Technical Expertise
At Scio, we made a conscious decision to define our field. We specialize in the development of web applications that support Web-based service businesses and Software as a Service (SaaS) companies. We have taken the time to understand online applications as products and the product lifecycle that an on-demand market dictates. The decision has lead us to consider the aspects of business strategies that lead to a strong product launch, the kind of user experience that is natural and assures user “stickiness,” the feature-led release approach that constantly delights customers, and the platforms that will continue to evolve profitably and reliably over time. Understanding these things greatly enhances our ability to assure our customers will be successful.
Technology Toolkit and Areas of Expertise
Below is a summary of the primary technical know-how Scio's development teams apply to client projects:
| Area |
Technologies |
| Software-as-a-Service (SaaS): |
Business and technical consulting, technical design, PaaS, IaaS platform selection, application development
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| Rich Internet Applications (RIA) |
Providing functionality previously available only on desktop applications: Flex, Ajax, Silverlight, DHTML, ExtJS, JQuery UI, Dojo
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| Smart Clients: |
WPF, Adobe Air, Silverlight 3.0, Eclipse RCP
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| Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) development: |
SaaSGrid, Force.com, LongJump, Google App Engine, Zoho Creator
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| Programming: |
VB.NET & C# (.NET 1.1/2.0/3.0), Java, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Eclipse, COM, DCOM, J2EE, C/C++
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Web Development:
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ASP.NET, ASP.net MVC, MonoRails, Python/Django, ASP, PHP, JSP, ColdFusion, Tomcat, JBoss |
| Database: |
Oracle, MS SQL Server (2000-2008), MySQL, Firebird, Postgres |
| Web Design: |
HTML, XHTML, Flash, CSS
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eXtreme Programming:
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JUnit, NUnit, RhinoMock, TeamCity CI, Selenium, JsUnit
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| 3-D Online Environments: |
Macromedia Director |
Reporting
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Crystal Reports, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Oracle OLAP |
Work Smart
Because of our specialized, up-to-date expertise in SaaS and Web 2.0 applications, we are able to work faster, more cost-efficiently and with less risk than other Web development providers. Specifically, through our specialized technical services we help our customers to:
• Avoid costly design mistakes
• Expedite technical decisions
• Ensure a secure, scalable and maintainable application and infrastructure architecture
• Accelerate time to market
• Reduce costs by generating development and operations efficiencies.
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They took the time to examine the project in its entirety with focus on my goals and needed performance. These actions made me feel confidence in their concern for providing a superior product. 