Altabel Group

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

uQualio is a SaaS based video eLearning platform designed to be simple to use and able to work on all devices. I am the Chief Product Office and am responsible for product development, product support and product market fit in cooperation with Sales and Marketing.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Altabel Group, and what were your goals?

Front- and back end development on our video eLearning platform.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Based on 10+ years with off-short development we went through a number of earlier trusted partners. Altabel as usual came with qualified candidates and were able to offer attractive timing and pricing.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Altabel supplied us with the needed resources during the project. Most elements were managed by us so the developers worked as an integrated part of our distributed development team.

The work was made in our development stack with Angular front end, C# back end on a PostGreSQL database. All deployed on AWS.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Between 1 and 3. Mainly fullstack developer and some support from QA Automation Engineeers and UX designers.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Our video eLearning platform was launched into Production February 2018 and has been continuously updated ever since.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

We work agile with two weeks sprints in a flexible backlog.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their ability to find the best resources with short notice was great. And a simple and effective administration.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the Operations Manager and Consultant for Brogdon Energy, we are a Engineering and Consulting firm that specializes in energy management solutions for all types of a facilities and industries.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Altabel Group, and what were your goals?

We wanted to upgrade our current software to a SAAS and have a more modern and appealing dashboard view for the end user that was simple and easy to understand. We needed to take all the granular data and roll it up to a more "top down" view.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Lots of research and talking with many other vendors, Altabel was the best fit for us.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

They were able to integrate our old software to the new SAAS platform they created with ease.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

There were 3 main team members.

• Business Devoplment Manager
• Project Manager
• Software Engineer

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We have been very pleased with the product and the continued supported as we are still developing small things as we grow.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

I could not have asked for anyone better. The communication and turn around time have been outstanding.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

For me it was the fact I have absolute no software knowledge, so being able to communicate what I would like to have, and them understanding, and producing to exceeded my exceptions every time has been so amazing. Very thankful

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Honestly. No. I have been very pleased with everything they do.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the founder of the Knowie, which is a SAAS that allows teams to strengthen relationships and collaboration.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire Altabel Group, and what were your goals?

We needed to continue to develop a MVP to make it ready for market. The goal was to improve the general quality of the code and secure future scalability. We also needed to add crucial features to be able to go to market.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Altabel was recommended to us by a member of our advisory board. The deciding factors was, price quality and flexibility. Also, we where looking for a software development company that could supplement my limited experience in software development. After several interviews with developers, we selected an experienced developer within our tech stack that also had experience in project management.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Altabel have continued the work initiated in JavaScript (Node.js and Vue.js. We have used an agile approach to develop which has been very helpful in the early stages of our company, where we continuesly learn more and have shifting priorities.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

1 developer and 1 project management - both senior.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

Altabel has been a perfect match for Knowie during our startup phase and will continue to be so going forward. Their big effort to understand our code, our team and digital teambuilding product quickly created a high degree of trust that allowed for early value creation. It also made it easy to match Knowie with the best suited developers that could both code and provide advice. Altabel have been pivotal for Knowies development as a startup and our high customer satisfaction, through their flexibility in scaling the provided development resources up and down, with short notice and their ability and willingness to jump in and put out urgent fires, to secure the best possible experience for our customers.

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timeliness.

The vendor easily adapted to our agile approach and fitted right in with our project management tools such as Slack, Trello and even suggested new tools to improve flexible sharing and updating of mockups and wireframes.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

As a startup we know very little about our future and our budgets are very fluid. They impress me with their understanding of our situation and finding excellent solutions for tricky situations.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

In the beginning of the collaboration, the project could have benifitted from challening the brief, in case of unclarities. However, this was rather quickly adressed and functions very well today.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Product Management

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Sales AI platform

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

• Update existing front-end
• Improve performance

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

Online Search

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Front-end appliction and APi

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Increased performance and new Front-End

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

On-time and within scope

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their clear communication, quick delivery times, and no-nonsense culture stood out.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

N/A

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

 I am the CEO / Founder of an information technology company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We develop a software and propose SAAS in the GRC domain (Contract management, ICS, ....

