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Vinculum Solutions provides end to end product engineering services to ISVs ( Independent Software vendors ) focused on Retail, CPG ( Consumer Packaged Goods) and Logistics domains.

We leverage our extensive domain expertise in these industry domains and cutting edge technology and tools expertise through our technical teams to offer lifecycle product development services. We also leverage our strategic partnership with Global Logic using  their knowledge management repository and infrastructure to provide additional value to our customers.

These services include:

  • Product Conceptualization:
    Product Research, UI Prototyping, Technology Proof of  Concept
  • Product Realization:
    Feature Planning, Architecture Design & Platform Selection / Adoption Strategy, Product Development, Test Engineering,  Development, Delivery and Integration of Specialized Items
  • Product Testing:
    Comprehensive range of independent testing and Quality Assurance (QA)
    consulting services which adhere to the highest levels of security, integration and industry standard processes. Using our dedicated testing labs, QA expertise and team flexibility, we are able to increase the quality of our clients’ products while reducing time-to-market, management risks and operating costs.
  • Product Migration and Porting Services
    Our range of migration software services include:
    • Operating System migration (e.g., Solaris, Linux, Windows)
    • Pre .NET-to-.NET migration
    • Application server migration
    • J2EE to .NET Migration and vice versa
    • Proprietary architecture to open, standards-based architecture (e.g., J2EE, .NET)
    • Database migration (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, DB2)
    • Programming language migration
    • Platform interoperability (Mobile)

We have a well-evolved migration methodology that covers all phases of the process, from impact analysis to deployment and testing. There are four key steps in our migration strategy:

  • Planning, risk and needs analysis
  • Versioning control and library definition customization
  • Build system and code migration
  • Detailed testing and debugging

The following illustration explains the four steps in detail:

Migration Methodology

We customize our migration methodology based on client context and factors like:

  • Application architecture
  • Application nature and size
  • Business impact and priority
  • Other constraints Ex: Cost, Scheduling…etc.

In addition, our migration team provide an accurate account of applications affected by the migration, define migration issues by count and severity, and outline a delivery plan and cost model to complete the migration.

  • Product Maintenance and Support:
    Vinculum Solutions enables its clients to focus primarily on product development by providing reliable, high quality product support to their customers. We have invested in creating an extended support infrastructure specifically for software companies, and our product support team is a combination of domain and technology experts. Vinculum delivers product support in the following ways:
    • 24x7 Support
      • Early support and maintenance planning
      • Toll-free telephone support
      • Premier enhanced application management leveraging our globally distributed business model
      • Expertise in legacy application maintenance, software product maintenance, database and data warehouse support, and website and ecommerce maintenance
    • Level 2 and Level 3 Application Support
      • Remote and on-site support
      • Reactive and proactive support
      • Response time driven support
      • Troubleshooting and continuing maintenance support
      • Proven expertise in
        • Legacy applications maintenance
        • Software product maintenance
        • Database and data warehouse support
    • Network Management and Support
      • Seamless integration between servers, systems and supporting network infrastructure
      • Broad array of network management services
        • Systems and network architecture and support planning
        • Toll-free telephonic 24/7 support
        • On-site network management personnel
        • Network monitoring and management services
  • Product Extensions:
    After evaluating the impact of the proposed extension on the existing product and recording the actions to be taken, Vinculum documents and retains this information for permanent knowledge transfer. If Vinculum has provided services such as maintenance or Quality Assurance in previous engagements, detailed information about the software product is already documented in the knowledge repository. In this case, Vinculum can leverage this information, as well as its Distributed Agile Method and open source platform to quickly add new features to the product.

    Vinculum’s product extension offerings include:

    • Identifying and quickly extending product functionality
    • Extending product design and scope for cross-platform integration
    • Extending product for web and smart devices

  • Product Implementation Services:
    We offer end to end implementation services including Operations consulting, Technical implementations. These include

  • Product Implementation
    • Functional Workshops to define business requirements
    • Identify Gaps and advise on business process changes and required localizations, customizations.
    • Install clients’ products
    • Integrate and customize product to end user requirements
    • Transfer essential product skills to end user
    • Reinforce best practice skills
    • Resolve any technical issues

  • On-Demand Services
      • Expand development capacity at low cost through dedicated labs in global delivery centers
      • Increase project control and lessen risks through collaborative tracking and communication tools
      • Improve application quality through a robust global delivery model and mature processes