Alpha Cogs LTD

Alpha Cogs LTD

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Alpha Cogs, led by a seasoned CEO with 25+ years of technical expertise, offers accurate project quotes based on technical insights, not sales tactics. Our experienced team has a track record of diverse projects, from low-level system software to complex web applications for prestigious clients. We believe in equitable talent compensation and fostering a high-quality, international team. We believe in equitable compensation for talent, fostering high technical expertise, and offering accurate project quotes based on technical insights, not sales tactics. Our experienced team has a track record of diverse projects, from low-level systems where performance is key to complex Enterprise solutions and OTT platforms for prestigious clients.

$25 - $49/hr
2 - 9
2017
Locations
United Kingdom
Bramshill Close 6, Hainault, London IG74BU
+447876806455
Italy
Via di Mezzana 13 A, Pisa 56125

Focus Areas

Service Focus

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  • Software Development
  • Mobile App Development
  • Web Development
  • Maintenance & Support
  • App Designing (UI/UX)

Client Focus

100%
  • Small Business

Industry Focus

45%
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  • Media
  • Education
  • Other Industries

Alpha Cogs LTD Clients & Portfolios

Key Clients

  • Royal Opera House Telestream - Gallery Disney Thanos Telestream - Kumulate Get Water Fit Overcast Wcashless for Business Project Catalyst

ROH Rehearsal room
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ROH Rehearsal room
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$50001 to $100000
27 weeks
Media

ROH departments formerly relied on a large number of non-integrated systems, posing a productivity and organizational challenge for their schedule. 

The same content could be stored in several components across the system, inaccessible to the user. 

In addition, each platform required trained specialists to perform a lot of basic management tasks. This resulted in an inflexible, sub-optimal, and expensive way of working.

We assisted in the design and implemented a cloud-based media asset management solution, remotely accessible from any device via a web interface.

Simplicity was our priority, therefore, we came up with an intuitive user interface (UI) that enables even non-technical staff to perform their creative work too. 

By adopting a serverless architecture, we eliminated the need for maintaining and managing complex and expensive servers, significantly reducing the cost of maintenance and increasing the scalability of the solution.

As a result of this, ROH has a cost-effective, efficient, and user-friendly media asset management solution that enables ROH to improve its management systems. 

We believe that our approach to cloud-based media asset management, along with our use of serverless architecture and advanced technologies, represents a significant step forward and now ROH can take advantage of:

The cloud technology for remote working, for added collaboration and adaptability. 

The ability to record rehearsals and make them instantly available for playback through a web portal on a mobile device.

Almost a real-time access to the content, enabling users to easily search, browse, and stream their desired video content without any lag or delay.

The entire architecture, in case of a disaster, could be recreated within minutes, thanks to the use of a Serverless Framework that makes it possible to deploy the entire infrastructure on AWS with a simple command, recreating a perfectly functional new system.

Scalable solution that could be easily tailored to the unique requirements of ROH.

Technologies

Serverless framework for AWS
AWS cloud (EC2, S3, API Gateway, lambda, DynamoDB, AWS Firewall
Manager as main services used)
React

Disney Thanos
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Disney Thanos
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$100001 to $500000
35 weeks
Media

Thanks to over a decade of experience in working for the media industry and OTT platforms, we had the honour to work for one of the biggest worldwide brands to develop one of the most advanced prototype systems to ensure media quality delivery to Disney studios. 

Thanos is a near real-time platform to analyze media content information directly on the client machine before the upload of the content itself. The media information is attached to the uploaded file and compared to Disney's internal media management system to ensure the expected video quality. AI is used to analyze video streaming to check in-depth video and content quality in order to have a first verification of the number of black frames and that the content is appropriate (no nudity scenes or alcohol advertisements, for example).

After a first automated check, the media assets status is changed from "in Review" to "Passed" or "Not Passed". Then a report on the analysis is created and a final human approval is requested by the Quality Assurance admin. 

The Architecture design is entirely serverless and fully deployed in Amazon Cloud ensuring the maximum availability, scalability, and cost-saving solution.
The solution features a powerful search engine based on natural text search to retrieve the assets.

Technologies:

Angular
Serverless Framework for AWS
Amazon Rekognition
Amazon Media Elemental
Elastic Search

Get Water Fit
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Get Water Fit
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$10001 to $50000
18 weeks
Other Industries

Alpha Cogs thinks that is due to everybody trying to do their best to contribute to saving and taking care of our Planet and environment.

Our commitment to this is clear and well-documented. It is, for this reason, that we are proud to have worked to build Get Water Fit app that will help people in saving one of the most precious resources we have, the Water.

Never like these days, it is important to be considerate when using resources being electricity, petrol or water.

For these reasons, Alpha Cogs team supported the client not only in developing their application but also by providing consultancy about the best practices and features to include in their application and supporting Get Water Fit during the launch of the new app in the Google and Apple stores.

The feature we proud of the most and that we believe will make the application more enjoyable to its users, is the contextual in-app guide that guides the user at its first app use with a step-by-step easy-to-follow interactive guide.

We Celebrate our client and we went the extra mile building this app as it is so very close to our beliefs.

Technologies:

React Native

Telestream (Masstech) Kumulate
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Telestream (Masstech) Kumulate
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$100001 to $500000
60 weeks
Media

Alpha Cogs was selected by Masstech to help them to build their Media Management Asset Platform, thanks to our decennial experience in the media industry and our unique expertise in AWS cloud.

Three of our engineers build the entire platform entirely based and deployed on AWS and thanks also to our efforts Masstech was then acquired by Telestream to offer the Kumulate platform to their clients.

Some of Kumulate's key features are:

  • Works on any Cloud or Object Storage
  • High Availability for MAMs and PAMs
  • AI-generated Rich Metadata
  • Migrate & Modernize - Take advantage of pain-free migrations between storage tiers
  • Solutions for All Environments - Seamless integration of storage management and file processing into all major editing systems and tools
  • Prevent Expensive Outages- Cost-effective peace of mind – Kumulate provides automated content, and processes systems replication in your choice of storage tiers for disaster recovery and business continuity.

Technologies

AWS cloud
Java 8 
Spring
PostgreSQL 
Angular

Telestream (Masstech) Kumulate - Gallery
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Telestream (Masstech) Kumulate - Gallery
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$100001 to $500000
60 weeks
Media

Thanks to our decennial experience in the media industry and our unique expertise in AWS cloud, Masstech selected us to help them build their Media Management Asset Platform. 

Three of our engineers built the whole platform entirely based and deployed on AWS.

As a result of our successful project implementation, Masstech was later acquired by Telestream to offer the Kumulate platform to their own clients.

Kumulate Gallery offers access to all media content and makes it easily available and manageable with the following features:

Make More Content Available: Share content directly from Kumulate: each customer sees all the assets you want them to.

Leisurely Browsing: Customers can log in any time, search, browse and preview content before they hit the ‘buy’ button.

Rights Controlled: Select and define which assets you share with which customers, so rights management and control are maintained.

Everyday Simplicity: Customers check out using the familiar e-commerce tools and payment systems (Stripe / Paypal) that they use every day.

Secure Transactions: Secure email link delivers content immediately after purchase, with optional approval, reducing manual resources.

Sell Your Brand with Confidence: Instil customer confidence. Make your storefront yours with customized colors, logos, and brand elements.

Technologies:

AWS cloud
Java 8 
Spring
PostgreSQL
Angular

Wcashless for Business
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Wcashless for Business
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$10001 to $50000
21 weeks
Travel & Lifestyle

We helped Wandoora to develop a cashless payment system for travelers.

Our skillful technical team implemented a full cashless system (backend and App) allowing tourists to enjoy events, services and their holidays without worrying about carrying cash. 

WandoOs are travel coins for cashless use. Customers will be issued with a wristband or by using the wcashless Digital wallet while in attendance to one of many events they support. 

Wcacheless allows to top up wandoOs in the app and users can pay simply tapping wristband on the devices to pay. 

This goes a long way to promote tourism in Tulum and Mexico as there is an increasing number of bars, restaurants, small businesses and events that are using Wandoora’s wcashless in their establishments.

Technologies:

AWS Cloud
React Native

Overcast website redesign
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Overcast website redesign
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$0 to $10000
4 weeks
Media

Overcast was about to launch a marketing campaign to support their MAM product and was in need of a modern and attractive design for their website.

Alpha Cogs was selected thanks to our high engineering expertise in the media industry, our highly creative Design team, and our no TEMPLATE policy.

Our approach can be summarised as follow:

  1. Initial meeting with Overcast to understand their needs, goals and direct competitors.
  2. Extensive market research based on the information gained.
  3. Creation and presentation of our Design vision draft with detailed technical explanation (entirely free of charge).
  4. After approval of our artistic direction, we have proceeded with a full redesign of all pages and sections including the production of marketing images for the entire site.
  5. Overcast was constantly kept up to date thanks to weekly meetings between our and theirs teams.
  6. After this phase our designer closely followed Overcast's development team to give instructions on the design implementation.

Our team produced high definition deigns for every single device format supported: Desktop, Tablet and Mobile, producing over 80 pages plus special components such as Menu, Carousels and sliders.

