Title: Social Network For Senior Citizens On Drupal - Case Study
1 Social Media Innovation for the Young at
Heart How Faichi developed a Product
idea into a Web application
2About our Client
- The idea of building a social network for Senior
Citizens i.e. Sentizens.com is conceptualized by
Zlife Systems Pvt. Ltd. and supported by one of
the renowned builders of India, Paranjpe Schemes
Constructions Ltd. This is an extension to their
unique initiative i.e. Athashri. - Athashri is one of its kind housing projects
where the structure, design and facilities are
built keeping the convenience of senior people in
mind. There are several Athashri societies in
Pune and the new centers being launched in
Coimbatore, Baroda Chennai.
3Problem Demographic overlooked
- Citizens who are 55 years and older are changing
all over the world. They are living longer, are
more active, and becoming increasingly literate
online. There are currently 39 million people
aged 55 and older using Facebook, Twitter, and
Skype, making them the fastest growing age
demographic on these sites. Unfortunately, none
of the current social networking sites cater to
specific needs of Senior Citizens. - Currently in India alone, there are 98Million
people who are 60 which will rise to around
173Miliion by 2026 i.e. 12.6 of the Indian
population. With these numbers in mind, our
client wanted to build a dedicated social
networking platform that focusses on the holistic
living needs of senior citizens.
4Faichi Solution
- Together with our client, we chose Drupal 7 as
the Open source technology to build this social
networking platform. Initially it was a big
challenge to understand and customize the site as
per the senior peoples needs, with clients
inputs and our expertise in Drupal Development
we were able to rapidly create this unique
website. - The major requirement was to develop a social
platform for senior citizens where they can
share, collaborate, learn and avail variety of
one stop services with a focus on holistic
living. Some of these needs are
5Faichi Solution
- Time to Market is of the essence. In order to
speed things up we used Drupal Commons 3 for
prebuilt applications and adopted Drupal modules
like Panels Ajax tabs to show todays and
upcoming events - Performance of the site was a prerequisite due to
the anticipated huge traffic flow on the site. - We used Drupal modules Memcache XHPr and
increased RAM to handle more requests.Faichi team
developed new Drupal modules for customised
features like Advance clock to show clocks of
different time zones Multiple Skype plugin to
display contacts and their user status - Faichi deployed a dedicated team of 6 resources
including designer, developers, QA Project
manager
6Outcome Sentizens.com
- After an accelerated journey of requirement
gathering, development testing, one highly
interactive yet user friendly social networking
platform for senior citizens came to life i.e.
www.sentizens.com -
- Special features
- Login using existing Facebook account
- Option to increase Font size
- Event reminders as default setting
- Configured Skype contacts
- Clocks of different time zones
- Store contacts and information
- Relevant articles on health, finance etc.
- Services in proximity to society
- Posting, Liking, Sharing, Join Groups
7Faichi Difference
- Core strength in Drupal development allowed us to
successfully build the platform in Drupal 7. It
helped the client to launch beta version faster
reduce time to market - Used Agile Methodology for development, enabling
better collaboration and quick delivery. - Synergizing with the client in scaling up the
business model through phase wise development,
ongoing support Mobile App conceptualization
(next step).
8Client Speak
When we were looking for companies to develop
software portal, we made it clear that we are
looking for a development partner and not just
a vendor. Faichi Solutions was one of the very
few companies which understood this and has been
working with us in a partner mode since. Being a
newly formed startup, we wanted to focus on the
functionality, services and the business growth.
Having a reliable partner like Faichi gave us a
chance to focus on the business aspect, rather
than getting tied down by software
development. Mr. Sudhir Alekar, a true
technology visionary who holds over 25 years of
experience in software product development as
well business development in USA, Europe and
India. He held engineering as well as management
positions in technology leading companies in USA
including Oracle, Oblix and RedBrick Systems.
Most recently, he has worked as the Senior VP
(Business Development) at Persistent Systems
Ltd., India.
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- Sudhir Alekar, CEO and Co-founder,
Sentizens.com -
9 About Faichi Solutions
- We are a technology company in Pune, India
specializing in outsourced product engineering
setting up offshore development centers - We hold expertise in technologies such as Drupal,
Java, Mobile and UI/UX development - Established in 2009, with a vision to transform
the outsourced product engineering landscape
through technical excellence and delivery model
innovation - Faichi Solutions has successfully delivered some
of the most complex technology projects through
partner collaboration agile processes
2014 Faichi Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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India
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Faichi Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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Pune, Maharashtra 411045 - Tel 1 (408) 769-4941
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2014 Faichi Solutions Pvt. Ltd.