Services

Enterprise Portal Development and Portal Integration

A company can acquire a significant competitive edge through portals which use modern technologies to improve business to business (B2B) communication and interaction, streamline financial operations and optimize expenditures.  Portals become integrated “anytime—anywhere access” platforms in today’s highly informational world.  These portals allow such vital functions as communication, information delivery, collaboration and automated business processes which are enacted through shared applications and web services.  Embracing the latest trends in business and technologies, Quotient delivers a set of end-to-end portal solutions to its clients.  Some examples include:  

  • Social Communities and Networks
  • Enterprise Information Portals
  • Business Portals
  • Knowledge Management Portals
  • Content Distribution Portals (Digital Docs and Media)
  • B2C and B2B Ecommerce Portals
  • Application/Web Services Portals  

Portal Features

There are 4 key functional components to any portal:  content delivery, user interface, management of the portal, and web services.  

Proper balance of these 4 components will determine the business value of a portal.  Quotient is able to deliver its customers an integrated set of portal functions by joining our practical experience of portal development with best practices and years of work experience in enterprise application development.  Some key services our portals provide are:  

  • Management of Digital Data Document management (storage, authoring, version control,  publishing), digital media distribution (audio/video streaming), data repositories, and integrated search and data mining
  • Content Management Web-based panels for administration, content creation and publishing, mash-ups, single-sourcing distribution, content approvals and go-live authorization
  • User Management User authentication (registration/login), single sign-on, profiling, multilevel memberships, user administration, user behavior tracking, reporting and analysis
  • Communication and Collaboration Web conferencing, instant messaging mailing systems, Voice over IP, forums, chats, feedback forms, event calendars, surveys, ratings and reviews, electronic newsletters, and polls
  • Ecommerce Billing and secure payment processing, order management, product catalogues, shopping carts, auctions, shipping, and inventory management
  • Automation of Business Processes Supply Chain Management, Accounting/Customer Relationship Management, Human Resources Management, Workflow Management
  • Security Various user privileges and access levels, data encryption, and personalized content distribution  

Quotient Development Practice of a Portal

Quotient provides all services related to portal development, from start to finish.  In order to identify business objectives, we work very closely with our clients to determine a strategy and develop a complete plan for implementation of the Portal.  We take this plan and the concept developed at the assessment and specification stages and deliver solutions with customized features and comprehensive business logic.  We also add business and technical scalability and efficient performance to our product.  

Our clients have found us to be adept at providing:

  • Assessment of overall strategy and consultations
  • Design and usability of user interface
  • End-to-end portal application programming
  • Business analysis and architecture design
  • Quality Assurance and complete testing
  • Portal performance optimization and tuning
  • Setup, maintenance and support for the portal
  • Design and integration of the database
  • Integration with third-party Web Services
  • Integration with legacy business applications (ERP,CRM, SCM)
  • Portal upgrades and new features enhancements  

Once we have developed a system that meets your goals, we will ensure that it runs without errors and has the highest degree of functionality.  In addition, our experts are always ready to provide desired portal upgrades and enhancements when your business grows and evolves.