IPHONE APPLICATION DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT click to expand

Apple's iPhone & iTouch platforms provides a quality sophisticated display with rich interactivity. Inovative companies are leveraging these devices to provide a visual, mobile extension of their brand or product.

InterMedia Development (IMD) helps your organization with rapid design exploration; agile, quick cycle interactive prototyping; and full lifecycle development; from your vision to final implementation. Our experience results in high-quality, fast-cycle implementations of iPhone applications.

iPhone Application Strategy

For businesses that are interested in strategic opportunities of the iPhone, but are not certain how to proceed, IMD will work closely with you to identify and explore high-value mobile opportunities.

During this collaborative workshop, IMD's team works with you to discover what aspects of your business have a natural fit for the iPhone platform. Our guiding objective is to define mobile usage scenarios that bring value to your users and increase profits for your company. We then embark on a cooperative design exploration and prototyping stage to bring the concepts to life. Immediate feedback on the concept and execution is gained through assessment with your end users.

At the end of the workshop you will have the information needed and user input to help evaluate an iPhone application investment, including:

• A list of potential iPhone apps for your business
• A user tested prototype demonstrating core features of an iPhone app
• A product definition statement that is used to guide the development of the iPhone application
• An estimate of the cost to build the app
• A compelling presentation to help you make the case for your investment.

iPhone Application Design

iPhone applications designs requires experienced specialists that understand the unique user interface paradigm of the iPhone, and also understand how to create an exceptional mobile extension of your business. IMD’s user interface architects follow Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines closely and work with you to create an application definition statement that shapes the final product. The human interaction research we conduct identifies key usage scenarios that resonate with the end users.

A successful iPhone application needs to represent your brand. IMD’s talented visual interface designers extend the look and feel of your corporate branding to your iPhone application, resulting in a product with a strong, custom brand identity that distinguishes it from other applications.

iPhone Application Development & Implementation

IMD provides your company with the expertise necessary to fully develop rich, highly customized applications for mobile devices. We specialize in building, testing and delivering iPhone applications and mobile-optimized Web applications. We perform system integration to enable mobile applications to connect and utilize a business’ Web services, Web content, transactional systems and back-office applications for maximum flexibility and extensibility.

Our development teams are expert in developing custom controls for the iPhone that seamlessly extend the capabilities of an application while maintaining a sharp, usable user interface that stays focused on manageability and performance.

Our development teams follow a detailed functional specification to ensure the final product is as faithful as possible to the original design. We use rigorous testing strategies to ensure that the application performs as specified, and more importantly that it satisfies the users expectations and delivers the high quality application that your business expects.

WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT click to expand

InterMedia web designers and developers work closely with clients to create online strategies for any company's website by incorporating the most creative online architecture and state of the art web design elements that perfectly reflect company ideals into the user's experience.

Enhanced Design

The design of your site greatly effects the impression that a customer acquires of your company. An appealing and attractive design interests the user in your products and adds to your company's online promotions. InterMedia web designers and developers work to provide your company's site with the most superior design using creative online architecture, and state of the art web design elements.

Flash Development

A site with movement, interactivity and animation can create a lasting impression. Flash web design is a very effective method to add eye catching action to your web site. InterMedia can design and integrate unique, low-bandwidth Flash designs into your website to create a professional, high-impact web experience, and to speed up the communication between the guest and the intended message of your website. Navigation and Layout

Along with website organization, another important design factor is creating an easy to understand navigation for your site. InterMedia develops web pages that allow visitors to get around the site with ease. This helps your visitor get the information they want fast, within just a few clicks of the homepage. InterMedia can create a well-organized layout that allow your visitors to sail smoothly through your site

E-COMMERCE click to expand

E-Commerce offers vast growth opportunities for businesses; however, selling goods or services online requires planning and development. InterMedia can aid you with integrating your commerce needs into the site by listing your products and services and adding features such as: a shopping cart, order forms, credit card payment, shipment tracking and inventory management. Products can easily be added, deleted, or updated using our CMS applications. Categories and Sub-categories of products can also be implemented for efficient organization. In addition, we offer security features such as encrypted storage data and SSL support. These functions are supported by our back-end application that allows for real-time editing of site information, thereby increasing the usability of the site and the productivity of your business. Payment Options

Offline payment processing

Online payment

Authorize.net

Paypal

Credit cards

Checks

Purchase Order

U.S. tax calculation by states Shipping

Real-time quotes UPS

Real-time quotes FedEX

Free shipping rules based on sum

Customer order status and shipment details are notified through e-mail.

