Specific Tools and Technologies

In years of consulting and systems integration projects, we have worked with a wide range of tools and technologies.

  • Web development:
    • Programming with Ruby on Rails, Python, PHP, Java, ASP
    • Design using HTML/XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript (jQuery, Dojo, Prototype/Scriptaculous)
    • Experience architecting high-performance, high-availability web systems
  • Mobile development:
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Maemo, OpenMoko
    • Windows Mobile and WinCE
    • Custom embedded Linux
  • Programming languages:
    Primary: Python, Erlang, Ruby, Perl, PHP, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, Lua, Unix shell, SQL
    Secondary: Visual Basic/VBA (Word, Excel), Common Lisp, Scheme, Blub, FORTRAN, various macro and proprietary languages
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, Oracle, Informix, MS SQL Server, DB2, ODBC
  • Middleware: Web Services (SOAP, WDSL, XML Schema, XML-RPC, REST), CORBA, J2EE, JMS, Tibco Rv, IBM MQ, AMQP, Tuxedo, COM
  • Operating systems: Experience with system administration, capacity planning, clustering/high-availability, and virtualization (Xen, KVM, VMWare). Particular expertise in Linux server and embedded applications (especially Debian/Ubuntu, OpenEmbedded, and uClinux distros). Experience with Solaris, HP/UX, AIX, FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and Novell NetWare
  • Internationalization and localization:
    Extensive experience with Asian languages and character sets
  • B2B integration standards:
    EDI (EDIFACT, X12, CargoIMP), ebXML, RosettaNet, IETF EDI-INT
  • Commercial applications:
    • Axway/Cyclone EDI, B2Bi, EAI, BAM, system management, and managed file transfer
    • Viewlocity supply chain event management, Extricity B2Bi, BEA Integrator
    • Syntegra messaging and directory products
    • Savvion business process management, Remedy workflow, ARIS business modeling
    • Baltimore Technologies CA and encryption toolkits
    • i2 TradeMatrix supply chain products, EXE warehouse management
    • Clarify CRM
    • Business Objects OLAP, Actuate database report generation
  • Open source projects:
    sipX and Asterisk IP-PBXs, GnuGk H.323 Gatekeeper, OpenH323, Apache, Tomcat, Axis, Qt/KDE, ACE/TAO, GNU toolchain, build systems (make, autoconf, bitbake, Debian debs, BSD ports, Gentoo portage), CVS, Subversion, Git, Trac, OpenSSL, OpenLDAP, PGP/GPG, Twisted Python, Monit, Munin, Nagios, Postfix
  • Networking:
    TCP/IP, IPX, Ethernet, X.25, frame relay, Wireless (802.11, WiMAX, Zigbee), VPNs, Cisco routers
  • Protocols and standards:
    H.323, SIP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, LDAP, SSL/TLS, S/MIME, DNS, RADIUS, DHCP, SNMP, Zeroconf, Universal Plug and Play
  • Document and printing systems:
    XML, SGML, HTML, DocBook, XSLT, PostScript/PDF, LaTeX, RTF