Custom ASP.NET Web Application Development
Relying on packaged software and off the shelf products can be cheaper in short, but to get exactly what you want will usually require bespoke development to truly realise your business plans. Technology has moved on with higher broadband availability and businesses now have a plethora of options to use in their offices and workplaces.
Gone are the days of Access forms and multiple copies and different versions of custom built software. Most of today's office and business demands can be accomplished online with far better portability, and at a fraction of the cost, with web development. A web application for your business can enable you and your staff access to a rich suite of tools that:
- Save your employees time
- Increase their efficiency
- Ensure correct workflow
- Increase your revenues
Content Management and Publishing
Get specific targeted applications written to cater for your exact publishing needs that allow you to manage your content the way your pressures demand. There are a wide range of CMS packages available, we offer a start up package ourselves, and at varying costs, but you'll never find something as perfect as one that is tailor made to suit your needs.
Ecommerce and Online Stores
The same goes for building an online store as it does for Content Management. When you're selling online, you need make sure everything is working in harmony with your business as well as your customers. By custom building your online store you can meld your system specifically to your sales needs and with a lot less restriction.
Intranets and Extranets
Intranets and Extranets are an extremely important concept to consider when dealing with forms and data in the office. They can enable all staff to add and edit data and documents easily and in line with your company's business rules. With an extranet, you can connect the systems between offices and even use them at home.
- Document repositories to keep your important files safe
- Office tools
- Clients & invoicing
- Inventory organisation & management
- Sales goals, timetable, route, schedule & roster publishing
Information Systems & Online Databases
Your data can easily exist on the web if you desire. You can manage your clients, collect data and surveys from your employees and clients, process orders and shipping statuses, delegate tasks and communicate in new forms. It can even enable you to open up parts of your system to your clients giving them reports and functionality that they'll be impressed with in today’s demanding business environment.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Managing your customers is a big part of running a business, especially when they might run into hundreds, or even thousands. Customer Relationship Management or CRM, as it is known, provides a company with a way to mange those customers by providing a central tool to find and manage contacts, make notes and share information between team members. If it wasn't already important enough with lots of customers, it's even handier the bigger your team is or the more prospects and leads you have.
Workflow & Time Management
Another big aspect in custom development is in the workflow & time management genre. A purpose built web site can enable you to control the processes you use in the daily work routine and help track the time spent doing so. They can work in conjunction with one another or can be two distinct areas of focus.
Investing in the right tools for your business is a big factor in your success on the internet.
Microsoft Specialised Development
ASP.NET
For robust web applications we use and prefer Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0. As part of Microsoft's .NET Framework, it's packed full of features and gives excellent performance for delivering your website applications.
Microsoft SQL Server
Data integrity plays a big part in keeping applications running trouble free. SQL Server is a reliable, feature rich, high performance relational database server that gives superior results both for development, security and speed. It's not the cheapest option available for those with tight budgets, but it makes development faster and trouble free and gives a satisfaction to know that your data is kept safe from corruption. Do we need to say that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (Or even SQL Server 2000) is our preferred database platform?
Desktop Applications with Windows Forms
We don't limit our skills to just websites and web based applications. Windows Forms development is a good option for some companies where an online application doesn't give the performance or feature set a desktop application can. This is why Windows software is always an option to consider when taking your needs into account.
Windows Services
Creating a Windows Service can help you with computer tasks that you need to run often and rely on. We'll recommend a Windows Service for automation tasks too.
Web Services
While web services aren't specifically a Microsoft technology, here they fall into our most common development scenarios. Web Services give us a means to serve XML data from one server, which can then be consumed by another server, a desktop application or even provide people outside your organisation to query your data and submit new information.
C#
The C# Language Specification, pronounced C Sharp, is one of Microsoft's newer languages and has an international standard through the ECMA - Standard ECMA-334. We prefer C# for developing all applications from websites to desktop applications. This newer language, coupled with new programming methods and techniques forms a great way to program. They learnt from previous misconceptions and combined the best features from several other languages. Although only syntax for getting a job done, this language enables those who care to break free of the legacy, mistakes and limits of previous ones and focus on writing quality, reliable and robust code.

