Vinculum provides various mobility services including mobile application development, implementation, migration, support and maintenance, and administration. Their center of excellence focuses on developing applications across multiple mobile platforms such as Android, iOS, J2ME, Blackberry, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. They have expertise in areas like Java technology, mobile platforms, tools, and technologies like J2ME, BREW, and Android. Vinculum aims to deliver end-to-end mobility solutions and build capabilities in technologies and processes to help clients develop differentiated mobility solutions.
1. Vinculum
Center of Excellence
Mobility Service
2. Our Service Offerings
Consulting Implementation
• Business Blueprinting • Vanilla Implementations
• Business Process Re-Design • Configurations &
• Due-Diligence & Customizations
Assessment Study • Legacy Integration
• Health Checks • Data Migration
• Performance Audits
Migration Professional Services
• Version Upgrade • Product Engineering
• Cross Platform Migration • IPs
• Cross Product Migration • Enhancements
• Data Assessment & • Automated Testing
Migration
Support & Maintenance Administration
• Application Support & • Database Administration
Maintenance • Application Administration
• OS/ Server Administration
3. Vinculum’s Center of Excellence
Mobility Services
Vinculum Specializes in Mobile Application Development
and testing across various mobile platforms mainly
Google ‘s Android
Apple iPhone OS X 2.0 SDK
J2ME
RIM’s Blackberry
Symbian C++ SDK ( BREW)
Windows Mobile
Through Our Wireless Center of Excellence, we deliver
Direct 2 consumer applications
Consumer and enterprise mobility application to help mobile
operator, ISV’s and Mobile Manufacturers, add offering and
extend services to mobile phone
4. Mobile Platform Expertise
Application development using J2ME CLDC
UI design for different handsets using J2ME Midlets
Porting of application layer to different devices including touch
screen devices
Framework based application development to improve
performance in embedded environment.
Application development using all J2ME JSRs and third party
SDKs
Application development using BREW
Applications based on Bluetooth, PIM, Messaging, Media etc.
Multilingual Support (Unicode Base 16/32)
Expertise in GIS Application on Mobile
Mobile Gaming
5. Mobile Platform Expertise
Webservices, SOAP,
Authentication using JAAS, LDAP and JNDI
SMS based server to client notification
Expertise on different web servers and application servers like
– Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Sun Application server,
WebSphere etc.
Widgets Development
Mashup Integration
Twitter/ Facebook integration
7. Vinculum’s Center of Excellence Mobility Services
Mandate
Develop Differentiated mobility solutions and services
Build deeper capabilities on a continuous basis
Improve processes, methodologies and techniques
Promotes Technology innovations, including creating reusable
components and solution accelerators
Create proof-of-concepts (POC) and rapid prototypes
Closely tracking technology and evaluating current and emerging
technologies
8. Vinculum’s Center of “Excellence Mobility Services “
Service Offerings
Application Development
End 2 End mobile application development for B2E, B2C
Professional application development on Symbian/C++, S60 and UIQ platforms
Application development on , Embedded Linux , Microsoft Pocket PC /Windows and Mobile
J2ME
Extensive experience in optimizing applications and thus effectively utilizing the resources on
the mobile devices
Application Porting
Porting mobile client applications to Symbian C++ /J2ME/ Embedded Linux / Windows
Mobile applications
Optimum utilization of the system resources on the mobile devices
Integration
Integration of mobile applications with backend systems
Integration with third-party software components
Consulting
End-to-end consulting services for the mobile solution deployments based on the
requirements of enterprises
Recommendation of suitable architecture for the solution
Recommendation of suitable hardware and software
12. Mobile Banking Application
(1/3)
Client is today’s pre-eminent financial services company, with around 200
million customer accounts in more than 100 countries.
Challenge:
Design an innovative and rugged application to address the banking needs of
HNWI customers on the move.
Framework based architecture with reusable components
Thick client approach
Code security, Data security on the device and over the air are taken care
Effective utilization of the soft keys in Nokia communicator phones
Performance improvement using UI framework
Printing the account summary using Bluetooth
Ability to use banking application even when no GPRS. Automatic
synchronization of offline data with server when network is available
14. Mobile Banking Application
(3/3)
Technical Details:
CDC – Personal profile based J2ME application
Designed to run on Nokia communicator series
Bouncy Castle cryptography API for encryption/Decryption
JNI to access Symbian API
Bluetooth (JSR 82) for printer communication
Apache web server with JSP pages
XML for server and mobile client communication
Components for Logging and Code protection
Framework for UI development
Tools – Nokia emulator, J2ME WTK, ant, Apache, NetBeans
Vinculum Value Add for this Project:
UI design by HID team of Vinculum
Requirements understanding from the existing Internet based application
Interfaced with the other technical partner of the customer
Technology comparison study done for the customer
POC to exhibit the feasibility
Interacted with Nokia technical team on behalf of the customer
15. Case Study – Mobio Networks
Company Overview Vinculum Value Add
Mobio Networks Inc. is a privately held company. Client Server Based Mobile Products
Mobio’s mission is to enable the creation of an developed, ported& tested include:
entirely new archetype of information-rich mobile Restaurant Finder (Smart Phones as well as
content. Mobio applications leverage web services on Java Enabled phones)
and the most recent advances in service-oriented Movie Finder (Successfully launched with
Universal Studio)
architecture to deliver just these “tasty bits” of the
web. The company was founded in Menlo Park, Flight Finder
California in 2005 and to-date has raised $9M from Open Table (Extension of Restaurant Finder)
investors including InterWest Partners and Storm Cricket Live
Ventures. Cricket Fantasy
Content Applications (Hot& Spicy, Lifestyle,
Spirituality, Bollywood Buzz and Astrology)
Project Objectives Team Size : 9 (Throughout the various project
• Build end to end Client Server Based Mobile phases)
products for Mobio Networks.
