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Services

Consultancy

Superior technical advice
Our many years of experience in software development and consultancy enable us to provide quality project management and superior technical advice to our clients.

We manage IT projects of all sizes and complexity for small to medium sized companies right up to global organisations. We can take projects on at any stage in their lifetime from initial inception through to implementation and support.

Our two key areas of consultancy are in ERP systems and software development. We provide expertise in ERP project management and systems, including Oracle, JD Edwards (One World), JBA and SAP. Programme and project planning, interface development, data conversion, system and integration testing and implementation are all provided by our professionals who are highly experienced in these areas.

Project management

Quality project management
We also provide project management skills for software development projects. Our primary skill sets are in distributed client server technology presented through rich clients, intranets or the Internet.

With many of our professional staff previously holding key positions within the IT sector of the International vehicle rental industry, we are ideally positioned to provide an extremely high level of IT consultancy and services in this market. We posses an extensive understanding from both a business and IT viewpoint of the issues and challenges within this dynamic market. We can bring focus to your vehicle rental business, whether in a corporate or licensee environment, by providing expert advice and innovative solutions to your business needs.

We provide these services at the client premises or through full outsourcing facilities at our own premises; whichever is deemed optimal to you.

Software development

Highly skilled resource pool
We have an outstanding group of software development professionals who have experience in all aspects of the software development process. We can provide expertise throughout the complete project life cycle from inception through to implementation and support. We can either provide complete business solutions or components for larger projects.

Our primary development environment is based on Microsoft's DNA and .NET Architectures. We create multi-tiered, distributed, highly scalable solutions using primarily, but not exclusively, the following tools:

Development

  • Microsoft Visual Basic 6
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  • Microsoft SQL Server 7, 2000
  • Microsoft Transaction Server / Services
  • OLEDB, ADO, ADO+, ADO.NET
  • COM+, COM, DCOM
  • XML, ASP, ASP.NET
  • RPG400, ILE

Design

  • Rational Rose
  • Platinum ERwin

Software Control

  • Microsoft Visual Source Safe

Best of breed methodology
We use the latest RAD techniques and tools along with our extensive IT experience to design applications that are highly efficient, scalable, robust, maintainable and intuitive to use. We have selected what we believe to be the best of the latest development methodologies to create a lean process that maximises productivity, quality and control without over theorising the approach. This means fast production of quality software in a controlled environment with a simple reporting process to clients.