3Ds Services - Consulting, Development, Training, Custom Monitors & Troubleshooting

Our Services & Technologies

In addition to our own software solutions, 3Ds offers a range of services to our clients. Specialising predominantly in Windows-based client/server, database and web-based solutions, including Microsoft Office & related technologies, these services include consulting, software & project development, support & troubleshooting, custom monitoring solutions & training. Each task is tailored to your specific needs, be it for a single day or longer term assignment, on or off-site.

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Technology

The use of the correct technology for the job can be critical to the overall outcome of any solution. As Microsoft specialists our consultants, development & support teams have a wealth of knowledge to draw upon.


Development Environments Tools used to develop & host your applications. See more information.
	Microsoft .NET Framework
	Visual Basic v6.0 & Visual Basic .NET
	Visual C++ v6.0, Visual C++ .NET & MFC
	C
	C#
	ASP & ASP.NET
	SharePoint Server & InfoPath
	Microsoft Office technologies & Forms
	XML & XSLT
	ADO .NET
	SQL, Stored Procedures, ODBC, OLE/DB
	Windows Sockets (WINSOCK) & TCP/IP
	Windows APIs
Scripted Technologies Provides the ability to include logic on your client & server for web-based solutions, as well as enabling the automation of Office & administrative tasks. See more information.
	Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
	Microsoft Office macros & scripts
	VBScript
	JavaScript
	PERL
	Php
Database Technologies The heart of many systems, databases securely store, provide access to and share your data. See more information.
	Microsoft SQL Server
	CA-Ingres & OpenIngres
	Microsoft Access
	IBM DB2
	IBM AS/400
	SQL & stored procedures
Server Technologies & Environments Solutions to run on or against server-based technologies. See more information.
	Microsoft SQL Server
	Internet Information Services (IIS)
	Microsoft Exchange
	MS-DTC, COM/COM+
	SharePoint Server & InfoPath
	Microsoft Office technologies & forms
Application Types Using the most appropriate type of solution for the job in hand, be it a client, server or web-based application. See more information.
	GUI-based systems.
	Web-based systems & applications
	DLLs, shared code modules & APIs
	COM/COM+ components
	Document & Image Management
	Business Process (BPM)
	Command-line utilities
	Automated monitoring solutions

Consulting

Whether you require a single day to discuss a specific technical issue, ongoing development support or assistance with broader company IT strategy, our experienced consultants can help you through each stage of a system's development from design to ultimate delivery and deployment. On-site or off-site consulting can be arranged to suit your needs.

Project Management & Software Development

Working either on or off-site, our development team can design & develop complete Windows or Web-based solutions or other components which integrate with them. However large or small your requirements, our designs will compliment your existing and future environments.

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Technical Support

Our support team is available to give advice, perform investigation and provide solutions to software problems you or your own support department may encounter. We can also provide "out-of-hours" software support to your customers as well as back up your own internal helpdesk and support network as required.

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Code & Quality Reviews

Application reviews & audits give you an independent assessment of a system, both from a design and technical perspective and are a great way of getting a head start into determining where faults might lie or where you should channel your efforts.

They can be very effective during an in-house or out-sourced development process, when accepting software under a support agreement or whilst investigating recurring application or performance problems.

Training & Education

Training is an essential part of the development process and our bespoke courses are tailored specifically for your company's environment. They will give developers & support professionals the information they need to design, develop, deliver and support systems now and in the future. In addition to our own courses, our trainers have also delivered public courses for our partners.

Upon completion, the training can, if required, be backed up by consultancy for ongoing support in the first few months thus allowing teams or individuals build on the skills they've learnt.

Examples of our bespoke courses include ...

Developing VBA macros with Microsoft Excel (Training for trainers)
Technical Support for Windows Professionals
ODBC & TCP/IP Technical Support
Windows - Beyond Visual Basic
Web Seminar for DBAs
Understanding COM, MTS & COM+

More Information

For more information on any of our services, download the 3Ds brochure, see our documents & papers (PDFs) or Contact us.