Customer Success Stories
 The number one military recruiting site that matches skilled military veterans with professional employment opportunities. Users include military veterans seeking new job opportunities and employers seeking to fill job positions. Customer hired ViaOA in September 1999 to have a fully functional recruiting site available for Veterans Day on November 11. The founder, Ted Daywalt, was featured on a front page article in USA Today on November 11th. Due to publicity and marketing, the site received over 1 million hits the first five days and has been a success ever since. ViaOA worked with an application designer, Sylvia Rankin from StudioSR Inc., to develop the sites User Interface. The client's original plan was to use BEA WebLogic and Oracle Database and have multiple machines handle the requests. ViaOA did some preliminary tests and recommended using Java Server Pages, Microsoft SQL Server and New Atlanta's ServletExec as the JSP/Servlet Engine, all running on a single Intel based computer. A single developer from ViaOA worked with web designer to build the site and meet the November 11th deadline. Technology Today, Vetjobs.com successfully continues to run on the same computer and architecture that it was originally designed under.
Old Castle - Integrated Dispatcher  Industry leader that build's, sells and delivers landscape/hardscape material. Deliveries are managed by dispatchers and require constant communications and trouble shooting. We proposed building "an electronic white board" to simulate what the dispatchers were currently managing, and were previously using paper and phone calls. We then built a prototype, which helped us land the contract. The new system was a multi-user scheduling system where all users are kept synchronized over a wide area network. The system is interfaced with client's legacy system so that it can automatically receive all new order information, eliminating double entry. Technology Customer has been using the system for over three years and has installed it throughout the country.
 Successful software company that creates software for automotive dealerships for tracking sales, leads, service and financing. Previous version was a client/server built using Visual Basic and SQL Server. The demands of the system had outgrown the architecture and a new system needed to be built. The company had approximately 20 dealerships installed, and were having difficulties with system problems. Customer created requirements for the new system and interviewed with a number of software companies about creating the new system. ViaOA was awarded the contract to build the system. The new system was to be a web based application that could be installed at dealerships, or hosted as an ASP type model. The requirement to be object oriented system and Java was determined to be the best language to use. The new system was designed so that a company that owns dealerships can manage multiple dealerships all within the same system. Employees and customers could then access the system, each with their own individual access rights. Everything pertaining to a customer was tracked, including prospect information, sales, service, finance and dynamic profiling information built by the dealership. ViaOA assigned one Architect/Developer who created the initial system. The Architect then worked with the customer's four in house developers to train and turn over the new system. The developers, whose background was mostly Visual Basic and C++ quickly learned the new system and were productive almost immediately. Our architect worked with an application designer/graphics artist to layout the functionality and look and feel for the new system. Technology The system was built using OABuilder to design and generate the custom Java Classes and the database structure. Through working with their graphic artist to create the system UI, we then developed a JSP code generator to generate over 85% of the pages used by the site. The system was developed to work with any datasource, and has been deployed using SQL Server with future plans to use MySql and Oracle. Apache Web Server and Tomcat were used for the JSP Engine. No application server was required, even though competitive bidders suggested that it could not be built without using one. Customer has been successfully selling the system for over 2 years and has over 200 dealerships installed. The customer's developers have total support of the new system and use ViaOA on a consulting basis, resulting in a successful transfer of knowledge and skills.
Kimberly Clark - Awards Program  Large manufacturing company needed to replace the in house system for recognizing and awarding employee service awards. Customer has over 40 locations with various levels of management and differing procedures. There is a multipart process involved for giving the awards and they needed a reliable system that could automate and serve their needs. Contract was awarded to ViaOA, Inc. based on prototype developed that allowed users to use a web based application to create, award and fulfill service awards. The new system was built by one architect/developer from ViaOA, who worked with a graphics artist to develop the User Interface. Web site has the following types of users: managers (hierarchy), employees, fulfillment users, and site administrator. Site is based on selecting items from a catalog, determined by the type of award employee has earned. Site was designed and developed using OABuilder to create custom Classes and database structure and using OA JSP web pages. New Atlanta's ServletExec was used as the Java Servlet/JSP Engine. The system was developed to work with any datasource, and has been deployed using SQL Server. The system has been successful for over two years and was hailed by a company executive as the "best thing the company has ever done".
 A Pharmaceutical company that creates various drugs and medications. Required by federal regulations to track customer complaints and inquiries to meet a new mandated standard. A large consulting company was hired to design the system. After the design was completed, ViaOA was hired to lead the project using an in-house developer who had previously completed Java training. Site was designed and developed using OABuilder to create custom Classes and database structure and using OA JSP web pages. Apache and Tomcat were used as the Servlet/JSP Engine. The system was developed to work with any datasource, and has been deployed using Oracle 8i. The system has been successfully running for over two years and is maintained by in house staff. ViaOA still works with client on a consulting basis.
 High Tech Consulting and Software company that offers dynamic measurements and statistics to help Hospitals improve and streamline operations.
ViaOA was selected to help build the architecture and supply the modeling tools. ViaOA used one Architect/Developer to work with their developers. Site was designed and developed using OABuilder to create custom Classes and database structure and using OA JSP web pages. New Atlanta's ServletExec was used as the Servlet/JSP Engine. The system was developed to work with any datasource, and has been deployed using SQL Server. Today, the system has been successfully installed in numerous hospitals and has had tremendous impact in helping these hospitals streamline and improve operations. The system has continued to grow and the in-house developers handle all of the development and support. ViaOA is used on a consulting basis.
 Commercial Software company based in Houston, Texas that builds software used for Veterinarian clinics. The system was designed to model an extremely successful practice, whose concepts are taught throughout the world. ViaOA was awarded project and started in January, 2002. First version was designed to model dynamic forms, used for capturing medical records, training staff, and communicating with clients in a way that was always consistent and complete. A single Architect/Developer from ViaOA designed and built the application.
Technology: Today, the VetPlan software has been sold throughout the United States and in various other countries. Most clinics that are using VetPlan have been able to go "paperless". All of the clinics have successfully increased their practice's productivity and revenue.
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