Custom Built Software For Your Business

• Small Builds, Big Results

  Small builds are targeted, small-scale (yet powerful) applications built upon open source or low-cost platforms. While the small build design approach isn't ideal for every project, it's a perfect match for projects which meet a few of the following criteria:

  1. Licensing costs (up front and ongoing) must be kept to an absolute minimum,
  2. Data sets stored are small to medium sized (not millions of records),
  3. A Rapid Application Development (RAD) approach is desired, whereby a high-quality system can be built through a series of prototypes delivered relatively quickly,
  4. Portability is fundamental to the resulting solution,
  5. Maintenance and enhancements are easily accommodated with rapid turnaround.

  Typically, we implement small build applications upon the Microsoft Office platform. This allows us to build robust, database driven applications in an environment that users are already familiar with, and in a fraction of the time quoted by most internal IT departments. Further, it eliminates up front and ongoing licensing costs as most organizations already have licensed the software for their business. The small build approach is not limited to MS Office, however, as this approach can be implemented using other platforms and languages such as PHP, MySQL, .NET and Java.

• Mobile Applications

  Mobile applications -- or "Apps" (a term we can thank Apple's marketing team for) -- are taking center stage in both the consumer and corporate world. Programs that once required a server or a desktop PC can now be executed with the swipe of a finger, on a device that's small enough to fit in your pocket. If you're looking to create a new application, or extend one of your existing network applications onto a mobile platform, we can help with that.

  For businesses, leveraging mobile platforms can help your organization run more efficiently, while allowing your employees to work from just about anywhere. While most advertisements for mobile applications are geared towards consumers (i.e. the 'App Store' for Apple Devices), we can develop proprietary, custom apps for your business that can be distributed directly to your employee's mobile devices -- just the same as other software solutions are developed and installed to your corporate network. These apps can open new doors for your business -- allowing your employees to execute transactions, pull customer data, review transactional data and view reports all from their mobile device -- in or out of the office.

• Web Applications

  Web applications come in all shapes and sizes -- ranging from information-only websites to complex web services frameworks, and everything in between. We're well versed in all varieties of web application development, and have proven experience in a wide range of modern web design languages, platforms and frameworks.

  Whether your organization is looking to secure (or update) it's internet presence with a modern corporate website, or whether you're looking to build a complex web services framework to feed your transaction systems -- we can get you there.

  We've successfully built and implemented a wide range web applications for our clients, all of which were designed to easily integrate into their existing technology platform. We've built and deployed web applications designed to run on Windows and Linux, and coded in a wide variety of languages such as PHP, ASP, and .NET. We specialize in building robust, interactive applications which employ modern design techniques and frameworks such as HTML5, CSS, AJAX and jQuery.

• Enterprise Applications

  Enterprise applications are the core tools, services and functionality upon which your business depends on for day-to-day operation. These applications tend to handle your customer and transactional data, and are usually secured and highly available at all times. In most cases, enterprise applications are designed with a series of tiers (the "stack") consisting of:

  1. The database layer, or "backend," usually implemented in an enterprise quality database system such as Oracle or MS SQL Server,
  2. The application layer, or "middleware," usually built in MS .NET, Java, C++, Objective-C and similar coding languages, and
  3. The user interface layer, or "front-end," which tends to be web-based for portable use across the various PC and mobile device browsers.

  Enterprise applications are far more complex than small-build applications, and are often longer term projects which carry the full gamut of licensing costs -- from minimal cost when using open-source frameworks to high cost when using supported frameworks such as Oracle.

  Our capabilities span the full spectrum of the enterprise application stack, from database design and implementation to front-end development. We don't prescribe to one language or one platform for application development, but rather aim to provide the most cost effective solution (in both development time and licensing costs) for each project at hand. Further, we take time to build custom enterprise solutions which integrate nicely into your existing technology framework.

Have a project or idea that's in need of a fantastic software solution? Don't hesistate to contact us today!