LisleTech helps companies use technology to gain competitive advantage
LisleTech has a perfect record of delivering software product on time and on budget. Learn more about our client successes below:
XMLS (speed, reduced cost, transaction value)
Business need
The company wanted to develop a product that helped Fortune 100 companies standardize transactions with trading partners. The management team had a strong business vision and needed a technology partner that could translate the vision into a product line.
Resulting Competitive Edge
The company became a leading provider of XML-based infrastructure software and services for enterprise-to-enterprise integration and became a market leader in the XML-EDI space. They were able to raise over 20 million in venture capital from Tier 1 investors. The company’s customer list included Boeing, Lockhead and GM.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
The company had an early lead in the B2Bi market space because development efforts were successfully accelerated with LisleTech’s help. LisleTech saved the company over 2 million dollars in development costs. LisleTech provided the company with technology leadership and mature software development practices that were critical to the development of robust industrial strength products. Eventually, the company was able to use the core technology Lisle Tech built for them in the positioning strategy for acquisition.
Technologies used
Java, XML, XSLT, XPath, XML Schema, Java Swing, Java servlets,
XML Server Pages (Cocoon/XSP), Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, Antlr
Vitria (new market share, contained headcount)
Business need
Publicly held company (VITR - $1/2 billion market cap as of July, 2001) wanted to capture increased market share by expanding product offerings in new vertical markets such as aerospace, automotive, retail, and transportation. Their customers include companies such as Sprint, H. E. Butt Grocery, and Deutsche Bank.
Resulting Competitive Edge
Through acquisition of a product line that LisleTech helped develop, the company was able to immediately gain significant market share in the manufacturing industry.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
The company successfully extended product offerings without adding headcount. This was accomplished by using the LisleTech team for the acquired product’s continued development. In the first quarter post acquisition, sales of the acquired product contributed to 10% increased order activity for the company. The work done by LisleTech for Vitria was cited as a significant achievement during Vitria’s conference with market analyst’s on July 29, 2001.
Technologies Used
Java, XML, XSLT, XPath, XML Schema, Java Swing, Java servlets,
XML Server Pages (Cocoon/XSP), Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, Antlr
Ewanli (complete solution, advanced integration)
Business need
The company wanted to create a travel portal site where customers could access real time booking information and a multimedia intensive interface that would allow for visualization of the travel experience. It competes with Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz in the leisure cruise space.
Resulting Competitive Edge
LisleTech was responsible for architecture design, technology choices, and delivering the entire back-end system driving the website. In particular, a sophisticated booking engine component and a custom CRM application represent significant intellectual property for the company and will serve as a technological barrier to entry against competitors.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
The intellectual property LisleTech developed for the company contributed to a substantial raise in the company’s valuation for future rounds of funding. Early product demos developed by LisleTech also helped the company acquire three large strategic partnerships/sales channels and conduct very critical market validation. The company cited the quality of the work, cost and the value of cultivating a long-term relationship with LisleTech for future extensions as reasons for its choice.
Technologies used
Commerce Server 2000, SQLServer, ASP, DLL’s, VisualBasic, VBScript, XML, data encryption (PGP), HTTPS
Orvio (focused technology skills, Complete Solution, Integrated Technology and Multimedia, IP re-used for profit)
Business need
A leading real estate developer wanted to decrease the order taking cycle for the selection of options and upgrades that are part of the new home construction process.
Resulting Competitive Edge
With the solution delivered by LisleTech, the company became the only provider of a photo realistic visualization technology that assisted customers through the option selection process. The company could also use the new technology capability as a primary marketing tool to attract far more new customers.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
The new automated system not only decreased customer order taking cycles, but it also helped reduce significant sales expense. The technology also served as a supply chain integration tool that pleased the company’s suppliers. Excited by the opportunity for new applications, the company decided to offer the technology as a separate product to generate new revenues.
Technologies Used
3D Studio Max,Photoshop, GIMP, Java, XML, XML Server Pages (XSP/Cocoon), PostgreSQL, Apache, Tomcat, Image composting,
Campa/UDS (new product concepts, automated processes)
Business need
The company is a premier producer of multi-media products for the entertainment industry. To help reduce costs, they needed a collaborative creative development environment that would allow them to incorporate remote teams across the globe.
Resulting Competitive Edge
LisleTech delivered a solution that resulted in greater flexibility for adjusting their service pricing structures and accelerated delivery through remote teaming. Despite an unfavorable economic environment, the company is maintaining a healthy market position since they can now price themselves competitively without compromising margins.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
LisleTech brought vast experience in remote teaming combined with strong product building skills, advanced technology and moderate cost. LisleTech has a decade of remote development experience to help the company perform distributed and collaborative creative design. The company saved $500,000 in development costs and is currently commercializing the technology with LisleTech’s help. The company also won a multi-million dollar service contract by leveraging the capabilities of the new technology.
Technologies used
Java, Java beans EJB, Java application servers
Auto Town (competitive differentiation, increased revenues)
Business need
The company offers a host of sales management tools to the retail automotive industry. They needed to offer a product that would capture all customer contacts in a single database, whether they reached dealerships via phone, Internet, Showroom or Service Drive.
Resulting Competitive Edge
LisleTech developed a computer integrated telephony solution that enhanced existing customer database and delivered a new product to be marketed to other companies. The company was able to incorporate and market as a significant competitive differentiator.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
LisleTech quickly put together a demo of the proposed product for the customer to demo in a trade show, even before requirements were completely flushed out. The demo allowed walk-ins to make simulated telephone calls for which customer data was accessed and displayed on the terminal. Based on trade show response, the customer went ahead with building the product. The product was built and delivered by LisleTech at fixed cost. LisleTech saved the company 50% of the total development cost.
Technologies Used
Visual Basic, Active-X, DDE, Windows2000 Server running Citrix Metaframe
Intacct (new sales channels, enhanced functionality)
Business need
Leading accounting ASP that had closed a successful Series A round of funding from Tier 1 investors. The company needed to enhance the capabilities and add new features to their existing product. They needed a platform that would allow them to connect with complementary ASP’s so that the new network could cross sell services to shared customers.
Resulting Competitive Edge
The platform developed by LisleTech contributed to the company’s increased visibility in the marketplace and allowed them to execute significant strategic partnerships in online auditing, payroll, professional billing and expense reporting, online bill payment and HR services.
ROI for choosing LisleTech
Sales increased as a result of the new partnerships and the company successfully closed a Series B round of financing for $21 million despite dried private equity markets. LisleTech provided a low cost solution that was easily integrated with the company’s existing systems infrastructure and easily scaled and maintained in the growing companies changing environment.
Technologies Used
Java, XML, HTTP/S, Apache
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