Software Development
We provide custom developed Windows and Apple based software solutions. We are Microsoft Registered Partners (Certification is process) and all our programmers are skilled in a wide variety of programming languages and technologies, including, but not limited to, ASP.NET (C#, VB.NET), ASP Classic, PHP, MySQL, MSSQL, Javascript, XML and AJAX.
We can develop a number of applications, from standalone Windows programmes to securely hosted web applications.
Through the use of custom software we have helped many companies improve many business areas, including reporting, cash-flow, accountancy, employee performance and productivity. We have developed many applications to integrate with 3rd party systems. We are often commissioned to provide additional bolt-on functionality for software and web applications that are lacking in support or functionality.
Get in touch with us now for a free no-obligation consultancy session to find out how we can improve the way your business processes work through the use of our pre-developed or custom software solutions. Although we are midlands based, we are happy to travel to any UK destination.
We plan every detail of your project and project a flow-chart of the development.
Open-Source vs Bespoke Software
Our customers often ask us why we don't use Open Source software. There are various reasons;
- Support (most Open-Source packages that do offer support are in outside of UK time-zones, so you wouldn't be able to get a response until the next working day - a real issue for the majority of our customers where an issue with an application may be causing serious financial problems).
We are a UK based software development company, with UK based developers and support engineers. We are always available when the customer needs us (we have an emergency out of hours support line for all customers) and fixes to any issues will be resolved very quickly. - Expandability - While Open-Source generally has a lot of features out the box, it is either too complicated for the end-user (employee or client) to use and adding further functionality means significant research and development time to find how to bolt-on new functionality, or adjusting existing systems.
We always develop our systems to be easy to use and expansion is always key. While we develop applications to our customers exact specifications, we always allow for future expansion. - Security - Probably the most important to our customers. Due to the nature of Open-Source, anyone has access to the "source code" of the application, be a Windoes, Linux or Web Based system. The problem with this is while it is very handy for the developer to gain access to this code, it means that a malicious party will be able to easily identify security flaws, or reverse engineer a remote component to gain unauthorised access. Not ideal when the system you're running contains thousands of customer records or other sensitive information!
Due to the nature of our bespoke software applications and the security implementation techniques we use (industry recommended, expanded and our own solutions) will safeguard the data stored within any application we develop. Our customers trust us to develop secure applications that are secure, reliable and powerful.
Extensive Skills
At Software Labs we have years of experience in successfully applying our extensive consulting and technology skills to ensuring commercial benefits from bespoke software development. By understanding your organisation’s business processes we can design and develop software that support those processes – exactly. This in turn generates tangible and measurable changes in performance – and bottom-line benefits. An example of our skill-sets include;
System Skills
Windows Server & Desktop, Mac OSX, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server
Programming Languages
Visual Basic, C#.NET, VB.NET, XML, PHP
Internet/Intranet
HTML, Vbscript, Javascript, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, IIS, Index Server
Database Platforms
MS SQL Server, Access, MySQL
Development Platforms
IIS, MS Office VBA, MS Access, ADO/OLE, ActiveX controls, COM+, SOAP
Mobile Device Software
We are active Microsoft Mobile developers and registered Apple Mobile Device (iPhone and iPod) developers. We have successfully developed a number of applications for the Windows Mobile platform, to allow for remote data input and syncronisation with master databases (for example, remote workers). We are currently working on projects for a number of customers for custom Apple mobile device software. To read more information on our mobile software development please click here.