Software Development

We are a platform independent developer, concentrating on technologies that are open and which cross the boundaries between Linux and Microsoft systems (e.g. web services). We are expert in using the following development languages for server side and off-line tools:

Java and JSP development
Bullet PHP
C++

Our credo is “release early, release often”. This ensures that:

you can check basic functionality early and see your ideas take shape,
we guarantee you a rapid response to the changing requirements of your project,
your costs are minimised,
and you always have something useful on hand.

Consulting

We are looking forward to placing our considerable experience at your disposal. We specialise in ICT project development, research and management in the ICT for development and poverty alleviation field.

What we can do for you:

IT product management (e.g. IT product feasibility studies or IT product engineering).
Seminars, lecture series and talks
Professional appraisal / evaluation of existing IT departments, projects or products
Studies and research into ICT4D topics

Innovative software can make a difference in fighting poverty and if you are planning an IT-related project in this field, we would be very excited to help you make your project a resounding success. Our specialities are the application of search, statistical semantic analysis, P2P, Web 2.0, social software. Allow us to show you how these technologies can improve efficiency and productivity in any scenario.

Our Credentials

We have:

developed software in large several-million-hit-per-day systems at the largest portals in Germany, e.g. AOL.de and WEB.de
co-ordinated and worked on funded European and German national projects involving large consortia, e.g. Germany’s National Research and Education Network (DFN), the Federal Ministry of Education and Reasearch (BMBF) and the Central Subsidy Institution of the Federal Land of Berlin (IBB)
held talks on innovative technologies and the future of internet computing in several European countries, at conferences, business seminars (public and private) and governmental think tanks, e.g. the Federal Energy Agency of Germany.
and received a SAFIPA grant as part of a consortium with Rhodes University and the University of Fort Hare to operate a Software Factory in Grahamstown.
Read our report for the South African Local Government Association on e-Participation.