BIT Concepts staff has years of experience creating business applications. We specialize in custom applications built from scratch, and also in customizing off-the-shelf applications to suit your exact needs.

We'd like you to know a little about our business application development services and ourselves.

· Successfully Implementing a new Business Application
· Custom vs. Off-the-Shelf Software
· Our Development Tools
· Your initial Meeting

Implementation

For a consultant to successfully implement a business application it requires:

· Completely understanding the business problems to be solved
· Thoroughly planning the design before starting
· Choosing the right development tools
· Knowing how to get the most out of the development tools
· Maintaining good communication between the client and the consultant

BIT Concepts staff is able to properly translate a client's requirements into the screens and reports they need. This comes only with years of experience setting up systems for a variety of businesses.

Custom vs. Off-the-Shelf Software

When considering a new business application, an important first step is to decide whether to purchase an off-the-shelf software package and try to run this without modification, purchase an off-the-shelf package and then hire a development team to make modifications, or start from scratch with a completely new business application.

Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, and making the best decision can translate to huge savings of time and money over the life-cycle of the application. BIT Concepts has extensive experience in assisting clients with all three alternatives.

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Selecting Development Tools

Development Tools are the foundation of the database products that we provide. Therefore, it is crucial for us as database consultants to select the right development environment. Like any company, our resources are limited. Therefore we must carefully choose the best tools.

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Additional Expertise

We can link a business application to any other program, including:

· Desktop Publishing -- for product catalogs, price lists, directories
· Accounting -- for reporting, special computations, analysis
· Word Processing -- for mail merge, boiler plate documents
· Spreadsheets -- for sophisticated what-if analysis of data
· Contact Managers -- for additional processing of or analysis of data

We also have experience with these specialized business applications:

· Internet Integration -- Web enabling business processes so that customers, vendors, and employees can access the corporate data.
· Communication -- for distributed applications that are updated via modem, internet or other wide area communications links.
· Installation Programs -- for distributing applications to several end users

If your application requires extensive graphics or design, we have graphic artists who can create a visually exciting look for the application's screens, buttons, reports or documents.

Your Initial Meeting

If you are considering a Business application project, please contact us and we will arrange a complementary initial meeting at your office. At that time we will be able to learn about your plans and give you an idea of what is feasible, the budget and the time frame for implementation. After listening carefully to your needs and concerns, we can together determine how BIT Concepts can best be of service to you.