Mindfire sponsors India Surf Festival (ISF) 2015

India Surf Festival (ISF)!!

What is it all about? Is India considered to be a surfing destination of the world? Is adventure sport a choice for Indian people? And, above all, why Mindfire sponsoring such an event?

Most people feel indifferently when, sporting events other than Cricket, Hockey, Football etc is being associated with India. But, now-a-days we get to see people moving out of their interest zone and exploring new forms of sports like the F1 race, lawn tennis, badminton and some adventurous sports like kayaking, hang gliding, bungee jumping, surfing etc. Though India may not be considered as a surfing destination, it is the acceptance of the people to these sporting events that has raised eye balls of many event organizers and adventure sports fans in India.

One such person was the founder of ISF who along with other key individuals from around the world developed the vision into reality. This year in February, ISF is entering into its 4^th edition and organizing the event at Ramchandi Beach, Odisha from Feb 6^th – 8^th. ISF is all about art, adventure and music. It is a very unique format of surfing festival wherein an individual can enjoy the sunset at beach with music, art and adventure blended together to give an ecstatic feel. Activities at ISF include surfing; kite surfing, long boarding, yoga on water, walk on water and many more. Workshops will also be conducted at the venue for interested individuals to get their hands on to some of these adventure sports. So, if you are a lover of nature and want to explore these activities then, ISF is the place to be in February 2015. For more details you can visit their website http://indiasurffestival.org

Born in Odisha, ISF has gone past many odds to make this event a successful one. Mindfire Solutions – one of the IT Services Company based out of Odisha, had gone through similar situations in the past and could very well understand the effort it takes to go against every odd and still emerge successful. Hence, Mindfire takes pride and is happy to be associated and sponsor the festival this year. For a detailed knowledge of what Mindfire is into, please visit http://www.mindfiresolutions.com/

Wishing ISF all success in their endeavor and very happy to be associated with such an event in our state!

A Flash Mob in a Bhubaneswar shopping mall

It was Sunday afternoon on 2^nd March, 2014. While most of us would be relaxing at home, there was this bunch of people throwing away their hands and legs in the air to gain attention of people. Why were they doing so? What was their intent?

Flash mob YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJjVH14lOSo

This group of people from Mindfire Solutions, performed a Flash mob on the theme of Road Safety to make people aware about traffic rules to avoid accidents. These guys and gals were dancing to the tune of numerous hit Hindi Bollywood tracks but, their objective was to increase public awareness on road safety. The group displayed a lot of banners and placards related to traffic signals and conveyed a strong message to visitors at the mall. They also in a subtle way managed to promote a quizzing event during the course of the act. They call it as “DDM IT Quiz”.

DDM IT Quiz was the idea of an ex-employee at Mindfire Solutions named Debasish Das. The title “DDM” stands for “Debasish Das Memorial”. It was his vision to organize a quizzing event of such kind for technical and management students across India. But, unfortunately he lost his life in a fatal road accident before he could see his dream turn into reality. This mega event is a tribute to Late Debasish Das and is organized by Mindfire Solutions annually. The Flash mob was an effort by Mindfire Solutions people to communicate with general public about safe driving and saving life.

DDM IT Quiz 2014 is the 4^th edition which is to be held on 9^th of March, 2014 at Hotel Pal Heights, Bhubaneswar. There are a lot of cash prizes to win for participants and some surprise gifts for audiences. Registration for this event is open and free. For details log on to http://www.ddmitquiz.com/

Mindfire Solutions is a global information technology solutions company and a leading service provider of IT solutions. With approximately 700+ employees, Mindfire has achieved numerous industry awards. To know more about Mindfire Solutions please visit http://www.mindfiresolutions.com/

Year 2013 @ Mindfire Solutions

2013 was a year that many of us would like to remember but, again there are a few bunches of people who would definitely like to erase their memories of 2013. Indian politics went through a period of instability when issues such as corruption, price hike, scams were raised. This was also the phase of ups & downs in India’s economy when the rupee fell sharply against the US dollar. This price fluctuation badly affected many businesses.

The year 2013 for Mindfire Solutions was a good year to cherish. Mindfire not only kept its employees happy by distributing iPad Mini/Galaxy Note to everyone but also, invested in infrastructure by moving into new advanced development center in Noida. Mindfire also has plans of moving into the new DLF Cyber City building in Bhubaneswar. Apart from this, our CEO being nominated as the Top 4 finalists in the business category for Odisha Citizens Award 2013 was a moment of pride for the company and its people. Last but not the least the last quarter fetched two huge industry awards for Mindfire Solutions. Mindfire Solutions was awarded with Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Company India 2013 and Dun & Bradstreet Fastest Growing SME 2013. This was again a moment which each one of us will get motivated with.

