Application Development and Maintenance

This is the core of services provided by Brainware Consulting. Services are offered through specialised consultants to clients, either in a project capacity or in an individual/add on capacity. The specialist areas cover the entire spectrum of services from Object Engineering through to maintenance of legacy applications. Our area of involvement cover the following:

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS

• Legacy
• Client Server
• Objects Engineering

APPLICATIONS

• Administrative
• Engineering
• e-Commerce

SKILL LEVELS

• Programmers
• Application Designers
• Program Managers

INVOLVEMENT LEVELS

• Add on skills
• Projects
• Outsourcing

DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGY

Brainware Consulting offers services across the entire spectrum of development and database environments including:

Conversions

These services provide for Year 2000 conversions, Euro Currency conversions and technology conversions.

Brainware Consulting has its own, off site facilities available in Cape Town and Midrand, or perform the services on site at the customers.

The Year 2000 conversion capabilities also include services to certify peripheral environments ie workstations, network components etc.

Resourcing of Skills

Brainware Consulting has various initiatives to source appropriate skills to its customers.

It has its own recruiting and development capacity, but also train IT entrants in partnership with clients. Some of the initiatives include:

• Development of specialised skills
• Off site projects in South Africa or in Europe
• Initiatives to bring European specialists to SA.

Systems Integration

Brainware Consulting has the knowledge and experience base, and sufficient access to the IT market at large, to offer its clients a total, integrated solution. Where necessary, partnerships are formed to ensure a seamless offering to the client.

Above all, we have the experienced Project Management capacity to ensure successful projects.

Management Consulting

The company has a group of highly qualified and skilled Business Consultants who specialises in improving business efficiency. They are well versed in ensuring elegant interfaces between business processes, business’ requirements and enabling technologies.

In line with our corporate thinking, we have secured relationships with various other organisations to be able to offer the widest possible range of business consulting services in an integrated fashion.

Logistics Consulting

The Logistics Consulting business unit provides specialist skills with regards to the design, development, implementation and support of logistic systems within the defence and commercial sector.

Due to nature of our clients, we strive to develop consultation skills where our consultants are familiar with the environment where they are deployed. It is not only essential for them to have knowledge of the product they support, but they must understand the business environment.

We offer the following specialist functions:

• System Engineering
• Business System Analysts
• System Analysts
• Application Development and Maintenance
• Functional and Implementation Support in the following areas:
  - Engineering Services
  - Materials Management
  - Maintenance Management

Client/Server Support

The Client/Server support division is a business unit of Brainware Consulting serving the corporate market with professional consulting skills within the client/server user support environment. Services to be provided are primarily the support in the use of desktops, servers and associated peripherals and software according to pre agreed service levels. Typical activities will include installation, configuration, administration and optimisation of servers, databases, networks, software, desktops, printers etc. Services are offered through specialised consultants to clients, either in a project capacity or in an individual/add on capacity.

Support Technologies

• All Novell Products
• Windows NT (Server and Workstation)
• Windows 95/98 & 3.11
• MS Office products
• Access
• MS SQL Server
• Exchange Server
• SMS Server
• Intel Hardware
• UNIX Software

Item Cataloguing

Brainware Consulting has the ability to provide professional Item Identification and Cataloguing consultancy services to our clients. We use modern disciplines with nouns and modifiers and has access to a world renowned methodology.

Card Solutions

We specialise in Card Solution for Corporates:

• Corporate purchasing Cards
• Travel Cards
• Corporate Cards
• Debit Cards