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Seward Outsourcing Solutions, we are experts with knowledge
management technologies. Our services range from solutions
consulting to supplemental services such as training.
Seward
Consulting offers expertise in a wide variety of tools and
technologies, including:
Environments –
HP3000, HP9000, VAX, AS400, UNIX/Linux, and Windows
Tools / Technologies
– PowerHouse, C#, C/C++, Delphi, Visual Basic, Python,
Perl, Java, ASP, Awk, and Unix Shell Scripting, Access,
FoxPro, SQL, Flash, .NET, XML, UML, Internet, E-Commerce
and Multi-media.
Databases –
MS SQL, Oracle, Interbase, TurboImage, Access, FoxPro, ISAM
And would be happy to help your organization
by proving expertise in any of the following Services:
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Web
Design and e-Commerce Services
"Developing
for the next generation of Internet and the Intranets" |
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A well-built web-site will differentiate you from your competition
and encourage customers to purchase your products and services.
In addition, the inclusion of an e-commerce component will
allow customers to purchase your products or services online
from anywhere in the world, 24 hours a day.
Seward Consulting Ltd. will design
a web-site that maximizes your advertising dollars by:
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Designing
professional, appealing, multi-browser capability, and
easy to navigate web sites with the latest technologies. |
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Providing
a team of technical and marketing professionals that
will ensure your site delivers high quality content
in a manner that is appropriate to your target audience. |
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Getting
your web-site up and running in minimal time by taking
advantage of proprietary tools and templates. |
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Application
Support and Maintenance
"Finding a possible solution…" |
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| Emerging technologies,
and evolving business processes dictate that many software
applications be updated on a regular basis to ensure that
they continue to provide value to the business. In addition,
staff changes often require that someone be available to
answer questions about how software can be used. To complicate
matters, in many cases these software applications have
been custom written or modified to meet the specialized
needs of the business. Supporting and maintaining these
custom software applications often requires a significant
investment of time and money by the organization. An organization
may choose to devote in-house resources to these support
and maintenance tasks. However, doing so reduces the time
that staff has to research, investigate, and implement new
solutions that will further improve business processes,
reduce operating costs, and offer future competitive advantages.
One possible solution is to contract
third-party individuals or organizations (known as Outsourcing)
to assist with the support and maintenance of your existing
software applications. Doing so can help an organization
ensure that their information processing is performed in
a controlled manner while allowing staff time to look to
the future.
Seward Consulting Ltd. can assist by:
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Offering
twenty plus years of expertise in legacy and PC application
support and maintenance. |
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Delivering
cost-effective service alternatives that improve the
bottom line by reducing or eliminating overhead costs. |
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Offering
flexible service contracts to address your unique requirements.
These can include on-site/off-site, full-time/part-time
and long-term/short term options. |
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Exceeding
your expectations for Service Level Agreements. |
See Migration
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Database
Services
"Design, Construction,
Administration and Conversion" |
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| Organizations need to access
critical business information quickly, efficiently, and in
a manner which produces meaningful data. A hardcopy filing
system or spreadsheet solution organizes the information but
offers little flexibility and will not compile information
or produce useful reports. To meet this vital need database
management systems were developed. A database management system
is a virtual electronic file cabinet that allows users to
add, delete, modify, search (query) and access information
instantly from almost anywhere.
A well designed and maintained database is critical to
the operation of the software applications and tools that
use it. As such, it is vital that the database be designed,
constructed and maintained by knowledgeable and experienced
staff.
Seward Consulting Ltd can assist by providing:
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Expertise
in a broad number of PC, mini-computer and mainframe
databases. |
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Modeling and Design
– converting business knowledge into a database
blueprint that represents the people, places, things
and events of the organization |
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Construction –
converting the database blueprint into an efficient,
maintainable database using the technologies of your
choice |
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Administration
– ensuring that the performance and integrity
of your data is maintained |
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Conversion –
creating and populating a new database based on an existing
database using the same or different technologies |
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Business
Intelligence and Data-Mining
"To improve the day-to-day business
operations..." |
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Organizations utilize information
they’ve collected to determine things like “past
sales figures” – but so do their competitors.
