Solutions Summary

The solutions stacked up by Mean Green are impressive. But there is scant time to sit on our laurels while there are many more new challenges facing our clients. Please take a look at some of our solutions and

• Enterprise Integration

  Mean Green has knowledge and expertise gained in integrating several common enterprise software systems inside the firewalls of many clients. Here's an overview of some of our enterprise integration solutions:
  Salesforce.com Integration
  
  A compiler product client required a custom built web application used to attract academic and commercial trial users and track prospective marketing partners tied in to Salesforce.com's SOA interface for contact and tracking purposes. A LAMP based approach was used to extend the client's existing web application written mainly in PHP with a limited MySQL backend running on Linux. Our solution enabled the client to increase site traffic for their products and allow the 'hook' for marketing partners.
  Online Shopping and Forum
  
  A young woman's clothing boutique needed to build out their website catalog capability to quick-turn mimic their frequent paper catalog distributions. As fashion seasons change quickly, the need for a content management system managed and administered by the client was put in place using WebLogic's Ecommerce platform. An on line forum was built to entice their shoppers to linger longer. The result was a system that could be easily maintained by the client's small IT group that harmonized with the graphic arts group producing the paper catalog.
  Online bidding for art's sake
  
  A company focusing on wholesale bidding for works of art needed to bring their auction capabilities to the web. Websphere Commerce Suite was used to build the auction system and facilitate art item entry for the client.
  Manufacturing Enterprise Systems
  
  A client utilizing Rockwell's MES automation system required critical server uploading of batch item information for micro assay cartridges. Cases of cartridges destined for quality assurance sampling and field sales personnel required locational tracking by the web server platform used to correlate the use of an assay cartridge by a specific extranet user or patient. Additionally, a intranet method for data entry of batch lots and cartridge types was tailored for manufacturing and biochemical QA personnel.

  Direct engagement of client and Rockwell personnel led to the formulation of a cartridge information and tracking support system using open source components such as JBoss application server, MySQL DBMS and a J2EE framework consisting of JSF, EJB3 and hibernate. Due to regulatory compliance requirements, role based access control (RBAC) was implemented using additional open source components and CAPA procedures were followed and implemented into the server application solution infrastructure.

  Custom Integrations
  
  A number of Mean Green clients have technical staff on-board that had created custom proprietary system software that requires either further integration, enhancement or third party replacement. Our expertise in a handful of scripting languages and enterprise languages and infrastructures (like Java and J2EE, respectively) allow Mean Green to "hit the ground running" on your custom integration work. Mean Green has the collaboration and augmentation skills to work seamlessly with your technical teams.
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• Mobile

  Most of Mean Green's mobile expertise lies in server side support of mobile devices and mobilizing new and legacy applications, but we have experience delving into client side development for a plethora of pervasive devices. Here are a few of our accomplishments:
  Mobile Physician Portal
  
  A client who successfully deployed a large desktop browser portal application geared for physicians wanted to support specific facets of the application on a matrix of devices spanning several carriers, micro browsers and mobile product lines. Every device had its own limitations in capabilities and operational eccentricities, challenged further by carrier and browser restrictions. The client required most of the richness of the desktop portal operable on all units in the matrix.
  Our talented professionals at Mean Green met and succeeded this challenge by extending the presentation layer of the legacy Vignette portal using a strategy design pattern and creating new JSP pages and basic DHTML able to run on all device browsers at a Mobile XHTML 1.0 level. Testing was facilitated by devices in-hand, at the client's site and via DeviceAnywhere services. Formal Agile-style project management was conducted by both parties.
  Location Based Services (LBS)
  
  Requirements for two LBS products, one that tracked people and inventory via RFID, and the second utilizing GPS phones and trackers to monitor and report the whereabouts of family, friends, assets of interest and appointments. Both solutions utilized client-patented LBS core Java technology running on JBoss clustered application server infrastructure integrated into SMS and other wireless gateways.
  A J2EE RFID server application listens for RFID tag events from deployed RFID readers and managed the affinity of tag to person or thing. A reporting structure controlled by application administrators messaged recipients based upon selectable geolocational criteria. For instance, a parent could be notified via SMS when their children got to school or an attendee could be position-tracked and mapped in a convention venue. Other RFID applications, such as tracking factory floor goods, could easily be accommodated and displayed on the user's browser.
  A J2EE GPS server application listens for configurable geolocation and temporal events from a series of varying GPS phone and specialized trackers to record, monitor and configure any type of event through the administrator browser interface. Each wireless carrier had their own branded browser interface and requirements for subscriber services. Geofencing capabilities allowed users to be alerted on proximity to a geofence or notified about upcoming appointments and a map to their appointed destination. Every user was filtered through strict access control structures and was able to set up reporting alerts based on their level of subscription.
  Formal project management for both projects was conducted solely by Mean Green resources as a method to track over two dozen remote contract workers focusing on development and QA testing.
  Visitor Based Networking (VBN) Personalization
  
