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Under the Umbrella: Custom Software Solutions Blog

When engaging with a software development company, it's essential to keep in mind that having custom software developed is not a one-time thing. Like a car or a home, a custom web application needs maintenance and the occasional upgrade; that's true whether we are building software for non-profits, big business, or even Jolly Old Saint Nick. That's right, Jolly Old Saint Nick! Santa Claus's Access database had crashed under the weight of the ever-increasing data loads of the naughty and nice lists, and he needed a custom application to maximize operational efficiency at Santa's Workshop.
05 December, 2020
Inverse-Square has been privileged to work with a host of amazing clients, big and small, public and private, on many custom software projects. From an Online Auction Platform to Volunteer Management Software and an innovative Property Management System, we've built it all. Each project we've worked on has been exciting and with its own unique set of challenges, but as much as we don't like to play favorites, none can compare to the work we did for Santa's Workshop!
03 December, 2020
One cold winter night in the North Pole, during the height of the pre-Christmas season, Santa's workshop was bustling. The toy elves were working away as Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer, and their reindeer friends were training for the big run, and Santa set about to review the annual Naughty & Nice Report. He sat down to his computer, switched it on, and waited for the latest version to load. Santa Claus waited, and waited, and waited some more, then nothing. Until — horror of horrors — his screen went black. Santa's database had crashed!
01 December, 2020
You did it! You finally bit the bullet and contracted a custom software developer to build a custom application for your business. It has automated your workflow, increased process efficiency, and is saving you time and money. But now you see that if it just had an extra 'bell' here and a 'whistle' there, you could be saving even more. You decide to contact your developer, but he’s working on a big project and doesn’t have time. So you say, “that’s OK, I’ll just get the code and be on my way to another developer.”  But then he says, “no you won’t because you don’t own the code." Hopefully, you’re reading this article before that happens to you.
16 October, 2020

Working with the team at Indiana Immunization Coalition, Inverse-Square built the HPV MOC online platform, a custom web application that provides IIC with an efficient method to manage and analyze data and an easier way to report results to the Indiana Department of Health. We interviewed...

30 September, 2020

At the beginning of the summer, recent Eleven Fifty Academy graduate, Sydney Vespa, joined Team Awesome as an intern. After three months of proving herself to be, well, awesome, Sydney was offered a full-time role as a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer. We chatted with Sydney about...

22 September, 2020

UAT, back end, API, all words that people who work in the software development industry know by heart. But just because a Developer can rattle off industry jargon, it doesn’t mean that you should be expected to know it. While we endeavor to use “normal”...

19 August, 2020
In any business, time is money, with the upshot being that labor is money. Nearly every business has looked for ways to save money by reducing the amount of labor required to perform a task. Manufacturing companies have turned this into an art form through a variety of industrial engineering activities such as operations management, ergonomics, system simulations, and ongoing performance analysis of each step in the manufacture of a part. By reducing the time to perform each action, businesses can achieve significant cost savings across their organization. You can also apply this concept to business operations. The advancements in computing hardware and software have accelerated the adoption of process automation in the office, not just on the factory floor.
11 August, 2020

For more than forty years, full-service professional employment background screening company, Barada Associates has been helping businesses and organizations find the right talent and create a safe working environment for their customers and employers. Working with Barada, Inverse-Square developed a custom integration tool that facilitates and...

08 July, 2020

There are many pre-packaged software options available today but you shouldn't ignore the benefits of custom software, especially if your business has unique processes....

28 April, 2020
Do you know what ERP is? Don't worry if you don't, the Easter Bunny didn't either. ERP is short for Enterprise Resource Planning, business management software comprised of integrated applications. With ERP, you can collect, manage, and interpret data across your entire business. It's a handy application and the Easter Bunny needed it!
05 April, 2020

When figuring out whether it makes sense to buy or build (check out our infographic to help you with this decision), you might think that a big con to building might be the cost. Most people associate anything custom with being expensive....

02 April, 2020