To fully appreciate the value of the information, an organization
will want to consider more advanced business intelligence
techniques.
Techniques like data mining will not only identify trends
that previously went unnoticed, but also provide a significant
competitive advantage by allowing an organization to forecast
and predict the future.
Business Intelligence (BI)
provides business managers with the imformation they need
to do their jobs effectively.
Seward Consulting Ltd can assist by providing:
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Technical
Writing
"Reports, manuals, web-pages,
and marketing materials" |
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| As today’s technology
solutions become more and more complex it is increasingly
important to document those technologies in a language that
is easily understood by the end-user. Proper communication
requires documents (e.g. reports, manuals, web-pages, marketing
materials) that are written in a language that is concise
and easily understood by the proposed audience.
Seward Consulting Ltd can assist by
providing Technical Writers who are:
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Skilled
at translating technical and scientific language into
everyday terms allowing you to communicate with audiences
of various backgrounds. |
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Able
to create documents that are accurate, easily understood
and end-user appropriate. |
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Experienced
with a rich variety of document types including installation
and configuration procedures, on-line help, software
manuals, security and administration standards and procedures,
proposals, requests for proposals, and qualifications
documents, recruiting information and job descriptions,
employee handbooks, process control specifications. |
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Knowledgeable
using a variety of document formats and publication
media (like the Internet). |
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Application
Development
"Design, Architect, Engineer
and Deploy" |
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| As organizations attempt
to differentiate themselves they often need custom software
to assist them. While packaged software can fulfill an organization’s
infrastructure needs, core business needs are often best
supported by custom software. After due consideration, an
organization may conclude that existing software packages
do not effectively meet their needs. Therefore, they may
need an application tailored to their specific requirements.
Seward Consulting Ltd. can assist you
in pursuing your custom development needs by:
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Utilizing
a variety of methodologies each tailored to the project
type and business size. |
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Drawing
on existing familiarity with many industries including
education, career development, law, medicine, hazardous
waste, petrochemical, trucking, construction, membership
and tourism. |
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Providing
a diverse number of skills and expertise in a wide variety
of technologies. |
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Offering
expertise in many environments, from personal computers
to mainframes. |
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Providing
innovative solutions to complex, unusual or time-consuming
problems |
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Project
Management and Team Leadership
"Analyze, Estimate, Budget,
and Resource" |
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| Organizations are faced
with multiple projects, varying degrees of urgency, and
numerous stakeholders demanding an improved bottom line.
Project management not only adds structure to this chaos,
it increases the likelihood of project success defined as
on time, on budget, and creating true business value.
Strong project management and team
leadership will coordinate the various project members and
stakeholders to accurately define, analyze, estimate, budget,
resources and timelines to ensure delivery of a successful
quality solution.
Seward Consulting Ltd. can assist you
by:
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Offering twenty plus years of experience managing successful
projects. |
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Utilizing
professional project management tools and methodologies. |
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Providing
managers with superior leadership and interpersonal
skills. |
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Consulting
Services
"Solution selection, market
research, and cost/benefit analysis" |
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| In today’s complex
technical environment it is difficult to know which way
to go and what choices to make. It is often a good idea
to get advice from an external agency that has a different
or more in depth experience in a subject area.
Choosing the right software, market
or strategic direction can often best be done by someone
outside the organization, since they are less likely to
have biases that are already prevalent in the organization.
Seward Consulting can assist your organization
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Providing thoughtful recommendations that are free from
existing organizational biases. |
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Providing
a diverse number of skills and expertise in a wide variety
of technologies. |
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Drawing
on existing familiarity with many industries including
education, career development, law, medicine, hazardous
waste, petrochemical, trucking, construction, membership
and tourism |
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