IT Craft

Challenge
The client needed a team that would provide smooth development and 24/7 monitoring for its giant e-commerce helping the client keep pace with a highly competitive market, and pressing needs to rapidly accommodate the client's expanding requirements, demanding fast yet appropriate staffing decisions.

Solution
The development team completed initially a small fixed-price project to demonstrate it could handle client’s ecommerce platform used for multiple businesses. While the client’s in-house team was responsible for design, project planning and management, IT Craft team ensured flexible, fast-paced development, reliable system maintenance, and server administration.

Results
Over 13 years, IT Craft seamlessly scaled its team from 5 to 54, expediting feature deployment for Adorama's complex e-commerce. Achieving 99.8+ uptime, we ensured platform reliability. Recruitment efficiency was evident with a 10-day average hiring time. Despite challenges, our commitment ensured a smooth project transition, underscoring the power of expert staff augmentation.

Challenge
The client sought a software development partner with extended resources. The previous vendor provided limited capabilities in adding required specialists, thus, affecting the project timeline. The IT Craft team needed to harmonize its workflow with the client’s. It also needed to help the client dive into the basics of IT project management to ensure effective, direct communication on both sides. The software was based on a legacy framework, hiding the risks of difficult project expansion or possible project derailment. The team needed to evaluate an alternative framework and design a transition path to provide a cost-effective solution since Silex became end-of-life in 2018.

Solution
We took over the project within ten days. The team studied the source code, suggested a path, and started working on it upon the client’s approval. We fixed encountered bugs and updated project technologies, ensuring uninterrupted working processes. Also, we prepared the source code of the new functionality and added new features upon their completion. Then we went from takeover to the launch of an updated system within less than seven months. We kept the optimum number of specialists on the project according to the scope change

Results
The client kept pace with business goals by receiving CVs of missing software developers at a competitive price within one day and working with approved candidates directly. Seamless tech updates and timely feature deliveries enabled the client to take a unique market position.

Challenge
The use of legacy software created an unnecessary workload due to manual infrastructure management. The lack of quick service integrations caused a slow response to market demands. Ensure 100% compliance of software infrastructure with specific healthcare regulations. Support the client's core need for secure processing of patient data.

Solution
The development team started working based on design and specifications provided by the client. It delivered a Web solution with all necessary functionality helping the client support the entire workflow of finding, managing, and paying temporary nursing professionals. The team introduced multiple project improvements. For example, the team broke down monolithic architecture into microservices in order to ensure project flexibility and faster deployments.

Results
The IT Craft DevOps team prepared an improvement plan based on the client's goals and concerns. It executed a seamless transition to a new architecture. The team built the new infrastructure using top-notch technologies. It implemented all standard regulations necessary/vital for projects in the healthcare domain.

Challenge
The client’s complex system has been built with extra capacity to provide much-needed fault tolerance and exceptional security level. The team must ensure rapid system performance under high load. Updates become challenging because of multiple dependencies between its parts while the team must update the client’s solution without creating bugs or flaws.

Solution
We dived deeply into project details and focused on accurate, comprehensive analysis. Also, we prepared a pilot task. Then we provided timely feedback on risks and timelines. Our work resulted in regular statuses on project progress, high-quality technical solutions, and fulfilled to client’s request for strong technical project management.

Results
IT Craft team ensures the platform is available 24/7 and its end users benefit from real-time operations. Also, the development team has helped the client introduce sought-after features resulting in the client’s business growth of 40%.

Challenge
The startup was founded by logistics professionals who wanted to connect shippers and carriers directly. The envisaged solution would further streamline activities needed to book, coordinate, and monitor less-than-truck shipments. The customer envisioned a transportation management system that would allow customers to schedule shipments, manage their orders, and bargain for the best rates on their less-than-truckload supplies.

Solution
The development team started working on the project from scratch. It developed and deployed the MVP of client portal after six months of development start. Carrier portal was ready nine months after project kick off. The team ensured to meet both approaching deadline and an efficient, flexible software architecture. The team managed to integrate successfully different third-party APIs to boost development process.

Results
The team delivered a Web solution from scratch, helping the startup validate its business idea. The number of operations started growing soon. The startup received funding in several rounds. The development team focused on cloud transition for greater scalability. The client reached multiple shipments soon after product launch. The client received further funding via Crunchbase for product expansion.

Challenge
The client wanted to streamline business processes, ensuring single restaurants would use the same materials when launching marketing and promotional campaigns throughout the chain.  The envisaged on-demand printing services helped local marketers manage templates and promo materials they received from the company’s designer and turn them into ready-to-print documents within their departments. 

Solution
The client initially had a plan for improving marketing and promo activities and a list of requirements for the envisaged functionality. The client needed a team capable of delivering quality source code. Our team explained the exact needs of the project to the client. We provided a timely project estimate. Our professionals worked on a comprehensive solution.

Results
The IT Craft team delivered online tools for internal use per client requests. One project included modules for creating and managing printing and marketing materials online. Another one focused on creating online promotions and launching them live.

Challenge
Initially, the client developed VR treadmills and delivered them to the market successfully. He wanted to provide a playroom for collective VR experiences. For it, he planned to combine 4 VR treadmills within a self-contained, easy-to-maintain VR booth. Omni Arena targets a wide audience of VR enthusiasts making it a profitable business idea. Omni Arenas generate a big part of the revenue from repeat plays. They become an anchor attraction in a venue driving traffic of engaged customers.

Solution
Our team successfully integrated new functionality into an existing system and reworked partially legacy source code, decreasing the number of failed sessions several times. Our experts adjusted custom controllers and implemented decoupling to make free movements inside Omni Arena possible.

Results
Omni Arena is a complete, turnkey solution. It can be installed fast and requires minimum attention from a business owner. Due to its size, it takes little space in a venue thus, saving rent costs. Still, it attracts much attention. Many visitors come to a venue specifically to play Omni Arena.