Easy to Use

The more complex your software system, the more difficult and expensive it is to maintain. The longer and more technical your company communications, the less information you get across. That's why we work with our clients to create the simplest possible solution to meet the need. From database applications to web design, we help you follow the shortest path to your business goals.

Custom Database Software

We specialise in creating powerful, easy-to-use database applications. We offer the following database and programming services: Sage Line50/Line100 data integration, Microsoft Access database design, Microsoft Office data integration, Microsoft Sharepoint design and implementation,  Seagate Crystal Reports/Seagate Analysis, Database integration for the web  and now :

Active Server Pages (.asp)

Businesses founded on Microsoft operating systems (eg. NT, Backoffice, Small Business Server) can use Active Server Pages to create new and migrate existing applications effectively and efficiently.

Centralised Model

ASP's server-based functionality simplifies application deployment.

• ASP applications require configuration on the web/intranet server, whereas a traditional Windows-based application requires installation and configuration on each user's desktop.

• Though an ASP application must be configured to inter-operate at the server level, a standard Windows-based application must work on every desktop. This creates a "configure once" vs. "configure everywhere" situation.

• Ongoing maintenance is minimised as only one version of the physical application exists.

• This structure provides a benefit in terms of reduced implementation and operational costs.

This evolving structure is considered by some to be the de facto application "landscape for the future". Microsoft's DNA architecture builds on this environment: multiple applications, distributed across more hardware, increased resource sharing and inter-operability with multiple operating platforms. ASP is a basis for this model, as Microsoft prepares to extend this computing environment in the future.

 Browser as 'front-end'

Once an ASP application has been deployed, the browser as a front-end utility provides two distinct advantages over traditional desktop applications.

• First, the simplicity of a browser reduces training costs, as users can readily assimilate with the browser.

• Second, the use of a generic front-end simplifies future application deployment, as the user simply accesses new applications with the same front-end utility.

This reduction in training cost as well as speed to deployment generates additional cost savings.

Improving Business Processes 

Perhaps the greatest benefit of ASP technology is its ability to improve communication and information sharing among its users. The platform offers up-to-the-minute updated information through database access or whatever resources it provides.

For example, the corporate telephone directory is a constantly changing, evolving set of data. Employees are hired, transferred, promoted or simply retire or resign. Paper-based guides are nearly out of date the day after they are printed. Additionally, in large corporations, searching through a printed directory for a name or location can be time-consuming. Using an ASP application, accessing the data through a back-end database server could provide updated phone numbers or other pertinent information as soon as they become available. A searchable directory can easily be created, helping the user find the information they need quickly. In this scenario, users benefit due to increased availability of updated information, and maintenance personnel benefit from the decreased workload of providing paper directories throughout the organization.

Other examples : These include expense and timesheet reporting, company calendars, knowledge bases and threaded discussion groups. While the information remains the same, its manner of dissemination is changing.

On Line Presentations

ASP :          Sonal Sage Line100 ASP presentation 
                    18-slide presentation based on Sage Line100 data

                    Demo BookStore
                    Interactive web/intranet database-driven Book Store

ACCESS : Sonal Access MQ Stock presentation
                    13-slide presentation based on Microsoft Access/Sage data

WEB :        www.seths.co.uk
                    This is a 'live' database-driven website.
                    Click 'Residential Sales' in the   left-hand side navigation,
                    followed by 'Find A Property'

Other presentations : Sage Line50, Payroll & examples based on standalone Microsoft Access  databases and combined Access/Sage : available soon

General Software Consulting

Not sure where you're headed? Not ready to commit to a big project? No problem.

We offer free estimates and hourly consulting services to help you find the right solution to your software challenges. If you want straight answers about technology, you've come to the right place.