Safepod Network - Multi-party online booking system
SafePods are pre-fabricated rooms which can be used to securely access remote data for research purposes. A network of 40 rooms is planned for Universities across the UK. These allow researchers at a host university to connect to datasets held at a remote data centre, reducing the need to travel to work with sensitive data.
Horisk were commissioned to develop a brand, website and booking system for SafePods, along with all the admin tools required to manage the network securely.
SafePods are pre-fabricated rooms which can be used to securely access remote data for research purposes. A network of 40 rooms is planned for Universities across the UK. These allow researchers at a host university to connect to datasets held at a remote data centre, reducing the need to travel to work with sensitive data.
Horisk were commissioned to develop a brand, website and booking system for SafePods, along with all the admin tools required to manage the network securely.
The project
The project involved:
- Working with the project team to determine the audience and feel required for branding and develop a specification for the booking process and admin tools.
- Develop a brand which encompasses the high-tech nature of the network while providing reassurance of security
- Produce a modern and professional design for the public-facing website – which both educates users and potential hosts as to how SafePods work and allows researchers to find and book their nearest SafePod.
- Allowing the main website content to be fully maintained via a Content Management System, with researchers, organisations and data centres each able to manage their own data
- Developing a unique 3-party booking process – the researcher can view availability for their nearest SafePod and book an available slot, but both the SafePod host and remote data centre must accept the booking
- Allow for differing booking rules and time-slots for each data centre
- Refining the booking process to ensure ease of user for researchers and administrators
- Provide tools to allow SafePod hosts and data centres to complete all the processes required for each booking
- Provide management tools and reporting to manage the entire network. This includes reminders and recurring tasks for admin processes.
- Creating editable templates for communications
- Developing to the highest security standards to reflect the nature of the project
This shows our experience of
- Engaging with stakeholders to develop a unique booking workflow
- Producing a strong brand which can be used online and on physical products
- Developing a professional CMS-driven website with numerous types of content
- Allowing multiple types of user to maintain their own public-facing data
- Building a system that can resist multiple days of penetration-testing
- Developing a user-friendly process which will be used daily by researchers across the UK.