  Using synchronous WiFi, a J2EE application using Apache Tomcat and OpenCMS tracked venue visitors and served up personalized content depending upon their level of knowledge and interest. On site personnel were able to manage the multimedia content streamed to rented visitor headsets and PDAs.
  Store Sales Assistant Wizard
  
  An electronic goods client requiring an in-store wireless sales assistant to aid salespeople utilized iPAQ PDAs and the CommerceOne eCommerce platform with Interwoven's content management system to create a mobile store catalog, replete with sale item enticements. Product comparison information was maintained and managed by regional store managers.
  'Winemart' Inventory Control and Information
  
  A proof of concept application using Weblogic and Symbol wireless scanning devices was created to demonstrate the ability of the system to track wine product from the receiving dock to the store floor. Bar scanning of incoming wine bottle pallets were tracked through the final retail sale on the store floor. Consumer information about each wine was made available by the customer scanning the bottle with a Palm OS based Symbol scanner and reading reviews and other information about the product.
  Our mobile solutions all focus on the user's role, work flow demands and operational context to deliver the maximum informational impact conducive to the capabilities of the target devices. We strive to focus our attention on the information architecture, user interface and small screen real estate available in the mobile computing space. We can help you develop your .mobi domain application for targeted devices, browsers or carriers. We have almost a decade of experience in the mobile market, ready to implement your mobile strategy.
  Contact us to get your mobile projects "moving" in the right direction

• Life Sciences

  Clinical Trials
  
  A client required basic Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) for purposes's of electronic data capture (EDC) and Clinical Data Management (CDM) for Phase II-IV trials. Inforsense was used to understand and implement the trial protocol diversities and complex specialized work flow behavior unique to each clinical trial. The ability to deftly organize the interaction of research groups and business units within the pharma/regulatory environment leads to reduced management costs, streamlined processes and reporting efficiencies throughout the trial.

  Trial study candidate selection and investigator patient cohort grouping activities were managed by OpenClinica, an open source solution used by many research organizations. OpenClinica is also used to configure the study's case report forms (CRFs) and for capturing or retrieving the observational data in HL7 RIM format.

  Contact us if you see a fit for our expertise in your trialing universe
• Health Care Records

A number of Mean Green clients requiring health care record solutions were satisfied with a handful of J2EE based solutions leveraging some fairly large open source technology infrastructures. Whatever a patient's health record might be called, the end result should be an accurate, comprehensive, and secure manifest of all health care information pertinent to maintaining the wellness of the patient. Medical observations, diagnoses, surveys, demographics, insurance and other critical information requires a handful of technical solutions inter playing together. OpenEMed is an open source solution for the management of clinical observational data, patient information, surveys, lab results and offshoots such as epidemiological pattern recognition and trending. JCAPS (previously known as SeeBeyond) enables the interchange of medical and clinical information between varying data formats and information systems into a common view.

One of our clients required a method and process to archive and conditionally retrieve generic observations. The tactic was to allow the client the ability to easily define a new observation method or data format. The implementation strategy was OpenEMed's COAS component and a few JSPs running on Apache Tomcat for administration and a web services interface and EJB3 component to handle archival and retrieval tasks.

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• Bio monitoring, Analysis & Reporting

Mean Green has two stories of interest here:
The first story is a requirement a few years back to real-time monitor and report on environmental conditions on a campuses of buildings based in China, Bahrain and North America. This was to be employed by utilizing micromote sensors that monitored temperature, humidity and barometric pressure within each structure. Monitoring and reporting of outdoor temperature, wind speed, direction and light level readings occurred at specified places around the campus. Strategically located embedded Linux data collectors forwarded the mesh connected micromote data on to a LAMP based reporting server accessible only to those with the approved need. A report generator could subsequently process the amassed environmental information in a number of configurable ways.

The solution applications for this sensing and reporting technology are boundless. For example, specific gases or radiological elements could readily be real-time monitored for a Homeland Security type of project. Motion sensors could be used to shutdown in an orderly fashion critical building systems during an earthquake and check the environment for safety afterwards.

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Our second story is a recent requirement to real-time monitor, analyze and report the conditions of a group of selected patients (or cohorts) and message care recipients about possible adverse reactions to drug therapy regimens. The converse requirement is alerting medical personnel when a patient-personalized therapy fell below some predefined efficacy threshold. Regression based statistical analysis allowed the application to portend trends and correlating results at a per patient level and quickly warn the appropriate medical investigative personnel.

A J2EE based clustered application running client-patented computational analytics was employed to receive the assay results from remote embedded measuring devices and relay user-configurable events and information to targeted recipients via SMS, pagers, or other notification methods. Regulatory compliance required accommodation for CAPA and QA testing based on the IQ/OQ/PQ test protocol V-model.

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• Bioinformatics

The world of bioinformatics has come a long way since the days of researchers using Perl on multiple databases. Mean Green meets the modern challenges of bioinformatics by using cutting edge data mining, data warehousing and data analysis/correlation techniques.

