linkare ti - company profile 2012 (en) v 2.0

CompanyProfile2012

Facing Innovation Together

Mission

The innovation and excellence on product and services creation while adopting emerging technologies and solutions, either proprietary (Oracle, IBM, Linkare TI, ...) or Open Source (RedHat JBoss, Sun, Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse Software Foundation, …), adapted to the needs of our customers, is a constant challenge for Linkare and its biggest contribution towards modernization and leveraging the competitiveness of companies, organizations and public administration.


- Talented Skilled Professionals1Rigorous recruitment programme with focus on proper academic background and behavioural adequacy

- eCademy2Constant learning as well as individual and collective sharing of knowledge and certification of competences

- Facing Innovation Together3Innovation in partnership with the customer, applied to the creation of products and services and adoption of emerging solutions and technologies

- Java Excellence4Specialized service on Java technologies, oriented to the costumers' needs

Strategy for Success


What do we do? How do we do it?

BUSINESS MODELS

Asset management, continuous integration, tests and code quality

Enterprise Applications & Information Integration

Development and customization- Portals, Web Sites and Web Applications- Mobile and Desktop Applications

SERVICES

Time & Means Model (TM) for the outsourcing projects executed usually in costumers premises

Quoted Time and Means (QTM) for the outsourcing projects executed usually in Linkare premises

Fixed Price Model (FP) for the Tailored projects (turn-key), with deadlines, cost and methodology agreed upfront

Technology Consulting, Software Quality Assurance and Training

Portals, Web sites and Web applications


Linkare has acquired considerable experience developing portals, Web sites and rich web applications, namely for:- Higher education institutions;- Public administration, national, regional and local;- Educational and e-learning projects;- Information projects, based on news publication;- Museums;- Electoral campaigns;- Industry and services.

Linkare is experienced with eXo Platform, GateIn (JBossPortal), Liferay and WebCenter, among others Portal frameworks, Web Content Management solutions and web frameworks and tools, such as JSF with AJAX (RichFaces, PrimeFaces, ICEfaces), Adobe Flash, Struts, JBoss Seam, ADF,…

Services

Mobile and Desktop Applications


Linkare has a comprehensive experience implementing RIA (Rich Internet Applications) on Java technologies, namely Java Swing and Java Web Start, under a client/server architecture based on the Java Enterprise Application (JEE) specification, as well as the development of mobile applications: Html 5 + CSS 3 and native applications for Android and BlackBerry.

This client/server architecture offers the following advantages:- High availability and scalability: several instances of the application cluster are permanently available, warranting a 24/7 availability;- Reliability, coherence and consistency: using JTA (Java Transaction Architecture);- Performance in client/server communication: using RMI/IIOP;- Integration with external systems: using webservices, RMI/IIOP and RMI over HTTP;- Using asynchronous mechanisms based on JMS (Java Message Service);- Interoperability: OS (Java Virtual Machine), DB ( JPA) or email system (JavaMail);- Usability: the client application is based on Java Swing-based interfaces;- Maintenance: the client is centrally distributed, via Java Web Start;- Offline access: allows the distribution of the database bundled with the client application, allowing operations in offline mode and posterior data synchronisation.

Services

Enterprise Applications & Information Integration


Regarding systems integration, Linkare has considerable experience integrating heterogeneous systems, using SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) architectures and the following technologies:- ESB (Enterprise Service Bus);- Webservices based in the JAX-WS (Java API For XML – WebServices);- Business EJB Components communicating via RMI/IIOP (Remote Method Invocation / Internet InterORB Protocol), that allows integration with clients in C, C++, VB, etc.;- JMX (Java Management Extensions), JCA (Java EE Connector Architecture) and JNI (Java Native Interface);- JAAS (Java Authentication & Authorization Service) API which allows the usage of a set of pre-existing authentication stacks like Kerberos, LDAP, DB, password files, etc.;- CAS (Central Authentication Service) to provide Single Sign On;- PKI (Public Key Infrastructure), WS-Security and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer);- Identity Manager (Sun Microsystems, …).Linkare offers services whose purpose is the migration from one information system to another one, independently of the source and destiny's technologies.

Services

Asset management, continuous integration, tests and code quality


Linkare believes a good asset management together with a good continuous integration system allows:- To increase the quality of produced software;- To adhere good practices in software development;- To reduce risk, effort, time and therefore costs with development and maintenance;- To increase the stakeholders' trust in the project and its visibility.

For these reasons, Linkare has invested in the acquisition of competences in customizing and integrating applications that support asset management and continuous integration systems, automated testing and software quality management, including among others the following applications: Oracle Repository & Registry, continuous integration (Hudson/Jenkins), software quality (SONAR), version control systems (SVN, CVS, Mercurial), build systems (Ant, Maven), non-conformance management (Bugzilla), service management (OTRS), collaborative tools such as Wiki's (xWiki) and monitoring systems (Hyperic, Nagios, Oracle Enterprise Manager) ...

