One of the advantages of Open Source software is that there is so much of
it already freely available. Chances are, for most sets of requirements,
there is already a suitable package available under an Open Source license.
saosce can help your organisation identify and evaluate
these options, and - where appropriate - select, implement and support
those that fit your business needs the most closely.
Customisation
However, no two organisations are identical, so often their exact
requirements for software also will vary. With Open Source software, the
license permits modification and redistribution. So if the most suitable
Open Source package availble fits most but not all of your organisation's
requirements, saosce can make the necessary modifications
so that the software meets your requirements exactly. This reduces
development costs significantly, by avoiding "re-inventing the
wheel". The modifications can then be contributed back to the relevant
Open Source project, which helps reduce ongoing costs by obviating the need
to pay for further development work when updates are released.
Original Development
In some circumstances, requirements for software can be so specific to an
individual organisation, or so original and innovative, that there is no
"wheel" to re-invent and it makes most sense to begin development
from scratch. saosce provide both
business analysis (sometimes also known as
requirements engineering) services to help your organisation define its
exact business needs for software, and comprehensive original software
development services tailored to those exact requirements.
Porting
Sometimes it is necessary to move software from one hardware platform or
operating system to another, in order to adapt to an organisation's
changing infrastructure over time (or to enable rationalisation of
infrastructure, for example after a merger), or (less commonly) to rewrite
software in a different language in order to leverage the maintenance and
support abilities of internal IT staff. This process is known as
porting. Where the destination operating system is Unix® or
Unix-like, regardless of either hardware platform or of source OS or
language, saosce deliver effective, well-documented
software ports.
saosce have engineers with significant software
development expertise with a wide range of platforms and languages and are
ideally positioned to meet your software development needs, whether
customisations, original development or porting. For a confidential
discussion of your organisation's software development needs, contact us at
info@saosce.com.au or call today on
(08) 8233-5933.