Shopping cart

Today, customers demand a personalized online shopping experience. E-Commerce shopping cart usability is an important factor for online sellers to deliver a satisfying shopping experience, and provide you with the tools to manage it effectively. InterMedia provides a shopping cart function that is designed for ease of use and flexible customizations, to meet all your needs. For security, the shopping cart receives the order information securely using SSL. Order forms

InterMedia integrates order forms for customers as a way to facilitate transactions. The order forms are convenient, and can increase your online professionalism while offering your customers the safety they deserve for doing business with you. Secure SSL

SSL encrypts data, like credit cards numbers which prevents the online predators from stealing your information for malicious intent. The SSL system serves to help promote the security and integrity of e-commerce. InterMedia applies the SSL system to ensure that sensitive information remains private, which in turn, increases customer confidence. Inventory management

InterMedia incorporates an inventory management system that allows you to have complete control of inventory, information about the value of the inventory, complete visibility of quantities on hand, quantities committed and quantities sold- all in real-time. Autoresponders

InterMedia can add an Autoresponder feature which allows you to easily follow up on all your clients with regular email, and send a set of messages in pre-set increments and on pre-determined dates. The autoresponder can keep your message in front of your potential clients, or allow your visitors to receive a special report instantly. Performance Reporting

Measuring performance is an essential part of any business. InterMedia is able to integrate performance reporting features such as sales report generation, category performance, product performance reports, and the ability to export customer data.

CMS SOLUTIONSclick to expand

InterMedia has developed an application that allows you to have control of editing and maintaining your web site’s content and information in real-time with a back-end application that consists of an integrated database that is accessible via any web browser with the correct user name and password. It allows an administrator to change any image or text on the website. Once the administrator has logged in, a number of menus appear which will allow the administrator to make any necessary changes. No programming or advanced computer skills are required to make these changes.

CMS allows users to easily add custom pages, upload new pictures and documents, quickly edit any page that requires updating (such as news or policies), create and manage email and online forms, and update a product list (if applicable).

How It Works

• Content is added and saved through the user interface.
• The web page is generated and published by the CMS.
• The web page URL gets listed in the web site navigation menus.
• All index pages and navigation menus get updated automatically.

Information Architecture

A user can change the structure from different levels, where the module or structure allows you to add any number of sub topics changed over and any other number of sub categories. This visual structure permits the user to make the categories active or not. You can show these visuals on the web or hide them when you are working on a document. CMS-mainmenu

Visual Design

Design can be modified or altered any way you desire.

Site Style

A unified style or different kinds of styles will be created with the use of colors based on predetermined needs. In addition to having the ability to change the text files and tables, the text editor also allows you to add documents such as word, pdf, excel, or rtf.

Picture Gallery

You can upload any number of pictures that can be published or just kept on the server without publishing on web. A number of features allow you to create thumbnails on the site.

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Calendar Feature

Articles or content on the pages can be made public at a specific time and can be withdrawn from the web automatically. This feature is important for time sensitive material.

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Products

Product images and information can be edited in any way a company pleases.

Statistics

Search Feature

• Quick search on every page
• Advanced search
• Bestsellers

Statistics for products and customers, bestsellers list, and product reviews for an interactive shopping experience.

Keyword Search

Keyword search is a popular feature to navigate a site. It allows the user to navigate the site using keywords or search phrases.

Languages

This feature allows the user to translate text into Spanish or a number of other languages. The set up of CMS allows a custom language such as Spanish or any other languages desired by the customer to be implemented.

Newsletter

The newsletter is integrated into the platform where your visitors can receive the newsletter with the latest news of the company. The visitors’ information is kept in the database.

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At any time a company can add news or current events that can be published with a calendar feature. Users can browse through the news and write comments about a specific topic. The news articles also include references to other articles.

Additionally, the platform can be integrated with the other systems, whether it is odbc format or xml. The entire platform can be extended to larger scale solutions since the entire database is based on a sequel database. CMS-newsNEW1

Add, delete, and modify pages

CMS has features that allow a company to instantaneously add, delete, or modify pages as desired.

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Edit, add, and delete content

CMS also comes equipped with a variety of editing tools so that a company can style and edit their content in any way they desire. Some CMS editing tools include:

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Alignment options

color options

Editing links

Editing images

copy and paste options

Import-Export Feature

Products mass update CSV format

Products mass update XML format

Product images mass update

Product data export in XML format

Orders information export in XML format

Reference Databases

Manufacturer table

• Name
  
• URL
• Description

U.S. States

Tax rates

International (countries) Payment Options

Offline payment processing

Online payment

• Authorize.net
• Paypal

U.S. tax calculation by states. Shipping

Real-time quotes UPS

Real-time quotes FedEX

Free shipping rules based on sum

INTRANETS/EXTRANETSclick to expand

InterMedia develops Intranet/Extranet solutions for your organization which can be incorporated into to your website in order to increase efficiency and enhance communication within your organization. Intranet and Extranet development is important for today’s growing industries, because it allows for easy and efficient communication.

An intranet system is a private internal network gateway that is used by your employees. You can create a ticket system for assigning tasks to each other and post important news and events, or develop a company knowledge base that allows employees to research company documents and other important data. An Intranet also allows network connections of affiliated clients using standard internet protocols, TCP/IP, and HTTP. It is an IP-based network of nodes behind a firewall, or behind several firewalls connected securely. Extranets enables business to easy work in partnership with partners and customers. Extranets help improve networking and supply chain management. In addition, our encryption technology ensures that all data shared is secure. SSL technology helps maintain that your information and data remains confidential. InterMedia offers a variety of optimal security intranets and extranets for the most private of businesses.

