Application Development and System Integration
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Application Development and Systems Integration
 

We are solution providers and database specialists.


Database-related services include:

          • Data analysis and data modeling
          • Database design and implementation
          • Data migrations and conversions
          • Data cleansing and duplicates removal

CompuWork helps businesses utilize their data efficiently in order to realize the full potential of their databases.  Data utilization services include:

          • Data merges and document generation
          • Business intelligence / monitoring dashboards
          • SQL Reporting Services (web-based data publishing)


CompuWork provides a number of related services to help organizations increase their productivity and operate more efficiently.  Productivity-related services include:

          • Custom line-of-business applications development
          • Business process re-engineering
          • SharePoint configuration and customization
          • Web portal implementation
          • Web services development


The Microsoft Certified Professionals at CompuWork are proficient with the following development platforms and tools:

          • Microsoft Office (Access / Excel / Word / SharePoint Server)
          • Microsoft SQL Server and SQL Reporting Services
          • Visual Studio and the .NET Framework




Our team explores the issues and objectives and documents the givens and the constraints. Then we work with the client to:
• Conceive a master plan
• Select the most appropriate technologies and platforms
• Clarify the particulars of what must be done and how best to do it
We have worked with many diverse clients and have seen many situations and scenarios. Our extensive experience enables us to anticipate unforeseeable pitfalls and to better predict what will work and what will not.



Given a general system design, the CompuWork team then works through the myriad details necessary to transform a concept into a solution. Our experts determine:
• How best to apply the selected technologies
• Exactly what components will be needed
• How the components will be implemented
• Where and how the components will be deployed
• How they will be configured, interfaced, controlled and monitored
We have considerable expertise in assembling components to devise efficient systems.



Information derives from data. Formally describing an organization’s data (specifying the types, permissible values, inter-relationships, etc.) is essential to ensure that the underlying database can accommodate all expected data without the loss of any meaningful information. It also ensures that the information can be retrieved efficiently.

The CompuWork team is well versed in relational theory and is highly skilled in data analysis and data modeling. Using object-role modeling (ORM) methods, our team can produce diagrams and fact reports that laypersons and end-users can understand.

Using an iterative approach, our team works with the client’s team to refine and confirm the data model. This ensures that the requisite data structures are complete, correct and appropriate.



This stage involves building the components. The ability to program an efficient user interface or to code an event-triggered procedure that enforces business process rules are examples of the talents our team members typically employ in the process of developing an overall solution. Our techies love a challenge and always rise to meet it.



Today very few applications exist in isolation. Most are integrated with other systems. To enable that integration and to maintain order, procedures must be defined and interfaces must be implemented. Clients often prefer to automate such processes so as to render them seamless in the eyes of end-users.

Our professionals are seasoned choreographers. We understand very well the issues involved and are familiar with the options and alternatives for dealing with these issues.



Getting it out, up and running, training users and establishing usage policies are critical parts of every project. We work closely with our clients’ teams to carefully plan these steps, to manage user expectations and to ensure that every rollout goes as smoothly as possible. A smooth deployment and positive user experiences are our greatest satisfactions.



Live systems require maintenance. Factors as diverse as hardware obsolescence, platform changes, evolving business processes and regulatory changes affect live systems. Applications often must be stretched, extended and used in ways never imagined when they were first conceived.

This can present daunting challenges, but we have a successful track record of extending the useful life of many an application through determined effort and ingenuity.

 

 
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