| Aloha Technology specializes in creating Web 2.0 technologies by leveraging our in depth knowledge and vast experience in implementing multiple aspects such as social networking tools, Blogs, Wikis, RSS and many others. Our Web 2.0 products are feature rich and encourage heavy user interaction using Ajax and other cutting edge technologies, rich media and superior design. Aloha helps clients focus on building products that help bring communities together and facilitates users interaction on a common platform. |
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| Our vast experience enables us to build enterprise Web 2.0 products from ground up or add Web 2.0 elements like social networking tools to an existing product by means of a site redesign or enhancement. Our aim is to use social networking to enhance a product simply by invigorating its soul and bringing out its true message. |
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| Aloha defines a set of principles and practices for web applications, which, when followed, entitle a web application to wear the Web 2.0 crown. Aloha develops platforms that enable the mixing (or mash-up) of technologies and data and enable services to be consumed that are beyond the boundary of the application. We harness collective intelligence by facilitating the following: |
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Aggregation of relevant content from heterogeneous sources |
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User contributed content |
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User moderation of content via tagging and rating |
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The project snapshots below are intended to give a brief idea about our expertise in Web 2.0 technology, and the technical scope of our experience. These projects describe our varied experience in handling client requirements of different size, complexity and technologies. |
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| With a high level of expertise supported by a hand-picked team from leading technical and management education institutes of India, we have developed experience and technological expertise in the area of software development for high-end mission critical solutions that are robust, scalable and fault tolerant - the critical path for enterprise solutions. |
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| Talk to us today on how we can partner together to help you create a cutting edge solution. |
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| Leadership Networking Site |
| Aloha developed a dynamic social networking portal aimed at serving individuals and organizations interested in developing their leadership talent. |
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Develop leadership capacity with fun, intuitive Mammals vs. Reptiles framework. |
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Find mentors and connect with both current and aspiring leaders in various industries through our networking functionality. |
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Grow their leadership capabilities with targeted, engaging, and relevant developmental activities. |
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Get real feedback about their leadership style from key professional groups including subordinates, peers, supervisors, and customers, as well as personal groups including family and friends. |
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Create individualized leadership development plans. |
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| The portal incorporates multiple social networking features that help users find/communicate with each other and build communities, including: |
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| Groups |
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Each group has its own profile page |
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Ability to create Discussion boards, blogs, polls, feedback forums within
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Ability to upload images, podcasts for each group. |
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Three levels of permission applicable to each group – Private (accessible
only by people invited by the moderator of the group), Public (accessible by
all people in the network), and Semi-Private (accessible only by current
friend list). |
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Two types of ownership of the groups – Public and Moderated. |
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| Blogs |
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Users can write public and private journals for themselves and to share with
other users of the site. |
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These blogs have the capability of other users leaving comments. |
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Ability to upload images, podcasts for each group. |
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The blogs and other users’ comments are eventually linked to the point
system for the Leadership Pyramid. |
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| Profiles |
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It contains demographic information provided by the user. The user can make any and all demographic information he/she has provided public or private, with the default value being private. |
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The profile contains a place where other users can leave comments for the user. |
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There are two types of profiles: user and leader. |
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| Discussion Boards |
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Where users can start a discussion on any topic and other users can respond. |
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Two levels of permission – Private (accessible only by friend list) and
Public (accessible by all members in the Network) |
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| Personal Bulletin Board |
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User can post a public message to everyone in their network on a public
bulletin board space. |
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Two levels of permission – Private (accessible only by friend list) and
Public (accessible by all members in the Network) |
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| In Site Messaging |
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Users can send messages back and forth within the site to all
members belonging to the macro network. |
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Ability to keep each response private or public. |
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Messaging is linked to the notification mechanism. |
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| Site Search |
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This is a search function for the site, which helps users to conduct an
advanced search to find all HS students’ blogs for leadership activities. |
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Two levels of search – Basic and Advanced. |
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| Technology leverage: |
| Use of Ajax |
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Auto complete in the search engine |
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Drag and Drop: our profile page lets users drag and drop modules. Each user can customize and thus enhance their user experience based on their preferences. |
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Visual Effects: We used fade in/out effects on the pages to enhance the user experience. |
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| RSS |
| Leaders/members can subscribe to RSS feeds to specific groups / discussion boards / events related to individual interests.. |
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| Widgets |
| We encourage creativity and innovation. Our exceptional product team implemented contextual widgets on various pages across the site. The aim of these widgets is to surface relevant content based on the user's profile. The widget searches user generated and database related content and surfaces user relevant content based on a member's profile. This helps in surfacing relevant information to the user real time. This helps the site retain users. These widgets can be used on almost any page on the site. Some of their examples can be seen in the profile, search results, browse pages. |
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| Student - Recruiter Networking Portal |
Aloha Technology created a social networking portal for an upcoming start up that provided a common platform for potential students and university recruiters to share and exchange information with each other. We developed a range of social networking tools to facilitate user communication and help establish strong user communities.
