Kochi, India - July 2009: World Resources Institute (WRI) is a Washington, DC based non-partisan and nonprofit organisation with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical analysts, mapmakers, and communicators developing and promoting policies that will help protect the Earth and improve people's lives. WRI's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth's environment for current and future generations.
WRI requires an easy-to-use online catalog of ecosystem service indicators to support the community of ecosystem services practitioners as part of the Mainstreaming Ecosystem Services Initiative. The requirement is to have an online interface that will allow the indicators as compiled by WRI widely available for use by its staff and that allows other users to upload indicators, which will be privilege based. Assyst will be customizing Drupal CMS (PHP/MySQL) Version 6.13, AJAX and will also develop and integrate custom modules to the Drupal platform to facilitate the business requirements. The assignment also involves data migration from the existing indicator database (MS Access) to the latest MySQL version.
About Assyst International Pvt. Ltd.
Assyst International Pvt. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary and the Offshore Development Center (ODC) of Advanced Software Systems Inc. (Assyst), a C corporation established in 1993 and headquartered in Sterling, Virginia. Located at Cochin, India, Assyst International is a leading information technology solutions provider with a successful track record of providing business and technology consulting services to a whole host of clients both domestic and global. The processes, methodologies, and tools that Assystuses ensures reduced cycle times, speedy product delivery, lower cost of ownership, better risk mitigation, better return on investment and quicker response to customer requirements. The ODC is equipped with T1 connectivity, high-end servers, multiple firewalls, Virtual Private Networks, efficient and secured communication lines, and uninterrupted power supply.
