Web Technologies

BrickRed has a rich experience delivering high quality applications for enterprises in various domains such as hospitality, e-commerce, CRM, print media, education, semantic web and enterprise social collaboration. Our LAMP expertise is spread over multiple languages (PHP, Ruby), multiple open source frameworks (Zend, CakePHP, Ruby on Rails) and content management systems such as Drupal & WordPress.

We also have expertise on scalable cloud based deployment solutions on Amazon EC2 and Rackspace. Our LAMP solution architects can help you choose the framework, the deployment architecture and the system design as appropriate to your requirements and budget constraints. Our architects pursue R&D initiatives in the LAMP space and cross-train on latest technical developments and best practices.

PHP framework applications	We have developed solutions in various domain areas using CakePHP and Zend. Our typical solution stack incorporates open source components for templates (Smarty), caching (Memcached), SOAP/REST web-services and reporting (TcPdf). We have the experience and maturity of ensuring solutions safe against common OWASP vulnerabilities (injection, XSS, session stealing, CSRF) right “out of the box”.
CMS Portals	We have used Drupal and WordPress very successfully in the hospitality, print media, social collaboration and e-commerce space. Our CMS development process is agile and incorporates best practices for configuration management and deployment. Our CMS capability tends to use available stable modules interspersed with custom configuration and custom modules as per customer requirements.
CRM Portals	We’ve built CRM portals based on vTiger, typically integrated with components for IVR and real time web chat with customer care executives. And also added customized issue tracking and reporting capabilities to meet enhanced cross functional requirements.
Interactive AJAX Applications	We have extensive experience with HTML5, CSS 3, jQuery, Prototype JS and Yahoo UI toolkit. We have especially assisted clients in increasing user engagement around the content and features with highly interactive pages and a distinctive web 2.0 look & feel.
Ruby on Rails Applications	Our experience on Ruby on Rails is extensive, with inbound and outbound integration with YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, Cool-Iris views, asynchronous message queues using RabbitMQ and a real time presence engine using eJabberd. We have experience with automated multi-stage deployment using Capistrano, Rack compatible middleware such as Thin & Unicorn and integrated setup with Passenger

Strong Research & Development Capability

Our solution architects follow R&D initiatives in different areas and have helped develop our organizational capabilities and maturity in the LAMP space. Some examples:

Drupal multi-site installation article: A step by step tutorial to setup multiple sites using a single Drupal 6 installation.
Framework capability model: This is a comprehensive matrix of typical and atypical technical requirements and how well known frameworks rate against these requirements.

Our Key Differentiators

Open source software adoption to produce cost effective solutions.
Emphasis on proven modules, proven components and standard security features.
Provision for automated unit testing with PHPUnit and SimpleUnit.
Proven expertise with advanced cloud deployment services such as S3, EBS, Elastic IP, cluster management and reverse proxy management.
Agile project methodology with JIRA, Greenhopper and Confluence.