Desktop/Server Development

Desktop software still plays an important role despite the rapid rise of mobile and web apps in recent years and we realise that it may be better suited to your requirements. Weaving Webs is experienced in developing desktop and server software for the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple OS X platforms for a wide variety of industries and applications with particular emphasis on:

• heavily data-driven software
• interfacing heterogeneous systems
• EPOS (Electronic Point-Of-Sale) systems
• upgrading existing software to be touchscreen compatible.

We have experience developing and maintaining a variety of development languages and technologies including:

• Microsoft .NET (VB.NET & C#)
• Mono Framework
• Java
• Objective-C
• C++

Although each member of the team has their own favourite language, we use the technologies best suited to the solution as well as taking into account factors such as your in-house skill sets, time constraints and the expected lifetime of the solution. We can also help to maintain and migrate legacy applications from VB6, VC++6 and ASP Classic.

Whether you need an entire system to be developed, a particular module of an application (such as creating database schemata) or just consultancy time to help resolve a specific problem, please contact us to see how we can assist you.

Server Solutions

Weaving Webs' networking team are able to design, implement and support a wide range of server technologies, both for in-house and hosted scenarios. Whether you need assistance with the design, implementation or support of internal or customer facing systems, we can provide a solution for you.

In-House systems, where all of the hardware is located on your premises, can range from standard business systems such as domain controllers, radius/remote access servers, file and email servers through to more advanced systems such as cluster computing, including render farms, bespoke Beowulf cluster based solutions, and high availability systems. Utilising our technology partners Eclipse Internet, Weaving Webs have a successful track record of implementing multi-site and remote worker solutions, utilizing and managing adsl/sdsl/btnet and mpls installations, as well as installing physical building-to-building links (copper and fibre-optic) and long range wi-fi links.

Hosted solutions play a major part of our core business, where we also provide a wide ranging array of solutions. We can design, implement and support cost effective solutions to meet your needs, based on your requirements for availability, scalability, speed, and cost. We can provide shared/dedicated physcial servers, and shared/dedicated virtual servers to meet your requirements, including virtual cloud be it either to compliment or replace your in-house systems. We can then seamlessly interface these systems to provide services such as customer portals with real time tracking, or up-to-date stock information between your internal systems and e-commerce.

For both in-house and hosted solutions, we can provide off the shelf solutions from our preferred partners HP, Dell, and IBM. We can also provide custom built servers for more specific requirements, scenarios such as multi-homed servers, epos servers, PC Based CCTV DVR's, Automation Systems, PC based Network devices such as storage/monitoring/firewall/routing/vpn, as well as appliances.

We also provide consultancy on contingency planning and disaster recovery planning, most clients like to get started by instructing us to assess existing backup solutions and then creating a roadmap to implement your disaster recovery strategy based on your specific RPO and RTO requirements.

Network Solutions

Weaving Webs can design and supply network solutions either to compliment a server solution or as a standalone project.

We can provide network design/implementation services from simple comms cabinet and data cabling, to a complete server room, and the physical infrastructure in between. We also have firewall/vpn experts to ensure your network is secure both from the outside and the inside.

Managed networkings utilising Radius, access control, VLANs.

We have good knowledge of high availability DNS systems, including dynamic and secondary dns (Redundant name service for domains managed on your home/small business server), to hosted BGP systems for load balancing and high availability.

Wireless networking, including long range wireless links, public wireless cloud both fixed (eg for large venues such as hotels) and temporary (for concerts and festivals), and private wireless cloud, (eg for industrial systems in a large factory/office complex).

We are highly skilled at trouble shooting wireless issues arising from poor RF environments such as disconnects, packet loss, slow throughput connectivity services, as mentioned in in-house servers, we work with our technology partners eclipse and bt to design and implement connectivity servers such as adsl/sdsl, vpn/vlan, lease line/carrier grade, 3g/gsm for remote sites/workers as well as for failover, we provide an end to end solution including firewalls/bridges.