innerecho

InnerEcho offers a diverse range of skills to its clients.
This includes business process analysis and solutions; information systems development such as custom applications, ERP, Time and Expense and IP-based camera monitoring. However, to deliver the right solution, the people who are affected by it need to have input in the process. This is why InnerEcho puts a priority on User Experience. From interviewing employees to working with marketing departments, InnerEcho has the team to deliver a better system.

We focus on small to medium sized organizations that want access to experienced, knowledgeable technology personnel without the overhead of supporting and maintaining an in-house department.

BUSINESS PROCESS CONSULTING
Ideas are the foundation of all businesses, but execution of ideas is the litmus test for success. By exploring your organization's goals, people, information infrastructure, and existing methodologies, InnerEcho can help make your business more efficient.

Inventory lifecycle is a prime example of a process that can always be improved - from identification of a need to purchasing, tracking, receiving, stocking, use, and deployment to customers. Detailing each step of this process and looking for redundant steps, inadequate information flow between concerned parties (end user, purchasing, receiving, accounting, etc.), information "dead-points", and efficient-use practices can be very telling.

Designing a custom solution dependant on the specific business can decrease process time, improve inventory and financial forecasting, improve cash flow and profit margins, and result in improved customer and employee satisfaction. The adage of "don't work harder, work smarter" should always be a guiding principle.

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
Innerecho is experienced at designing and developing custom application solutions that meet client needs and integrate with existing enterprise architectures. Our custom solutions are designed to address functional requirements in a manner that allows future adaptation and integration with the inevitable future changes in any organization's enterprise landscape. A small sample of our skillsets includes:

• .NET
• VB
• C++
• ASP
• SQL
• CFM
• DHTML/CSS

IP Video
The ability to obtain real-time video images has traditionally been accomplished with tools such as coax cameras. This technology has relied on a dedicated infrastructure (coax cabling), VCRs and videotapes, and dedicated monitors. Rigid technology such as this is being replaced more and more with newer IP-based, digital systems. These systems assign IP addresses to networked cameras utilizing existing data network infrastructure and record images digitally. InnerEcho can easily incorporate wireless technologies into your new or existing network in order to place cameras in places where standard infrastructure may not go.

VCRs and videotapes are being replaced with an image server that can store months worth of data, with archiving done to CD-ROMs or DVD.The full quality of the video image is preserved and archived. Instead of the tedious task of fast-forwarding and rewinding numerous videotapes, multiplexed and historic data can be jumped to by searching for a specific date and time.

Images, both real-time and historic, can be made available to any computer with an Internet connection and web-browser. InnerEcho has the experience to implement this technology for security, monitoring, promotion, and any other type of application.

USER EXPERIENCE
The beauty of a highly functional software is often obscured by the ugliness of a badly designed interface. InnerEcho excels at analyzing the needs of the people using a system and presenting well-researched, functional and visually appealing interfaces. Our methodology stresses the importance of interacting with and learning the nature of the work, rather than merely the system processes or "perfect world" scenarios. Team members at Innerecho have wide-ranging experience in all facets of User Experience design for both Fortune 500 and smaller corporations, including:

• Business Analysis
• Information Architecture
• Task & Process Analysis
• Interaction Design
• Information Design
• Usability Analysis & Testing

MEDIA DESIGN
Training, marketing and sales are just some of the areas that often need help in delivering messages quickly and elegantly. Media design at InnerEcho includes the disciplines of multimedia design and graphic design. Branding and corporate image consulting are also areas in which our team members have a variety of experience. Delivering a great product is only part of the battle. Informing and educating potential users or customers is the other. Let InnerEcho take a look at your communications needs from the perspective of a partner that understands there is a difference between great design and great results.