A successfull IT initiative is
not just a mix of hardware or software. Success is measured by how well the
IT infrastructure helps a business achieve its business goals. Too often there
is a disconnect between what management wants and what IT provides. There
should be no 'blame' associated with this state of affairs. It's
just the way things work out. Management speaks one language - revenue streams,
ROW (Return on Investments), marketing plans - and IT speaks another - .Net, web
servers and legacy databases. What Long Cloud Technologies does is help the
various stakeholders in an organisation - IT, management, production, sales and
human resources - all work together to align goals and deliver measurable results.
Every organisation has different needs and requirements when it comes to their company's
online presence and IT infrastructure, as well as the need to keep up with the fast
evolving pace of technology and available systems. Long Cloud Technologies understands
this, and will work with each department that is involved in this evolution, to
build up a profile of the organisation's overall needs and requirements and perform
an in-depth analysis to establish how this can be best achieved. We can provide
an easy to read, structured report outlining the concept, the potential ROI, and
any other relevant information, without all the 'techno-babble' that upper management
have trouble relating to. We make it very concise, with easy to understand terminology.
Long Cloud Technologies is a specialist in helping clients extend the life of their
legacy systems. Your client may have separate systems - the so-called silos - that
they want to tie together. Long Cloud Technologies can help with designing a solution
- combining strategic planning and software development - that can future-proof
your client's current investments. We have the capabilities to add almost immediate
value to your client's business.
Say you are a corporation and you want to plan out a set of software products to
be released / implemented over the next 2 to 3 years. Say something like web software
for an immigration/lawyer server. We will help you evaluate the long terms goals,
the software solutions that can address the plan, and then setup an overarching
architecture to use with database and software design that will allow you to roll
out the products smoothly over that time frame.
--- Matthew C. Hintzen
The vast majority of mid to large organisations have in-house developers who will
ultimately be responsible for implementing and rolling out new technologies. Long
Cloud Technologies will work alongside and consult with your client's in-house Lead
Architect(s), every step of the way to ensure the project is carried out in the
most efficient way. This also ties in with the Technology Approach Assessments,
and Total Project Management that is offered by Long Cloud Technologies.
As you will be aware, there are a multitude of technologies, tools, platforms, languages
and support to chose from when developing anything in the IT profession, and a lot
of the time, knowing which technology and tools to chose can be a daunting task.
With a complete analysis, Long Cloud Technologies, can assess your current situation
and weight up the pros and cons of the different aspects of technology to ascertain
the direction your organisation should follow. This assessment is similar to the
Executive Briefings that we offer, however, it is more focused towards a 'tech team'
who understand the 'techno babble'.
Sometimes it is nice to just have another pair of eyes look over your code. Long
Cloud Technologies offer Ad-Hoc code review, allowing our clients to call up when
they are having problems implementing something. With screen sharing capabilities
we can help you out and discuss possible solutions.
Long Cloud Technologies will help you decide on a development methodology, make
sure your IT team are implementing it correctly and consider the ramifications of
the available options, such as Agile Development and Test Driven Development. We
focus on the different approaches to the problems, assess the systems that will
need to be put in place to ensure a smooth roll out, and take care of the general
running and preparation of your project. We can handle either the entire project,
or just a part of it, from start to finish.
- SharePoint Server 2007
- .NET Framework
- Windows Communication Foundation
- .NET Web Services
- ASP.NET Technologies (MVC, AJAX, jQuery)
- Windows Vista, CE, XP; Azure
- MS SQL
- C#
- Visual Basic
TFS is a powerful Microsoft offering for source control, data collection, reporting,
and project tracking, and is intended for collaboration software development projects.
Long Cloud Technologies know that your clients want to be involved in the development
process. TFS easily allows your clients to gain access to their project, track work
items and enter and track bugs as they find them.
TFS works in a three-tier architecture: the client tier, the application tier and
the data tier. The client tier is used for creating and managing projects and accessing
the items that are stored and managed for a project. TFS exposes web services which
client applications such as Visual Studio Team System can use for data storage back
end or dedicated TFS management applications like the included Team Foundation Client.
The application layer also includes a web portal and a document repository facilitated
by Windows SharePoint Services. The web portal acts as the central point of communication
for projects managed by TFS. The document repository is used for both project items
and the revisions tracked, as well as for aggregated data and generated reports.
The data layer, provides the persistent data storage services for the document repository.
The data tier and application tier can exists on different physical or virtual servers
as well, provided they are running Windows Server 2003 or better.
Most activity in TFS revolves around a work item. Work Items are a single unit of
work which needs to be completed, and can be allocated to any member of the 'team',
along with bugs that need fixing.
Long Cloud Technologies run a TFS system on their servers, to allow for team production
and ease of peer programming and with the new Microsoft TFS Web Interface running
on our servers, we are able to allow our clients access so they can see their project
growing as it is being developed.
A successfull IT initiative is
not just a mix of hardware or software. Success is measured by how well the
IT infrastructure helps a business achieve its business goals. Too often there
is a disconnect between what management wants and what IT provides. There
should be no 'blame' associated with this state of affairs. It's
just the way things work out. Management speaks one language - revenue streams,
ROW (Return on Investments), marketing plans - and IT speaks another - .Net, web
servers and legacy databases. What Long Cloud Technologies does is help the
various stakeholders in an organisation - IT, management, production, sales and
human resources - all work together to align goals and deliver measurable results.