Though 2013 was a year which had so much in it for Mindfire Solutions, it also had some devastation for people of Odisha. Super cyclone “Phailin” which hit some of the coastal districts of Odisha, swept away almost everything with it leaving people in distress. Families were stranded without any shelter or food. Mindfire Solutions did its best to help as many affected families they could with food supplies and blankets.

Finally, 2013 was a year of joy and pride at Mindfire Solutions and expecting more to come in the coming years.

Mindfire Solutions wins the D&B Fastest Growing SME 2013 Award

Mindfire Solutions, a company which caters to Small & Medium businesses worldwide by providing IT solutions, has won the Fastest Growing SME 2013 Award by Dun & Bradstreet at the D&B SME Awards 2013 held on 25^th November at Mumbai. D&B is one of world’s leading providers of global business information.

Mindfire has been recently awarded the Deloitte Technology Fast50 India2013 at a grand ceremony held at Bengaluru in October. The D&B Fastest Growing SME 2013 award is another feather added to Mindfire’s cap.

Dun & Bradstreet, the world’s leading provider of global business information, knowledge and insight felicitated 21 of India’s leading Small and Medium Enterprises of India for their significant achievement and contribution over the years. The occasion also marked the launch of Dun & Bradstreet’s premier publication, Leading SMEs of India 2013 by Chief Guest, Dr. H P Kumar, Chairman & Managing Director, National Small Industries Corporation.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kaushal Sampat, President & CEO, D&B India stated that, “SMEs have contributed hugely to the overall economy. It is due to the rapid growth of the Indian SME sector in the last decade that we see an impact on GDP.” He also added by congratulating Mindfire that “It is a huge achievement to be recognized as the Fastest Growing SME in India.” Mr. Sampat also spoke about, how small enterprises in India have outperformed micro and medium enterprises in terms of aggregate total income, net profit, margins and export growth. The detailed analysis has been revealed in their third publication of “Leading SMEs of India, 2013”

“At Mindfire, it has been our constant focus to be respected by our people, our clients and the entire IT community. It is heartening to see our efforts in the direction of delighting our clients are being recognized. We are glad to be named ‘Fastest Growing SME’ but this is only because of the trust and faith our clients have entrusted upon us. Global business landscape is undergoing a metamorphosis and we are glad that it is increasingly enabling SMEs. We would continue to delight our clients in serving their agile software development needs in all technology platforms, predominantly mobile, web, social media, analytics and testing” said Mr. Soumya Mishra, COO, Mindfire Solutions after receiving the award.

Receiving the Fastest Growing SME 2013 Award ensures Mindfire’s commitment towards quality and customer delight. It also acknowledges Mindfire’s dedication towards small and medium businesses worldwide. For more information visit Mindfire Solutions.

Proud to be a Mindfirean!!

Mindfire Solutions wins Deloitte Technology Fast50 India2013 Award

Mindfire Solutions, a software company catering to SMB’s around the world since its inception in 1999, has won the prestigious Technology Fast50 India 2013 Award given away by Deloitte.

Mr. Chinmoy Panda, CEO, Mindfire Solutions receiving the Award

Deloitte which provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services to selected clients across the world prepares a list of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in India every year and felicitates them by conducting an award ceremony. Rankings are decided according to the percentage revenue growth of each company over 3 years.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited presented the ninth edition of Deloitte Technology Fast50 India program. This ranking by Deloitte is the most awaited program among technology companies in the annual calendar as it recognizes the most promising tech companies in India not only in percentage growth in revenue but, also their strength and capability.

Mindfire Solutions was one of the 50 tech companies in the list for its 114% revenue growth over the past three years. Mindfire’s able leadership under our CEO, Mr. Chinmoy Panda gave it the right direction and the momentum to maintain a sustained growth performance over the evaluation period and make it to the final 50. Speaking to the occasion Mindfire Solutions CEO, Mr. Chinmoy Panda said “Making it to the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 India is a matter of immense pride and joy for us – it is recognition of our strengths & capabilities. The award is a validation of our investment & commitment towards technology aided innovation & serving SMBs worldwide. The shifting global business landscape is increasingly enabling SMBs and we are perfectly positioned to serve their agile software development needs in all technology platforms, predominantly mobile, web, social media, analytics and testing”.

