Software Development

We love writing custom software and we've written a tonne of it over the years. It's like wearing a bespoke suit or wedding dress. It's perfectly tailored to you and works just the way you want it.

We've written gui applications that run on your desktop
and server side software that runs in the cloud,
web applications that run in your browser
and spreadsheets and reports to make you feel proud.

Which is a catchy way of saying we're happy developing custom software in a lot of different technologies. And our extensive experience means we're very productive and can get you results quickly. Here's some of the different types of custom software we've written over the years:

GUI applications running on your desktop using .Net and java
Web applications running in Tomcat/JBoss/IIS. These are accessed via a standard web browser and the applications can be for internal staff or for customers
Server-side software to automate tasks/processes
Database development and custom stored procs
Excel spreadsheets with custom VBA macros
Crystal Reports
Starting work on an iPhone application

Systems Integration

Systems integration is the delicate art of getting two different software packages talking to each other smoothly and reliably. And in many cases it's the only way to get the real benefits of both software packages. We've successfully integrated a number of complex systems over the years both smallish and large. Some of it is straight-forward, others are quite tricky. But in the end we'll get the job done.

Software Troubleshooting

We've been engaged by a number of clients to trouble-shoot problems with their software environment from software crashing to slow performance. Our custom software development background means we can bring a number of different techniques and technologies to analyse these problems. And if we can't fix it ourselves we'll work with the vendor to get it sorted.

Business Analysis

We use our business analysis skills to complement our software development background in providing the best value-for-money solution for you. We're not interested in wasting your money - we want to solve your problems efficiently and quickly. So although we love writing custom software, if there's an off-the-shelf package that can do the job at a fraction of the price then we're happy to recommend that to you. Similarly, if we can achieve your goals more quickly and efficiently by suggesting some business process changes, we'll do that too.

We're happy to:

evaluate different software packages for you
look at your business processes and provide options for automating them
recommend solutions including custom software, off-the-shelf packages, and business-process improvements