Touch4IT

Please describe your company and your position there.

Established in 2015, the Slovak company Ecocapsule® designs and produces the self-sustainable, mobile microhome of the same name. Equipped with solar panels and a wind turbine for harvesting energy, it can also harvest rain water, as well as filter water from natural sources. This makes Ecocapsule® a truly off-grid home, allowing people to live far from civilization, practically anywhere. Ecocapsule® is a multipurpose unit, which can be used as a house, caravan, houseboat, hotel, research station etc. I work as the Co-CEO of the Ecocapsule company.

For what projects/services did your company hire Touch4IT?

We have hired Touch4IT to create an app in augmented reality for us. We needed a tool for our potential clients, so that they could experience our product - Ecocapsule, its dimensions, design, placement in real environment from the outside, as well as inside. This was to be an important marketing and sales tool for us.

What were your goals for this project?

We wanted to offer our potential clients to have a first-hand virtual experience with our product, so that the would be more likely to step to the next level of the sales process.

How did you select this vendor?

A year prior to the start of the project, we have been contacted by Touch4IT with an offer of a cooperation and presentation of their services. We were intrigued. We have been in touch ever since and after seeing and experiencing several of their projects, we chose them.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Touch4IT have basically walked us through the whole process. From planning, through designing, to development. We had several meetings where we discussed our expectations and how they could be fulfilled. We were presented with the technology available which has helped us in the decision-making process. After that we have been active as a partner during the whole design phase. After development, we were given a functional prototypes for testing. During the whole process, the Touch4IT team was extremely helpful and insightful. The result is a great, functional app.

What was the team composition?

From our side, it was our CEO and our Creative Communication Director, from the side of Touch4IT is was one Project Manager, one Designer, but also one of their Executive Directors, who has had a great impact on the overall process.

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The impact of the Ecocapsule AR App is great. We are offering it to our clients worldwide, so that they can get a better picture and experience about our product. We always use the app wherever we go – fairs, exhibitions, etc. Also, the app was used on numerous occasions by the Ambassadors of Slovakia all over the world, when presenting the best products and companies from Slovakia.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

The project was managed extremely efficiently. We were updated about everything important which has allowed us to take part on the process. No unnecessary meetings, just relevant information, always on time.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

There were several things that we liked. One – it’s a one-stop shop, so you don’t have to deal with several companies on one project. Two – they have a great team of professionals. Whether it’s in management, design, or development areas—their products speak for themselves.  And three – the communication was always very pleasant, informal but always kind.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Not thank I can think of.

Please describe your company and your position there.

I am the CEO of FITBOOK company and we are working on a fitness social network named go2gym, we have also a location in Los Angeles.

For what projects/services did your company hire Touch4IT, and what were your goals?

We hired Touch4IT for web and mobile development for our go2gym project. Our goal is to launch our project to the whole world and make it world famous as it is a very useful tool for people who want to live a healthy life.

How did you select Touch4IT and what were the deciding factors?

I found them through my ex classmate from grammar school and for that time they were the only IT company who were providing mobile development for IOS and Android and I also liked their customer support and their high level approach.

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

Project steps:

• Consultations, technical specification
• Web design and clickable design prototype
• Web development
• New iterations of web
• Cross-platform mobile applications for Android and iOS
• Project support and maintenance + hosting

Website go2gym.today was developed in Yii2 PHP framework with the responsive support of bootstrap.

Development took 1500 hours, result is social network for everybody interested in sports and gyms.

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

There were so many people, who worked with me, designers, project managers, developers and I also worked with the CEO's of the company.

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

As the project is still in the phase of development it would be early to talk about the outcomes of the project.

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

The project management was great, they met deadlines and never had unexpected turn overs.

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

Whenever I had any issue to solve, so they were available and solved it without any problems.

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

The quality of work was great, even they met deadlines, sometimes happened that something was done later or took more hours as we expected, but when you are developing a social network so it is understandable that it can happen.