Software Development

We offer software development services using the latest Microsoft .NET and third party technologies. Our development practices adhere to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) that includes; gathering business solution requirements, analyzing the problem, developing a software based plan for the proposed solution, programming or creating code to represent the software, testing the software that includes interaction from the end-user, deployment and on-going maintenance with potential bug fixes.

We also use the n-tier model (commonly three-tier) to distinguish and self contain areas of the software such as; presentation (user interface), application processing (business logic) and data management (database) to ensure each tier can be upgraded or replaced independently as requirements or technologies change. For example, if a database needed to be migrated from a different manufacturer or standard, only this tier would need to be updated.

Web Development

See the Web Design page.

Application Development

We offer application development using the following technologies. These can be associated with the Unix or Linux style operating systems in addition to the entities listed in the Operating Systems section of the Consulting page.

Visual Basic 6
VB.NET
C#.NET
C and C++
Java

Scripting

Scripting support in VB Script and JavaScript that relate to automating network administration tasks and the Client Side section of Web Design.

Active Directory and LDAP

Active Directory programming using ADSI has allowed for the retrieval and editing of Domain related information. This can include user accounts and groups, even Exchange server information utilising primarily the Microsoft .NET framework. Other third party LDAP providers can be accessed via similar means.

Databases

The writing of Transact-SQL queries and stored procedures in Microsoft SQL 2000, 2005 and 2008 including Sybase. For database administration see the Databases section in the Consulting page.

Stored procedures and functions in MYSQL 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 and 5.1 can also be developed that includes the ability to access MYSQL C language APIs using both the Unix and Windows style platforms.