bespoke software
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Samarind develops and supports bespoke database software for a wide range of business customers.
software customers
Our software customers range from manufacturing companies to universities and banks. Many are household names, and most are well known within their sector. Please click here to see a list of almost all the products we've developed so far.
If you are considering using Samarind for bespoke software development we will be happy to provide reference sites in business similar to your own.
As a typical bespoke software customer, you're probably either a decision maker in a large corporate that has IT staff who are too busy handling network and software package support rather than software development, or a business owner with big plans for your business but no time or inclination to get involved in developing software yourself. Samarind becomes your partner, working closely with you to provide the specialist expertise and dedicated development resource you do not have in-house.
the advantages of bespoke software
The cost of well-written bespoke software can be easily justified in many circumstances. The key advantages of bespoke software mean that it can very quickly pay for itself.
our strengths
Why do people choose Samarind? According to recent market research, our customers are most impressed with the way our key people combine technical expertise with real business experience. We make sure we have an in-depth understanding of your business before we start, and customers sometimes joke that we know their business better than they do by the end of the project!
Unlike many software companies, we are also accurate in our estimates of how long a piece of software will take to develop, and we manage to avoid the protracted development timescales that many software projects fall victim to. We always provide fixed price quotations for software development, and aim to deliver on time, every time.
development environments
Most of our software nowadays is developed in Visual Basic, Microsoft Access or Lotus Notes. These environments provide rapid application development (RAD) environments that enable us to produce robust and effective systems in a relatively short time. We also have Delphi and C/C++ customers and have, in the past, used Paradox, FoxPro and a wide variety of legacy languages.
Where Access or Visual Basic projects require the additional security, integrity and performance of client-server operation, we interface these products to either a Microsoft or an Oracle SQL Server.
Please see the PDFs on our Microsoft Access, Visual Basic and SQL Server Developments and our Lotus Notes Developments for a flavour of what we've done, or click here to see a list of almost all the products we've developed.
are we on your doorstep?
The other main reason customers choose Samarind is because we are local to them. Almost all our customers are less than an hour's drive away, and most are within 20 miles of our offices on Deeside Industrial Park. This is hugely beneficial for both of us; there's no substitute for meeting people face to face, or being able to pop over to see the new software while it's being developed, or seeing a problem first hand.
free pre-development consultancy!
To help you establish whether your business could benefit from a bespoke software solution, we are offering a completely free, no-obligation half-day consultancy appointment with one of our software consultants. To qualify for this offer, you need to be a decision maker within a business of at least 5 staff and/or a turnover of at least £500K, located within an hour's drive of our offices near Chester. To take advantage of this genuine opportunity, please contact us by phone, fax or e-mail or fill in our online free consultancy form.