Infopulse

SharePoint Lösungen bauen Kommunikationsbarrieren und Medienbrüche ab. Das wertvolle  Know-how Ihres Unternehmens wird nicht mehr nur in den Köpfen der Mitarbeiter gespeichert, sondern aktiv in die IT Ihrer Geschäftsprozesse integriert. Neue Anforderungen können mit der Verknüpfung von vorhandenem und neuem Wissen besser beantwortet werden. Die perfekte Microsoft Office Integration spart Zeit, Geld und schont Ihre Nerven.

SharePoint ermöglicht die projekt- und standortübergreifende Zusammenarbeit aller beteiligten Mitarbeiter im notwendigen Umfang. Eine zentrale Betreuung von Inter-, Intra- und Extranet wird technisch und fachlich möglich, ohne die Eigenständigkeit dieser Kanäle aufzuheben.

Konsolidierung und Lizenzkostenersparnis

SharePoint Lösungen konsolidieren diverse IT Strukturen, die sich im Laufe der Zeit angesammelt haben und integrieren ineffiziente Insellösungen. Dadurch eröffnet sich Ihnen die Möglichkeit, eine fragmentierte, überalterte Software-Landschaft innerhalb Ihres Unternehmens zu konsolidieren und neu zu vernetzen. Wenn dann noch Lizenzkosten und Wartungsaufwand für nicht mehr benötigte Software entfallen und alte Hardware außer Dienst gestellt werden kann, sparen Sie unter dem Strich zusätzlich noch IT Kosten.

Think big, start smart!

SharePoint ist die Unternehmensplattform, die Querschnittsfunktionen für alle Unternehmensprozesse zur Verfügung stellen kann. Unsere Experten helfen Ihnen, die für Sie wichtigen Themen zu priorisieren und mit Augenmaß anzugehen:

• Collaboration und Portale
• Content Management und Enterprise Search
• Business Process Management: Formulare, Workflows
• Business Intelligence

Ihre SharePoint Lösung - Unsere Dienstleistungen

Beratung durch erfahrene Projektmanager

• Anforderungsanalyse für den maßgeschneiderten SharePoint Einsatz in Ihrem Unternehmen
• Einbindung von sozialen Netzwerken und Mobile Apps, die realen Nutzen bringen
• Individuelle Anpassung von Suchfunktionen und Informationsstrukturierung
• Wasserdichter Datenschutz durch stringente Rechte- und Rollenvergabe
• Know-how Transfer in Ihre IT und Fachbereiche 

Entwicklung der Lösung mit Augenmaß

• Gestaltung der Benutzerführung, Optimierung der User Experience
• Content-Strukturierung und Navigationskonzept
• Migration bestehender Informationen
• Ergänzung durch Portalmodule für Ihre individuellen Anforderungen
• Qualitätssicherung nach ITSQB Standards
  

We develop for iOS, Android, BlackBerry©, Windows Phone.

Our experienced software developers provide you with software development services of Smartphone apps for all major platforms. This applies not only to the current Top Seller iOS, Android, BlackBerry© and Windows Phone, but also for Symbian, Bada and others. Our proven development methods guarantee for these projects efficient software development processes. Hence, we are able to pass their cost benefits to our customers like we do for long in traditional software projects.

We develop mobile apps based on the principles of a fully valid, cost-effective Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) that applies in all areas of software engineering:

• We assist in defining the objectives and design of the apps in order to optimize the user experience
  
• We assist in the analysis of requirements and - if required, do the analysis for you
  
• We will advice you on the system design and provide a consistent documentation of your ideas. Your specifications, such as style guides, story books, and wireframes, will be comprehensively applied
  
• The source code development will exactly implement the requirements
  
• Our experienced testing teams test the apps in depth before delivery
  
• We take care on your request of the apps roll-out in the various market platforms
  
• We perform maintenance of the apps to the extent agreed with you

Infopulse is a trusted development partner

Also for mobile holds true: Infopulse protects the intellectual property of the customer, and honors the ownership of the source code and new product development ideas with the highest possible degree of safety. Customers receive all intellectual property rights and software source code after the completion of a project.

Our apps are maximizing the user experience

The design of the mobile apps is focused on the optimal user experience. An elegant user interface - in terms of user interaction and in visual appearance - enhances the functional benefit for the user. Successful examples you will find here...

Our apps "Bewährte Hausmittel" are among the Top 20 best-selling iPhone apps in the medicine section of the app store.

Apps are not only known by all, but also in everyone´s hands. The term is so widespread that the real meaning and the real benefits are no longer in mind. Many people associate apps only with games or games for mobile phones. An app is more than a smal piece of software; it is an important communication channel for customers. Apps are nowadays part of millions´everyday life.

