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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

2
About 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.

3
Problem 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.

4
Faichi 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

5
Faichi 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

6
Outcome 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

7
Faichi 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).

8
Client 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.

  • - 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.
10
  • To read more case studies of Faichi Solutions,
    please visit www.faichi.com/success-stories
  • For more information please visit www.faichi.com
    or mail us at inform_at_faichi.com
  • USA
    India
  • Faichi Solutions Inc
    Faichi Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
  • 2023 Mandelay Pl
    504, Accord IT Park, Baner Road,
  • San Jose, CA 95138
    Pune, Maharashtra 411045
  • Tel 1 (408) 769-4941
    Tel 91-20-65291435

2014 Faichi Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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