Services


ServicesTechnology Consulting, Software Quality Assurance and Training

Our consulting and quality assurance services are handled by consultants with a broad experience and competence in Java technology, being able to:- Identify technical and functional requirements, analyse and systematize processes and architectures, design architectures and solutions, evaluate and select technologies, and establish budget studies to new projects;- Assist technical project teams, support them while adopting good development practices and introducing continuous integration tools, automated tests and managing code quality;- Facing Innovation Together: support the customer while adopting emerging solutions and technologies, both Open Source or proprietary, adapted to their needs;- Proof of concept (POC) creation such as: system migration to and from Open Source, product version migration, technology migration, ...

Auditing Software Quality while defining requirements, architectures, methodologies and processes, on infrastructure and applications performance, on code review and code quality itself and continuous integration systems, including automated tests and systems monitoring.

Design and implementation of specialized Training actions according to customer needs.

Fixed Price (FP) for tailored projects


Business Models

These projects have a deadline, cost, deliverables and work methodology previously agreed between the costumer and Linkare.Generally executed in Linkare premises, the project management is made by Linkare.

In tailored development projects, Linkare partners with the customer, in all stages of Development:- Conception: Developing the idea that justified the project, functional and technological requirements elicitation, goal definition and technological strategy aligned with the business strategy;- Planning: Choose a methodology and elaborate a analysis document, work plan and budgeting;- Development: Implement the project including tests, corrections and support to deployment of the developed systems;- Evolution & maintenance: To support, correcting and evolving, the developed systems throughout its life time.

Time & Means (TM) and Quoted Time & Means (QTM)


Business Models

Outsourcing projects are generally managed by the customer and we do it according with two different models:- Time & Means: executed usually in costumers premises (i.e. on-site or intra-muros), the costumer specifies the workload (e.g. person-days) and its specific needs for requested profiles;- Quoted Time & Means: executed usually outside the customer premises (i.e. off-site or extra-muros), the costumer specifies the different tasks and sub-tasks to be executed and a total number of days for activities or profiles.

Meeting the objectives of the 3rd generation Outsourcing, Linkare believes in creating value for its costumers:- Enhance business processes;- Cost savings, control and management;- Access to a larger talent pool of qualified and specialized human resources;- Introduce the best practices in your IT projects;- Reduce time to market in software development;- Focus on your core business.

Team


- The excellence of our tailored project development (turn-key), consulting and outsourcing services is guaranteed by a qualified and skilled team- Actually, Linkare has about 30 engineers (consultants, analysts and developers) with a great availability to work as a team, either internal or integrating external ones (partners/costumers)

Selection and Recruitment Process


Effective and agile recruitment process for IT professionals:

Period of 2/3 weeks for selection and recruitment of new professionals;

Over 95% of our consultants have confirmed a total adequacy in their expected role and client satisfaction;

On boarding monitoring: minimizes substitutions and optimizes the integration process.

Phase I: 1 DayDetermine the ideal recruiting target

Understanding the target’s decision criteriaKnowing where our target “hangs out”

Phase II: 1/2 Week

Internal recruitingPosting Jobs for

active CandidatesSourcing “non-active”

prospects

Phase III: 1 WeekJob Application

Phone Screen

Interview

No

Yes

Maybe

Final Interview

Reference Checking

No

Yes

Maybe

No

No

No

Yes

Phase IV: 1 Week

Phase V: Ongoing On-BoardingMonitoring

Offer

Post- Offer Acceptance

No

Yes

ClientNo

Client Selection Process

HR Methodology


The human resources methodology allows the consolidation of the alignment approach and connections between the human resources plan and the company's strategic plan.

Individual Requirement

Selection and Recruitment

Mentoring/Coaching

Training / Knowledge

Sharing

HR Evaluation

OutsourcingConsulting /

Projects

kpi

eCademyBusiness

Requirement

kpikpi

Acquisition and Certification of

Competency

International& National


References: Public Administration

Universities

Telco

IT / IS

References: Private Sector



Industry

Others

Energy

References: Private Sector


Facts and Numbers

Founded:15th April, 2004

Shareholders:4 IT professionals

Numbers:Team ~ 30 software engineersRevenue in 2010 ~ 1M€

Brand & Domains:Brand: LinkareDomains: linkare.pt, .com, .eu

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Founded:15th April, 2004

Shareholders:4 IT professionals

Numbers:Team ~ 30 software engineersRevenue in 2010 ~ 1M€

Brand & Domains:Brand: LinkareDomains: linkare.pt, .com, .eu

Av. Duque d'Ávila 231000-138 LisboaPortugalT: +351 213 590 623F: +351 213 590 624Email: [email protected]

Tailored projects (turn-key)Outsourcing and Consulting

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