October 16th, 2013

Direct Energy Supercharges their App with Xamarin

Jayme Singleton
Senior Program Manager C&AI

Direct EnergyElectricity__Gas___Home_Services_-_New_York_City__New_York___Direct_Energy-2, one of the largest home service and energy providers in North America, recently launched a new smartphone application that makes it easier for customers to manage their accounts, to earn awards by referring friends, and to monitor energy usage on-the-go.

Direct Energy wanted a better way to serve their customers who use their phone as their primary computing device, leading them to partner with Pariveda, a Xamarin Premier Consulting Partner. Mobile_and_Tablet_Applications__Technology_Strategy_and_Solutions_ConsultancyPariveda worked with Direct Energy on a technology selection process, evaluating a wide range of solutions—from MEAPs to HTML5 frameworks—based on criteria co-developed by Direct Energy’s business and technology stakeholders.  Xamarin won the selection process for its ability to meet both business and IT needs. 

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“Xamarin is a critical part of Pariveda’s growing mobile success and expertise.” says Brian Orrell, CTO at Pariveda.  “We are able to deliver fully native apps very quickly—something not possible with any other solution.”

Download the case study to learn how Pariveda and Direct Energy went from design to deployment in just six weeks and shared over 90% of their code across platforms.

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Author

Jayme Singleton
Senior Program Manager C&AI

Proud Business Operations Program Manager at Microsoft for the global Xamarin & .NET Developer communities. Apart from managing developer content, Jayme also collaborates with Microsoft PM teams, MVPs, Community Leaders, and Event Coordinators to organize product launches, MVP Summit, Microsoft /Build, .NET Conf, and other corporate events through the year. You can find her living the "City Life" in New York, or traveling around the world, Carmen Sandiego-style.