To solve a client's need to find patient-therapy reaction patterns within specific assay biomarkers, a clustered J2EE application in concert with targeted global medical ontologies integrated using Stanford's Protege knowledge authoring platform was employed to fulfill the 'heavy lifting' requirements. Oracle Clinicals and Pentaho provided third party and open source solutions for data mining and warehousing, while subsequent analysis of the bio information relied on client-patented and proprietary computational analyses accomplished by utilizing a 'home brew' method or Inforsense for extremely flexible work flow based computations.

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• Medical Diagnostics

Ours is a story that answers the "who watches the watcher" question. All medical diagnostic equipment needs regular calibration and maintenance to function properly and be regulatory compliant. No less important than the wonders of cutting edge medical technology is the diagnostics built into these devices to ensure their correct operation.

Mean Green talent was elemental in designing and implementing on line diagnostics utilizing comprehensive expert system based fault triangulation and semantic chaining techniques allowing the equipment to "phone home" a preemptive field service action or be used on site by service and manufacturing personnel.

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• 'Green' Teamwork

  A client recently required a new web site built that leveraged YouTube 'celebrities' streaming their concerns and solutions about the environment to a hosted forum geared towards sponsoring enviro-events throughout the world. LAMP based technology and a handful of Zikula (or Post-Nuke) open source components were used to host donor, calendar and event system modules for registrants and anonymous guests. The client specifically requested that the youth and elder demographics be simultaneously supported. Judicious use of DHTML forms and adjustable video play popups were used to maintain web site focus.

  The flexibility of the Zikula content management system allowed non technical administrators to easily configure and modify all of the site's content very quickly. The Xanthia theme engine component was used to allow quick changes of the website's themes to reflect the seasons or a situation demanding a new face lift.

  Contact us today to hear more about our ideas on expanding the 'green' web

  More places around the world are instituting distributed and concentrated solar generation as part of their energy portfolio. Governments at all levels are requiring formal inspection, commissioning and long term verification of the performance of all commercial and residential PV generation facilities. For both Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Performance Based Incentive (PBI) structured systems, this means continuous real time monitoring and reporting of all systems, large and small.

  Mean Green has the expertise at the embedded monitoring device level and at the report server levels to add value your areas of monitoring, data analysis and reporting tiers of service.

  Let us discuss how we can merge and realize our renewable energy dreams

• Online Concierge

  A number of hotels now benefit from an on line concierge guest management application developed by Mean Green talent that radically extends the typical basic network service offered guests. Reservations and ordering in-room or on-property meals and hotel services can all be easily done from a LAMP based intranet application integrated into the hotel's property management system infrastructure. For business class hotel guests, there are online facilities for printing documents and making future reservations. The server software on premises automatically registers a guest and provides services tracking and personalization services for the guest.

  PHP-Nuke is used as the LAMP infrastructure to provide a relatively quick platform to form fit each hotel property to their unique array of services and to provide branding at the hotel or hotel chain level. Reports generated for the general manager's staff provides tracking data used to further tailor or expand guest on line services.

  For the same client, Mean Green played a pivotal role in creating a small cost effective footprint embedded Linux server primarily used as an on-premises print server.

  This solution technology can easily be retrofitted for use in other visitor venues, such as conventions, museums and other tourist attractions.

  Let us make your guests more knowledgeable, coddled and comfortable

• Computational & User Analytics

  The analytics successes accomplished by Mean Green talent comes at the expense of devising and using some rather complicated algorithms and computational software running on Java and LAMP based server architectures.

  In the bioinformatics realm, the use of data mining techniques coupled with single and multiple regression based statistical analysis algorithms are used to aid researchers in understanding and discovering relationships between multivariate entities. Use of computational biology algorithms for multidimensional predictive analysis allowed software to alert investigators about unseen trends or relationships in biomarker's effects upon seemingly unrelated systems of the body.

  In the registered user realm, applications of OLAP and other analytical processing solutions are used in many ways to personalize and enhance the user experience while providing IT service organizations with the tracking and reporting tools needed to improve and add service offerings, track strategic partner transactions, budgeting/forecasting and a host of other types of business intelligence. Mean Green is elemental at harnessing open source and third party software (such as Cognos and Inforsense ) to fulfill our client's OLAP and hyper cube processing requirements.

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• eCommerce

  Mean Green has harnessed the power of a few flexible eCommerce platforms to meet the needs of several clients. Our spectrum of products and services supported by our eCommerce solutions span from consumer and specialized electronics, women's clothing, art work, handicrafts, donations, volunteering, strategic partner marketing and many others.

  Depending upon a client's existing data center's supported technology or project scope or budget, our solution choice may run from Websphere / WebLogic Commerce Servers on the high scale J2EE side or osCommerce / MIVA Merchant on the lower scale open source side.

  Your eCommerce expectations can be exceeded by harnessing our expertise in applying proven and mature technology to increase the size and offerings of your business.

  Contact us to grow your business in surprising ways