What We Do
DSC create and run high quality web applications.
The timeline of an application goes from the original idea to keeping it running on an on-going basis. DSC can provide all the services right along this timeline, or just a subset, as your needs demand.
Here are some examples of the kind of work we undertake:
- Creating a web application to your specification
- Creating a web application that meets as-yet unknown requirements, whereby we must ascertain those requirements from your users
- Creating a new web-based interface to an existing system
- Advising on the viability of your idea for a web site
- Creating an online presence for your company, with features like discussion forums, podcasts, newsletters, surveys, product/service information and support
- Taking over an existing failing development project
- Creating tools to consolidate existing information
- Hosting a complex application, with requirements such as security hardening, load-balancing, redundancy, legacy system integration
- Advise on monetisation of an existing web site product or community
- Hosting and mananging a rapidly growing online forum-based community
Some clients have a very clear idea of what they need. Perhaps they have an existing application or site that they want to replace. Or they may have in-house skills already, but not those required for a particular phase of the project. In these cases, we can act to fill that gap. Some companies like to offer a detailed specification, others want us to help them figure out exactly what they need. We can build an application either way and are flexible enough to adapt our methodologies to suit the needs of you, our customer.
Other clients have little more than an idea. It might be that it's the early stages of the project or that they have no technical expertise. In these cases we don't just build the application, we help conceive it. We acknowledge that sometimes a custom-built solution isn't required, in which case we offer the best of breed of a suite of existing applications. We've found this particularly valuable in the areas of content management and online discussion forums.
We're not the only web development company out there, but we feel we offer a unique package of experience, skill and integrity.
Unusual amongst software development companies, we also offer first class hosting. This isn't mass market, shared server hosting. It's dedicated servers in a top-tier data centre. We can offer a network infrastructure with total redundancy for high availability. We monitor not just servers but individual services, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, alerting our experienced system administrators of problems, often before they even occur. We can also offer integration with other systems over leased lines, host specialised equipment and so on. In short, we can build a comprehensive hosting environment for your specific needs. Not only that, but our hosting facilities have been audited by a number of third parties, on behalf of our clients, to ensure we offer the highest levels of security and availability.
Additionally, DSC is the creative technology force behind the popular WorkingWithRails web site. Read more...
