Customer Success Stories

A track record of successful customer stories

We are technology innovators. Over our 9 year history, Exist has focused on creating software that disrupt and impact the way our customers do their businesses. Established in 2001, we were the first software outfit in the Philippines to establish an enviable Open Source capability. In 2005, we delivered a revolutionary Java application platform, Gluecode Joe, which IBM bought in the same year. This earned us in 2006 the Red Herring Asia 100 award as one of the promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation. Again in 2007, we had another breakthrough with the development of the first open source Service Oriented Architecture platform, LogicBlaze Fuse, acquired by Iona in 2007, and subsequently acquired by Progress Software in 2008. Within a few short years, we had grown to become the requisite innovation partner of software product vendors and technology start-ups; consequently achieving ZDNet Asias Top Asian TechnoVisionary award. Essential to our success is our unique ability to create innovation platforms with an Open Core strategy and an open source mindset. This disruptive model gives customers, who are our business partners, their own innovation engine that optimize their ROI. In 2007, Exist delivered a groundbreaking solution for one of the leading finance institutions in the US that marked our entry to the enterprise market. And in 2008, the Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry ranked Exist as the Most Progressive Homegrown Company in the field of Software Development, outperforming hundreds of offshore development companies in its class. Today, we continue to deliver cost efficiencies for our business partners with the highest level of technical expertise. With the help of our business partners, weve started to serve enterprise industry segments such as Finance, Healthcare, Telecommunications, and Transport & Logistics. Our commitment to our business partners has seen us form long-term partnerships with many of them including IBM, National Payment Network, Swiftstar, RMN, to name a few. We take pride in some of our client partners who have grown with us while the bigger partners refer us to new business. This is a testament of the collaboration, shared values, and the relationship nurtured through the years. Learn about the challenges that we have helped businesses conquer and lets talk about how we can help you.

Expertise in Delivering Enterprise Solutions

We work with enterprises to develop applications to serve their business demands. We know that creating an application is only half the battle; and we go the extra mile by providing technology consulting to enable scalability, reduce costs, and allow our customers to take advantage of what they currently have. Our enterprise customers consider us their technology partner. According to them, Exist is an indispensable architect who knows technology inside and out. A partial list of clients is outlined below: National Payment Network, a leading provider of loan acceleration programs for the auto industry in the US Swiftstar Logistics, a transport and logistics company that provides cargo forwarding, warehousing, and supply chain management services in more than 20 major cities in the Philippines One of the leading hospitals in the Philippines, for which we built a new healthcare system that included admission, ordering, billing, discharge, outpatient and other subsystems, and an ancillary results management system Hothand, a US-based mobile content provider

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Case Study - Finance National Payment Network (NPN)

Solution NPN made the strategic decision to outsource development to Exist after consulting with a previous customer (of Exist) Exist contributed a total of 5 software engineers and an architect; together with a project manager from the customer's side, they formed a joint project team that worked through the development phase Exist developed for NPN a secure, fully managed and customizable portal for loan payments, implemented with Java and Ajax, business layer on Spring framework, data access layer developed using Hibernate, and database using Oracle The project was executed using agile development model Results Phase 1 of the project that included components for customer service, partner account management, and integration with bank affiliates was delivered in 6 months -accomplishing the project on time Succeeding development phases were meritorious; Exist has successfully implemented the application and delivered it to the customer With the help of Exist, NPN is now able to offer the most advanced, secure automatic debit technology to its customers Using CustomPay has transformed formerly manual processes into streamlined, efficient operations NPN has shifted its focus from admin to higher-value activities that directly benefit the company CustomPay has helped thousands of NPN customers take real control of their core loans, retire their debts faster, and manage their finances more effectively

Development of CustomPay, a loan acceleration software application for simplifying finances

Challenges NPN, a leading provider of loan acceleration programs for the auto industry in the US, needed an integrated solution to facilitate process innovation for customer and partner relations Confronted with aggravating manual tasks in the daily operations, the company felt the need to enhance its existing back and front office loan system by integrating its application tooling that included a CRM application, in-house lender and drafting engine facilities, and different client software applications from its affiliate banks Financial security is its primary focus and as such, NPN needed to continuously implement state-of-the-art technologies and process designs to ensure the integrity of all fund transfers NPN needed the solution to be implemented iteratively to clinch quick wins on high-priority requirements

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Case Study - Healthcare

Challenges

Leading hospital in the Philippines Partners with Exist to Deliver World-Class Healthcare Application to Clients

HEALTHCARE
Todays healthcare services market is dependent on information technology for enabling better healthcare delivery. Over the past decade, there have been numerous efforts to leverage information technology to increase operational efficiency, reduce healthcare costs, and transform patient care. Exist is at the forefront in using technology as an agent of innovation for the healthcare industry. How We Can Help We can help you identify specific needs and design a solid foundation on which to build world-class healthcare software solutions Our experience in the use of technology enables you to focus on higher-value business requirements Our proven record in delivering quality solutions complements the healthcare quality standards in delivering patient care Implementation of agile software development along with dedicated project management, unified project communications, risk mitigation strategies, lay a solid, but flexible foundation for your organizations capacity to improve time to market Exists quality management approach and experts ensure world-class applications that conform to requirements, standards, and objectives

