and project backlog with initial sprint plan completed.

Iterative Development. Using an agile, iterative and incremental approach the project team develops the solution with hands-on usage across small, cross-functional teams until feature complete.

Stabilization. Strong focus on identifying, prioritizing and resolving issues to prepare for release, including final release, notes, source code and documentation.

Deployment. The team deploys the solution into production, transfers the project to operations and support facilities, and obtains final customer approval.

Functional Capabilities

Creative

Company Identity and Logo Design
Site design
Web Copy and Content Development
Target Definition, Analytics and Persona Development

Web Development

Marketing Sites
Portals
Web Applications
Microsites and Landing Pages
Banners
Shopping Cart, eCommerce and Payment Gateway Integration
Social Media Integration and Applications

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing(SEO & SEM)

Globalization and Localization Services

Interface Internationalization
Interface Localization
Content Translation
Documentation Translation

Analytics

Web-based Usage and Statistics Reporting

System Operational Support and Maintenance

Installation and Configuration
Preventive Maintenance and Operation
Advanced 24x7 Monitoring and Alerts
Web-based Usage and Statistics Reporting
24x7 Incident Management
Back-up and Restore

Technical Capabilities

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, FreeBSD

Applications and Web Servers

Microsoft IIS, Apache, JBoss

Databases

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SQLight

Programming and Scripting

PHP, JavaScript, VBScript, Perl, .NET(C#, VB.NET,
WinForms, WPF) , Java, C/C++, Active Script

Web Technologies

Web Services, SOAP, REST, ASP.NET, WebForms, PHP,
J2EE. HTML/DHTML/XHTML, XML, XSL/XSLT, CSS, AJAX ,
Flash, ActionScript, Adobe Flex, AIR, Silverlight

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Rhythmyx, Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress