Edvantis

KEY POINTS

• Client: BigCommerce, a leading ecommerce platform
• Location: USA
• Industry: Ecommerce
• Partnership duration: 4 years
• Services provided: Managed Team, Software development
• Team composition: 30-50 software developers and QA engineers
• Technologies: PHP, MySQL, Angular, Kafka
• Results: Legacy modernization, new payment integrations, 3 added languages

DETAILS

About the client:

BigCommerce is a leading ecommerce platform offering innovative features and capabilities to 60 thousand retailers from 150 countries.

Challenge:

Our client — a SaaS eCommerce platform — was seeking additional expertise to assist with legacy codebase modernization, system performance enhancements, and the development of new commerce functionality for end-users.

Solution:

A total of 30 to 50 software developers and quality assurance (QA) engineers worked on several of the projects for the client at different stages. Our specialists were evaluated based on the KPIs used by the client to measure their internal performance. Our team achieved the following goals:

• Updated core software modules pertaining to Customer Management, Product Catalog Management & Big Data Analytics
• Redesigned legacy application architecture from monolithic to microservices
• Implemented internalization and localization
• Helped integrate payments into the platform

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: A leading telecom provider
• Location: Germany
• Industry: Telecommunications
• Partnership duration: 1 year
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Legacy Modernization
• Team composition: 2 software engineers
• Technologies: Java 11, Spring Boot
• Results: Migration of 16 services in 12 months

DETAILS

About the client:

Our client is the largest independent telecom network provider in Germany, offering a range of telecommunication, broadband, web, media, and TV services to its growing base of 8.3 million subscribers.

Challenge:

The Client recognized the need to upgrade its legacy codebases. The original systems were built on Java 6 and Jboss (WildFly) application servers which no longer met its business needs. Edvantis engineers familiar with the Spring Boot framework, Java 11, and mono and flux libraries were selected for the project.

Solutions:

The Edvantis team migrated and fully ported 16 legacy services to the new infrastructure in just 12 months. Our main goal during migration was to preserve the business logic for all the applications to avoid any operational disruptions.

In terms of legacy modernization, our engineering team:

• Performed code refactoring and improved its quality within the newer Java 11 version
• Upgraded legacy libraries using Spring Boot features
• Used a reactive approach to IT system modernization and helped the client migrate to a future-proofed microservices architecture, built on Java 11

As part of QA services, we delivered:

• Code coverage reports that verified if the migrated biz-logic was fully covered by tests
• Integration testing to ensure there were no new bugs in the migrated code
• Static code analysis to double-check that the code is clean and ready to be deployed.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: ATR, a global leader in procedure management solutions
• Location: USA
• Industry: IT
• Partner since: 2008
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation,QA & Advisory
• Team composition: 3 QA specialists
• Technologies: Java, Selenium, TestNG, Apache, Jmeter
• Results: Thoroughly tested 2-3 releases per year

DETAILS

About the client:

ATR offers training, change management, and procedure lifecycle solutions to businesses in high-risk, heavily regulated industries.

Challenge:

To ensure that their solutions are consistently reliable and compliant with the relevant standards, ATR selected Edvantis as its long-term, impartial QA vendor to support its internal testing team.

Solution:

Edvantis assigned 3 experienced QA engineers to support ATR’s in-house QA process and conduct regular software testing in various environments, adhering to internal standards and documenting user stories.

As part of the project, Edvantis specialists successfully ran the following tests on ATR’s desktop, mobile, and web applications:

• Performance & load testing
• Regression testing
• Usability testing
• User acceptance testing

Edvantis offered ATR impartial feedback and expert QA advice, assisting the Company’s development teams in system improvement. Our specialists contributed to ATR’s internal knowledge management system, recording and structuring all test information for future reference and utilization.

Results:

Since 2008, Edvantis and ATR have cultivated a solid and reliable partnership. We collaborate on 2-3 major yearly product releases and numerous additional updates and improvements. Edvantis has been crucial in establishing a seamless software testing life cycle and implementing automated testing processes.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: Collenda, a solutions provider for credit management
• Location: Germany
• Industry: Finance
• Partnership duration: 1 year
• Services provided: Managed Team, Software Development
• Team composition: 6 developers
• Technologies: Java, React.js, Spring Boot, JSF, Primefaces
• Results: Release of 2 innovative products, 2 major system updates

DETAILS

About the client:

Collenda is a market player that supplies digital products to its customer base of over 700 banks, corporate lenders, and debt collection agencies around Europe.

Challenge:

Due to the rising competitive pressure from FinTech companies, Collenda decided that it was time to ramp up its product digitalization. The company struggled to find local talent and selected Edvantis as an IT services provider due to our professionalism and flexibility in resource scaling.

Solution:

From March 2019, we had 6 engineers on the project working in 2 teams. Edvantis engineers coordinated effectively with Collenda’s internal teams, achieving significant results:

• Front-end re-design for the credit management software suite
• Lending portal re-architecture, using Spring Boot for the backend
• New loan application development using Javaserver Faces for component-based UIs
• Lending application porting to React.js to improve user satisfaction with the product
• An elegant solution to preserve XML metadata, while ensuring that all the UI was built dynamically at runtime

Results:

Our developers developed a deep knowledge of its core systems and portfolio products. Together with Collenda’s internal team, we performed 2 major system updates and contributed to the release of the following innovative products:

• Open Credit 4.0 — an integrated credit management platform, featuring smart, AI-driven workflows
• A user-friendly and intuitive cloud-based solution for loan applications and processing

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: Alturos Destinations – an IT vendor for travel businesses
• Location: Austria
• Industry: Travel
• Partner since: 2019
• Services: Staff Augmentation, Ecommerce development
• Team size: 4 to 6 developers Technologies: Magento, PHP 7, Quarkus, Vue.js, JavaScript
• Results: 10 new product features, regulation compliance, improved platform performance

DETAILS

About the client:

Alturos Destinations provides travel businesses in the Alpine region with software solutions for digital sales and service booking. The company has built a flexible ecommerce platform with customer support tools, a digital marketing engine, and cross-channel sales solutions.

Challenge:

The platform had many features and custom extensions but it was hosted on outdated architecture which hindered its performance. Alturos selected Edvantis as its tech partner with extensive ecommerce expertise to improve functionality, handle platform maintenance, and develop new product features.

Solution:

In 2019, Edvantis gathered Agile teams of 4 to 6 software engineers to support the development of new product features:

• A new connector for an “experience bank” which is an aggregate pool of hospitality services provided by all local operators
• A reservation management service with a refund feature that enabled compliance with cancellation requirements imposed by the local regulator
• An interface for booking car transportation services
• A host of API extensions and separation of one of Alturos’ key services – a travel service booking module. Now any customer can easily integrate the booking module into their system.

Results:

The Edvantis team quickly achieved a strong backlog, handling issues and creating 10 new ecommerce platform features that had been requested and were positively rated by Alturos’ end customers. In addition, we helped improve the platform's performance and maintenance.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: TechniSat, a consumer electronics company
• Location: Germany
• Industry: Consumer Electronics
• Partnership duration: 2 years
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Software Development
• Technologies: С++, Qt, QML
• Team composition: 8-10 developers

DETAILS

About the client:

TechniSat is a leading digital TV and radio development company that delivers consumer electronics and IT products in Europe.

Challenge:

TechniSat needed to modernize the outdated Human-Machine Interface (HMI) across all their television sets. The company's internal team took care of the backend architecture, however there were talent gaps in frontend development. TechniSat researched the IT outsourcing market, visited prospective vendors, and determined that Edvantis was the best fit.

Solution:

During this project, Edvantis handled all front-end work, including QML programming for the entire HMI. We implemented a modern user interface according to the design and functionality documentation provided by TechniSat.

Edvantis seamlessly integrated into TechniSat's internal agile development process, participating in all stand-up meetings and code reviews. Our extensive development experience and clear project management guidelines were instrumental in ensuring a successful kick-off.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: Wellster, a HealthTech company building consumer health solutions
• Location: Germany
• Industry: HealthTech
• Partnership duration: 2 years
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Software Development
• Technologies: React, TypeScript, MySQL, Docker, AWS
• Team composition: 1-6 full-stack developers and QAs, at different stages
• Results: Improved UX and scalability of the platform

DETAILS

About the client:

Wellster Healthtech Group is Germany’s leading supplier of next-generation consumer health software. The company offers mental health and medical self-test portals as well as telemedicine, drugs, and digital therapy solutions.

Challenge:

Wellster faced a talent gap when developing its front end for the web platform. As the platform grew, the company wanted to enhance the user experience and ensure scalability. Wellster sought a reliable partner with a proven track record for long-term engagements and rapid team expansion.

Solution:

Edvantis integrated seamlessly with Wellster's Scrum teams, taking part in all sprint planning sessions, architectural decisions, and implementation processes. Together, they added new features to the existing web-based UI of the platform, such as a new dedicated user account and a convenient functionality to connect third-party services.

They deploy the results using Docker Containers and Kubernetes, ensuring the platform's scalability and maintainability.

Results:

We helped Wellster pinpoint the most qualified specialists who had relevant skills and the right cultural fit. By collaborating with the client's internal specialists, we significantly enhanced the platform's usability for end users.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: A digital property rental company
• Location: USA
• Industry: Real Estate
• Partner since: 2017
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Software Development
• Team composition: 4 developers, 1 QA engineer, 1 UI/UX specialist
• Technologies: .NET, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, Microsoft Azure, React
• Results: Release of innovative products

DETAILS

About the client:

Our client is a global solution provider that enables individuals and corporate clients to easily search and book housing options in various locations.

Challenge:

The company was in need of a major upgrade to its online booking platform and connected databases. Their goal was to enhance the customer (CX) and user (UX) experience by:

• Creating an online marketplace for property rentals that allows clients to easily browse and prescreen temporary property
• Offering new reporting features for platform users for quick updates on their employees’ locations and movements

Solution:

Edvantis took charge of end-to-end software development services from product discovery and definition, through architecture and application development, to roll-out, ongoing maintenance, and support. Our team helped introduce the following software features to the market:

• A new backend solution that enables customers to instantly check property availability, pricing, and other details online
• An intuitive user interface displaying all available properties in nearby locations, along with local points of interest

From a technical perspective, the new application is fully hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud. We plan to add new microservices and micro frontends to the existing architecture.

Results:

The result is a revamped Property Rental Company web platform that connects customers with property suppliers and simplifies the rental process. Together, we transformed the initial MVP into a full-scale product, successfully transitioning it into the production stage.

READ OUR CASE STUDIES

KEY POINTS

• Client: TrustRadius, a site for reviewing software and services.
• Location: USA
• Industry: IT
• Partner since: 2020
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Software Development, Quality Engineering
• Technologies: Node.js, React, Backbone, MongoDB, AWS
• Team composition: 3-17 specialists
• Results: Migration to newer technologies, new custom features, and extensions

DETAILS

About the client:

TrustRadius is a popular business software review platform featuring over 389,000 reviews and ratings from verified users.

Challenge:

TrustRadius faced a growing talent gap, leading to costly and challenging onboarding of new specialists. The company’s CTO, drawing on prior experience collaborating with Edvantis, was familiar with our high-quality talent pool and comprehensive hiring procedure. Thus, TrustRadius partnered with Edvantis to obtain the needed technical expertise.

Solution:

Edvantis has assigned different IT resources to work with TrustRadius’ internal engineering team. In particular, TrustRadius required our specialists to:

• Update a large-scale platform with many dependencies
• Address and minimize technical debt
• Improve architecture scalability and load tolerance
• Replace/update outdated functionality

Edvantis engineers covered a wide range of development tasks. To solve the legacy system problem, they refactor the code, migrate the system to new technologies, or completely rewrite the code for some parts of the platform.

Results:

Through our partnership, we scaled the team size from 3 to 17 people. Our engineers acquired an in-depth understanding of TrustRadius products and can now deliver even the most challenging tasks.

We strengthened TrustRadius products by modernizing legacy components, launching extra engagement-driving features, and adding user-demanded integrations with popular third-party products.

READ OUR CASE STUDIES

KEY POINTS

• Client: KPC Labs, a provider of data aggregation and analytics services for real estate
• Location: USA
• Industry: Real Estate
• Partner since: 2010
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Web Development, AI Integration
• Team size: 7-15 developers, QA and ML specialists
• Technologies: Java 8, Spring Framework, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, AWS
• Results: Secure and reliable crawler & web portal, AI features, 20+ microservices

DETAILS

About the client:

By aggregating and analyzing data, KPC Labs helps investors, brokers, and real estate businesses gain valuable insights.

Challenge:

KPC Labs partnered with Edvantis to accomplish many software development, application architecture, and big data objectives. Namely, the company wanted to create a website crawler & a web-based portal, optimize database queries, and introduce a machine-learning solution.

Solution:

We assembled a cross-functional team of developers, an ML engineer, and a QA staff matching KPC Labs’ requirements to provide operational support and engineering expertise. Our team accomplished the following goals:

• Created and configured the crawler to automatically discover and extract data from real estate websites
• Developed a web application for processing and selling the data extracted by the crawlers
• Introduced 20+ microservices for the crawler and portal
• Incorporated a machine learning extension into the portal infrastructure
• Redesigned the web application and integrated the dialing feature
• Added Amazon Redshift as a data warehouse solution, which supported data statistic calculations
• Enhanced the performance, stability, and security of the web application and web crawler

Results:

With the help of the Edvantis engineers, the client gained workable IT services (web solutions and portals) for their operations.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: SEMDATEX, a HealthTech company
• Location: Germany
• Industry: HealthTech
• Partner since: 2020
• Services provided: Dedicated Team, Software Development, Data Management
• Team size: 3 developers
• Technologies: Node.js, MongoDB, React, Redux, Docker
• Results: Innovative features, secure data management process, German regulations compliance

DETAILS

About the client:

SEMDATEX is a provider of an expandable ecosystem for Healthcare Management. The company partnered with our client, Doc Cirrus, and wanted to integrate a new solution into their environment. SEDMATEX selected Edvantis as a mature IT company with experience in both HealthTech and Doc Cirrus’ products.

Challenge:

The goal was to ensure secure real-time data exchanges with medical devices and create a streamlined data collection process from Biotronik pacemakers. Plus, all software components had to comply with German healthcare regulations.

Solution:

Since 2020, Edvantis engineers have helped SEMDATEX deliver the following features:

• Remote patient monitoring: a specialized solution for monitoring changes in patient conditions and alerting practitioners if they deteriorate
• Rapid data exchange: best-in-class data exchange tools, enabling users to import and export patient records and medical data in various formats
• Connected medical devices: an adapter for collecting and transforming data from connected medical devices, enabling medical professionals to measure heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and ECG

Results:

Edvantis successfully performed all project tasks despite a tight deadline. Throughout the collaboration, we consulted SEMDATEX on building a secure data management process that complied with German healthcare regulations and Doc Cirrus requirements. The SEMDATEX platform successfully captured a significant market share for remote care and continues to evolve.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: Doc Cirrus – an e-healthcare software solutions vendor
• Location: Germany
• Industry: HealthTech
• Partner since: 2016
• Services provided: Staff Augmentation, Full-Stack Development
• Team composition: 7 developers, 1 team lead
• Technologies: JavaScript, NodeJS, MongoDB, Docker, Redis
• Results: Swiss market entry, growing user base, product transformation

DETAILS

About the client:

Founded in 2012, Doc Cirrus is a leading IT vendor delivering e-health software development solutions to German and Swiss markets. Tested by qualified medical professionals and backed up by the EU, its products support cross-platform access, data integration in real-time, and parallel operations.

Challenge:

Doc Cirrus wanted to set a new standard in doctor-patient service delivery. They sought a tech partner to increase their development capacity quickly.

Solution:

A team of 7 Edvantis developers and 1 team lead has fully integrated into the company’s development lifecycle, acting as an organic extension of the in-house operations. They have been helping Doc Cirrus achieve the following goals:

• Deliver new e-healthcare modules to the German and Swiss markets
• Transform inSuite into an e-health marketplace
• Create an integration for DICOM data
• Set up seamless processing of cardio stimulator data

Results:

We have helped Doc Cirrus effectively scale its technical capabilities and embrace a leaner software development process. The inSuite user base has grown significantly and the product continuously receives positive ratings from small and large medical institutions.

Additionally, Edvantis specialists have worked on a new software product that helped Doc Cirrus enter the Swiss healthcare market. Edvantis has become the preferred vendor for health tech startups who want to integrate their modules into inSuite (for example, Semdatex)

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: Modul-System, a ticketing and payment systems provider
• Location: Sweden
• Industry: Public Transportation
• Partner since: 2012
• Services provided: Dedicated Team, Payment development
• Team composition: 4-10 developers and testers
• Technologies: NodeJS, Express, MongoDB, React, Redux, Docker
• Results: High-performing, flexible payment and mobile solutions, regulations compliance

DETAILS

About the client:

Stockholm’s Lokaltrafik AB (SL) is a Swedish company that offers ticketing systems for public transport in the Nordic countries.

Challenge:

SL sought a tech partner to develop a portable ticketing device for their conductors. They chose Modul-System and Edvantis as their partners based on our prior experience with a project for Bärbar Konduktör Utrustning (BKU).

Solution:

Edvantis created a connected ticketing device that serves as a cash register, an e-ticketing machine, and a validator for SL’s transport cards, meeting the needs of both passengers and conductors.

It comes equipped with a wide 5-inch screen, an 8-megapixel rear camera, and a long-lasting 4000mAh battery. The device has universal connectivity ensuring an all-time reliable performance.

Together, we achieved many goals:

• Developed the xBKU Android mobile app and integrated it into the SL Access Infrastructure
• Collaborated closely with Famoco to custom-tune the Famoco Firmware
• Delivered a user-friendly solution that complies with Swedish Work Environment Authority requirements
• Created flexible xBKU application architecture that makes it adaptable for other transport operators

Results:

Working together, we helped SL meet all government requirements and pioneer an innovative connected ticketing device. The updated xBKU solution has been implemented for Waxholms Ångfartygs AB (WÅAB) – a shipping company responsible for seaborne public transport in Stockholm.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: ATRON – an IT provider for public transportation vendors
• Location: Sweden
• Industry: Public Transportation
• Partner since: 2021
• Services provided: Dedicated Team, Backend Development, API integration, testing
• Team composition: 4 developers, 1 tech lead
• Technologies: Java11, Quarkus, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Kafka
• Results: Compliance with BoB standard, rapid project setup

DETAILS

About the client:

ATRON Systems is a European market leader delivering software and hardware solutions for the public transport industry for the last 30 years. Its branch, ATRON Systems Sweden AB, previously used its ticketing solution.

Challenge:

Swedish authorities introduced a new standard to create seamless ticketing and payment for the country’s public transport. The company urgently needed technical assistance to achieve compliance with the standard – Biljett- och Betalstandard (BoB). ATRON contacted Edvantis because we had immediately available engineers, who were familiar with the BoB requirements.

Solution:

A team of 1 tech lead and 4 backend developers created a project scope and rapidly set up our collaboration, achieving the following goals:

• Created a backend engine following the BoB mobile ticket specifications
• Conducted integration testing on all ticketing features
• Adapted the Client’s CI/CD pipeline to support the new backend solution

Our specialists integrated APIs into the ticketing system, enabling:

• Interoperability between different hardware systems
• Verification using electronic signatures
• Protection against copying
• Ticket validation and inspection reports

Results:

The rapid setup of the project by Edvantis made ATRON Systems the front-runner among other public transport authorities in the Swedish market. The backend engine can be used by any ticketing device for purchasing tickets through unattended terminals, conductor-attended handheld devices, mobile apps, or websites.

READ OUR CASE STUDY

KEY POINTS

• Client: Safety Media, a property management platform
• Location: Canada
• Industry: Real estate
• Partner since: 2023
• Services provided: Dedicated Team, API Development, Application Testing, Mobile App Development, Web Development
• Team composition: 2 software engineers, 1 test engineer, tech lead, project coordinator, UI/UX designer
• Technologies: Ruby on Rails, vueJS, PostgreSQL, Heroku
• Results: 98%+ increased report generation speed, 400+ issues resolved

DETAILS

About the client:

Safety Media serves property managers, owners, developers, and businesses as a comprehensive source for fire and life safety essentials. Additionally, they are a distributor of C2020, a cloud-based compliance management solution.

Challenge:

Safety Media hired Edvantis to improve both the front and back end, enhance the mobile experience for existing and new features, and enable customer admin management of their solution. Due to the successful results of the development team, the project was extended to also include a total customer self-management interface.

Solution:

We formed a dedicated team comprising 2 Software Engineers, 1 Test Engineer, a Technical Lead, a Project Coordinator, and a UI/UX Designer. Addressing slow performance and memory leaks, we enhanced response speed, eliminated issues with report generation, and laid the groundwork for future features. In the second phase, we delivered a user-friendly, self-managed interface, enhancing both desktop and mobile usability.

Results:

Our efforts resulted in performance optimization, resolved memory leaks, and significantly enhanced website speed. Report generation time was improved from 15 minutes to 10-15 seconds. We optimized the performance of various system components and introduced a user-friendly self-management interface. Ongoing work includes the redesign of reports.

Read more in our case study

KEY POINTS

• Client: Kardex Remstar, a provider of intralogistics solutions
• Location: Switzerland
• Industry: Logistics
• Partnership duration: 2 months
• Services provided: Discovery phase, clarifying development requirements
• Team composition: 5 people
• Results: Comprehensive project requirements document

DETAILS

About the client:

Kardex Remstar is one of the largest suppliers of automated storage solutions and a global partner in intralogistics solutions.

Challenge:

As part of their new product development project, Kardex Remstar sought a technology vendor to clarify requirements and structure them in a project document. Edvantis was selected to conduct a discovery phase. 

Solution:

Edvantis assigned five people to analyze the scope of the work and obtain additional information from the client's internal teams. During a series of 3 to 4-hour remote workshops, we reviewed previous version demos, gathered project details, and analyzed stakeholder expectations. Based on the workshops, Edvantis established a clear mind map of requirements and sent a written document outlining the outcome.

Results:

As a result of our fast and proactive discovery process, Kardex Remstar received a well-structured and well-defined project requirements document. The company attempted to engage another company for the same task, but the vendor failed to initiate the discovery process.

Read more in our case study