Innovation services
Explore our technology Innovation services
Transforming an idea into a finished piece of software is a very rewarding, but always challenging process. It involves facing many significant challenges, as well as overcoming unexpected obstacles. IIU’s services have been created to help you address these challenges and obstacles.
Overview of our Core Services
Computing Support
Request desktops or servers (virtual machines)
Consultation
Advice or information on approaches and strategies for informatics and technology questions
Software Product Development
Request development of a web or mobile app, prototype, or other product
Collaboration Space
Reserve the collaboration space in Century Center 2500
Evaluation and Testing
Structured evaluations and testing of technology
Mobile Device Loan
Request to borrow a mobile device
Design Support (UI/UX)
Advice or information on user interfaces and user experiences
Technology Help
Advice or information on user interfaces and user experiences
Computing Support
We provide on-demand, virtualized computing environments separate from the CDC network in a private cloud. IIU-hosted virtual desktops and servers are accessible anywhere in the world. Programs use our virtual project space to perform alternatives analysis, user acceptance testing, and baseline configuration development, and to estimate what hardware and software resources are needed. You can learn even more about our cloud hre. You can request our cloud services through our Service Desk.
Consultation
IIU’s cross-functional team is ready to provide you guidance and strategies to best address your unique informatics and technology challenges.
Software Product Development
We quickly develop cutting-edge software applications for mobile devices and the Web. We also create visual mockups (early design sketches) and prototypes to test new ideas and concepts. This rapid prototyping enables programs to better refine requirements and test software and architectural approaches without the heavy commitment of resources.
We recommend reviewing the two documents below before submitting a request through our Service Desk.
Collaboration Space
IIU manages a physical collaboration space at CDC’s Century Center campus in Atlanta, with demonstration capabilities, large video displays, Smart Board technologies, and Windows and Mac OS X workstations in an enclaved local area network—enabling in-person meetings for brainstorming, social media campaigns, communication activities, training, focus groups, and software demonstrations. Contact us through our Service Desk to reserve the space.
Evaluation and Testing
Our team provides structured evaluations of technology, practices, and tools to assess their potential impact for public health. IIU staff can review existing or planned informatics or IT tools to help programs efficiently integrate new approaches. You can learn more about our structured technology evaluation tool here as well as an example evaluation.
Mobile Device Loan
We have mobile devices for loan to help you test new tools and/or technologies. These include Android, Apple, and Windows devices.
Design Support (UI/UX)
IIU design support focuses on how the end user perceives a product or resource (eg., image, website, mobile application). Our goal is to assist you in providing your users with the most pleasing experience possible in terms of utility, emotional appeal, ease of use, and overall value. Our UI/UX services include providing consultation on your existing ressoures, as well as designing and prototyping new resources (e.g., new design elements, low and high fidelity digital mockups – both non-functional and functional). As with our other resources, you can request IIU Design Support through our Service Desk.
Technology Help
Our team can help you with troubleshooting virtual machines, code modifications, and other technology issues.
Tools for you
R&D Cloud
We provide on-demand, virtualized computing environments separate from the CDC network in an on-site private cloud.
Jira
Software for flexible issue and project tracking for software development. [external resource]
GitHub
Repository web-based hosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. [external resource]
App Lab
A tool for testing and collaborating innovative mobile applications and prototypes
Confluence
A team collaboration software. Confluence helps people work better together and share information effortlessly. [external resource]