Software development services

About

BITNET-CCSS' software department has been founded in April 2002 with a mission to provide innovative solutions through software development and related services to industry and government clients.

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Services

BITNET's software services are aimed at transforming your great ideas into great products. Our software services support the entire product life cycle from requirements refining to transition, release and long-term support and maintenance, including:

Technical consulting
Requirements Gathering
Analysis
Design
Architecture
Technology Selection
Project Management
Audits, Q. A., third party code review
Application development
Offshore staffing
Maintenance

Business models

Fixed budget

The fixed budget model is best suited for project with clearly specified requirements, in which the effort and timeframe can be accurately estimated at an early project stage. BITNET is usually involved starting with the late specification stage, in order to enable a clear understanding of the project requirements.

Billing is usually time-correlated with the project milestones. All the costs and deadlines are pre calculated and clearly stated in the development contract.

Time & material

The time&Material business model is developed for long-term projects or projects in which the total effort cannot be accurately estimated in advance and the scope of work can vary during the implementation. If compared with Fixed Budget offer, which is ideal for projects with a detailed technical specification, Time&Material is the best model for scalable projects.

Billing is based on monthly invoices based on detailed time sheets depicting the team effort during the billing period. Direct communication with the team members is enabled via telephone, email and IM services.

Dedicated team

The dedicated team model, differs from time&material in the degree of control the client has over the team. The dedicated team business model is suited for the cases in which the BITNET engineers represent an extension of the client's in house development team. Project management is usually handled by the contracting company, assisted by a BITNET team leader. In this model, BITNET is also available for hiring auxiliary personnel in the client's interest.

Billing is based on monthly invoices, based on a fixed per engineer cost. Direct communication with the team members is enabled via telephone, email and IM services.

Domains of expertise

Business Process Automation

Project Management, Workflow Management, Human Resources, Finance/Accounting, Inventory Management, Information Management, Customer Management, Process Intercommunication and Integration, Enterprise Intranet

Web Applications

Web Presence, E-Commerce, Enterprise Portals, Various Web Services: Classifieds, Dating, Email Marketing, Search Engine Optimization Tools, Domain Management, Directories etc.

Desktop Applications

Network Tools, Client/Server Applications, Data Processing, Image Processing, ATL ActiveX components, (including Internet Explorer/Outlook plug-ins), Product Release Management Systems

Technologies

Operating Systems and Platforms: Windows (Desktop, console and web applications), Unix based and POSX compliant systems (Console and web applications), Other platforms (Development of applications with respect the availability of support for development languages and environments).

Programming Languages: C/C++, Pascal/Object Pascal, PHP, PERL, Java, SQL, Cold Fusion Script, JavaScript/JScript/VBScript, JavaScript/JScript/VBScript, XML, UML, HTML/XHTML, SOAP, CSS.

Database Engines: Oracle, Sybase, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase, MySQL.

Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, Visio, ERwin.

Development Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland C++ Builder, Borland Delphi, Borland J Builder, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Zend Development Environment.

Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, Macromedia Flash.

Case studies

Album2 AS

Client	Album2 AS, Oslo, Norway
Service	B2C
Work	Consulting, implementation, design, maintenance
Timeframe	April 2005, ongoing
Size	10000+ engineering hours

Album2 is an innovative network oriented picture sharing web business emerging in 2006. Involved in the design and development process for more than 18 months, BITNET has provided over 8000 engineering hours to date.

Coming late into the market, Album2 shines in providing it's users a complex yet easy-to-use solution. BITNET engineer's creativity has been put to full throttle developing innovative features and refining Album2's modern Ajax based UI.

ImageHosting ltd.

Client	ImageHosting ltd., New York, United States
Service	B2C
Work	Consulting, implementation, design, maintenance
Timeframe	June 2004, ongoing
Size	5000 engineering hours

BITNET has been involved in the development of ImageHosting, a US based image hosting provider, since the solution's inception in mid 2004. BITNET has provided over 5000 engineering hours to date.

ImageHosting.US attracts a high volume of users through it's simple, ready-to-use service. Simplicity has nothing to do with the website backend however, BITNET's engineers having solved issues related the industries unusual high traffic and transactions volume.

Fotogram AS

Client	Fotogram AS, Oslo, Norway
Service	B2C
Work	Implementation, maintenance
Timeframe	August 2006, ongoing

BITNET's collaboration with this innovative Norwegian service provider has started late in the solution's pre-release stage. Currently BITNET supplies one engineer, involved in the maintenance and new features development process.

Fotogram, is a unique service, combining the image and mobile software markets, and summing challenges from both industries.

Public projects

As part of the BITNET center, the software teams are also involved in BITNET's government research and consulting projects. Details about these projects can be located on BITNET's main website.

Contact

For more information about BITNET-CCSS' software development services and to submit a RFQ, please contact us at sebastian.cristea@bitnet.info