Optima Systems Ltd - Application Development Services

Since 1990 Optima Systems Ltd has been actively developing new applications for a wide range of businesses. Particular areas of expertise include:

	Administration systems
	Clinical data analysis
	Product forecasting

In addition to the creation of new systems we support and maintain a large amount of code on Mainframe machines.

Our developments reside primarily on Microsoft Windows and server machines but we also have code running on IBM Mainframes, PDA's and Smartphones.

Increasingly - and particularly in the past 5 years - the emphasis has changed somewhat to Internet based solutions with code residing on servers and client side interactions via Internet Explorer and a zero or small footprint application running locally.

Our client list includes both large and small companies; each one having their own way of working and development styles. In all cases we adopt the working practices that suit the client best but still try to retain the control required to deliver on time, on cost.

Our main tool of choice is DyalogAPL/W which gives us great power and ability plus a development speed significantly faster than some of the more traditional (and modern) languages.

At the end of the day we will use whatever tool that gives us and our customer the best overall advantage. Typically a web based solution will include HTML, .NET, ASP, APL, SQL, C#, JavaScript etc. plus all of the other components we begin to take for granted such as IIS, IE, XML and so forth.

A few years ago a solution would be provided using primarily APL as the language of choice and our programming team would consist of a small number of people highly skilled in this area. Today with all of the technologies that tend to be applied, the solution comes from the application of many skills. For any specific project, our team has therefore become larger with specific individuals responsible for specific parts of the system. This does not necessarily mean that costs and control spiral out of control; only that we all work closely together in a pragmatic way to get the job done efficiently and quickly.

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