On top of all this, even if the implementation has been completely done by the client's development team, we proposed a full animation choreography for every element, detailing what effect to use on different sections, technical solutions to implement and optimize the performances  according the different devices, and possible technologies to be used in order to achieve the best possible result in engineering terms.

Project Catalyst
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Project Catalyst
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$50001 to $100000
22 weeks
Startups

The project seeks to achieve the highest levels of community collaboration and to seed the best ideas with development funding via a community-moderated process.

Every few months, a new fund begins with a set amount of ada budgeted. Millions of ada is available as grants to allocate to projects and as ecosystem rewards. 

At the start of each funding round, the Cardano community proposes ideas that solve challenges within the blockchain ecosystem and the wider world. 

The community then evaluates and votes on which technical, business, creative, and community projects will receive funding.

Our team of 4 engineers developed the registration and delegation system using the Cardano blockchain and supporting wallet integration.

Technologies

Cardano blockchain
Wallet integration
Strapi v4
React
Storybook

Alpha Cogs LTD Reviews

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A quality team with no BS at prices that make sense

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I had the privilege of engaging Nicola Cogotti, the CEO and CTO of Alpha Cogs, and I must say that my experience with him left a lasting impression. Nicola is, without a doubt, an exceptionally knowledgeable platform architect.

I approached Nicola with a project that I had been mulling over, seeking the perspective of a true specialist.

What stood out the most during our interaction was Nicola's unparalleled expertise. His ability to grasp the intricacies of my project and his profound understanding of the technology landscape was nothing short of amazing. He delved into the details, explored various possibilities, and ultimately presented a solution that helped us save money and speed to market.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

Mobile App Dev

Describe your project in brief

Mobile app development. Alpha Cogs developed a mobile app that our internal teams could use.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Innovative solutions to difficult problems

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

None

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Hello Ben, Thanks so much for the nice words and I am so happy to have been able to help on this occasion. I wish you all the best and hope to hear from you soon. Also, I look forward to meeting up whenever you are around in London again. All the best Nicola

Posted 1 month ago
Ivo Vacca

Smooth as the Tuscany hills.

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$10001 to $50000
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Nicola Cogotti, CEO and CTO at Alpha Cogs, came to my rescue when my AI-driven idea had finally taken shape in an API demo after years of conceptualization. My professional background in the broadcast industry, working with major broadcast channels, gave me the tools to create a captivating demo video. Yet, the challenge lay in transforming this concept into a full-fledged MVP. Finding a partner with the exceptional skills required in this highly specialized and technological space seemed near impossible.
Fate led me to Nicola Cogotti, whose profound grasp of the intricate web of technicalities immediately stood out. I made the pivotal decision to entrust him with the mission of bringing my vision to life, and I haven't looked back since.
The project's complexity was only half the story; the time constraints were equally formidable. Remarkably, Alpha Cogs helped me, surprisingly, to augment the portability of the code base, optimizing the costs I had to face with deployment on cloud.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

App.Dotting

Describe your project in brief

App.Dotting is an AI-powered app that revolutionizes team training and management in projects. App.Dotting analyzes project texts and concepts and automatically creates a team organization chart that facilitates the efficiency and success of the project.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Enthusiasm Professionality Competence Delivery within the deadlines In budget

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

I didn't experience any problems.

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Ciao Ivo, Thanks for your review and it was a great pleasure to work on a such visionary project like yours. All the team loved implementing your idea and seeing how nice the product was! Working on such complex UI and cutting-edge technologies has been a nice challenge. We hope to keep working with you on this in the near future. All the best from Alpha Cogs Team

Posted 1 month ago
David Hollick

Excellent service delivered on time and on budget and worked well without resident software team

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$10001 to $50000
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Alpha Cogs, led by the exceptional Nicola Cogotti, emerged as a true beacon of reliability and proficiency when our company, Logifect, found itself grappling with the daunting challenge of meeting tight deadlines for critical projects. Our immediate need for full-stack developers and someone with substantial testing expertise led us to Nicola, a professional I had the pleasure of working with previously.

With remarkable agility, Nicola swiftly assembled the necessary staff within a matter of days, demonstrating a keen understanding of our urgency.

Over a span of three months, we collaborated with Alpha Cogs, and during the final month, an additional full-stack developer was seamlessly integrated into our team.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

Kaenect digital health platform

Describe your project in brief

The project was a cloud platform for delivery of digital health, involved a multidisciplinary team that was required to write the whole backend of the platform having comply with many security requirements within the health space. Recruited several personnel and respect of testing back end development and also frontend development. Project was successfully completed

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Fully professional and delivered what it said on the tin. Prepared to operate and agile and flexible manner and worked seamlessly on the difficult project

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

None

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Hello David, Thanks so much for your kind review, it has been a great pleasure for all the team at Alpha Cogs work with you and your team to make your project real. We all hope to work again with you guys soon. Best Regards

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James Whitebread

ROH Rehearsal room AC

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$50001 to $200000
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AlphaCogs expertly understood the level and depth of integration required. Along with an architecture appropriate for this.

