Architecture Services for Microsoft .NET

General Blue offers professional architecture services for Microsoft .NET technologies.  Our approach to producing quality architectures starts with a Systems of  Principles (SOP) statement prepared during the planning sessions setting out your requirements for systems capabilities, data content,  and application functionality.   We start the SOP with a General Blue model framework for integrating four domains:  business process architecture, application architecture, data architecture and technical architecture.  Special attention is given to system performance, reliability, rapid software development methods, code re-use, design patterns, error-free operation, adaptability for change, ease of use, intuitive user interfaces, data integrity, low cost maintainability and scalability for growth.

C# and VB.NET

C# and VB.NET share the same object-oriented programming model within the .NET Framework. This gives you several options for programming language selection in your IT department.  There are several issues you may ponder:   skill level of employees,  skills available in the job market, legacy application life span, costs of conversion, and your application backlog. 

General Blue Architects assist you with reviewing your environment, application portfolio,  business needs and human resources to prepare an expert recommendation that helps you leverage your human resource investment and contributes to your strategic plan for positive change.  Our consultants use an issues-based thinking approach to evaluate your needs to produce a bias free recommendation that is fact based. 

ASP.NET for the Internet?  Winforms for the Desktop?  Smart-Client??  SOA??  Confused yet?

Your choice of user access to your applications or products may often be perplexing raising many questions and tough decisions.   My users say they want the application on the Internet.  Can my platform scale to support Internet Access?

What does it cost to convert from Win-Forms to ASP.Net?   Do I need a better deployment model such as a Smart Client?  What is a Smart Client?

What about Service Oriented Architecture?  When is SOA needed or is it just a buzz?   How do I secure my application and data for Internet Access?

What prerequisite skills are needed of my employees to enable my application for the Internet?

These are the types of questions you should be asking, a good decision now will save you thousands of dollars. 

General Blue Architects can review your technical environment, your business needs, opportunities, and planned projects to help you make the right decision for user access, SOA and Internet access, and business model adaptation.  We help you leverage your existing investment in IT to pro-actively take on new opportunities and meet your customers demands.

New Technology Definitions for Information Delivery

General Blue is a SaaS Provider.

Software as a service (SaaS) – a model for software delivery where we as your preferred vendor provides you access to our applications, while in the background we maintain the  applications,  associated support and maintenance,  and you use on demand,  over the internet.

General Blue Architects Leverage SOA for Customer Enterprise Integration

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) – An  architectural concept for enterprise IT, where across the organization departments access loosely coupled web services to support the specific requirements of business processes and users.   Information resources are made available via a SOA network environment or service bus where each service is independent, and can be  accessed without requiring knowledge of their underlying applications and databases.  The required application functions and data objects are encapsulated into the web service for clean access.