Advance Groups Consulting Services

Advance Groups software consultancy currently specialises in the following areas:

• Internet strategy, E-commerce strategy and Electronic Business strategy

• Web site visibility and usability — on which we are aknowledged experts

• The deployment and commercial exploitation of open source software — including migration from Microsoft office solutions

• Skills auditing, the evaluation of IT training requirements and the formulation of IT training strategy.

•  Internet Marketing

• Advice and research on the deployment of specific Internet technologies, e.g.:

• Large web site maintenance

• Web services (including XML, SOAP, etc.)

• Thin client desktop computing, including X-terminals

• Proxy services

• Internet Security and Web Security

• Financial transactions on the Web and Internet

• Authentication and encryption

• Firewalling, Internet Routing, Switching, Address Resolution (DNS/BIND, etc)

• Email and messaging services (SMS, GPS, Web Fax, etc)

• News services

• Software for managing web or online communities and discussion lists

• Search engines

• Wireless networking

• Mobile computing