Services
NetStart Consulting has expertise in the following areas.
Web Development
- Requirements analysis
- Design: software architecture, information architecture, interaction
- Server Installation: Apache, Jakarta-Tomcat, IIS
- CGI programming: Perl
- Java Programming: applets, applications, servlets, servers, Enterprise JavaBeans, Java Server Pages, Java Server Faces
- Database Integration: SQL (Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL), JDBC, DBM, flat files
- Advanced HTML: Javascript/AJAX, XML, CSS, forms
- Applications: content management, e-commerce, member-only areas, full-text search engines, discussion/chat groups
- Collaborative Applications (discussion forums): WIKIs, Blogs
- Tools: document conversion, log file analysis
- Secure on-line transactions using SSL, Cybercash, Cryptography
Software Development
- Languages: Java, Perl, C, Javascript
- Java Libraries: JavaBeans, Java 2D, JDBC, Java Servlets, JSF, Apache Struts, Enterprise Java Beans, JPA, SAX, DOM, JAXP, JavaMail, JavaHelp, Charting/Graphing
- Other Libraries: various databases, TCP/IP
- Requirements analysis, process modelling, data modelling, database design, rapid prototyping, object oriented analysis and design, UML
User Interface Design/Evaluation
- Task analysis, scenario development
- Interaction Design: Web, GUIs
- Prototyping: storyboards, HTML, Java
- Usability Evaluation: heuristic, think aloud techniques, co-discovery
- Web Accessibility Evaluation: based on the standards set by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Accessibility Initiative
Infrastructure Monitoring
- Network, Server and Application health monitoring
- ITIL Incident, Problem, Change and Configuration Management
Network Analysis
- Topology design, router configuration, firewall setup, security issues
- Internet Service Provider/Web Hosting Provider selection
- Network hardware/software configuration
- Mail/News Server & Gateway Installation: Sendmail, Usenet, INN, Proxy Server
System Administration
- Systems: Unix (Solaris, Linux, HPUX, IRIX, NetBSD, SunOS), Windows
- Backups, hardware installation, user account management
- System Integration: software installation, tool development to integrate third party software
Training
- Course Development
- Instruction: Java programming, HTML authoring, CGI scripting, Large scale web application architecture, Assistive technologies, Accessible web site design
Research
- Product niche analysis
- Technology selection and forecasting
- Competitive site analysis