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

• Setup kubernetes infrastructure

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

• Online Search
• Linkedin

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost
• Company values aligned

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Provide IaC in terraform and helm for our development, demo and production environment in Kubernetes of azure.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Altabel implemented CI/CD pipelines, designed cloud infrastructure and introduced container orchestration.To establish the DevOps foundation from scratch to support the platform’s reliability and scalability in a compliance-sensitive environment.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Everything was delivered on time and matched our expectations. Project was well managed. Members were easy to work with.

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

Virtual Meeting

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Result oriented, having the ability to complete tasks, manage projects, and solve problems effectively and independently, flexibility

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

-

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Program Manager of GREEN14

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Sustainable silicon production

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

• Migrate dropbox to onedrive
• Migrate gmail to microsoft

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

Online Search

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

Availability

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Migration of dropbox files to OneDrive

Migration of gmail to microsoft

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Migrated files + permission

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes, quick delivery of service. Flexible in scope

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

only company that wanted to take on a fairly small scope

Very quick delivery

They were very flexible in deliverables.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

no

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of coapp GmbH

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

White-label community platform for community driven businesses. Connect your members and let them chat, post, book and pay for memberships, rooms or  machines - all in one place and under your brand.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

coapp mobile app development

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

Referral

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit
• Referred to me

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Phase 1: MVP of mobile app

• login logic and ui
• push notifications
• base for ui components library

Phase 2: Fixes and improvements

• UI/UX fixes and improvements
• Integrating analytics and error monitoring 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

User-engagement on platform driven by mobile app.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Communication and project management has been professional, on time and always available when we need to make changes or discuss options. Overall, we were pleased with the way Altabel's workflows are built.

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Altabel Group's level of flexibility and variety of tech stack expertise impressed us.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

Can't name any.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the VP Enginering of an information technology company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Cloud based Internet Security for the mid-market

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

• Find specific talent
• Finish project sooner
• Extension of our existing team

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

LinkedIn

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Skillset

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Extend our existing UI team with specialist skills in the Sencha ExtJS framework to help accelerate and complete a backlog of work

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The project is ongoing however we can see the impact in the reduced backlog of UI tasks

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Yes, the resource works as part of our UK based team so it is transparent and management is via JIRA

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their ability to locate special skills and provide continuity should they leave the project is outstanding

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

Better oversight of quality in the early days but that has since been resolved

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Head of R&D of a software company

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Physical systems simulation software development.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

• Automated deployment of cloud infrastructure for SaaS offering

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

Contacted by mail from sales

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget
• Great culture fit

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Design and implementation of automated procedure for infrastructure deployment and software configuration on Azure utilizing AVD. Delivered as scripts and documentation.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Uptime for deployed solution

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Project management was handled by us, they are very responsive and flexible. Deliveries always on time and excellent quality.

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

They are very flexible and provide reliable services.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

In person meetings with the persons involved initially would have been nice, but the pandemic prevented this.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the HR Business Partner of 1NCE Latvia

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

1NCE provides connectivity and software for IoT offering fast, secure, and reliable cellular connectivity and software services in 150+ countries worldwide.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Altabel Group to accomplish?

• To develop products and services for IoT purpose
• To ensure IoT connectivity

SOLUTION

How did you find Altabel Group?

Online Search

Why did you select Altabel Group over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Altabel Group were assigned to this project?

2-5 Employees

Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.

Support with the development and/or implementation of the HotSpot service infrastructure for usage in cars Solution deployments Support with the troubleshooting Elaboration of documentation

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Tasks accomplished within deadlines, significant work progress, high management/customer satisfaction.

Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?

Excellent collaboration in providing appropriate specialists and solving staff issues. They exhibit a pleasant and effective approach to communication.

What was your primary form of communication with Altabel Group?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The expertise that covers a wide range of technologies starting from Java, .Net, Web, PHP (+various frameworks and CMSs) up to Big Data and IoT. Advantageous prices.

Are there any areas for improvement or something Altabel Group could have done differently?

There's nothing they need to improve on.