Use cases
Built for one customer at a time.
Most of what we build is made for one customer, fitted to how they work. Here are some of those stories, without the confidential parts.
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10 storiesNobody could tell you what was on tonight
Finding out which bands were playing in Nagoya on a Tuesday meant opening venue websites one at a time, and still missing most of the scene. We built the listing that did not exist, and now run it as LiveTribe.
Read the storyA live schedule that fits into any website
Venues and artists wanted their LiveTribe schedule on their own websites. One line of code now adds it, and it takes on the look of whichever site it lands on.
Read the storyReorder planning for a food importer with over a thousand products
A food importer with over a thousand products, each with its own lead time, kept running short of some lines while others expired on the shelf. BusinessWise now tells them what to order, how much, and when.
Read the storySales forecasting and inventory alerts for a food distributor
A food distributor with thousands of products could not predict sales, and nobody could watch every inventory level by hand. Self-learning statistical models now forecast each product every day and send alerts before stock runs out or piles up.
Read the storySafe, affordable AI for a large music listings site
A large music site needed to process huge amounts of show and venue information, far too much to send through AI at a sensible cost. Ordinary code now handles more than 90% of it, and an isolated, metered AI agent handles only the parts that truly need it.
Read the storyRecommendations and one-click reorders for an online food store
A food importer selling online wanted to grow sales. Automated emails now recommend products to each customer, offer a one-click reorder at the right moment, and send coupons only when they pay off. Sales rose by 20%.
Read the storyScan-to-ship packing for a food importer's warehouse
A food importer ships chilled and frozen orders every day through several couriers. Packers now scan each item, and the right shipping label prints the moment an order is complete. Behind it, courier PDFs are taken apart and matched to orders automatically, and the whole system is backed up daily and failed over every week.
Read the storyA distributed public key server for 90 million users
A software company building a large-scale email encryption system needed a public key infrastructure that could start on a handful of servers and grow to hundreds without downtime. It now serves 90 million users.
Read the storyA high security collaboration system for a pharmaceutical company
A pharmaceutical company wanted to hold online events with doctors and its representatives, and security was a major concern. We built a defense in depth system with layered authentication and encryption, most of it invisible to the people using it.
Read the storyInventory and sales management for a vehicle exporter
A vehicle exporter managed its inventory and invoices in Excel. A custom inventory and sales system replaced the sheets: 50 simultaneous users, validated data entry, accounting integration, reporting and search, and purchases limited by credit rating and payment status.
Read the storyHow we work
Delivery is where the job starts.
Every system we build stays under our care: kept up to date, patched, and extended for as long as the business needs it.
Fitted, not off-the-shelf
Each system is set up around how you already work.
Simple changes, same day
Small changes usually reach you within a day of being asked for.
New features, any time
Adding to a system years after it was built is routine work, not a rebuild.
Patched, top to bottom
Security updates for the operating system, the applications and every library underneath.
Nothing quietly breaks
Automated tests cover the whole system, so a change in one place cannot damage another unnoticed.
Backed up, on and off site
Automated backups are stored securely on and off site. Rest assured that even if a system goes down, your data is safe.
Built for change. Built to last.
Customers stay with us over ten years on average, many for more than twenty.