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Since its formation in 1997, Blueberry has been fortunate enough to work on many interesting projects, with clients both large and small. The following project descriptions are a representative sample of our experience. Note that some of our projects are protected by non-disclosure agreements and so cannot be displayed here.

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Migration of Wireless Intelligence - GSMA

The GSM Association has played a pivotal role in the development of the global wireless industry. The Association required its complex data and analysis service migrated to a new hardware platform without any disruption to its many thousands of users.

Blueberry performed a scope assessment and identified solutions to the various risks before safely moving the GSMA's complex site to an entirely new environment with less than a full weekend's downtime.

1 developer/manager
1 man-month
SQL Server 2000, SQL2005, IIS 6, ASP.NET 2, SQL Server Reporting Services
 
Automatic Generation of Complex Forms - IPI Solutions

UK start-up business, IPI Solutions Ltd, was looking for a partner to develop a suite of software products to sell into the aerospace, automotive and medical instrument sectors, which would help reduce the considerable man-power and time required to generate critical compliance documentation.

Blueberry was chosen as IPI’s development partner, and developed “VisualFAIR”, a stand-alone installable Windows program for generating FAI reports for the aerospace sector. VisualFAIR is increasingly being seen by customers as the preferred solution to generating compliance documentation due to its combination of ease-of-use and powerful functionality.

2 Programmers, 1 Manager
Ongoing development
SQL Server, ASP.NET, Silverlight, WPF (XBAP), Click-Once Deployment, Atalasoft Imaging Libraries, OCR text recognition, Dynamic PDF Generation, Dynamic Excel spreadsheet generation
 
Online Order Tracking System - Carillion Transport

Carillion plc is a FTSE 250 company with annual revenue in the region of £4 billion. Within Carillion's Rail division, its Welding business required an on-line tracking system to manage weld orders from internal and external customers and their allocation to welding teams from different depots.

Blueberry built a job management system to manage these different teams, who are chosen on the basis of availability and proximity to each welding job.

The new on-line Welding Management System for Carillion Rail allows rail welding orders to be collected together into a single database so that web-based worksheets can be produced - facilitating informed scheduling decisions to be made by management.

1 manager, 2 developers, 1 tester
phase 1 - 5 months; phase 2 - 3 months
MS SQL Server 2005, ASP.NET
 
Software Product Development & Distribution To A Mass-Market - Blueberry Software

In 2002, Blueberry Consultants recognised the emerging potential of screen recorders for creating software demonstrations, tutorials, and for communicating information about PC problems. The company made the decision to develop a high quality application to address the gap in the market.

Blueberry Software produced a screen recorder product for sale via the internet. In addition to developing the program, Blueberry created the online store and marketed the product.

3 Developers, 1 Manager
24 man-months
Borland C++ Builder, Windows Video Drivers
 
Electronic Lock Management System - Chubb Locks

Chubb Locks Custodial Services (CLCS) required a new management system to support their next generation of sophisticated microprocessor controlled locks. CLCS wanted expert professional software support to tackle the development within the required timescale and invited Blueberry to design and implement the new system.

Blueberry provided a complete control system in .Net based around SQL Server, allowing operators to see the status of all locks and other devices in the system, as well as implementing sophisticated features such as time-based locking and interlocking along with built-in redundancy support.

2 developers, 1 manager
14 man-months
.Net 2, SQL Server 2005 (Standard + Express), T-SQL, XML
 
Mission-Critical Database Migrated From Access to MS-SQL Server - HML

The HML Group provides a range of property services to the UK commercial and residential sectors, including property management, insurance and ancillary services.

When the Group's mission-critical database started producing errors, Blueberry migrated the backend data storage from Access to Microsoft's SQL Server. The database is now the core of HML's strategy for business growth.

2 developers, 1 manager
4 man years, ongoing
MS-SQL Server, WinForms .NET
 
Call Centre Software with Sophisticated Web-Based Management System - ChinaOneCall

A UK company operating mobile communications services in China needed a system to run all aspects of its business.

Blueberry developed a sophisticated web-based system that overcame significant challenges in distributed database replication.

4 developers, 2 managers
6 man-months
ASP.NET, SQL Server, SQL Server replication
 
Communication Tool For Students - Cambridge Regional College

Jason Bruges Studio was commissioned by Cambridge Regional College to create an inspirational piece of permanent public artwork within the college’s student entrance. The artwork would serve as a communication tool for students to voice their opinions, messages and emotions.

Blueberry designed and implemented the software required for the project, which included a touch-screen interface for students, a remote access administrative interface, and a control system for the large CCFL screen.

2 Developers, 1 Manager
6 man-months
.NET 3.5, IIS 6, SQL Server Compact Edition
 
Helping People Go Home - IOM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) contacted Blueberry because it needed a way of gathering its UK-based information on migrants into an interactive database so that it could manage its operations more efficiently.

Blueberry designed a database system based on MS SQL Server together with client software written in C# .NET. The system allows the IOM in London to correlate detailed information - from flight details to individual migrant needs when they arrive at their destination - so that the organisation can provide appropriate guidance and support in keeping with the protection of migrants' rights, migration health and the gender dimension of migration.

2 Developers, 1 Manager
6 weeks
ASP.NET, VS.NET 2005
 
A&E Patient Monitoring System - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust manages three busy hospitals:  Hertford County in Hertford, the Lister in Stevenage and the Queen Elizabeth II in Welwyn Garden City.

The Trust needed a way to monitor and reduce the incidence of breaches to the 4-hour waiting limit in its A&E departments. This included a new patient monitoring system to render breaches less likely.

Blueberry designed an electronic whiteboard system to manage the patient traffic in A&E Departments and ensure compliance with the national target to treat, discharge, transfer or admit patients within four hours of arrival.

The Klok system displays a visual record of patient activity in real time, instantly showing A&E staff who needs attention, what tests have been ordered, results obtained, where to act to prevent breeches to waiting times, where bottlenecks may be forming, and the allocation of a doctor or clinician to a patient, together with their accompanying medical notes.

1 developer, 1 manager
4 man-months
VB, ASP, IIS, MS SQL Server
 
Distributed Bug Tracking System For Software Localisation

Rubric Ltd specialises in the translation of computer documents and software programs from English into multiple languages using a combination of standard industry and in-house tools. This process of software localisation is complicated by the dispersed nature of the teams working on the projects.

Rubric required its existing distributed project tracking system extended and updated to provide an unprecedented level of information to team members, in order to increase operational efficiency and streamline administration.

The new system has become a central tool for Rubric, delivering significant value to the company. Called BugzNET4, the new scalable online bug-tracking system keeps track of every issue relating to a project. It provides all team members with an unprecedented level of information – allowing them to see summaries, drill down into individual problem reports, add comments, update status, request updates, and send automated reminders.

1 Developer, 1 Manager
4 man-months
ASP .NET 3.5, SQL Server 2008, Linq
 


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