SFD Labs is a web development company based in Bangalore, India. They specialize in open source technologies and have expertise in areas like social networking, content management systems, e-commerce, and multimedia projects. Their team includes programmers, community specialists, and designers. They work on custom client projects as well as their own open source products and projects. Their goal is to ensure customers are successful by developing high-quality, user-friendly websites and applications.

1. 2012
SFD Labs Pvt.Ltd.
The web app development
experts
www.sfdlabs.com
info@sfdlabs.com
2033, 16th Main, 1st Cross
Indiranagar, HAL 2nd Stage,
Bangalore- 560008.
+ 91 80 4261 6333

2. About SFD Labs
SFD Labs is an open source web development outfit headquartered in Bangalore,
India - the brainchild of a Dutchman and an Indian with years of industry experience
in the media related business and the web. Our team is a combination of open
source programmers, community and product specialists, and top-notch user
interface designers. We work on our own suite of open source products for fellow
open source developers and on Client’s products and ideas if they pique our interest.
We also spend time incubating and developing our very own pet projects.
Our areas of expertise include:
 Social Networking and community Websites and Software
 Content Management Systems
 E-commerce projects of different scales
 Open Source Applications
 Multimedia Projects
 Third-party Consulting
 Community Building and Consulting
1. Our Technologies
HTML, XHTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, CSS3, JQuery, Mootools, AJAX,
JSON, PHP, MySql, Joomla, Morph, Gantry, Nooku's Framework (
Anahita, Ninjaboard, Ohanah App ), K2, Zend Framework, Magento,
Tienda, Wordpress, Drupal, C, C++, J2EE, Apache, Flash and Action
Script.
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3. Why is SFD Labs the right technology partner?
SFD Labs firmly believes in picture perfect planning and flawless execution with the
right people, process and technology, beyond just building of a product or a service.
We just don’t deliver projects- we ensure that our customers look good in front of
their stake holders. Our boutique comes with the following:
 A passionate team with expertise in developing & implementing internet
technology solutions and software development on the web for the past 8
years.
 A customer centric culture with over 10000 man months of experience on the
internet.
 Regional alignment with excellent track record, proven quality and service
provided to different clients worldwide.
 Value definition with proven track record in developing internet platforms and
portals, on time every time, thus in turn increasing your throughput and
reducing inventory and operating costs.
 Committed to the open source world and having the requisite resources to
support client on their projects and beyond.
SFD Labs has the solutions, skills, competencies, capabilities and more importantly
the experience to support the broader vision of our clients, in time to come.
We follow the agile methodology of working at SFD Labs. This means our products
are always fresh and flexible, which in turn keeps businesses, their thoughts and
ideas, just as fresh and appealing.
Implementation Approach
Our team works with clients from the early inception of an idea and develops a
concept through various stages of planning.
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4. SFD Labs uses the best of internet technologies and cutting edge online solutions like
Joomla! and video/audio content delivery, to empower the internet presence of a
project. SFD Labs’s approach is to NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL, but instead to use
existing solutions and collaborative tools, which reduce the time to develop the
requirement. Thus, making the GO TO MARKET quicker.
Our implementation approach is using the below elements and integrate to provide a
complete and holistic solution to the client.
User Interface Design
We use our competencies to create products and services that are easy to navigate
and user friendly, which is accessible across browsers and operating systems.
Designs will be attractive, fast to download and reflect the branding of Client and as
desired by the Client. Design of the entire websites will follow a consistent look and
feel which will be changed as accordance to the subsections or links within the sites
Best practices in web design will be adhered to and also all standards on web design
will be supported. Special attention will be given to design the sites to the W3C
standards.
Customization
The mentioned systems and software exist as a solution framework. Every Client and
every Client business processes are different. SFD Labs recognizes this and hence
will also customize the above application, software as per the requirements and
needs of Client.
After the demonstration of the above systems, SFD Labs and Client will jointly
identify the features, functionalities which have to be customized.
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5. Solving Workflow Problems
At SFD Labs, our products and services connect the backend seamlessly with the
frontend of the business, providing a rich and simplified experience for all users in
the system (Customers, Clients, Agents, Managers and Administrator).
Content
Submission
Blogs
Portfolio websites
Automated tags Media websites
from content, Human resource
intelligent price Community &
calculator, and groups Collaboration
front end editing Ratings and review
etc
websites
News websites
Multiple
faceted
administration
We go about solving business and workflow problems by:
 Analyzing and understanding the workflow problems of our clients.
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6.  Understanding the business itself, including revenue streams
planned/intended from the project.
 We combine the requirements of both the above, and arrive at the core of the
project; the bare essentials without which the project will not exist. We begin
documenting the specs and wire framing at this stage and share with clients.
 Our technical development begins work on the clients’ approval of the above,
while we further fine-tune and complete the functional specifications and
wireframes for the whole project.
Services
We specialize in developing medium to large scale web based softwares and have the
most experience in
 Content management, portfolios, blogs, multimedia websites.
 Social networks and community websites.
 E-commerce websites ranging from small to large sizes.
 Project management, CRM, and other workflow related tools.
 Custom applications based on the clients’ needs. We have built many such
extensions and applications for our clients and some for ourselves to make
our development process simpler, and cheaper for the clients. Some
examples of that below.
Products
These products have been specially developed, keeping in mind our clients’ needs.
They are available for use in other projects, if required in the future at competitive
prices.
The Submitter
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7. The submitter is a tool for end users to submit content in its entirety or in parts.
 It can be used to submit any information that requires text, images or
footage. It can be used for blogs, presentations or any activity that requires
content submission.
 The Submitter can be used by individuals or groups and allows multiple
logins.
 The submitter allows the differentiation between users with separate
dashboards and access control for administrators, managers, regular users
etc.
 The content can be collaborative with credits going to different users, and
with a revenue share.
The following flowchart illustrates how the submitter works.
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9. The Assignment Tool
• We built the assignment tool so that people could collaborate and work on
assignments easily. People with an idea, can now collaborate with writers,
translators and photographers, track and manage an assignment, all online.
• The assignment tool has two aspects to it, one an assignment board that
enables people to create and post their assignment requirements onto a
community jobs/assignment board and two a dashboard from where to
manage the assignment.
This is how it works:
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10. Reference Projects links
Storee.se
Core themes
Community, blog, media,
complex ecommerce,
SaaS
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11. The Inside story
Core themes
Community
Alcons Audio
Core themes
Portfolio
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12. Ribbon Talk
Core themes
Community
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13. Bajaao
Core themes
Ecommerce
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14. NowKidding
Core themes
Ecommerce
Holandse Hoogte
Core themes
Community, events
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15. rrit Smink
Core themes
Blog, Portfolio
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16. Jules Marshall
Core themes
Blog, Portfolio
JP Douma
Core themes
CEO Blog
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17. Bjorn
Core themes
Blog, Portfolio
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18. Infinite Dreams
Core themes
Portfolio, blog, events
Daimon
Core themes
Blog, Portfolio
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19. Pro Ribbon
Core themes
Events, blog
Auriga Logic
Core themes
Corporate site
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20. Enzo Workshop
Core themes
Events, blog
Darren Carter
Core themes
Blog, Portfolio
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21. JMD Telefilms
Core themes
Blog, Portfolio
*For more info, demos, and case studies, visit sfdlabs.com, or write to
info@sfdlabs.com.
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