Faced with a portfolio of incompatible legacy systems that hindered its ability to compete, the customer required a radical improvement of its healthcare system in order to operate more effectively Customer sought to have a high quality web-enabled system (for its new facility) that will be capable of seamlessly integrating and interfacing with external systems Requirements for usability, reliability, performance, and scalability of the software solution were very high The customer's in-house development team -- plagued by ineffective testing mechanisms and prolonged testing cycles -- fell short of the expertise needed to move the project forward Requirements often changed and rapid time to market was indispensable; customer needed to work with a team that can rapidly deliver a technically challenging solution Solution Following an endorsement from one of Exist's respected partners, the customer made the move to outsource one module to accelerate the development of its new system Exist was tasked to work on a small project at the onset and succeeded in proving its capacity to innovate and deliver Given Exist's experience, the customer eventually turned to Exist to fully develop its new hospital management software solution Working collaboratively with the customer's Business and Systems Analysts, the Exist team conducted a review and established with the customer the overall technical architecture for the new system In-house engineers played a supporting role while the internal QA team played an instrumental job during post-development iterations Best practices were shared to the in-house development and QA teams Results Based on a 9-month engagement -- including both a design and a rapid development phase, the new healthcare system, which included admission, ordering, billing, discharge, out-patient and other subsystems, and an ancillary results management system were deployed in production at the customer's newest facility, in time for launch Addressing the inherent limitations of the legacy system, the new system promoted efficiency and provided management with timely, accurate, and complete reporting of information Customer commends the Exist team's outstanding capabilities as the perfect complement to the excellent patient care that it has always been recognized for The created solution became an important instrument for the client to strengthen its market position and significantly improve operations Looking to gain competitive edge in your market? Visit www.exist.com for information about how we can help. Or contact us at info@exist.com.

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Case Study - Transport & Logistics Swiftstar Logistics

Challenges

Development of a web CMS using Alfresco and Liferay

Challenges Customer needed a global-scale content management system (CMS) that allowed for user participation to form a cumulative knowledge base Solution has to organize and manage the efforts of the customer across dozens of marketplaces; should be reliable and required for rich media functionality in delivering content to end users Company needed to improve the quality of information shared among its global departments Solution Exist designed the architecture of the system to leverage open source solutions such as Alfresco (as the document library) and Liferay (as main framework) to improve time to market Outside of the file upload and version capabilities provided by Alfresco, the project -- essentially a portlet running in Liferay -included components that allowed for comments, search, rating (mark as favorite), and viewing of PDF files, made available using Flash Exist utilized Spring Portlet MVC, Hibernate, and DWR for communicating with Alfresco from the portlet while front-end was developed with Ajax, Flash, and HTML technologies Results CMS was delivered on time and within the budget limits Customer was able to enhance user participation and collaboration using an online platform that enabled an easy-touse interface, utilizing rich media technologies
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Development of a Web-enabled Logistics Management System

As a transport and logistics company that provides cargo forwarding, warehousing, and supply chain management services in more than 20 major cities in the Philippines, Swiftstar wanted to manage more efficiently and effectively its logistics operations in order to provide better customer service Swiftstar sought to have an online system for placing and tracking orders for transportation of cargoes to replace error-prone, unsecured, rudimentary spreadsheet documents Swiftstar needed a solution that addressed its unique business processes Rapid business growth necessitated usability and scalability in the logistics management software solution Solution Given Exist's capability in delivering high-quality enterprise software solutions, the customer selected Exist to develop its logistics management software An Exist innovation pod composed of software engineers and an architect was built; the team worked collaboratively with the customer in transforming business requirements into usable software functionalities Exist developed for Swiftstar an easy-to-use, fully manageable system implementing technologies such as Java, Spring, Jetty, Hibernate, and Postgres The project was executed using the agile software model Results Phase 1 of the project was delivered over a period of six months; the projects agile and iterative qualities enabled frequent release of small changes that made transitioning to the new system hassle-free After the successful deployment of the project, Exist started a long-term development engagement with the customer building out additional functions as needed From a crude to a fully integrated and automated booking and monitoring system, Swiftstar now has achieved greater management insight and efficiency over its operations Swiftstar has effectively streamlined the training of new employees, subsequently creating more sales opportunities Looking to automate and streamline business operations? Visit www.exist.com for information about how we can help. Or contact us at info@exist.com.

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Expertise in Delivering Interactive Web and Mobile Solutions

We work with global brands and marketing agencies in delivering compelling web and mobile experiences. We have created a number of solutions helping companies take advantage of the power of the Web and mobile platform to provide better user experience and cost effective services. You can tell us about your ideas or let our creative team brainstorm with you.

