Business Channel…

Integration of the content management system "open market" to combine 5 websites (Börse-Online, Impulse, Finanzen, Capital, Bizz) into one large web portal "Business Cannel"

XML interface design and control for content delivery, data porting SQL, project documentation and partly coordination, consulting activity: technical/management

Software: Content management CMS, Documentation, Html, IPS/Openmarket, Java, JavaServer Faces JSF, JavaServer Pages JSP, Open Market Content Management, Perl, Interface specification, Web application, XML

Client/end customer: BFL GmbH, Mphasis Europe B.V., Gruner & Jahr AG

Production control, connection to merchandise management

Software: PDF, XML

Client/end customer: Vondar IO Ltd.

web2obj - small footprint web-server

Resource-saving web server in Java, flexible URL/request mapping to Java objects, thread pooling, web socket delays (wait sockets).

Software: Http protocols, Java, Java NIO, ServerSockets, Threadpooling, Web application

PHOTUX-Relay - Cloud-based server infrastructure for order / print data acceptance…

Order data acceptance of encrypted data packets for photo book orders from several redundant servers for the purpose of load distribution / reliability.

The photo book orders via the customer's PHOTUX client are sent directly to the server of the respective photo product provider. This accepts the order data and, if necessary, also handles the payment with the credit card provider. Highlights: to be used on cheap, high-availability 24/7 servers (little computing power, a lot of traffic), ordering via http port 80, which the customer normally uses with the browser, possibly processing payments or rejecting the order (e.g. for invalid credit cards) , one or more servers to accept the order data in the case of a high order volume. The order data transmitted in encrypted form in small packages is combined and is then available for transmission to PHOTUX-Prepress. The decryption of the order data takes place in-house on the PHOTUX-Prepress for the purpose of maximum security. The ability to use several servers in parallel increases accessibility and speed.

Software: Prepress, Remote administration, Http protocols, Java, Java NIO, Linux, Linux Administration, Interface specification, Security, ServerSockets, Sockets, Threadpooling, Threads, web2obj, Web application, Web service

PHOTUX-Prepress - web-based system for orders, print data generation, production control…

Order data retrieval, decryption, exclusion of the photo book pages on printed sheets, print data handling, production control, campaign control, automatic payment posting via account statements.

In the operation of the photo product provider, PHOTUX-Prepress runs on a powerful server. The orders are managed, processed and processed here. In order to optimally support the production processes, the system is a WEB-based solution. Different employees can control the orders from different workstations: query / retrieval of orders from PHOTUX-Relay and decryption, processing of orders via the browser within the company network, display of orders in different categories ("paid", "in production") , "Delivered" etc.), generation of invoices as PDF, booking of payments (mark as "paid"), e-mail dispatch of invoices, order confirmations, payment reminders, delivery information, perfect overview through optical symbols for the different order statuses, Conversion of the order into print-ready PDF sheets at the push of a button, journal of the status changes (time, originator) of each individual order, invoice, order and print data may be moved according to the order process, statistical evaluations. PHOTOX-Prepress can be configured extremely flexibly and adapted to different requirements. Whether a “large company” or a “small specialist”, all requests can be realized thanks to the workstation-independent control of the order processing. In the accounting department, the invoices can be easily generated in the browser and, if necessary, sent automatically by e-mail. The orders are moved to the “Open Invoices” directory (on the accounting computer) as PDF files. The invoices of the orders marked "paid" are moved to the directory "paid invoices". The printing technology clicks on all paid orders for "PDF generation". The PDFs are sent directly to the RIP via the network. The operator prints all PDFs (or hot folders). After printing is complete, all data that are “in print” are marked as “printed” and physically moved from the RIP to the “complete” directory on the archive computer. The assembled printed sheets are only produced by the photo product provider. A changeover of production or correction of the production parameters is possible at any time, even for orders that have already been ordered, paid and available for production. Extra "imposition software" is not necessary. The generated PDF print sheets are created in exactly the format to be sent to the printer on both sides with 100% scaling: Placement of the "ordered" pages on the print sheet, also in rotation, addition of various production features such as page number, barcode, registration marks, any Order of pages and arrangement in different PDFs (cover PDF, content PDF).