Benefits of intranets

Better internal communication

Improved customer service

Document management

Training via e-learning

Integrating E-mail so that information can be distributed effectively.

Reduction in paperwork

Benefits of extranets

Single user interface between you and your business partners

Improved security between you and your business partners

Integrated supply chains

Shared news of common interest with partner companies

Exchange large volumes of data

BUSINESS-to-BUSINESS (B2B) Appsclick to expand

CUSTOM WEB APPLICATIONSclick to expand

Web Based Content Management Application: InterMedia has developed an application that allows you to have control of editing and maintaining your web site’s content and information in real-time. This back-end application consists of an integrated database that is accessible via any web browser with the correct user name and password. It allows an administrator to change any image or text on the website. Once the administrator has logged in, a number of menus appear which will allow the administrator to make any necessary changes. No programming or advanced computer skills are required to make these changes. See our DEMO.

The web based content management aplication can integrate the following features:

Directory development

Calendar/Reservations application

Intranet / Extranets

Inventory application

Project management application

Event management application

Document management application

Third party software integration

Selling goods or services online requires planning and development. IMD can integrate your commerce needs into the site by listing your products and services and adding features such as: a shopping cart, order forms, credit card payment, shipment tracking and inventory management. These functions can also be supported by our back-end application that allows for real-time editing of site information, thereby increasing the usability of the site and the productivity of your business. Forums and Bulletin Boards

Forums and bulletins are great tools to keep the communication going between the company and its customers. Customers would be able to access the bulletin boards or forums on the company's web site by entering their comments or feedback on a specific topic. The company can then respond and establish a long lasting dialog with its customers. Online Forms Integration

InterMedia can assist any company in turning paper forms into online forms, enabling the viewer to see the information in a digital format. It becomes more efficient for a company to receive and process the information when the forms are placed on the website. Additionally, customers can easily access the forms online in real time. Online Surveys

Any business looking for feedback on their services or products can use online surveys. Online surveys can be set up on a company's web site and integrated into the web design. InterMedia can assist you in setting up online survey forms that can be changed and updated in real-time by a company administrator or third party.

WEB PROMOTIONSclick to expand

It is important to promote your website because just having a website does not guarantee people will be able to find the site on the Internet; that's why InterMedia will strive to promote your website and make it work for you. Through our various promotional services, our team will make sure that your website has a significant amount of visitors who are interested in your products and services.

Complete Search Engine Submission

We will submit your site to the top search engines. Having more sources with which to find your web site will ensure that visitors can always locate you.

Search Engine Ranking Enhancements

Not only is it important to be listed with many search engines, but how easy it is to find your site and how well it ranks are also important factors. We will develop and implement a comprehensive “Meta Tag” for your site to optimize performance on search engines.

Complete Industry Directory Submission

There are many industry directories that allow customers to access your company information and web site address. We will make sure that your company is listed on the top industry directories.

Newsgroup Submission

Newsgroups are a great way of getting the word out about a new web site. They are accessed by professional people and are targeted to those who have an interest in your industry. Using newsgroups we can send out company announcements, press releases, and information on your products and services.

Banner Advertisement and Placement

InterMedia will create banner ads that portray the image of your company and will attract visitors to your site. We place these ads on the sites that will magnet your targeted visitors.

Exchange of Links with Supported Sites

Linking with other sites is a great way of attracting interested visitors. InterMedia will link your site with those that have visitors you want to attract, by placing links or banner ads.

Targeted E-mail

E-mail is a fast growing medium of communication. We will send e-mails to target the audience of a specific industry.

Site Monitoring and Analysis

InterMedia will generate monthly reports that track the results of your monthly promotions. The report will include the total hits from banner ads, links, and search engines. It will also show you the browsing habits of your visitors.

SEO SERVICES click to expand

InterMedia has developed and implemented a comprehensive “Meta Tag” as well as a Rewrite Engine for your site to optimize performance on search engines because not only is it important to be listed with many search engines, but how easy it is to find your site and how well it ranks are also important factors.

In addition, InterMedia has created a program that records your website’s vital statistics. By analyzing and keeping track of these statistics, you can see how the promotion tactics are working for the website.

A rewrite engine is a piece of web server software used to modify URLs before fetching the requested item, for a variety of purposes. This technique is known as URL rewriting. Some benefits derived from a rewrite engine are:

Making website URLs more user and search engine friendly

Preventing undesired "online linking" or "hot linking"

Not exposing the (web address-related) inner workings of a website to users

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Statistics and Analysis

Statistics will provide a complete overview and detailed descriptions of how many people visited the site in the last 24 hours, last month, or total visitors. It also presents the information of where the hits are coming from, whether from a search engine or specific ip address. Additionally, the search feature lets you know what specific users are looking for on specific sites.

Google Analytics

Google helps you attract more of the traffic you are looking for, and helps you turn more visitors into customers. Google Analytics assists you in learning more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your site. Use Google Analytics to learn which online marketing initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually use your site. This feature aids you in making informed site design improvements, drive targeted traffic, and increase your conversions and profits.