Elmitel

Slovenia-based developers and project managers at Elmitel build web and mobile applications, with particular experience in geographic information systems, Internet of Things and data analytics. The team has been part of European and private startup accelerators, and it draws on what it learned there about launching and funding digital products.

GIS software maintained for more than eight years

Elmitel provides and develops a geographic information system for some of its customers, and it has done so for more than eight years. It also builds GIS-based products for start-ups with global ambitions. One of its GIS solutions is aimed at telecom operators, and the firm treats mapping and location data as a core technical strength alongside its other work.

Internet of Things and data analytics for customers worldwide

The firm has built applications for customers on several continents. The examples it gives include a project that helped cherry growers in Canada improve production through IoT, work that improved logistics for a business in Great Britain, and an application that supports winegrowing for some of the largest wineries in Slovenia. Its IoT application framework runs apps across multiple continents, and the team applies established IoT protocols in code written in C, C++ and Java.

Own products and startup experience

Elmitel runs its own products alongside client work. eVineyard, a vineyard management system, is run with customers and resale partners in several markets. Other products include cloud-based time management and tracking software, a mobile and web product aimed at adventure sports fans, and SeaHub, a community that helps skippers at sea support one another. The team also offers advice on business development, fundraising and marketing, on the view that a product needs more than good code to succeed.

Platforms, languages and delivery method

Mobile work covers Java and Android, iPhone and multi-platform builds with Cordova. Enterprise desktop software is built in .NET, C

and Java, and the web stack includes PHP with CodeIgniter, along with JavaScript, Bootstrap and jQuery. Platform projects use SAP HANA and SAP Cloud, FIWARE, and the Google and Amazon ecosystems. Delivery follows Scrum with test-driven programming, and the nine-person team describes its aim as building products that excel in use by thousands of people.