Rambunct

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of Projects of Evil Hat Productions

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We turn passgion into great games.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

Upgrade Druplal from 7.0 to 9.0

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

Amazon AWS IQ

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• High ratings
• Specific Knowledge Needed

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Migrating an existing website from M5 Web Hosting to AWS. 

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• Migrating site form M5 to Amazon AWS
• Upgrade Drupal from 7.0 to 9.0
• QA Testing

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

Neo kept us up to date via regular email updates.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Rambunct accommodated our decentralized team and addressed new issues that arose during the migration.

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

The work has been very drawn out (we excpected a few weeks and it's been a few monts) but that is in part because of our own team creating delays. 

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the President of Spark One

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Web development consultancy

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Produce a proof of concept workflow using AWS

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

AWS IQ

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

High ratings

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

• Review our project goals and suggest a potential AWS workflow to produce a long-term, scalable, an automated workflow.    
• Implement AWS services using live domains for testing the proof of concept
• Refine model for approval and full project sign-off.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Live testing of proof of concept

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

Initial response was almost immediate.   Once project was formalized, Rambunct was very responsive to all communicationa and project timelines met.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

Virtual Meeting

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

They were very patient and willing to go the extra mile to ensure our project goals were properly addressed.   Rambunct was very collaborative and incorporated our questions / research when applicable.

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

I never requested this, but perhaps a bit more documentation throughout the project would be helpful.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Consultannt of Casel's Mrketplace

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Smal, seasonal, local family owned grocery store.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Enhance usability of AWS Pinpoint endpoint data.

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

Referral

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fits our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

Extract and report data related to AWS SMS opt-out and SES suppression lists for external/other application use; accessing AWS Pinpoint campaign data.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

We are able to export and use information not available through the AWS web interface, and AWS CLI v2

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

Communicated progress and evolution of project until satisfactory results were obtained. They were always responsive and acknowledged inquiries quickly.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Focused on goals, and commuicated in plain laguage without unnecessary technical references.

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

Nothing as relates to my experience to date.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CEO of Queppelin

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We biuld custom solutions in AR/VR and immersive space. 

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Reduce AWS costs

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

AWS IQ

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

• To reduce the AWS costs by more than 30-40%. 
• Optimoize  server.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• AWS cost reduction.
• Database size reduction.

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

• Yes, Neo was very pro active at every step.
• Yes, he is very meticulous in his approach.
• Yes, they delivered in time.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

Rambunct's great communication, competitive pricing, and solution-oriented approach were truly impressive.

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

ALl good for now.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Program Manager of an e-commerce company 

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Online market places

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Setup a Cloudformation template
• Setup a connection with Temporal

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

Online Search

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• High ratings
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

They setup an on-premise retool with temporal setup. Focused on the infrastructure.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Operational Retool setup

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

Yes. Fast responses, detailed orientated and able to resolve any issues

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

Virtual Meeting

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

They are knowledgeable about the work they are doing.

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

No.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Owner of Transcriptions by Michelle

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

We provide Transcription services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• to provide a softphone
• to provide 1 VDI to use with softphone

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

Online Search

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• Pricing fit our budget
• Good value for cost

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

We requested a AWS VDI in order to use softphone services by AWS Connect.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

two main measurable outcomes, one for the softphone and one for the VDI

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

Very responsive to all questions asked via email, anytime I requested a video meeting, it was scheduled immediately around my schedule.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

• Virtual Meeting
• Email or Messaging App

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

I appreciated the knowledge and time that Neo provided during this project. He was very patient with my questions and always immediately replied to any emails I sent.

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

none, it was a perfect experience.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Technical Lead Engineer of Stream Tech Ltd

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Transport and logistics software for businesses managing deliveries & collections

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Migrate app from on prem to AWS

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

AWS IQ

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• Close to my geographic location
• Other

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

1. The EKS will be provisioned with EKSCTL. 
2. The site-to-site VPN will be established with the Proximity office. 
3. The EKS CIDR range will start from 172. 
4. Basic CI/CD will be incorporated with limited functionality using CodeBuild + ECR + CodePipeline. 
5. Basic Logging + Observability will be incorporated with limited functionality using CloudWatch Container Insights, Observability Operator, and OpenTelemetry with XRay. 
6. AWS Pod identity will demonstrate how a pod should have a dedicated role, distinct from the node role itself. 
7. AWS storage with EFS/S3. 
8. Documentation for a 6- to 12-month roadmap on AWS based on the findings.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

The 8 proposed solutions were met in the SoW.

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

Everything was delivered on time. They went out of their way to provide extra assistance and support.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

Virtual Meeting

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

Support response time

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

Not that I can think of

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Director of OpenTravel Alliance

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

OpenTravel alliance, a nonprofit organization that defines travel retail API and message standards.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Make our opensource tool to define and create travel APIs work in a user friendly, cloud based, environment.

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

AWS.IQ

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

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

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

To PoC AWS workspaces web for Opentravel DEx application. Opentravel needs to provide us the existing AMI, should the existing AMI does not work with the AWS Workspace, we will not charge for the work.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

Successful POC of our opensource modeling and swagger generation tool in an AWS workspace.

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

Frequent emails and occasional video calls. Feedback flowed in both directions allowing for adjustments as needed.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

Virtual Meeting

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

Their eagerness to help was remarkable.

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

Not really any issues. Any delays were on my side.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the Senior Software Developer of Masterfully

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Builds study guide software

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• Modify our AWS roles and permissions to protect a client's content from unauthorized access

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

AWS IQ

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

They created roles and permissions so that there are two types of admins. One has access to most AWS resources, but a higher security client's resources are blocked from view. The other admin only has access to the higher level client's content. They also created a role that could modify IAM credentials but could do nothing else

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

• roles and permissions that we can use to plug into our break-glass procedure

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

They were communicative, reliable and gave good suggestions. It was easy to work with them despite our time zones being 6 hours apart. They were able to clear up a lot of our confusion and indecision coming into the project and we appreciated how clear their deliverables were.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

Email or Messaging App

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

They made sure everything was done and to our liking before requesting payment. They had me test and verify everything first. That was much appreciated, and I didn't feel rushed to pay if I wasn't sure about the results.

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

I would have liked to do a video call or two throughout the process. There was some initial confusion and indecision on our part that I think would have been cleared up quickly by a video call. This work was spread out over a few weeks and possibly could have been a bit quicker if a video call or two had been scheduled

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and position.

I am the CTO of PrometheusAGI

Describe what your company does in a single sentence.

Developing AI ML platform

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What specific goals or objectives did you hire Rambunct to accomplish?

• help to build aws back-end system

SOLUTION

How did you find Rambunct?

Online Search

Why did you select Rambunct over others?

• High ratings
• Pricing fit our budget

How many teammates from Rambunct were assigned to this project?

1 Employee

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

build python lambda docker package

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

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

System test and validate results.

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

They gave excellent and prompt responses.

What was your primary form of communication with Rambunct?

Email or Messaging App

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

solved the problems by going through issues systematic approach.

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

bit more transparent on working progress.