Built an eCommerce website for a leading emedia publisher. Client is a leading publisher of eMedia and manufacturer of eMedia Devices. Clients existing eStore was developed using .NET platform which was catering to online sales but never met their expectation, at the same time the website's architecture (design and navigation) is not user- friendly, thus Client understood that successful ebusinesses needs adoption of eCommerce trends, Technology and decided to change the application platform.

1. Built the whole gamut of eRetail solution
A multi-store with single admin
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2. Client provides services that is dedicated to enriching lives by enhancing
media consumption and language communication and is specialized in
creating tools to help people around the globe effectively connect with a
technologically diverse and dynamic world. Clients' mission is to reliably
make anyone's language interaction successful. Client has built a reputation
throughout the world for its commitment to language learning and
reference. The Client is based out of NorthAmerica.
The Client
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Challenges
Migration from .Net to Magento is quite complex, since both the platforms
have different data structure, migrating customer address, order history and
product data was a challenge. Another challenge again was to import orders
using Cron. Sigma Infosolutions’ Magento team understood Client requests
and clearly explained the impact on implementation with practical
timesaving suggestions to ensure rapid project delivery.
“40% cost savings
on functionality
development -
Executive Summary
Client is a leading publisher of eMedia
and manufacturer of eMedia Devices.
Clients existing eStore was developed
using .NET platform which was catering
to online sales but never met their
expectation, at the same time the
website's architecture (design and
navigation) is not user- friendly, thus
Client understood that successful e-
businesses needs adoption of eCommerce
trends, Technology and decided to
change the application platform.
Sigma Infosolutions leveraged its
expertise on Magento, an open source
eCommerce platform and other web
technologies to develop a comprehensive
eCommerce solution. Built on Magento,
the application extends numerous
customization capabilities. Custom
extensions were developed for better
user experience, extend admin
functionalities, revenue drivers and
extensions that improve checkout &
navigation.
Successes
Being a Magento Solution Partner, Sigma Infosolutions' Magento team has
Magento Certified Developers who understands Clients' legacy data and how
it is intended to be utilized in Magento. We created a comprehensive data
migration strategy with proper data structure analysis and mapped it, and
extending the Magento structure where-ever applicable. This ensured data
integrity, data security and full utilization of Clients' data in Magento
eliminating performance bottlenecks. Extended the base features of
Magento as well as for custom attributes for data input structures.
Business Case
Client had a vision to develop a comprehensive solution with an easy user
interface for their existing eStore. The current eStore was built on .Net
platform which had no option to improve online shopping experience and was
not the most preferred way for an user to shop (no user-friendly navigation).
The admin module was too heavy to post and update product information. As
the solution was built on dot net there were support issues for maintenance
and upgrades.
Client wanted to restructure their eStore that can leverage the evolving and
innovative global eBusiness models. With this vision Client approached Sigma
Infosolutions to achieve maximum operational efficiencies, reduce costs,
and increase return on investment. Sigma Infosolutions proposed to use Open
Source Magento e-commerce platform to build the eStore from scratch.
Multi-store with
single admin

3. Technology
 Magento
 Joomla
 MySql
 Pentaho data Integration (PDI)
 Linux Server
Business Benefits
 Monthly technical availability is
more than 99%
 An empowered solution to optimize
processes across the eRetail
 40% cost savings on functionality
development
 Complete set of data, functioning
alarms in real-time
 Ongoing operating costs at or better
than budget
 Low system overhead and lower
Solution
Sigma Infosolutions’ Magento team successfully compiled a custom eCommerce
application for the Client. The web store was integrated with the Client's eBook reader
device to interface with server-side web services which is based on REST principles.
Key Modules Developed
Key Modules Developed: Extending base features of Magento, data import and order
export in KATO format, auto fulfillment, extending PayPal payment module(authorize
and capture). These are summarized below,
o Most of the work was extending the data model of Magento to add custom
attributes that were missing in the custom .NET implementation.
o In a few cases, Magento model was missing key entities that were present in the
.NET implementation. This involved understanding the .NET code to arrive at the
extension set to Magento model.
o jQuery for DHTML
o Single feed extension
o QR code
o Live chats
o ERP connector for Magento
Integration with 3rd party products or components
o Facebook, Joomla and Magento integration (custom CMS integration),
Beck_LiveChat, Moo_CloudZoom, Inchoo_Featured Products, Unirgy_StoreLocator,
RicoNeitzel_VertNav, Integration with KATO
o A batch process was designed and implemented to import and export for KATO
integration. This involved reading and loading “CSV” datafiles from Magento into KATO
format using a process similar to extract-transform-load (ETL) process
Connect an ERP system to Magento
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Next Phase
The next phase includes creating few
enhancements in Admin module to add
few more visibility function which can be
powerful decision making tool for admin,
etc.
 SingleFeed extension
 Constant Contact extension
 QR Code Extension
 Flash slider using xml

4. Build and run your online store your way
About Sigma Infosolutions
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 Sigma Group, an Indian conglomerate has more than 4 decades of experience in Mining, Chemicals Manufacturing & Export,
Handicrafts Manufacturing & Exports, and Software Development
 Sigma Infosolutions is a TUV certified ISO 9001:2008 and 27001:2005 company
 Headquartered in US with development center in India
 Some of our esteemed customers include Airtel, Zyme Solutions, Yodlee, Celerity Consulting, Resolution Economics, Birla
Global Asset Finance, Fosroc Chemicals, Surgery Planet etc.
 Sigma Infosolutions’ services comprises of application development, application management, IT Consulting, Offshore testing,
and Website and Portal Development
Sigma Infosolutions, Sigma Towers, #66/A, 13th Cross
6th Main, JP Nagar, 3rd Phase, Bangalore- 560078
Telephone: +91-80-40865100
Sigma Infosolutions, 2082 Michelson Dr.
Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92612
Telephone: +1-714-717-1826
Fax: +1-866-405-6750, Toll Free: 1-888-861-7360
Website: www.sigmainfo.net
E-mail: sales@sigmainfo.net
Toll Free: 1-888-861-7360