We Make Good Web Applications
Our wide range of experience means we can provide the right solution for you. We love technology but most likely your business doesn't need the latest whiz-bang stuff. Rather you need appropriate web technology that is affordable and effective.
Custom Web Development
We specialize in developing custom web applications. Our experience covers all major areas and allows us to use multiple technologies to build solutions, including:
- Custom Web Applications - Take your business online with web enabled business applications, databases, data processing, archiving, e-commerce, dynamic publishing and digital document generation.
- Rich Internet Applications - jQuery and AJAX (XHR) are our most popular solutions. Adobe Flex and Air technologies deliver highly interactive applications to the web browser and on the desktop.
- Media & Messaging - Cost effective high volume digital asset storage, streaming audio and video delivery, edge-network solutions, data-push solutions, mobile messaging (SMS), Email and real-time collaboration and chat solutions.
- Mashups - Create new services by combining data and services from Amazon Web Services, Google Analytics, Google Maps, Calais, social network APIs and proprietary booking, reservation, and database systems.
- Analysis & Reporting - Gathering and analysing data from your online solutions provides performance results you can use to update strategy, optimize technical solutions and improve marketing.
If a suitable solution already exists we "won't reinvent the wheel" - we'll tailor it to your needs.
Web Sites
We build W3C standards compliant web sites using best-practice X/HTML and CSS mark-up. Standards compliant sites work better across different web browsers and are more likely to work correctly in new devices.
We take can care of everything from registering your domain name to setting up email and hosting your site. We intentionally keep our site designs visually simple and clean, easy to read, and easy to use. We balance performance, functionality, visual design and cost. Spend your money where it counts - a web site that works for your business. What's most important is that your site works for the people who use it.
Content Management
If you have a large web site, or one that requires frequent content updates, you probably need a content management system. Mostly we use our proven AssetNow NX web content management system. It's very easy for business users to publish content with AssetNow NX. It's also easy to customize and extend. Of course we can also build you a totally custom dynamic publishing system.
Consulting
Many business owners and corporate professionals need someone to turn to for unbiased, practical web technology advice. We can help you. Be it figuring out how to apply web technology in your business, developing a technical strategy, vendor requests, vendor meetings, or reviewing proposals. We use plain language to help you make sense of the technical aspects.
Most of our solutions use:
ColdFusion - For building Internet applications quickly and easily.
jQuery - For building interactive and robust X/HTML, web browser based applications.
We also use:
Flex - For creating engaging, cross-platform rich Internet applications.
Air - For rich Internet applications that run outside the browser on multiple operating systems.
960 Grid System - A CSS layout system that works equally well for rapid prototyping and production.
Any many 3rd-party web services and cloud-based solutions, including:
Google AJAX APIs - Allow development of dynamic web sites entirely in JavaScript and X/HTML.
Google Analytics - Enterprise-class web analytics for rich insights into your web site traffic and marketing effectiveness.
Amazon S3 - Amazon S3 is storage for the Internet providing low cost high volume storage with fast access.
About Web Sites...
Seth Godin, a leading online marketer wrote about "How to create a good enough website" and argues that your web site does not have to be unique and expensive:
"I'm going to go out on a limb and beg you not to create an original design. There are more than a billion pages on the web. Surely there's one that you can start with?"
Focus on who your web site must connect with and why they would choose to use it.
Ever notice how many of your favorite web sites don't necessarily look that great but give you what you want? They balanced their design, the service they provide and their costs.
Sadly lots of businesses blow their web site budget on looking good and fail to deliver. Don't make the same mistake - make sure your web site is Just Good Enough.