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Gangplank B2B Content Hub (Drupal) for Media House

Services Covered:

CMS Development • Web Application Development
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Industry
Industry

Media

Duration
Duration

12 months

Budget
Budget

Confidential

Start Date
Start Date

1 December 2016

Team Size
Team Size

6-10

Engagement Model
Engagement Model

Onshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

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72/100
Good

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Client

Network 1 Media

mapNew Delhi, India

Project Summary

eBizneeds developed the architecture and implementation of a Drupal-based B2B content hub called Gangplank for a media house, enabling trading of videos (and planned expansion to images, graphics, and audio). The first two phases are nearly complete and the platform is reported as robust with no major issues; the vendor provided flexible, prompt support and worked closely with the client's senior systems architect.

Key Challenges

  • Build a content hub application for the media house
  • Video optimization for streaming and delivery
  • Transcoding decisions and how much processing to do on the fly
  • Minimizing storage costs and improving storage efficiency
  • Designing architecture to support varied sellers (independent journalists, camera people, production houses) and buyer/seller classification
  • Implementing effective search optimization

Project Deliverables

  • B2B content trading platform (Gangplank)
  • Platform architecture and implementation
  • Drupal-based content platform
  • Video optimization and transcoding features
  • AWS hosting and storage integration

Project Solution

The vendor developed the architecture and implemented a Drupal-based B2B platform called Gangplank for content trading, working from project inception. They addressed platform hosting on Amazon Web Services and implemented customizations in consultation with the client's senior systems architect. The work included building video trading functionality with attention to video optimization, transcoding, storage-cost efficiencies, and seller/buyer classification and search considerations.

Project Outcome

  • Platform is robust with no major bugs reported
  • Verification issues were resolved quickly (example: fixed within ~30 minutes)
  • Vendor provided prompt support and effective communication (Slack, JIRA, Trello, Skype)
  • Phases 1 and 2 completed / nearly completed

Platforms

  • CloudCloud
  • CMSCMS
  • WebWeb

Tech Stack

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • DrupalDrupal
  • JiraJira

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.13star

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“The first 2 phases of the project are nearly complete and the platform functions well without any major issues. The team is flexible and comfortable to work with. They impressed with their ability to work well with a non-tech company.”

Anonymous

COO

Note: This endorsement is based on publicly available client feedback from external review sources.

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