Mindfire Solutions has previously won many awards like Red Herring Top 100 Asia, SiliconIndia Top 25 QA Testing Company, Zinnov Award – ISV Category, Best IT Unit (SME) Award by Govt. of Odisha. For more information please visit Mindfire Solutions.

Mindfire CEO, Mr. Chinmoy Panda nominated for Odisha Citizen Award 2013

It is indeed a proud moment for all of us at Mindfire Solutions that our CEO, Mr. Chinmoy Panda has been nominated for this years Odisha Citizen Award in the business category by OTV.

OTV recently aired this short film on Mr. Chinmoy Panda, which shows the story of dedication and hardwork put in to build the Mindfire Solutions we see today.

Mr. Panda started operations of Mindfire Solutions at New Delhi and Cuttack (Odisha) with a mere Rs. 3,oo,ooo. With degrees from reputed institutes in India like BITS-Pilani and IIM-Ahmedabad, Chinmoy also holds an approved United States Patent to his name in the areas of document analysis, document understanding and Internet search techniques. After having worked with companies like Adobe Systems Inc, Interra Inc, James Martin & Co and Cadence Design Systems, Chinmoy realized that he has to start something of his own. This passion led him to start Mindfire Solutions in the year 1999. Today, Mindfire has over 700+ professionals working at 3 development centers in India – Noida, Bhubaneswar and Bengaluru. Mindfire Solutions has executed over 1000+ projects for clients worldwide in 13 years of its existence. Mr. Chinmoy Panda has been instrumental in shaping the IT industry in Odisha by reaching out to customers across the globe.

Mindfire Solutions has also won awards like Red Herring Top 100 Asia, SiliconIndia Top 25 QA Testing Company, Zinnov Award – ISV Category, Best IT Unit (SME) Award by Govt. of Odisha and many other. Visit Mindfire Solutions to know more.

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How important is it to, test your application?

How would you feel, when you find out that, the product you bought recently, is faulty? You will definitely be annoyed with the company’s product quality. To avoid such situation companies have their items undergo a quality check process before releasing them to market. Similarly, whenever you deal with software development vendors, to develop a software system for you, do you ask them to test?  If you do not, then this is why you need to.

Testing is an integral part of software development process. It is an investigation conducted to provide information about the quality of the product or service under test. Software testing needs to be carried out not only to find bugs in a program/application but, also to check whether an application works as expected. It is just a procedure to detect software failures so that they may be discovered and corrected.

Let us consider a simple example. You are the owner of an accounting firm dealing with numbers for your numerous clients. To avoid multi-tasking and reduce time & effort for calculating amounts payable and receivable, you planned to develop a software system that will help you in your daily task to make your job easier. You plan to develop this through a software vendor. Neither you nor your software vendor tested the application before implementing it to your system. You were elated to have solved your problem but, suddenly one day due to some reason your application crashes and you lose data. How would you face such a major issue? This could have been avoided if at all the application would have been tested. Hence, testing is required to avoid future issues. Testing cannot establish that a product functions properly under all conditions but can only establish that it does not function properly under specific conditions.

Testing can be employed at any point of time during the software development process. While sometimes test effort is carried out after coding is completed, there are Agile methods where in testing is an ongoing process. Every software vendor has testing teams of their own who are competent enough to carry out different forms of testing though priority on testing is a bit on the lower side. Some of them might compromise a little for quality. But, there is one such company which focuses much more on quality than other things. With a large pool of certified testers, this QA Testing Company in India has the potential to meet customer expectation by delivering a robust, stable and quality product for its clients. To know more about their testing approaches and testing expertise please click here.

PHP and its benefits when working with Mindfire Solutions!!

PHP which now stands for Hypertext Preprocessor was originally Personal Home Page. It is a server-side scripting language designed for web development. It can be also used as an open source general-purpose programming language. By using PHP you get the flexibility to deploy it on most web servers and also as a standalone shell on almost every operating system and platform free of charge.

By using PHP, website developers can enhance the function and appearance of websites and is considered to create dynamic web pages. It can be easily mixed with HTML which is why most web developers prefer using it. There are also other factors that drive companies to use PHP such as cost, ease of use, compatibility, speed etc. So, if you are looking for web development that is based on these criteria’s then PHP is the response.

Ask for Risk Free Trial* on PHP Development

PHP & Mindfire: PHP in Mindfire has been one of the oldest technologies with which Mindfire Solutions has worked on. With its 9+ years of relentless development service to clients worldwide, Mindfire has earned a lot of recognition in this area. Irrespective of the complexity of the job, Mindfire has the ability to deliver any task which involves PHP with the help of its Zend Certified developers. Be it any kind of web based application or frameworks, Mindfire Solutions has the capability to deliver. Mindfire provides services including web/product development, CMS, porting and migration, flash/flex integration etc.

