Website | Show Case Study		Ourlikes.com is a joint venture between Interfun Networks Inc. and Zigron Inc. Ourlikes.com allows people to visualize their interests through images, which may include but not limited to books, brands, celebrities etc. Then Ourlikes.com utilizes its state of the art comparison engine to find the best possible matches based on interests and to make online social matching fun and one-click process.
		Company Interfun Networks Inc. was founded in early 2007 as a platform to launch Rich Internet based consumer facing properties that are both fun and useful for consumers. Our customer centric development approach will enable our consumers to have a great user experience on our properties. Situation Current dating sites are very boring, and the process to find ideal match is very long. One has to fill lengthy questionnaires and that makes the whole process dull and boring. Ourlikes.com wanted to bring innovation by making matchmaking a fun. Challenges New approach to online social matching, both User Experience and Technology. Make one-click process to match making and avoid long questionnaires. Make a quick application in a shorter span to out pace other players in the social matching market. Make a scalable and efficient application to produce high quality match from thousands of profiles in seconds. Introduce innovative ways to make quick introductions. Solution Zigron developed a unique J2EE & AJAX based application to give a desktop like feel to the entire site. Users can rank different images on the homepage and as they continue ranking Ourlikes.com, matching engines shows potential matches instantly. Users are also given a tool where they can find other users based on specific interests and compatibility level. Zigron also created new approaches to social interaction by creating in-built games like Mystery Crushes and Image Match games. Results Ourlikes.com was built in short span of time with rich set of features and interactivity. User Experience team was able to give Ourlikes.com a completely unique look and feel compared to other dating sites. Ourlikes.com due to its unique approach was nominated for open Web Awards. Ourlikes.com was also mentioned in famous blogs like Mashable.com, VentureBeat.com and KillerStartups.com.

Website | Show Case Study		Zebate.com is a production of Zigron Inc. It was created with the vision to create an online debating environment where users are given a chance to express and view different opinions on the content, which they are exposed to everyday over the Internet. The goal is to create a network to show how users are connected to each other based on their similarities and differences. Another main goal is to help bridge gaps among the users by showing their agreements and arguments on different issues.
		Company Zebate.com is the product of Zigron Inc to create an online debating environment for users, where they can argue over everyday issues and find similarities and differences among themselves. Situation Web 2.0 has marked the beginning of user generated content but the next step of this evolution is the seamless integration of user expression on a focused content. There is not a single online destination, where users can go and find out what the world thinks about a particular topic or news. Also, the users should be able to start a competitive argument contests on any particular content, invite their friends for support and contribute comments. Last but not the least, they should be able to vote for others to determine the timed contest winners. Challenges New approach to find not only the similarities but also the differences among users based on their perspective and reading. Make an online property, which can foster discussions on conflicting issues to get all the perspective. Create a new set of User Experience to make online discussions exciting and rewarding. Solution Zebate.com was created with a unique set of features and User Experience. Unique features like Clashes and Differo Meter were created. Clashes allow two users to argue and clash with each other and then the community decides who is the winner. Differo Meter allows the users to find how similar or different they are from eachvother. There is Credability Ranking system, which identifies each user's command in different areas. Results Zigron Inc. was able to transform Zebate.com to a reality with its unique features. Zebate.com, with its Use Experience, was adored by many alpha users and currently its in the Beta phase.

Website | Show Case Study		WhereverTV is your ticket to an international showcase of sports, news, and entertainment broadcast live over the internet. WhereverTV delivers an ever-expanding directory of the video and music channels you crave. No matter where the site or what the format, WhereverTV brings it all to you in a one-stop shop of cost-free, hassle-free, anytime, anywhere viewing.
		Company WhereverTV; a new startup venture in Pittsburgh region. Formed by a former Managing Director of Greater China for Everse corporation, where he led software development efforts for Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients. Situation Need a proof of concept for the idea we went to develop. The application was divided into 2 halves. First was targeting the Web portion and the other targeting the hardware portion. Challenges Proof the concept that users can view channels on their TV sets using internet. The idea is very new and has a lot of difficulties. Solution Zigron accepted the challenge and attacked the situation aggressively. The managers divided the application into 2 halves. First one is web part and the next part is hardware part. In web part Zigron developers developed the complete web application in which users can register them; they can make their own channel guides; they can view channels and they can recommend the channels. The second part was to develop the embedded system on the hardware. Despite of all the difficulties Zigron Team was able to develop the Demo application in a very short span of time. Results Application was demoed to the investors to show them the proof of the concept. WhereverTV demo went successful and all the hard work by them team paid off. WhereverTV got the funding. Bad news for the developers now they have to complete it.

