Application services

Our best-in-class Application Development Services include the development of new applications, features, extensions, enhancements, interfaces, and upgrades for existing and emerging business operations. Through a combined on-site/offshore approach, we provide the framework for application development outsourcing plus the assurance that solutions meet customer specifications and are delivered on time and within budget. We use state-of-the-art tools for our development efforts; we can develop both host and distributed applications.

Codetech Solutions’ application development services include:

• • Application Audit: Comprehensive review of architecture, design, and code quality

• • Architecture Consultancy: Existing architecture review, application and technical architecture development, architecture comparison, gap analysis/enumeration, best-practices review, migration architecture recommendation

• • Component-Based Development: Thick /thin client, N-tier C/S, Web, Rational Unified Process (RUP)

• • Enterprise Application Integration: Bridge/connector development

• • Package Implementation: Evaluation of need, identification of package, gap analysis, package customization, package rollout
  • Product Engineering: Extension of customer Lab, re-use of existing architecture, product engineering, knowledge management

Codetech Solutions offers clients the freedom and cost effectiveness of outsourcing the maintenance and enhancement of their applications. Our mission is to reduce our customers` cost of ownership and ensure that their applications evolve as their business does.

We have developed mature processes to facilitate both a smooth technology transition and a seamless knowledge transfer during early stages of application management engagements. Our innovative models minimize the cost of transition and knowledge transfer and ensure that our clients benefit from outsourcing from the first day of the engagement. Services are provided within defined, agreed-upon service levels.

We provide exceptional solutions, in addition to providing “vanilla” application development; we work constantly to enhance our customers’ ROI. We do so by helping them reuse and optimize existing assets, extending their life and functionality. We leverage our offshore Software Development Centers in India to deliver cost advantages while providing the expertise required for managing the services.

Codetech Solutions’ Applications management services include:

• • Rationalization: Application rationalization strategy, TCO/ROI calculation, data and operations management plans

• • Outsourcing Assessment: TCO/ROI calculation, application transition methodology, future state delivery model, staffing projections, infrastructure requirements, SLA definition, vendor management, business continuity planning

• • Production Support: Strategic planning and support, help desk, availability management, systems health monitoring, interface management , service level management , production control and management, business continuity planning

• • Maintenance: Problem management, enhancement support, implementation support, change management, service level management, business continuity planning

• • Performance Tuning: Performance tuning, external interface management, resource utilization projection

• • Installation Plan: Change control, configuration management, release management, regression testing

• • Reverse Engineering: Business process documentation, technical flows documentation, database schema documentation
  • Decommissioning: Process migration strategy, operations manual, cutover migration, cutover management

Codetech Solutions knows that migration to new technologies can lower maintenance costs, boost compatibility, better performance and effectiveness, and help exhibit technological capabilities to compete effectively. We also understand the difficulties of conducting platform migration with minimal business impact, and integration of different enterprise system silos to develop centralized architectures. Our migration and re-engineering services help our customers by transforming their legacy information systems into strategic enablers that support the growing needs of their businesses.

Codetech Solutions has a proven track record in migration services. We follow a well-formulated and iterative methodology for the process, including detailed assessment of the current scenario, comprehensive planning, migration, testing, and production support. In every case, we ensure successful technology migration with minimum disruption to your business processes. We offer customizable service levels to meet your organization`s unique needs and goals, including coverage for different time zones.

Codetech Solutions Migration & Re-engineering services include:

• • Migration Assessment: Application rationalization, inventory identification, migration strategy definition, migration roadmap definition, optional POC

• • Application Porting: Port an application to a new operating system or database

• • Application Upgrade (within same operating environment Language version, OS version, database version, IDE/tools version, product scripting

• • Architecture Migration: Integrating decentralized architecture to centralized architecture through appropriate technology. Integrating service components using a SOA approach for high-quality service delivery

• • Product Migration : Migrating from one product-base to another, or an upgraded version of the same; for example SQL 2000 to SQL 2005, VS 2003 to VS 2005, Host integration server 2004 to Host Integration server 2006

• • Platform Migration: Standardizing architectural platforms, like migrating from Customized Web to SharePoint. Migrating the whole architecture from one platform to another, like Mainframe to .NET

• • Application Re-Engineering for new/improved business functionality and operation: Reverse engineering, POC, partial or full redevelopment, warranty support, optional maintenance support

• • Data Migration: Schema translation, data migration, data cleansing
  • Technology Migration: Language migration, OS migration, database migration, user interface migration

Testing is an integral part of the software development process; yet frequently, software engineers fail to sufficiently test applications due to delivery-deadline pressures. The result is higher maintenance costs, increased exposure to business risk, and customer dissatisfaction.

Businesses can benefit, however, from independent testing to assess the quality of the software throughout the development process.

Codetech Solutions’ application testing services focus on potential problems and their severity, and establish testing as a competitive-edge practice.

Codetech Solutions’ Application Testing services include:

• • Test Assessment
  • Independant Verification & Validation
  • Test Automation
  • Performance Testing
  • Security Testing
  • Business Continuity Testing
  • Environment Management Testing