How do you Benefit?: If, you have decided to outsource your PHP development requirements to Mindfire Solutions, then, check the Risk Free Trial* offer. You can get in touch with Mindfire Solutions with a sample development query and Mindfire will devote some time to provide you a sample of their coding capability. To understand this offer in detail, please contact our offshore PHP team by dropping an e-mail to info@mindfiresolutions.com or sales@mindfiresolutions.com with “Risk Free Trial” as subject line.

How can small businesses benefit from SharePoint?

If, you are a small business owner thinking of ways to improve your efficiency by minimizing your day to day efforts then, here is what you need. You definitely need to have certain software processes running in order to mitigate your manual effort. There are numerous technologies prevailing which can provide you solution. But, you as a business owner will need “The Best” not just good. In my opinion the best technology option for a small business owner if prepared to invest in software would be SharePoint.

Now the question arises “What is SharePoint” and “Why SharePoint”. So let us discuss below.

What is SharePoint??

SharePoint is a software platform from Microsoft that helps users to:

• Create & manage intranet portals
• Manage document & files
• Search for info
• Collaborate within and outside of the organization
• Automate business process through workflows & electronic forms
• Have business intelligence through dashboards
• Have social network functionality within the company
• Have external websites
Now you must be wondering if it really does all that. The answer to it is YES.

This is how Microsoft explains SharePoint “Microsoft SharePoint 2010 makes it easier for people to work together. Using SharePoint 2010, your people can set up Web sites to share information with others, manage documents from start to finish, and publish reports to help everyone make better decisions.
The capabilities of SharePoint 2010 work together to help your company quickly respond to changing business needs. Using SharePoint 2010, your people can share ideas and expertise, create custom solutions for specific needs, and find the right business information to make better decisions. For IT, SharePoint 2010 helps you cut training and maintenance costs, save time and effort, and focus on higher business priorities. ”

Why SharePoint??

It is really vital for small business owners to move away from theories about SharePoint and actually know how it can be helpful to run their business efficiently on a day to day basis. The below given image would give an idea of how SharePoint will help a small business owner to reduce its day to day effort and improve daily tasks and procedures.

There are software vendors who can confidently respond to your requirements. They might have just developed a module in SharePoint but, make you feel that they can very well meet your expectation. But, it is up to you to choose your partner wisely. As a business owner you would like to consult an expert team in SharePoint who has the capability of understanding your requirements and one who has delivered earlier. Mindfire Solutions is one such company which has over 8 years of SharePoint experience and also offering a Free Trial Period*. So, if you are not satisfied with your current vendor’s progress or looking for vendor to help you develop in SharePoint then, please feel free to Contact.

Ready to Outsource ColdFusion development? Check this offer!

After having decided to outsource ColdFusion development work to an offshore location, you would definitely be in the lookout for a software development vendor. Now, before you commit to a vendor to outsource your project, do remember to check their credentials. If you are exploring about the checklist on how to evaluate a software development vendor, please check this post “Choose the right development partner or choose failure!!”

Evaluation criteria would mainly base on ColdFusion expertise that developers in the company possess. The offshore ColdFusion team at Mindfire Solutions with 30 developers has over 10 years of project development experience. Each of the dedicated developers is good enough to handle complex projects. One can very well asses the capability of the team by looking at the amount of projects that has been delivered and the average year of experience that a developer possess.

Best Offshore ColdFusion Development guaranteed!

ColdFusion development @ Mindfire:

Once you have chosen your development partner, the next phase would be development. Mindfire Solutions has the expertise to work on all the versions of ColdFusion till date. The company provides a broad set of ColdFusion development service such as web application development, migration, reports development, integration, web service development, custom tag development, integration with Flash/Flex etc. with the help of many technology solutions and ColdFusion systems. If you want to explore more about the company and its expertise in ColdFusion then visit this page ColdFusion development service.

Mindfire’s Offer:

If, you have decided to outsource your ColdFusion development requirements to Mindfire Solutions, then, check the Risk Free Trial* offer. You can get in touch with Mindfire Solutions with a sample development query and Mindfire will devote some time to provide you a sample of their coding capability. To understand this offer in detail, please contact our offshore ColdFusion team by dropping an e-mail to info@mindfiresolutions.com or sales@mindfiresolutions.com with “Risk Free Trial” as subject line.