Custom Software Development - A Bost to South African Businesess

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 18, 2010 -- Johannesburg, South Africa, October 18 2010

The past decade has seen businesses devoting much more of their resources – time, budget and personnel to their technology infrastructure. These days, having robust software is a mission critical part of any large business. The importance of software is seen in the development of smarter and more efficient ways of working, or in use in more traditional areas such as accounting, logistics and document management.

AffineLogix is a Johannesburg based Software Development Company. Robert Youngworth, the CEO of Affine says that businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of customized software development over buying off-the-shelf products. Youngworth says that he has seen an increase in the number of businesses looking for customized (also known as ‘bespoke’) software solutions for their businesses.

Custom software adds value to a business because it addresses specific issues and business processes that the business needs. Apart from that it is easy to use and implement. Often businesses expend large amounts to create easily redundant hardware infrastructures to meet the requirements of off-the-shelf software.

Youngworth says many clients think that customized software development is more costly option to buying an off-the-shelf product. “Not so” he says. “When considering the licensing and hardware infrastructure costs and ancillary costs of off-the-shelf products, the customized software development option is usually the more cost effective solution. Youngworth chuckles “We are not advocating that one should replace your industry standard software. But there are often better ways of mechanizing complex business process using a customized software application”. For a business not to even consider the option can be costly. The custom software development team has business and systems analysts who will analyze a business’s systems and processes to come up with a better IT solution. The implications to business productivity can be immense and are often the competitive edge that businesses have over their competitors.

Shmuel Pels, head Technical Manager at Affine says that customized software development can be compared to designing a house. – One can use your own architect to design a custom built house which takes into account your personal needs and lifestyle or you could move into a house that has been designed for a different family. In regard to software, Pels says that a business can design and implement the features and functions that are essential to their specific business processes.

What should a business look for when selecting a Software Developer? Pels says that one should select a software development company that adds value to the business by applying their experience by suggesting new approaches and help clients to fully understand their business processes and objectives. Pels says “The value add of custom applications can be to increase productivity by automating repetitive tasks and make business data easier to understand. Information can be integrated from disparate applications. Custom software requires less supervision and produces fewer errors.”
Often business executives are not technically minded, one should ask the software development team to talk in simple, jargon free language. AffineLogix develops software across a range of industries, technologies and applications using a wide array of technologies such as Microsoft Technologies including .Net and MS-SQL databases, both desktop as well as online-web applications, e-commerce, and mobile application development including iPhone and Android.

Youngworth says that AffineLogix is committed to high quality service at effective costing by following the best industry processes. We are known for timely completion of projects and keeping close communication with the clients. I would recommend those qualities to anyone looking for custom software development.

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