Media companies and publishers for example develop such apps as value-added products to attract new audiences. They go with their new apps to the e-book market as a counterpart to the book catalog and thus increase their sales alongside the print business. And television, online shops, tour operators and many more cannot avoid the topic of mobile applications no longer around any more.

Our experienced app-team creates apps not only for the obvious purpose of maximizing profit. For us it is also important that our apps are useful and may accompany you over a long period of time:

		The Universal App"Proven home remedies: 300 ideas against 80 complaints" contains many good home remedies, health tips, usually found only in the old grannies notes.
		A medicine-app "Natural Pharmacy" - Health from Nature! This app provides a lot of useful recipes, for example, against of appetite, abdonimal pain and many other annoying symptoms that can be alleviated with medicinal plants.
		A memorie-like game for clever kids "Learning-Memorie 1+2 and Learning-Memorie 3+4" - both applications show how childer can learn by playing. These didactically well designed apps make the kids really enjoy learning.
		A notable example is our health-oriented "GU-homeopathy" app, which is also recognized by PCWELT.
This app was developed in cooperation with the publisher GRÄFE UND UNZER Verlag. The topic and all aspects of the content were provided by the staff of the publishing house, whereas the complete realization and implementation of all technical and design aspects were developed by Infopulse team. The iPhone app provides tips and interesting facts about homeopathy. It is a handy reference guide and sound at the same time for everyone.

Do you have creative ideas for new app? Please contact us - our experts will help you to implement.

Ukraine, one of the largest European countries, is world renowned for its hospitality. The well-meaning, sincere Ukrainians with their delicious Ukrainian cuisine, the amount of attractions and tourist destinations make easy for the visitor to lose his heart in the Ukraine.

In the west of Ukraine, the mountains of the  Carpathian Moutains (2000 m) dominate the landscape, as well as on the southern peninsula of Crimea Mountains (1500 m). In the south, Ukraine has more than 1,000 kilometer of coastline on the Black Sea.

Ukraine is an open, export-oriented economy but in need of modernization and diversification. Since 2009, Ukraine is a member of the WTO.

Between Germany and Ukraine, there exists a regular political exchange. More than 1,000 German companies are represented in Ukraine. In addition to the embassy, the "Delegation of German Industry", the representation of the German Industry and Commerce, also takes care for your interests in the Ukraine. Since 1993, there is a German-Ukrainian cultural agreement. In the same year was established in Kiev the Goethe-Institute, whose network nowaday includes reading rooms and language learning centers in several regions of Ukraine. In 1998, the Office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) was established in Kiev. The demand for academic and extracurricular German lessons keeps at a high level, as well as applications for DAAD scholarships. Ukraine is part of the Bologna-Process; the universities provide bachelor and master degrees today.

Due to the removal of visa requirement for EU citizens the traveling to Ukraine has been a simple matter to citizens of Germany and other countries of Western Europe. This pleasant little privilege makes the first entry into the country easier, of course, for many Western newcomers.

The Ukraine has many tourist attractions that wait to be discovered. Of course, primarily in the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. Kiev is situated picturesquely on the banks of the broad Dneprs (ukr. Dnipro). It is with its 2001 km the third longest river in Europe.

Worldwide known is for example the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. Historically, Kiev is one of the most important religious centers of the Orthodox world. With its monasteries, cathedrals and churches, the powerful ancient Kiev is and remains to millions of Orthodox Christians in the Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, the center of Orthodoxy. In 1990 the monastery Pechersk has been taken in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage - a testament to the great historical importance of this place not only for the Ukraine but also for the modern world as a whole.

The Golden Gate of Kiev (Soloti Vorota) dates from 11th Century and was built under the reign of Yaroslav the Wise. The Golden Gate stood until 1240 AD when it was completely destroyed by Mongol warriors of Batu Khan. In 1982, shortly before the anniversary of the 1500 year Kiev, the Golden Gate and a small part of the original walls have been restored and now serves as a museum.

The Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine (The Pirogovo open-air museum) is one of the largest open-air museums worldwide. Pirogovo is a unique combination of beautiful forested landscapes and architectural compositions that beautifully complement the natural environment. The museum was founded in 1969 on the initiative of the Ukrainian Society for preservation as a National Museum of folk architecture and traditions of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic. The museum consists of approximately 500 individual venues. Almost all are authentic residential and agricultural buildings, which were brought from different regions. Many visitors come to the regularly held festivals of folk art and crafts. There you can craft ceramic and pottery with your own hands, sewing a traditional embroidered shirt, listening to the "Kobzar" and become familiar with the art of decorative Easter eggs (ukr. Pysanka).