Website | Show Case Study		PingMyCompany.com is a product of Zigron Inc. It’s a fun tool that allows people to publish their opinion about different companies whether they want to or do not want to work for those companies. The tool on the other hand provides instant feedback for the HR departments of companies for free.
		Company Zigron, Inc. is a software consulting and outsourcing company specializing in Web 2.0 Application Development, Enterprise Architecture, Software Integration and Custom Software Development. Situation People visit and work in different companies and they have certain experiences there, either positive or negative. Sharing being the human nature gives inner satisfaction, while the same may help others to select a good place for them. In case of professional concerns this sharing helps other individuals to select a better place to work at and companies to improve their week area, and all this needed a global platform. Challenges Innovative approach to develop a professional community. Making the UI compact yet simple. Providing users with variety in a unique form. Developing a platform that returns efficient feedback for companies. Solution Zigron Inc. developed a PHP based application, giving users with a simple interface to interact in more effective way. The interface is simple yet compact, i.e. covers almost all possible bases of company rating. Users can rate different companies, i.e. whether they like or do not like a company and why. The summed up updates on PingMyCompany.com can also be used by other sites either through Hello xxx,a widget or by calling API functions. These functions can work anywhere but job portals and HR sites and blog can entertain their users more through these. Results PingMyCompany.com was developed as one page application in a very short time. By testing its beta version, it got a very good response from end users and so more and more features were added, again in very short time spans. Mashable.com, Greenwhite.org, KillerStartups.com and a lot more blogs highlighted PingMyCompany.com as an interesting and effective company rating tool.

Website | Show Case Study		Persontation is an online marketing tool, which differentiates your online presence from bulk mailing and cold calls, by bringing your personalized significance renowned. Persontation makes this happen, and makes it simple. Now you can send a professional online video presentation, within minutes, even with very basic computer knowledge. Persontation lets you easily share the link of your remote presentation with an unlimited audience, making your online existence more effectual and powerful as it was never supported before.
		Company Pondera Group is a Limited Liability Company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was formed in 2007, by three students from Villanova University and one from the University of Dayton. Situation Persontation (a product of Pondera Group) goal was to develop an online presentation system, which can be used as a marketing tool, where users can register and build their own custom designed presentations using existing templates and publish them to their own domains or to Persontation system. Users can also manage different libraries of images, videos and files to be used in different presentations to minimize effort in creating new presentations. Challenges To create professional online media presentations within minutes, as a matter of clicks and give Web 2.0 feel to user during presentation generation. Persontation had to accurately reflect the brand image of the well-established company. Publishing user generated presentations to their domains. Sharing presentations. Managing the highest quality videos. Solution Zigron made a state of art web solution for Pondera Group, by enabling users to create and publish instant presentations with an easy to use interface. Users can manage video, image, and file libraries. They can then add these library items and text to existing presentation templates. Users can preview the presentation anytime during the presentation generation process. Once they are done with the presentation generation, they can save their presentations on the server and a new link can be created to access that presentation. Users can also forward their domains to the created presentation. Last but not the least, users can send this published link to their email address for further distribution and marketing. The online presentation system used Google Web Toolkit (GWT) to provide user web 2.0 like feel during presentation generation. FFMPEG library was used for managing high quality video. Results The entire online presentation system was developed using open source technologies, minimizing the total cost. The online presentation system helped users to promote themselves and their businesses by making their reports, sales & marketing campaigns, resume, and meetings etc online. * The online presentation system helped users to save huge amount of time, as they only have to customize pre-build web templates and can publish them to their own domain even with very basic computer knowledge.