endorsedOngoing

Content Inspection and Legal‑Tech Platform Development

Services Covered:

Website Development • Cloud Consulting and Services

Industry

Software Development

Duration

107 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 September 2017

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Offshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

77/100

Good

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Client

Repindex

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Project Summary

HeapTrace provided ongoing development support for two text-analysis systems, improving article aggregation and search interfaces and implementing a multi-level permissions model. They also analyzed and migrated a desktop legal-contract Python system toward an online/cloud deployment. These technical improvements have driven increased sales and partnership interest and improved the client's project management and responsiveness.

Key Challenges

Upgrade two text-searching systems and implement new features
Improve article aggregation and search return speeds for a large Java-based archived blog database
Migrate a legal-contract Python desktop system to an online/cloud environment while preserving and extending functionality

Project Deliverables

Archived blog database performance improvements (spider/RSS ingestion)
Elasticsearch integration to accelerate word-search returns
Hover-to-preview search result context feature
Three-tier permission system (super-admin, admin, users)
Migration/recreation of a legal-contract Python desktop system to an online/cloud application with existing and new features

Project Solution

Implemented performance and feature enhancements for a Java-based archived blog database (improving spider/RSS ingestion speed), integrated Elasticsearch to speed word-search results and added a hover-to-preview context feature, and implemented a three-tier permission system. Analyzed the client’s Python-based legal-contract desktop system and recreated it as an online/cloud application while preserving existing features and adding new functionality.

Project Outcome

Increased sales and partnership opportunities, evidenced by 4–5 pitches from law firms
Interest from academic and university departments in the blog database research tool
Improved project management and responsiveness with regular meetings, daily progress emails, and reliable deployments

Platforms

Web
Cloud

Tech Stack

Java
Python
Elasticsearch

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Development improvements have led to increased sales and partnership opportunities. HeapTrace Technology utilizes a flexible engagement model, modifying their communication based on current needs. Customers can expect prompt responses, professional management, and a technically skilled CEO.”
Mark Perkins
CEO
Date: 10/17/2018