How to make MVP and turn into a National Geographic and Microsoft partner contract
Once a client approached us and asked us to do an MVP for a project in the field of bioinformatics
Who was the Client?
The world's largest app store for DNA
A member organization of the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH)
Provider of free, secure, unlimited and HIPAA-compliant storage of genetic data to the world
What business tasks did the partner want to solve?
MVP
Create an MVP and start a project in the field of bioinformatics
Elastic cloud engine
Create a scalable cloud service for processing terabytes of genetic data generated by any genetic test and produced by any company
AppStore platform
Create the world's first “open” platform for applications that convert genetic data into meaningful information
What difficulties did the partner face?
Lack of
competent
staff
Freelancers with skills
in narrow niches but no ability to implement a complex project
Tight deadlines
for the project
What results did the partner want to achieve?
Application
Infrastructure
Platform
-
Implement a scalable project
-
Establish a partnership with multimillion-dollar companies
-
Construct an “open” platform for other application developers
-
Create several mobile applications to demonstrate how to use the platform
Our 8 steps
1
Built a distributed cloud platform for processing and validation of genome information that processed files and produced results in seconds
2
3
4
Created a BigYotta system for unlimited uploading of genetic data to the cloud, consistent with the HIPAA-compliant standard
Developed a real-time search system capable of scanning databases exceeding hundreds of terabytes
Launched an up-market for third-party applications from other developers (ecosystem) and, using the open API, enabled other developers to analyze the genetic data files
towards solving the task
Implemented a mobile platform and created an Android- and Apple-compatible app that analyzes a user’s genes and provides personalized guidance for a healthier day
5
Led cloud and dedicated server infrastructure deployment, monitoring, maintenance and security into common standards
Provided on-site assistance to help organize a hackathon on genomics at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington
7
6
Deployed the remote development team for 6 months, leading the project to success
8
Results
Microsoft Genomics partnership
Generated a partnership with Microsoft Genomics, allowing workloads to be performed with exabytes of data
National Geographic partnership
Contracted with National Geographic
AppStore platform launched
Established a market where other developers can post their applications (currently including more than 100 apps)
Offshore team built
Built a professional high-capacity team in 6 months; performed full-cycle development, platform support and monitoring
Meet The Plexteq Team
Alex Moskvin
CEO/CTO
Volodymyr Yaremchuk
Systems architect
Sergey Savalyk
DevOps Lead engineer
Plexteq is a growing IT company focused on Big Data, Back-up Services, IoT, SaaS and other non-trivial domains
Victor Kuvshunov
QA Lead
Oksana Mazurova
Android Lead engineer
Bogdan Laukhin
iOS Lead engineer