The House with Chimaeras or Gorodetsky House is probably the most unusual building in Kiev. It was built by the famous architect Vladislav Gorodetsky in 1903 in modern style. This house has always been associated with legends. The elaborate facade is decorated with sculptures and exotic animals: dolphins, frogs, mermaids or mythical creature (chimears). In the stairwell hands a huge lamp that was designed as an image of a catfish in lotus. After the architect sold the house, it was from 1917 until World War II used as a residence. Afterwards, a hospital was located here.  In recent years, the "Chimera House" restored and now serves as a museum "Ukrainian Art" and as a presidential residence. Here are also held official diplomatic events.

Kiev is prosperous metropolis full of life. Many museums and of course the many parks of Kiev invite you to walk and explore. Anyone who visits the Ukraine should also turn to Lvov (ukr. Lviv), former known as Lemberg. Lvov is the center of western Ukraine and is also considered the capital of the Ukrainian humor.

The proud past gives the country Ukraine the confidence today to go his own way - in spite of many prejudices that exist in the West. Visit to Ukraine as a curious traveler and let yourself be fascinated by this country.

Gartner analysts assume that many CIOs could gain greater savings in outsourcing and a more efficient IT, than they actually do. Outsourcing projects should therefore be tackled from the beginning with the right strategy. A clear business-driven sourcing strategy is therefore the key to success.

"For companies that cannot cope this critical initial phase in the sourcing life cycle, it is not possilbe to choose in the sequence the right provider to negotiate a good contract and manage the deal, effectively" said analyst Claudio Da Rold in a recent study. Gartner presents ten steps that make up a model for a promising strategy.

1. Setting up Context and Objectives: according to Da Rold, the priorities and rules and principles that drive the strategy and any subsequent decision and activity need to be defined in addition to the conceptual approach to outsourcing.

2. Evaluating the State of Service: costs and service performances of the already existing internal and external contracts require closer scrutiny. More specifically, the enterprise architecture need to be considered. It is a question of whether and to what extent a necessary upgrade in service delivery is necessary to achieve the objectives.

3.  Measuring of the capacities for Service and Multi-Sourcing-Management: scope, situation and maturity level for the needed resources for multi-sourcing should be determined. Controls must also ensure a sufficient knowledge and skills of staff to deliver the reuqired quantity of services for business, application and infrastructure processes.

4. Evaluating of Restrictions and Opportuinites: industry-specific and regional developments play a role, like the economic situation, the regulatory environment, compliance requirements and technological issues. The internal situation can be an important factor in companies - such as corporate culture, the experience of change processes and the risk propensity. On this basis, risk profiles and a framework for risk management should be developed.

5. Gap Analysis: outsourcing requires planning because of the gap between requirements and objective on one hand and the current situation on the other. Gartner advises users to define the exact extent of the gap and to compare all the possible alternative scenarios to clos the gap.

6.  Analyzing the External Market: the market for IT services with is dominated by market dynamics which permanently changes the provider landscape as well as the competition patterns. Therefore it should be decided only on the basis of a precise market analysis which service is taken at what time to complete.

7. Applying Scenario Planning: risks should be balanced against the potential of various sourcing scenarios at this stage. The previously mentioned factors of course will be taken into account. The results should be available afterwards on valid data base, which fits a combination of vendors and outsourcing model that is best for business.

8. Risk Analysis: the most common risks associated with sourcing and selection of partners should be analysed thoroughly in a detailed analysis. "Use tools and guidlines to weight and manage risks", writes Da Rold. "Cut down the criteria for risk evaluation precisely for the types of considered vendors and products".

9.  Establish a Business Case. the business case should cover the cost of outsourcing the internal IT team and the selection and negotiation of projects and all aspects of remodeling. It should assess the likelihood of workload variance and service requirements have to be considered. If everything is properly evaluated, the return on investment can be calculated correctly.

10. Define an Action Plan: this action plan will also refer to changes in governance and to the organization of management and outsourcing relationships. "Define a plan for communication and change management and develop a program and action plan to implement the chosen strategy", Gartner recommends.

"CIOs, IT directors and outsourcing managers can also use the strategy to explain how the IT department works and how it will likely develop in future" notes Da Rold. The need for better business results from IT investment will drive companies to develop new strategies. The study "Outsourcing Advisory: Sourcing Strategy Phase Overview" is available at Gartner.

This article is based on a review of the online magazine Computerwoche of 01/05/2012

Infopulse will exhibit a new Cloud technology at CeBIT 2012 - the world´s biggest trade show for the information and telecommunications sector.

We would be very delighted to welcome anyone who is interested in our booth C02/1 in Hall 3 in Hanover Messe, Germany, from 6th to 10th March 2012.

Our experts will take this opportunity to showcase success stories of software development, IT operations services and business process outsourcing. We´ll be glad to hear your ideas and to back them up with new insights how to earn more value with fewer expenses.

