PROVIDING CUTTING-EDGE CUSTOM SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Issue Number: 19  |  Date: December 24, 2009   Contact Digital Sabre Solutions for a FREE CONSULTATION and find out how you can use technology to help improve your business!   In this issue…   Testimonials: What Clients Are Saying About Us Hot Topics Digital Sabre Development Process: Engineering and Implementation Welcome New Clients… The Charlotte Diocese Web Site Gets a Makeover Good Day Doodles Reaches Out to It’s Niche Market Accomplishments A Heartfelt Thank You for an Impressive End to 2009! About Digital Sabre Solutions   Testimonials: What Clients Are Saying About Us   “I want to share with you how accommodating your team has been to our rigid schedule.  They have worked late hours and put off scheduled time off to get the system ready for a February release to the sales team.” -- Tracy Carr, Project Manager for a local printing and advertising company.   Hot Topics   Digital Sabre Development Process: Engineering and Implementation A Continuing Look at Digital Sabre Development Process To clearly illustrate the systematic process that sets Digital Sabre apart from the competition, this newsletter and the next edition will continue to focus on project development as it pertains to an actual client, Colleton Software. Build: Engineering the Application Last month, we introduced Colleton Software and started the development process off by building an in-depth situation analysis and presenting a comprehensive plan of implementation (System Requirements Specification, or SRS). The SRS covers all the features and functionality of the application. Now that every single minute detail is documented to client specification and approved, the team at Digital Sabre is ready to move forward with the actual development of the application. Currently, we are in the process of going through the screen layouts for a first release of the application on January 10th. The screenshots are designed to be user friendly with the necessary fields on each screen. After these screens are approved, the developers start integrating the database with the approved screens for implementation. This next phase focuses on testing and releasing the first release of the project, and the application development phase of this project is in full swing!  We will work with an incremental approach have 2-week release cycles until the application is completed and available for user testing. Next month, we’ll describe the ongoing process of application development, discuss our iterative approach with release cycles, and show the role that CMMi and Lean Software Development play in our overall processes.   Welcome New Clients…   The Charlotte Diocese Web Site Gets a Makeover The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte recently came to Digital Sabre Solutions for help with their current Web site. And now, for the next six months, Digital Sabre will be working with the Charlotte Diocese to enhance Web site features that increase usability and satisfaction. Some of the proposed new functionality includes: reorganized information that will be available internally by department, restructured content that will be more easily accessible, plus the creation of a new interface to make the Web site more inviting and user-friendly. For more information on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, visit their current home on the Web at www.charlottediocese.org. Good Day Doodles Reaches Out to It’s Niche Market Good Day Doodles, Inc. opens up shop on the Internet in 2010 with a practical, fun online presence designed to attract the highly targeted market of pet lovers interested in purchasing a multi-generational Australian Labradoodle. A highly respected and accredited breeder, Good Day Doodles will debut a Web site that enables the user to search an up-to-date listing of new litters. Additional features include: ecommerce functionality, an online application form, video and live webcam capability, plus helpful information about the breed. Look for this unique Web site sometime in late February.   Accomplishments   A Heartfelt Thank You for an Impressive End to 2009! This year has proved to be a challenge for all of us. But throughout 2009, Digital Sabre was able to maintain consistent sales with a majority of our projects lasting six months or less. An impressive accomplishment in any economic climate. So, we at Digital Sabre Solutions would like to offer a sincere thank you to all of our customers and prospective clients who helped make this happen. Highlights from 2009 include: repeat customers comprised 80% of revenue for Digital Sabre, 70% of all proposals submitted were accepted and 79% of prospects searching for DSS on the Internet became a customer. We’re also extremely pleased and fortunate to report that Digital Sabre gained 28 new customers in the past year alone, bringing our client roster to almost 65 in total. It has been a true privilege working with each and every one of you, getting to know more about your business while aiding progress and improving position. After all, building solid relationships is the foundation of our business and we could not have had the year we had without you! Wishing everyone a Joyous Holiday Season, and h ere’s to another even more productive and prosperous New Year!   Click on the icons and look for Digital Sabre on the following social media networks:           About Digital Sabre Solutions   Delivering affordable, timely technology solutions, Digital Sabre Solutions LLC provides the convenience and stability of skilled onshore project management at the cost advantages and scalability only an offshore development team can offer. A subsidiary of the MAS Group, a leading provider of design-to-delivery solutions, Digital Sabre Solutions is securely backed by over 20 years of industry experience and a surplus of skilled resources. Digital Sabre is located in Charlotte, NC. For more information call 704-944-5525 or visit them on the Web at www.digitalsabre.net.   We invite you to contact DSS for a FREE consultation. We’ll gladly meet with you, capture your ideas and then transform them into a practical proposal for your review. Please contact Chetan Amalean at 704-944-5525 or Will Leger at 704-944-3580 for more information.