Software Development - Services and Consulting

 

Our Software Development team can provide a brand new application to meet your specifications, or implement new processes within an existing application. We are experts at helping you create the reports you need, and can fix database issues or help you plan for a new database implementation when necessary.

Contact a BIG Software Sales Engineer at kjones@4service.net or jtyndall@4service.net to discuss which services are right for your unique business needs.

 
 Custom Software Design, Development and Implementation
BIG applications developers will work with you to understand your business logic and define the scope and specifications for your custom program. Whether it’s a single database or linking multiple sources of data together, we can create the applications that will work for your company. Our staff is well-versed in various programming languages, including classic ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET and Visual Basic.
 
 Mobile Application Design, Development and Implementation
Capture critical data wherever you are. Our developers have designed, programmed, and deployed a data collection application for Windows Mobile®, which is used on a personal digital assistant and integrates with a camera and GPS device. The software also simplifies the tedious task of organizing the gathered information by replicating the data to a SQL Server™ database after connecting to the home office network.
 
 Database Conversions and Upgrades
SQL and Oracle databases are our specialty. If you need help planning a new implementation or fixing challenges with your current databases, we can facilitate this process. BIG developers have gained expertise with and are adept at converting data from many earlier generations of popular database applications, including Access, Pervasive, and Foxpro.
 
 Custom Reports
No matter what size the database, where it’s stored, the format, or the back end platform, BIG developers can set up the connections and queries to build the reports you need. Custom reports synthesize information and present it in an understandable fashion that you design. BIG can also work with you to specify what should be changed on an existing report from a third party application. Then we'll create the report you defined to print/preview, export to Excel spreadsheet, or email directly to those who need it. BIG has experience reporting in a wide variety of formats, including Access, Actuate, Crystal Reports, SQL Reporting, HTML/ASP.NET and databases including Oracle, SQL, Timberline, and more.
 
 Web Site Design and Development
BIG’s web site specialists can give your existing website or new site a professional look and feel. We have often provided the ability and instruction for client staff to add, update, or delete information on specific pages of the website, empowering you to keep the site current. We understand search engine placement tools and the strategies that will obtain better search engine recognition for your site.
 
 Web Site and FTP Hosting
BIG engineers perform the initial setup, including the transfer of your website name to BIG’s hosting site. BIG will also handle any domain registrations or transfers needed for your web site. Our Web Site Hosting Service includes options for utilizing a variety of databases to make your web site’s data dynamic and FTP to access and update your web site when you need it. Our staff can assist you with technical questions and training as well. Our web servers are hosted in a reliable, redundant data center and monitored by our own network operations center. We also provide up to 10 POP email addresses for your web site.
 
 Third-party Software Integration
Our clients have frequently found that packaged applications will not totally fit their needs. If your current process needs to function “outside the box”, we can offer methods to make this happen. We will help decipher exactly what the packaged application can do, and then determine what we can add to round out your off-the-shelf or preexisting custom product.
 
 Documentation of Programs or Custom Processes
BIG has developed training guides, user manuals, online help and other technical documentation in text and diagram forms. Let us help make a record of your software systems and processes for current and future users.