Software: Apache FOP, Apache Web-Server, Image processing techniques, Prepress, Http protocols, iText, Java, JDBC, JEE, Linux, Linux Administration, PDF, PDF-Templating, Postgres, Security, ServerSockets, Sockets, Web application, Web service, Web-Templating, XML, XML-FO

data2print - System for creating and processing personalized PDF documents…

XML interface for programming automatic PDF generators (mostly web to print), strict separation of PDF design from the program flow

The requirement to personalize print data requires extremely flexible mechanisms to perform personalization even from irregular data sources. In contrast to the simple mail merge, which is usually only generated from similar personalized data sets, flexible data sources pose a particular challenge for personalization software. data2print reduces recurring tasks to an absolute minimum. The error-prone, tedious, constant print preparation cycle "open, edit, save" is completely eliminated: fast implementation of complex personalization requirements, composition of several data sources (XML, CSV, SQL) to different print PDFs, generation of optimized print PDFs (minimal data growth per personalized page), frequent use for regular data transmissions, generation of large quantities of individual print PDFs, periodic processing of numerous existing import files, print jobs from several paper trays with automatic post-processing (VIPP). data2print processes a configured program sequence. This control contains powerful commands for the creation and manipulation of PDF documents.

Software: Image processing techniques, Desktop application, Document-Processing, Prepress, DTP, iText, Java, Java Swing, JDBC, PDF, PDF-Templating, VIPP, web2obj, Web service, Web-Templating, XML

Hardware: Printing technology, Xerox Docucolor

Realization of the internet portal Billig-Flieger-Vergleich.de…

Implementation of the server-platform of a flight-price-comparison web-page. Accessing different datasources of the airlines and travel operators, consolidating and presenting for the user.

Parallel life queries of flight searches, consolidation of results (XML, CSV data), data handling and system administration. Support in the creation of the application and technical assistance in the operation of the popular portal: Cheap Flight Comparison. Here you will find a good overview of cheap flights and can compare all cheap airlines with each other.

Software: GWT, Html, JavaScript JS, JSON, Linux Administration, MySql, PHP, Web application

Client/end customer: Netzpool GmbH

Coupling and single sign login of various components for the web-platform of "Young Woman’s Magazine"

Software: CSS, JavaServer Pages JSP, PHP, Rest, Sessiontracking, Web application

Client/end customer: Reality Bytes GmbH, Burda Media Publishing KG

CMS for dynamic generation of static pages

Software: Content management CMS, Java, JavaScript JS, web2obj, Web application, Web service, Web-Templating, XML

Client/end customer: Metaflake GmbH

Development "Queryserver"…

Request flight data and fares from the various flight and travel providers. Official interfaces or allowed screen scraping if no export interfaces are available. Parallel life queries of flight searches, consolidation of results (XML, CSV data), data handling and system administration.

Software: Database modeling, Remote administration, Html, Java, Java NIO, JDBC, Linux, Linux Administration, MySql, ServerSockets, sFTP, Sockets, Web application, Web service, XML

Client/end customer: Netzpool GmbH

xwv - web/tablet based production control…

Production control / control, time recording for employees and order-related production steps, generation of PDF invoices, dispatch of standard emails, e.g. with PDF attachment, feedback website for customers with display of the respective production process. The system's user interface is web-based, the times / production steps are clicked on on tablet PCs.

Software: Html, Java, JSON, web2obj, Web application, XML

Client/end customer: profiBINDER.de

Facebook data interface for events…

Data interface for events and automatic online marketing on Facebook.

Automated query of all event information from Facebook. Access is via the open, official Facebook interface "Open Graph" in XML format. Since not all data can be queried via this interface (in particular, the image references there point to reduced versions), the high-resolution images and other information must be captured by screen scraping.

Software: Database modeling, Facebook Open-Graph, Geographically oriented data management, Java, Postgres, RestFB, Web application, XML

Online Course Editor…

Online editor for designing online courses for integration into learning platforms.

The layout and the learning content are entered in an online editor. Audio/video sequences can be placed and supplemented with dynamic text. A course consists of different chapters and timelines. These timelines allow the specification of time intervals or video/audio positions in/at which the different learning contents are presented. Jumps within the courses are done by deep links and bookmarks. The review of the learned subjects is done through questions/answers. These answers redirect to repetitions or to more intensive descriptions.

Software: Apache Web-Server, CSS, Html, Java, JavaScript JS, Linux, Linux Administration, Typescript, web2obj, Web application, XML

System Architecture Datawarehousing…

Increase speed of the datahandling (min 100 times)

After analyzing the existing system landscape and creating a new system architecture, one data processing loop took 4 seconds only instead of the previous 22:40 minutes. This brings significant savings in the system infrastructure.

Software: Java, Java Spring, SQL

Project management: CI/CD, GIT, Jira, Maven

Client/end customer: targit GmbH