Aloha innovatively combined social networking tools around the core functionality of the site. The aim of the site is to provide ample resources to students scouting for potential universities and colleges across the nation.
We built a robust search engine for locating colleges/universities designed for users who would search based on a pre-defined criteria. We developed a user friendly browse to help new users find the right college/university for them.
The site leverages traditional social networking tools built to facilitate user communication, including: |
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| Groups |
| Users are allowed to create a group and set its status to private/public. Users groups help bring together various users with common interests/goals. Users are able to post blog entries in groups and leave comments on existing entries. |
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| Friends |
| Users can send/accept friend requests. |
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| Friends feed |
| This feature is meant to keep users updated on other user activity. It helps keep users updated on the activities of members with similar interests/goals. |
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| Photos |
| Users can create multiple photo galleries and share them with anyone. |
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| On-site messaging |
| Users can send/receive personal messages from their friends. This helps user communication. |
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| Email |
| Users can email college/university listing to his/her friends and include personal messages in the email |
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| Blogs |
| We created a robust blog application for our users. Any user can set up and post a blog in less than a minute. The ease of the use allows amateur users to create visually appealing blogs. |
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| Technology leverage: |
| Use of Ajax |
| We used Ajax in several features on our site such as: |
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Auto complete in college/university search engine |
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Drag and Drop: our profile page lets users drag and drop modules. Each user can customize and thus enhance their user experience based on their preferences. |
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Visual Effects: We used fade in/out effects on the pages to enhance the user experience. |
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| RSS |
| Students and recruiters can subscribe to RSS feeds to specific college and university events related to admissions. |
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| Widgets |
| We encourage creativity and innovation. Our exceptional product team implemented contextual widgets on various pages across the site. The aim of these widgets is to surface relevant content based on the user's profile. The widget searches user generated and database related content and surfaces user relevant content based on a student's accomplishments, extracurricular activities, athletics and academic interests. This helps in surfacing relevant information to the user real time. This helps us retain users on our site and also provide relevant information to the user. These widgets can be used on almost any page on the site. Some of their examples can be seen in the profile, search results, browse pages. |
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| Business Networking Site |
Aloha built a web-based business networking site through which people can create online profiles and communities intended to network and share knowledge, learn, interact and work together as mentor/mentees.
This site lets members create multiple profiles as mentor's and mentee's, and create networks of friends in each of these profile categories. Different privacy criteria for each profile category enable members to limit personal and professional information interchange in a customized manner within their networks of contacts/friends. |
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| The portal incorporates multiple social networking features that help users find/communicate with each other and build communities, including: |
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| Friends |
| Users can add multiple friends / business contacts to each of their profiles. |
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| Groups |
| The Site Administration can establish Groups. Users can create a Group. The creator of the group can establish Group's permission levels. A permission level determines which members should be allowed to join the group. A set of parameters determine who should be permitted access to the group. |
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| Messaging |
| Users can use the Mail box feature for communicating with each other via Email. The mailbox contains the standard email options like Inbox, Compose New Email; along with other basic facilities to reply, forward and delete email messages. |
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| Search Box |
| Users can use this feature to Search for other Users, Groups, Blogs, News and any other category within the members web site, using the Basic and Advanced Search. |
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| Business Blogs |
| Users can also create personal blogs on every profile. It provides users with basic blogging options. |
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