The document outlines the development of a gated online community by a client seeking a safer platform for social and business interactions, after their in-house team disbanded. Sigma Infosolutions was selected to address specific technical challenges and successfully implemented key functionalities, including an automated user verification system and enhanced scalability. The ongoing project aims to expand its features and reach future markets, benefiting from streamlined requirements and advanced technology solutions.

1. www.sigmainfo.net
Rapid Functionality Development with Higher ROI
through a Dedicated Off-shore Team for one of
the World’s Gated Online Communities

2. The Client
In order to make the online community a safer place for people
to interact with socially and for business purposes, the client has
created and operates a gated online community which thrives on
verification of every single member using its services. This provides
a platform for community members to indulge in trade as well as
social interaction in a secure manner.
Business Case
The client was developing this online community internally. However,
in the process the in-house development slowly disintegrated. The
client was then evaluating various technology vendors for relevant
expertise and experience on eBusiness and eCommerce technology
platforms. The client wanted a technology vendor who could take
complete ownership of the development process and execute all
initiatives as per the business plan.
The client asked all the prospective technology vendors to solve
2 key technical challenges in a stipulated amount of time. These
challenges acted as evaluation criterion to select the right partner.
Based on turn-around-time time and quality of problem resolution,
Sigma Infosolutions was rightfully awarded the project.
Challenges
Since, the client’s internal development team had disintegrated,
there was no documentation pertaining to the existing code. Also,
the client didn’t clearly list all requirements for the portal. This put
Sigma Infosolutions’ team in a challenging position as the team didn’t
have any visibility in to the future course of development. Some
of the other uphill tasks, successfully solved by Sigma Infosolutions
team are:
1. Partial refresh functionality to ensure faster web page loading
2. URL naming process to ensure a SEO friendly site
3. Integration of web servers for SSL operability
4. Development of key modules such as verification module
Executive Summary
The client embarked on
developing a gated online
community portal to make
online interaction safe for
personal and business. During
the development process,
their in-house development
team slowly disintegrated.
After having successfully
solved two specific challenges
put forth by the client as
the selection criteria, Sigma
Infosolutions was chosen as
the dedicated team for this
project. Sigma Infosolutions
successfully built the key
functionalities of this portal.
The client was thus able to
realize its vision of a safe
and gated online community.
This has opened avenues for
advanced features in the near
future and expansion to other
cities across US. The project
is ongoing with a bandwidth
of 360 hours per month.
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3. The Solution
Since, there was no documentation from the client’s side, Sigma
Infosolutions quickly put a team together that streamlined
requirement gathering and other project related documentation.
A content management system was integrated to aid the data
operability and future scalability. An Ajax based page refresh
mechanism was developed and integrated to resolve the issue of
partial refresh. This improved the usability of the portal by multi-
folds.
The various modules were developed to ensure key functionalities of
the portal. Some of the key functionalities of this portal are:
1. Automated Verification: Automates verification process to
ensure the authenticity of the user. This includes different
levels of verification such as personal verification as well as
check for existence of a criminal record.
2. Bulk Coupon Management: The bulk coupon module is
capable of processing unformatted data to ensure seamless
operability of data with the portal.
3. Scalability: Sigma team has ensured scalability of this project
in the near future by integration of modules such as reputation
management, reporting module etc.
Technology
Sigma Infosolutions used the
following technologies for this
project:
• Groovy Grails
• Standard Java plug-ins
• Remote pagination
• Acegi security
• Searchable plug-in
• CMS plug-in
• Mail plug-in
• FCK editor 0.9
• Barcode
• Static resources
• Model box
• Form helper 0.28
Business Benefits
The improved functionalities
helped the client to achieve the
following business benefits:
• A fully automated solution
to validate the core business
proposition to have a gated
secure community portal
• Flexibility to upload data in
a simpler format
www.sigmainfo.net
The gated internet community

4. Sigma Infosolutions LLC-USA, California
2082 Michelson Dr.
Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612
Telephone: (714) 717-1826
Fax: (866) 405-6750
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Sigma Infosolutions Ltd.-India,Bangalore
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3rd Phase, Bangalore- 560078
Telephone: +91-80-40865100
About Sigma Infosolutions
• Sigma Group, an Indian conglomerate has more than 4 decades of experience in Mining, Chemicals Manufacturing &
Export, Handicrafts Manufacturing & Export, and Software Development
• Sigma Infosolutions is a TUV certified ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2005 company
• Headquartered in US with presence in India
• Some of our esteemed customers include Airtel, Zyme Solutions, Yodlee, Celerity Consulting, Resolution Economics,
Birla Global Asset Finance, Fosroc Chemicals, Surgery Planet etc.
• Sigma Infosolutions’ services comprises of application development, application management, IT consulting, offshore
testing, and website and portal development
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A fully automated solution to validate the core
business proposition to have a gated secure
community portal
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