Security issue or better to say lack of trust has been and continues to be a major barrier for corporate clients considering cloud solutions. Therefore "Managing Trust" is the keynote theme of CeBIT 2012. Therefore we are proud to demonstrate at CeBIT our new breakthrough cloud solution. It will break distrust and cure cloudphobia so that you can say: "At last - Clouds I can trust!" Alexey Sigov, General Director at Infopulse Ukraine.

You will be the first to see in action and learn the details of a new dispersed Cloud system - DataCradle which will offer levels of security, durability and speed surpassing anything you can currently find in IT market.

We will be at your disposal for that purpose. Contact Michael Haag or Thomas Messer, and we will arrange our meeting at CeBIT. (The early bird catches the worm). We will answer your call - guaranteed!

After completing his training in computer science, Mr Haag worked at Microdata in Stuttgart, EMASS Inc. in Denver, USA, and GRAU Data Storage AG (robot systems) in Stuttgart.

Not without good reason is Mr Haag known as a visionary and pioneer in cloud computing and software applications. As early as 1999, he was one of the first people in Germany to launch a cloud service. The solution he designed ad developed at that time, Web Attached Backup, is still in professional use today.

In October 2008, Mr Haag became one of the first application developers in the field of mobile computing while for the company he founded in 2005, BRAINFORMATIK GbR, which is also merging with Infopulse GmbH in January.

With some extremely positive nearshoring experience behind him, having already managed a number of sophisticated games and sports betting projects with Infopulse and been involved in the development of iPhone applications for prestigious customers such as Random House, Inc and GRÄFE UND UNZER Verlag GmbH, Mr Haag has now decided to devote all his energy and creativity to serving Infopulse´s existing and new customers. As from January 2012, he will be in charge of international data storage and applications projects, as Senior IT Project Manager.

In order to ensure Infopulse´s continued growth, we rely on the commitment of highly qualified managers. The successful organisation of nearshore and offshore projects is only possible under the leadership of outstanding managers who have a technical background as well as the necessary soft skills. So, it goes without saying that Infopulse is highly delighted and proud to now have Michael Haag in its team as Senior IT Project Manager.

"I have already had the pleasure of completing a number of high quality projects with the help of Infopulse and, working within the company as part of the team, I am now very much looking forward to working on some major projects and creating some great products to realise the visions of Infopulse´s prestigious customers.", comments Mr Haag.

The Gartner Symposium in Barcelona 2011 came to a close just four days ago. Although it takes time to form a clear picture of the various messages presented at the many different events, everyone, of course, wants to know what the symposium was like, what came out of it and what trends will shape the future.

Was there really much that was new? The hot topics were social networks, mobile devices and, as before, the "cloud". Not much was new in fact, and yet the forecasts based on the vastly increasing influence of these particular phenomena certainly made you sit up and take notice. Whilst dinosaurs are assumed to have ruled the earth for 160 million years and there are still a few mainframe computers around, just 30 yers after its birth, the end of the personal computer is already in sight. Many analysts predict that emails will last even less time. There is no doubt about it - social networks, smart phones and other mobile devices are advancing rapidly and, when carrying out their daily business activities, employees will not be persuaded to do without the devices and software benefits they value so highly in their private life. It is inevitable that the distinction between what is private and what is business will become blurred and this poses an enormous challenge for IT security in all its aspects, from data security to privacy and the protection of intellectual property. To make matters worse, the big players in this area, Apple, Google and, now that it is revitalising itself in combination with Microsoft, Nokia, care precious little about business concerns. On the other hand, the pro-business company, RIM, which brought us the Blackberry, appears to be about to vanish into thin air, just like the PC and e-mail. The gaps left behind by the triumphal advance of the big three (or four) must and will be plugged by software products. The good news is that this means software developers will never run out of work.

The  cloud throws up very similar problems. The use of applications in the cloud is an interesting idea, but do you want to entrust your data to the cloud? Where does it go? Who can see it or even steal it? Again, the issues that spring to mind revolve around IT security: the protection of intellectual property, data protection - from a purely legal point of view, can information received from clients or from employees of a European or German company simply be shunted into the cloud so that they can be used cost-effectively, for example, by an outsourced help desk somewhere else in the world?

Last but not least, whilst the cloud appears to be a convenient and cost-effective method of storing data, it raises some major issues. Protection from theft or unauthorised use must be provided and an availability of at least "four 9s" must be guaranteed. Furthermore, the low speed at which large quantities of data can be transferred to the cloud is a challenge which should not be underestimated. Here too, there is an enormous amount of work to be done in the area of software development. As software developers with many years of experience in the area of data security and data archiving, we will present solutions to some of these problems by completing a development that will make the cloud a data cradle. Other tasks, we will tackle together with our clients and partners. There is certainly a lot to be done. Or, as Cognizant put it: "The Future is Now!"