Application Development and Optimisation
Customised software solutions
Customised software solutions enable almost perfect support for business processes during automation, optimisation and controlling. They give the company the chance to act on the market with their own identity and thus to raise customer awareness. In the highly competitive customer markets, individual software solutions are thus a tool for ensuring long-term success.
MATERNA has many years of comprehensive experience in developing individual software solutions. We implement projects which impact on the whole lifecycle of software development: this ranges from needs analysis to the specialist concept, the technical design, programming, test and integration right through to going live and operating the application.
The range of services in the field of concept design, optimisation and development of business applications covers the following points:
- New development of applications
- Optimisation, enhancement and maintenance of existing applications
- Integration of isolated “island solutions” in existing IT landscapes
- Migration of old applications onto modern architectures
Implementing projects for the development of individual software solutions is carried out on schedule, to budget and with the required quality. The basis for this is professional project management and the use of a flexible procedural model. In addition, MATERNA uses standardised, tried and tested design patterns for software design and architecture patterns as well as binding programming guidelines. Projects are carried out in close cooperation with the IT and specialist user departments and are offered at a fixed price or on a time and material basis. It goes without saying that there is the possibility to utilize both on and offshore capacities as part of the projects.
Application development on the basis of .NET
As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, MATERNA has decades of experience in integrating and developing Microsoft applications. MATERNA provides the support IT managers need when changing over to a .NET platform. All the right tools, software components and methods are at hand so MATERNA can develop the appropriate software architecture. Existing solutions can be optimised using the security and strategy elements in their “WebCheck” consulting package. “.NET Checkup” takes a close look at the software architecture and the products being used. The MATERNA experts then make a recommendation with a cost-benefit analysis for future-proof .NET applications.
Application development on the basis of Java
As the first “Authorized Java Center” in Germany, MATERNA was one of the pioneers which made Java a respectable choice for German companies. MATERNA has over thirteen years of outstanding experience in implementing applications and products on the basis of Java technologies and has built up comprehensive know-how in various specialised fields. At the moment there are around 400 employees involved in the development of Java-based solutions.
Due to this strong background, the Java specialists are in a position to implement and enhance IT architectures with their solutions in platform independent Java technology. The Java architects at MATERNA also support such projects with any coaching that is required. MATERNA delivers optimisation for existing solutions as part of the Security, Stability, Strategy and Performance on the Market modules in its “WebCheck” consulting package. The experts carry out a “Java Checkup” to investigate the existing software architecture and the products being used and then make recommendations together with a cost-benefit analysis. So customers receive a specific strategy showing them how to ensure the sustainability of their Java investments. The resulting IT strategy enables the IT specialists to create a targeted modernisation and migration plan with accompanying quality assurance measures. Product consolidation usually goes hand in hand with this, so development processes can also be optimised. For example, MATERNA helps customers to migrate applications based on the old J2EE standard to the latest Java Enterprise Version. This also includes an architecture check and any adaptations to the environment which are required when changing to a new application server.
MATERNA has built up special competences in the fields of mobile applications, content management (CMS), portals, e-commerce, SOA and business process management. The projects developed in this way are highly scalable and highly available solutions on the basis of Java EE which run on scalable clusters.
MATERNA supports user companies throughout all phases of Java development: from the design and implementation to going live or hosting with a focus on company web applications such as content management systems, portals, shops and individual developments. Their decades of partnership with important Java providers such as ATG, BEA, Sun, IBM and SAP and their user groups GSE, DOAG and DSAG mean customers benefit from their first hand experience and information.
