Our team is focused on developing and deploying software solutions for the enterprise.

The Internet is no longer a new way to do business-it's the foundation on which all business will be done in the future. Being ready for the Internet means you must imbibe an e-culture. The right software is what turns a business into an e-business. Through E-business organizations have been able to reduce costs, improve customer relationships, exploit market opportunities, improve the way they operate and generally harness the monumental potentials of the Internet for competitive advantage and at SoftWorks we are dedicated towards helping organizations to achieve these objectives.

Of course the first step is acquiring a Web site. But becoming an e-business is more than acquiring a fancy and beautiful Web site. The transformation from business to e-business goes right to the core of your business, making operations dramatically more efficient and dramatically less expensive than was ever imagined - using Internet technology. It is only by handling business functions in this way NOW that you will be able to easily, and seamlessly, take your business to the Internet when ready.

To measure the full impact of the Internet age, one needs to examine the potential for how much businesses will electronically trade with each other. When companies move their buying power to the Internet, their suppliers will be online too; large companies and entire industries will form electronic trading communities. In just a few years, top industry analysts predict companies will be doing trillions of dollars worth of business online annually, on the Internet. If your business isn't connected, it simply isn't going to survive.

Although not all companies are selling or actively conducting business over the Internet, they are taking advantage of the ease of use, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of Internet technology to improve internal efficiencies and remain competitive.

Internet Applications have several advantages:

		They allow for cost-effective deployment, as only thin clients (browsers) are required.
		Because the applications are Internet-ready, the cost (time and money) of porting your business to the Internet is greatly reduced.
		They allow for wide distribution of applications.

The Internet has greatly affected application design and development and transforming a business into an electronic business, or e-business, is no easy task. A great deal of technical expertise is required to build and maintain the necessary infrastructure.

Our Enterprise Business Solutions are delivered using leading edge technologies and solutions including, but not limited to, Lotus Notes/Domino, Oracle, Microsoft .NET tools and Microsoft databases/ tools.

We work hand-in-hand with our clients studying and documenting their processes and deploying integrated solutions that help to drastically improve everyday functions while at the same time keeping costs at a minimum.

Some of our solutions include:


Workflow

Workflow is the automation of the rules and parameters of the processes that are used every day to run businesses. A workflow application automates the sequence of actions, activities, or tasks used to run the process, including tracking of the status of each instance of the process, as well as tools for managing the process itself.

Workflow automation is the structure that is applied to the movement of information in order to improve the results of a business process. Workflow automation software actively manages the coordination of activities among people in general business processes.


Custom Business Applications

Custom business applications model the business processes and thus the competitive advantage of an organization. The advantages custom business applications have over off-the-shelf applications is that they are customized to suit your exact business processes.

We have teams dedicated towards the development and deployment of custom n-tier applications for the desktop and Internet.


Web Site Development

The first step in becoming an E-business is to establish a Web site that is used to disseminate corporate information globally. The biggest advantage of the Internet is the ability to reach out all over the world at a very minimal cost. It is the easiest and most cost-effective medium for advertisement for any organization. As such, it is important to create and implement a Web site solution that is not just eye-catching, but highly informative and attention grabbing that will keep users coming back for more.

Our Web Site development teams work very closely with our clients to create informative, interactive and attractive Web sites that engage visitors with a worthwhile visit.


Corporate Intranet Development

The next step in becoming an E-business is to integrate your business processes with your Web site. For E-business to succeed within any Organization, it is important to get your internal processes working properly and seamlessly together. Establishing a corporate Intranet can only be seen as a strategic stepping-stone towards becoming an E-Business as it aids the dissemination and management of corporate information within an organization and information is key to any organisation's success.

At SoftWorks, we help our clients to set up corporate Intranets for the dissemination and management of corporate information and other resources across their enterprises.


Enterprise Portals

Getting access to a company's data, information and processes/ applications has become more and more difficult with the large number of information sources available within an organisation and even external to it today. Organisations have too many tools for accessing information, and their busy employees have little or no time to learn how to use these tools effectively. Information management and effective distribution of it has become a big issue.

This has given rise to Enterprise Portals (also known as Enterprise Information Portals). An Enterprise Portal is simply a Web site that offers a doorway into a world of information on a specific topic or thing. Thus Portals present a doorway, usually links, to applications, useful Web pages and/or Web sites that can provide useful information on a particular topic or thing all from a single interface. This makes it easier for users to locate information.

Enterprise portals allow users to deal with the over-abundance of irrelevant information via effective categorisation of information, searches that produce relevant results and personalisation that only delivers information that users want, thus enhancing their productivity. We recognize this need within our clients and work with them to deploy Enterprise Portal solutions that enhance the effective management and distribution of information within their enterprises.