Social Network for IT Professionals

The client, now a leading online information security community, wanted to build a social network for IT professionals with a focus on information and network security. The social network would enable members to rate various security solutions, rate comments from peers to self-regulate feedback, enable members to earn badges for their participation, and enable IT Vendors to introduce their solutions to IT Professionals. The client also desired real-time Integration and social sharing using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. Zymr was chosen as a development partner due to its extensive experience in developing and implementing responsive UX driven UI.

Business Value

Zymr developed a Quora-style web portal to accelerate a purpose-built, specialized, social network for information security professionals.

Solution Map

Verticals
- CloudTech
- HealthTech
- FinTech
- RetailTech
- SocialTech
- ShareTech
Domains
- Applications
- Security
- Infrastructure
- Orchestration
- Mobility
- Analytics/AI
Practices
- Development
- Cloud Operations
- Quality Engineering
- Continuous Integration
- Continuous Delivery
- UX / UI

System Architecture

Software Implementation

Web UI

Developed UI using responsive HTML5 JavaScript architecture.

UX Design

Provided some of the key UX design services for the platform.

Node

Zymr helped deploy the web UI JavaScript on Node.js.

Security

Zymr leveraged OpenID and oAuth2 for user-security.

Continuous Integration

Zymr developed a Jenkins and Maven based CI process. Used Github for software repository.

QE Testing

Zymr provided extensive QE Automation and Testing services.

Success

Zymr built and implemented a responsive UX driven UI for this social network. The network enabled IT professionals to share their practical knowledge on security products from leading vendors like Cisco, Symantec, Juniper, Imperva and others. It also enabled members to rate help provided by other members, gamified knowledge sharing with leaderboards, and connected professionals with companies seeking to hire them. Users range from consultants to CISOs, making it one of the best online platforms to network with security professionals.