• Provide one stop solution to Mobio Networks for Technology Overview
requirement elicitation, requirement Analysis, Windows Mobile 2003 SDK
designing, development, porting and testing. J2ME with MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.1
JDK1.5.0
JBOSS 4.0.2
Solution
BPEL1.x
• Vinculum team skilled in scalable, high performance Apache 2.0
solutions using J2ME, Windows Mobile and mobio’s
X-Forms
propriety platforms (which is based on X-Forms).
16. Case Study – TCS
Company Overview Vinculum Value Add
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (Nasdaq: Product Development (for products such
TSYS) is a leading provider of mission critical as StreetFinder, Traffic and Navigator)
wireless data solutions to carriers, enterprise and across different mobile platforms
government customers. TCS' wireless data offerings including Windows Mobile, RIM and
include location-based Enhanced 9-1-1 services, BREW
and messaging and location service infrastructure Timely Delivery of Device Ports for
for wireless operators, real-time market data and various products across different mobile
alerts to financial institutions, mobile asset platforms including J2ME, Windows
management, mobile Point Of Interest Applications, Mobile, RIM and BREW, WAP etc.
Map based applications and mobile office solutions Enhancements to the existing products
for enterprises, and encrypted satellite Team Size : 30 (Throughout the various
communications to government customers. project phases across Noida and
Project Objectives Nagpur)
• To provide development/platform migration services
for various Client Server based mobile applications Technology Overview
including Street Finder, Traffic etc. in J2ME, BREW, J2ME
RIM, WAP and Windows Mobile
Java/J2EE
• To support device ports for various carriers including
Sprint, Verizon and Cingular BREW
Solution WAP
Vinculum team skilled in scalable, high performance Windows Mobile
solutions using J2ME, BREW, Windows Mobile, RIM RIM
has successfully completed the development/porting
and testing of various TCS products.
17. Case Study – dotPhoto (Kodak Application)
Company Overview Vinculum Value Add
dotPhoto has been at the forefront of the digital
camera and cellular phone revolutions. Founded in Timely Delivery of Device Ports
1999 as PhotosByNet, its first incarnation was a
simple web site for securely storing and sharing Enhancements to the existing products
digital photos via the Internet. From their earliest by fixing inherent issues and adding
days, the founders aim was nothing less than to new features like native contact list
transform the way “personal memories” were cared access.
for, shared and preserved. Team Size : 4
Project Objective
• Porting and testing of “Kodak” application (Client
Server based photo sharing application) on various
J2ME devices.
• Heavily network based application having high Technology Overview
performance requirement hence Intensive Memory
optimization. J2ME
Solution
Vinculum team skilled in scalable, high performance
solutions using J2ME has successfully completed
the porting and testing of this mobile application.
19. Case Study – mPortal
Company Overview Vinculum Value Add
mPortal Inc, founded in 2000, enables mobile content and
applications for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), Mobile On time completion of the complete life
Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), Content Providers and cycle activities with topmost level of quality
Enterprises. mPortal's products and services assist its of deliverables.
customers to create, launch, manage, and monetize mobile Successful and hasselfree integration with
content and applications across multiple mobile devices and server applictaion
networks. mPortal has offices in the US and India and serves a
variety of global customers including Alltel, AOL, Disney
Team Size : 12 (Throughout the various
project phases)
Mobile, ESPN Mobile, Reliance Infocomm, TV Guide, Verizon
Wireless, and Xerox.
Project Objectives
• Address Book Sync – Hawaiian Telcom wants to enable
wireless subscribers to synchronize their handset address
book with their CallWave address book.
Technology Overview
• Visual Voicemail – Hawaiian Telcom wants to enable J2ME with MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.1
subscribers to access and maintain voice mail information on JDK1.5.0
Eclipse 3.0
their handsets without having to dial into the carrier’s voicemail
UML Diagrammer
system. Visio 2003
Solution JSR 118, 205, 120, 75, 135.
Vinculum team skilled in scalable, high performance solutions
using J2ME has successfully completed the end to end
development, and testing of this mobile application.
20. Case Study – Cellfire
Company Overview Vinculum Value Add
Cellfire, Inc. offers coupons from popular retailers
including Hollywood Video, Hardee's, Omaha Steaks, In-time completion of Platform Port
T.G.I. Friday's, 1-800-flowers.com, and more on of Cellfire Coupon redemption
mobile devices. system in J2ME to BREW, Windows
Mobile and RIM Platforms
Project Objectives Timely Delivery of various device
• To build a Client Server based Coupon Redemption Ports across various mobile
platforms including BREW, Windows
product in BREW, Windows Mobile and RIM (from
Mobile and RIM
existing J2ME product) that will enable end user to
avail amazing coupon based offers from food and Team Size : 25 (Throughout the
entertainment to retail shopping and more, through various project phases)
cell phone
• Once the product is built in BREW, RIM and Windows
Mobile, port this product on various devices
Technology Overview
BREW
Windows Mobile
Solution
RIM
Vinculum team skilled in scalable, high performance
solutions using BREW, Windows Mobile and RIM has
successfully completed the development, porting and
testing of this mobile application.
21. Why Vinculum
Onsite-offshore model
Flexible pricing structure
Quality focused company
Deep domain expertise
Process Oriented organization