Projects Delivered
A social media platform that brings all your social networks together

Case Study - iPhone App Development

Challenges

Development of an English Training iPhone Application An interactive English language training application and a football game application for the iPhone

Our customer, the oldest publisher and printer in the world, wanted to build an iPhone application that would emulate its Flash-based English learning program The customer sought to take advantage of the iPhone platform's powerful reach and revenue opportunities Solution For the iPhone version, Exist applied an interactive and intuitive design to enhance the current look and feel of the application, as well as to match the iPhones layout structure, on top of the re-engineering of current functions Inspired with and impressed by Exist's clever rendering of the project mock-up, the customer immediately contracted with Exist to build the iPhone application A 4-man team composed of three iPhone developers and a user interface (UI) designer worked on the iPhone application that included the following language training components: test exercises (fill in the blanks, multiple choice), memopad and audio recorder & playback for note taking, dictionary, and a progress tracker Results The customer gained return of investment a few months following the launch of its English learning iPhone application The customer compliments the Exist team for their out-of-the-box thinking, flexibility, and agility to deliver Exist started a long-term engagement with the customer to create iPhone applications Seeking vision and leadership in delivering effective interactive web and mobile experiences? Visit www.exist.com for information about how we can help. Or contact us at info@exist.com.

Numerous brand-driven, interactive websites

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Case Study - Social Network Community Site 3eep

Development of SportsPassion, a sports community website Challenges 3eep, an architect of online social communities based out of Australia, wanted to build an online sports participant community for amateur sports teams and participants to extend their passion for their sport in an online world Recognizing the niche between dedicated team management solutions and social networks, it wanted to develop a site, which would enable sports aficionados to interact a lot easier with a lot more fun 3eep was looking for a solution that could be delivered rapidly, easy to maintain, and at the same time scalable enough to grow as the community grows and as the company included more features on the site Shifting business environments compelled flexible software solutions Solution After collaborating for a solution to grab the market opportunity, the Exist team set out to create a sports social networking platform Ruby on Rails was used to accelerate development time A small team of 3 worked on the first prototype that was delivered over a period of three months using the agile software model; long term goals were defined in bi-monthly milestones while short term goals were defined to include bug fixes; small feature enhancements identified by the Exist QA team are released as short-term releases After the release of the initial prototype and having proved that the idea worked, Exist started a long-term development engagement with the customer building out the additional functions that the customer had envisaged The completed sports social networking platform provided components that included a community platform (blogging, forums, user management, groups, etc), team management and communication, clubs management, competition management and numerous small features Results Initial launch of the social networking platform enabled 3eep to raise funding for further development of the sports community service 3eep applauds the Exist team for their commitment to quality and enthusiasm throughout the entire project, extending to even after project completion
"I'm very impressed with the way the Exist team worked with us during the entire project. Their commitment to quality, extending to even after the project has been completed, was always evident. Their attention to detail and enthusiasm contributed to SportsPassions success. Having Exist as an innovation partner gave us an edge over other emerging tech companies in Australia."

APPS GO MOBILE
Traditional enterprise has moved beyond the desktop to the mobile platform, bringing with it new marketing opportunities by extending the reach of your products. Let Exist help you turn these opportunities into revenuegenerating innovations for todays new mobile economy. iPhone Mobile and iPad Solutions Whether you need help with porting existing applications to the iPhone / iPad platform or developing applications from scratch, Exist has the capability, tools, and experience that makes us your key innovation partner. We create brilliant user interfaces and develop powerful web and native applications for the iPhone and iPad platforms. The kind of mobile solutions we can develop include: Business Applications Tools and Utilities Games Entertainment

Looking to integrate rich user interfaces in your applications to appeal to the new breed of online users? Planning to build an iPhone or iPad application? Visit www.exist.com for information about how we can help. Or contact us at info@exist.com.

-- Rob Antulov, CEO of 3eep

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Expertise in Delivering Technology Software Platforms and Solutions

Exist has delivered products and applications and has helped enhance existing solutions for a number of software and technology vendors and start-ups around the globe. Products developed by Exist are used in the manufacturing, airlines, travel, telecommunication, and software industries. As your software innovation partner, we offer: strong Open source rooted enterprise development expertise that enables creation of an innovation platform that helps customers optimize their ROI transparent, collaborative engineering that takes advantage of the agile development model to reduce time to market distributed engineering that allows our team to deliver value rapidly even on small projects full life cycle pods, working with you from the early stages of development to completion** Need help with a technically challenging solution and assistance to accelerate development of applications? Contact us at info@exist.com and lets discuss your project.

OUR CLIENTS
We have worked with global software and technology vendors to provide the technical expertise and help them deliver software applications on time.

Exist Innovation Pods

Exist deploys scalable, highly-productive teams to deliver your application requirements. An Exist pod is composed of a project manager, an architect, engineers, UI engineer/s, and QA engineer/s. Each member in the pod is chosen meticulously to ensure that the pod has the right mix of skills needed to create your software. At Exist, it's not just about building solutions from Open Source. It's about building solutions with an Open Source mindset. While we're not not that big, we do have the ability to scale and deliver on projects rapidly. We enable our customers to take advantage of global distributed resources and existing technology to create their strategic IP. For more complex projects, we deploy several Exist pods depending on the project scope and timeline. Contact us today at info@exist.com to discuss your project.

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