A leading Global 100 bank in India had been using a robust Project Management application that it developed in house using Lotus Notes platform. However, the bank found it time consuming and complex to scale up and maintain the application on the Lotus platform in an ever growing enterprise environment.
The bank selected Vishwak, thanks to its strong technology expertise in .Net technologies, as its solution partner to bring in a development platform that is secure, scalable and fast.
Vishwak’s Solution Architecture
Vishwak helped the bank to migrate the existing project management application to a new, highly-scalable and secured platform, which can enable rapid application development.
Vishwak’s solution architecture comprised of:
Server environment of Windows Server 2003 R2; WinFX (Known as .NET 3.0); Microsoft SQL Server 2005; Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office Form Server 2007(Built on top of WSS 3.0).
Development environment of Visual Studio.NET 2005, Microsoft SharePoint Designer and Microsoft InfoPath to enable collaborative development and deployment practices.
Client environment using Web browser which support scripting
Vishwak designed forms using InfoPath, compatible with W3C standards. The powerful InfoPath forms are rendered in a Web browser using Microsoft Office Form Server 2007.
Illustration: The InfoPath user interface where forms are designed
The rendered form in a Web browser.
Illustration: The workflow wizard in SharePoint designer
In addition, Vishwak deployed SharePoint Designer and Visual Studio.Net to create complex and multiple workflows that can be debugged by using Visual Studio.Net IDE.
Business Benefits
Vishwak’s IT blueprint won the appreciation of the bank’s developers and end users. Within the short span of 3 years after the deployment of the new platform, the bank could able to roll out 15 major updates to the project management software.
Vishwak Platform Architecture.pdf