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Smile, number one integrator of open source solutions in Europe, has just announced the extension of its Gold partnership with Alfresco. >>
Smile deployed Magento for the online store www.furet.com which brings together more than 1 300 000 products. The challenges of this large scale project included meeting the performance requirements of this type of platform and making it easy to search the large number of products.
Avery® Brand&Print™, a new online print service of Avery, asked Smile to upgrade Magento to the Enterprise edition and to implement the new design
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Simple, convenient, efficient ... These three characteristics are the core of our approach.
We carry out an in depth analysis of your existing solution as part of the project - information systems, tools and user practices - so that we can identify all your needs and expectations.
We conduct short, targeted interviews to find out users' needs. Workshops give less experienced users the opportunity to assess the scale of the project and to become actively involved. We balance out the different needs to avoid ending up with a "Christmas wish list."
Our technological expertise and our experience of integrating solutions ensures that we can choose the most suitable tools independent of the software - whether it is open source or proprietary . Important criteria to be considered here includes: durability, openness, compliance with standards, adaptable load balancing (scalability) and interoperability.
With the choice of tools made and user context defined, we are able to help you choose the most suitable technical infrastructure (hosted, Saas/Cloud, internalised). We are also able to suggest the necessary infrastructure to operate the recommended information system.
Based on your needs , we work out requirements or technical and operational specifications detailing all areas of your project to ensure it is successfully implemented:
If you want, we can also help you manage your call for tenders , to determine the form responses should take or to fill in analytical grids of integrator's responses.
Because we meet many stakeholders during the production phase, it is essential that everything is well coordinated and that each stage of implementation is carried out effectively. To do this, we operate in two different ways:
Along side the project managers, we help you make decisions (strategic decisions, choice of providers, budget management...) and ensure that the project runs smoothly (planning, dashboards, coordination of stakeholders, work validation etc.). We also ensure that the change is correctly managed by supporting users.
During the entire production phase, the project manager is supported by the consultant who took part in the consultation, in order to ensure that all elements of the project comply with the Project Quality Plan. The consultant also provides additional expertise.