AT THE RATE BITS provides expert custom enterprise application design, development and integration services for companies seeking to create or enhance custom business applications. AT THE RATE BITS provides enterprises the advantage of custom software application development outsourcing.

We use our thorough knowledge of technology components, software tools, enterprise application integration techniques, and multi-platform environments to create optimally integrated systems that support our clients' business and technology requirements.

AT THE RATE BITS assists clients in each step of Custom Software Application Development, from the initial requirements definition to architecture design to application selection and integration, and finally to development and deployment.

Our areas of expertise include

• Custom Application Design and development of open standards based systems, using Java and Microsoft .NET technologies
• Customization and integration of third-party software, including in-depth knowledge of leading application server technology
• Mobile development on Apple iOS and Android platforms
• Design and development of content management systems for corporate intranets and extranets
• Internationalization and localization of Web applications
• Web-enablement of legacy applications

AT THE RATE BITS helps software providers meet the challenge of ongoing offshore software maintenance and support with a range of services designed to substantially lower their maintenance costs and ensure timely response and guaranteed service levels.

AT THE RATE BITS can serve as an extension of a client's support team, or provide turn-key, round-the-clock support services. Our staffing model, which includes a 'shadow team' able to supplement the core team as necessary, provides clients with greatly enhanced flexibility in addressing special software maintenance and support needs.

AT THE RATE BITS's services include cost-effective maintenance and support for high-volume Web sites, including technical and user support, and ongoing content updates.

AT THE RATE BITS carefully outlines service level requirements, customizing our maintenance process for unique client needs. We bring to each project a strong methodology for application maintenance, based on the Rational Unified process and our own proprietary Quality Management System.

Our software maintenance and support services

• Error tracking and debugging
• Product Maintenance
• Version upgrades
• Version enhancements
• Comprehensive user support
• Technical troubleshooting
• Performance monitoring
• Performance testing
• Quality assurance testing
• Documentation development and maintenance

Maintaining and upgrading legacy systems is one of the most difficult challenges CIOs face today. While constant technological change has weakened the business value of these systems, they have been developed over many years and financed through large investments.

Despite their obsolescence, legacy systems continue to provide a competitive advantage by containing invaluable knowledge and historical data. Modernizing legacy applications that are mission critical must preserve their functionality during the migration or re-platforming process.

ATBITS uses a holistic approach to modernizing legacy application that addresses not only technology re-platforming but also data migration, process redefinition, and EAI issues as well as staff training and participation needs. Our proprietary platforms and software application development methodologies, productivity tools, and open source solutions enable us to generate and assemble new, custom applications at prices comparable to off-the-shelf software. While our Real-time Integrated Transition methodology incorporates user participation and delivers new applications incrementally though a carefully managed series of events that prevents a cliff-event at final cutover.

ATBITS helps companies transform applications from legacy platforms and databases to new. Some examples of migration from old technologies:

• Cold Fusion
• Foxpro
• Powerbuilder
• MS Access
• VB
• Classic ASP

ATBITS is equally competent transforming your applications to Java Enterprise Edition technologies and Microsoft .NET 3.0 as well as implementing the best of user experiences with Rich Internet applications such as Ajax, Javascript, Flash and Flex.

ATBITS provides

• Development of tailored, enterprise-quality applications, using ATBITS applications generation technology
• Re-platforming of legacy applications by re-creating new applications
• Enterprise level integration via flexible mechanisms such as SOA and web services
• Unprecedented cost advantage, using a combination of ATBITS application generation technology and our offshore delivery model
• Rapid application generation in response to business processes changes

ATBITS creates and implements custom System Integration Solutions to stream line and automate data flow for business processes, improve performance and access real-time data. These solutions enable multiple disparate systems to deliver a higher over-arching functionality and reduce operational costs.

ATBITS works with multiple vendors and technology to implement integration solutions using off-the-shelf packages with SOA, Web services, EDIT, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Business Process management and Custom programming.

Examples of System integration solutions include:

• A custom developed back-office solution with the consumer facing portal and a PeopleSoft application. The solution provided the benefits of near real-time interfacing of customer data between the systems, precise addressing of correspondence such as invoice, dunning, reduced customers billing errors and shortened Order-to-Cash time-line for a leading online rental search service provider.
• A solution integrating a custom built proprietary system which handles solicitations, RFQ's and Quotes with MS Dynamics NAV, CRM, SharePoint and Office Communications Server to enhance and streamline the business process for a small business supply chain integrator that serves the defense market.
• Integration of custom developed parts management system, engine configuration data management system, configuration engine system and other enterprise applications such as PeopleSoft, Baan and Hyperion using web services, proprietary API's, MSMQ server and PLM for a large truck manufacturing company.
• Integration of a complex web based business application with back-office accounting system from Sage MAS for a refurbished telecom equipment reseller.