They worked collaboratively with the ROH to deliver a beautiful effective solution for the artistic companies to utilise.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

Royal Opera House Rehearsal Room AV

Describe your project in brief

AlphaCogs worked with the Royal Opera House to develop a touch screen interface that artistic companies could utilise to instantly replay rehearsals or search through archive content relating to rehearsals. This involved integration into camera, media asset management and NDI video servers.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Strong skills in depth A UI focus Planning ahead

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

None to highlight

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Hello James, Thank you so much and it has been such a great pleasure to work closely with you during this amazing project. We all hope to work with you soon again. All the best from our team at Alpha Cogs

Posted 1 month ago
Julia Dascalu

The most reliable tech contracting company I worked with

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$200000+
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Alpha Cogs became our savior during the tough times.
We urgently needed developers to support our main learning platform, as well as build a new product: Teacher's portal.
We contracted 3 developers to become a part of our team & it has been a great synergy. Guys are very supportive & understanding of our always changing tech requirements and occasional late evenings going live work process.
Our industry is very demanding and having a tech partner that is able to support not only 9 to 6 hours is a huge benefit.
Alpha Cogs level of technical support from the senior management as well as the quality of developers for the very competitive price has not been beaten so far.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

Marcopolo Learning

Describe your project in brief

MarcoPolo World School Project. An interactive E-Learning app for early education.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

- the quality of developers - experience and flexibility - the ability to work on a deadline

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

I did not have a negative experience

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Thank you Julia, All the team enjoyed working closely with you during the support and development. It was challenging at times and the workload was very intense but a skilled and able Project Manager like yourself made everything easier and more bearable. It was a real pleasure and we all hope to work with you again in the near future. All the best

Posted 1 month ago
Sophie Thomson

Professional, Committed and Supportive development work on an industry changing solution

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$50001 to $200000
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I have loved working with Nic & the Alphacogs team on our AV Ballet Studios solution at the Royal Opera House (London) alongside Overcast HQ & Aura. Despite being a challenging project we have been so impressed & thankful for Nic & the team's professionalism, commitment and support to develop the best solution for our world leading artists. I cannot recommend Nic highly enough and would love to work with him and the team again.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

AV Ballet Studios at the Royal Opera House

Describe your project in brief

As part of the Royal Opera House's Media Asset Management programme, this project is to upgrade & install ballet studio equipment including mounted cameras & a custom build application for recording & playback in 4 Ballet studios to expand further with Teams functionality. This will provide the ballet company with a leading rehearsal assist capability to remotely engage with artists around the world ​& allow them to use recordings to enhance their rehearsal process for their world leading work.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Professionalism, great personal support & speed

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

NA

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Thank you Sophie, It was a pleasure for us and our team to work on such an exciting project for such an iconic client. We have enjoyed every single bit of it and we are still loving the progression. Thanks for your amazing support during the operations.

Posted 1 month ago
Emily Raymond

Great collaboration and team work

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$0 to $10000
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When working with Nic and his team at Alpha Cogs, you are getting a professional, straight talking experience, where you know exactly what is going with each project at every stage. They are an accommodating and flexible team who do their very best to meet expectations and work with you to overcome any issues or changes that arise during the project and always want the best outcome for your product. They always are willing to help provide suggestions to better the product and accept last minute changes with ease. I'd highly recommend Nic and his team for all your software needs.

What was the project name that you have worked with Alpha Cogs LTD?

GetWaterFit Native App

Describe your project in brief

GetWaterFit app provide user's with insights into their water usage in their homes and provides information on how they can save money by reducing their water usage with products or behavioural changes. The user will complete a survey about their home and the platform will deliver a bespoke water use report and 'easy wins' and/or free products to help them reduce their water use and save money on their water bill.

What is it about the company that you appreciate the most?

Their flexibility and responsiveness throughout the project

What was it about the company that you didn't like which they should do better?

N/A

Company Response
Alpha Cogs LTD
Alpha Cogs LTD

Thank you Emily, It was such a great experience for us working on "Get Water Fit app", such an amazing and clever product that, not only helps people to save money but also makes us aware of the importance of saving water for our planet. Thanks for this unique opportunity, we hope to work together again and we wish you all the possible success.

Posted 1 month ago

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The Importance of Agile Development in Modern Software Projects and how Alpha Cogs takes advantage of this methodology
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