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USB/OTG Failure on Google Nexus devices

Our client wanted to connect Garmin GPS device with an Android Device to transfer a file from mobile to GPS device using OTG cable. We created the app and delivered a build. He said the GPS device was not detected…

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  • Post published:March 5, 2014

Closure Report: vteam #329. CustomerLoyaltyRewards Application

SYNOPSIS: Team Span: February 2012 to August 2013 Duration: 1 Year & 6 Months Technology: .NET Development Manager: Isaac Muhammad Engineers: Khizar Hayat, Ajmal Tahir Reason for closure: Projects Completed Client had an application developed in ASP.Net Web forms and…

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  • Post published:March 3, 2014

Closure Report: vteam #390. Class Schedule System

SYNOPSIS: Team span: June 2013 to September 2013 Duration: 3.5 Months Technology: PHP Development Manager: Saadat Ali Engineers: Amir Hashmi, Zeeshan Ahmed, Shoaib Hassan (Graphic Designer) Reason for closure: Projects Completed. Client had multiple projects but he initially started with…

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  • Post published:February 26, 2014

Closure Report: vteam #341. PHP4 to PHP5 and PCI Compliance

SYNOPSIS: Team span: May 2012 to February 2013 Duration: 9.5 Months Technology: Zend PHP framework Development Manager: Asim Zeeshan Engineers: Irfan Shaukat Reason for closure: Project Phase I Completed/Budgetary Reasons This project was focused on creating an online community for…

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  • Post published:January 29, 2014

Daily Status Reports. They’re supposed to be read.

vteams engineers send status reports to clients every day. There is a good reason for that. The daily report not only tells the clients what progress has been made, but also informs them of other observations, suggestions and forecasts. The…

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  • Post published:January 15, 2014

HTML Agility Pack

The engineers on vteam #261 were given the task of automating content extraction. Before this solution, our client was using a laborious process to manually go to numerous sites and copy and paste content manually. The team looked at various…

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  • Post published:January 8, 2014

Rescue and Refactor: Corporate Social Media Application

vteams #360 inherited a partially developed software from India. The system --a social media / communications tool for corporations-- had many bugs and issues. The end user customers were having a problem signing up to use the system. The development…

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  • Post published:January 7, 2014

Right Engineer for the Right Job

When new clients approach us, they are interested in getting absolutely the best engineers we have available. We don't blame them. We are the same way when it comes to recruiting. We are on a nonstop mission to hire the…

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  • Post published:January 7, 2014

Use of checklists saves the day. Again.

Using a checklist is a very useful practice but most people ignore it, thinking it is as a trivial, useless and time-consuming effort. By nature, a checklist is a face-sheet with tasks-required written on it. A check-box precedes it. A…

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  • Post published:December 24, 2013