Business applications either take the form of software that is installed on employee's computers or a website. Often a company has been struggling with e.g. spreadsheets and require a more powerful, robust solution to manage their data. The advantages of a business application are:
- Business applications can be multi-user, i.e so any employee can use and update the information safely at any time. Spreadsheets for example do not allow this.
- Business applications control the information that is entered, preventing incorrect or problematic data from being added. This ensures the quality and reliability of the data.
- Business applications allow the production of reports and other documents such as quotations from the data at the touch of a button.
- Business applications are fast and easy to use. Screens display related, relevant information, searching is available and information is separated and related logically. This makes it faster to train staff and much less likely they will make mistakes.
- Complex tasks can be handled much more easily, even by very junior staff as the complexity is packaged up and encapsulated in the software programme.
- Much more data can be handled without any problems such as slow opening and saving of files, slow searching and difficulty of management.
- Certain tasks can only be done with custom-made software. There are limits to what e.g. a spreadsheet can realistically achieve and / or do well.
Information management can often be a bottleneck to business growth and investment in a dedicated system specific to the company and task at hand can often yield handsome rewards in terms of productivity and profitability. Awgar Stone recognises how important it is for a software development company to provide support in the long term including the careful evolution of the software with the business, enhancing and maintaining while preventing over-complication which can make future changes expensive and difficult.
- Awgar Stone is purely a software consultancy and development company with a decade of experience full-time designing and engineering business applications specifically (we do not come from a web design background for example). This has allowed us to understand the full range of processes, problems and advantages in challenging environments, and experience the technologies as they have evolved.
- We understand every line of code in our software (rather than just outsourcing and testing).
- We keep abreast of technologies but carefully select the best for each task to deliver maximum business value over time.
- Stringent testing includes automated testing, where a bank of often hundreds or thousands of tests are run automatically after every change to ensure robust bug-free software is produced.
- Source code of the software we develop is backed up after every change to a data center, which amounts to many times each day while it is being developed ensuring that your application can evolve.
- We work very closely with our clients to understand the fine details of their problem, taking care that the software fits like a glove, that they get exactly what they want and that maximum value is realised.
Awgar Stone can handle the whole process from design and development to installation, support and maintenance. References are available on request, or just see our testimonials page.
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