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Custom Database Design, Development and Maintenance

A relational database management system (RDMBS) is an essential tool for managing and accessing information resources in many environments from the more traditional uses in business, research, and education contexts, to newer applications. In addition, databases help fuel virtually all search engines on the Internet. However, despite the importance of a good database for managing and accessing information resources, many organizations have found them out of reach of their financial resources. Historically, database systems been an expensive proposition with vendors charging healthy fees both for software and for support, and because database engines often had substantial hardware requirements to run with any reasonable performance, the cost was even greater.

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In recent years, database software has become more accessible free or at a low cost via the Internet. In addition, Personal computers (PCs) have become inexpensive but powerful, and an entire community of software developers and engineers known as the Open Source Community has develop high-performance operating systems to drive these PCs to their full capabilities. These efforts to make software available to anyone who wants it have resulted in what is now called the Open Source movement, and have produced many important pieces of software. As result, this can save businesses a significant amount of financial investments by avoiding high costs associated with purchasing off-the-shelf commercially available Relational Database Management System (RDBMS). Typically, RDBMS(s) are priced relative to the number of licenses per site. Site licenses for RDBMS can cost organizations thousands of dollars along not to include maintenance and support that is usually provided by the database vendor.

For our customers, ASC Technologies LLC can develop relational database systems to include custom design, programming, administration, maintenance and support taking the above parameters in consideration. These products and services are designed and developed utilizing the company's key in-house Capability Maturity Model (CMM) framework and industry standard Software Engineering practices. The Capability Maturity Model for Software development provides software organizations with guidance on how to gain control of their processes for developing and maintaining software and how to evolve toward a culture of software engineering and management excellence. The CMM was designed to guide software organizations in selecting process improvements strategies by determining current process maturity and identifying the few issues most critical to software quality and process improvement. ASC Technologies believes that a mature software company possesses a company-wide ability for managing software development and maintenance processes. The software process is accurately communicated to both existing staff and new employees, and work activities are carried out according to the planned process. The processes mandated are fit for use and consistent with the way work actually is done. These defined processes are updated when necessary, and improvements are developed through controlled pilot-tests and/or cost benefit analyses. Roles and responsibilities within the defined process are clear throughout the project and across the organization. More importantly, in a mature organization, managers monitor the quality of the software products and customer satisfaction. Although software engineers and managers know their problems in detail, they may disagree on which improvements are most important. Without an organized strategy for improvement, it's difficult to achieve consensus between management and the professional staff on what priority improvements activities to undertake.

Commercial Wireless and LAN Software Solutions

By themselves, computers are powerful tools. When they are connected in a network, they become even more powerful because the functions and tools that each computer provides can be shared among multiple users simultaneously. Networks exist for one major reason: to share information and resources. More importantly, networks evolve into very complex entities that require constant care and maintenance because of the diverse technologies that are shared among them. In addition, there seems to be a wide acceptance of the notion of being able to communicate anywhere, anytime and in any mode. This notion, or vision, of course, encompasses not only the wireless networks but, by necessity, wireless networks as well. Certainly, this vision is consistent with technological, marketplace, standards making, and policy/regulatory trends that are evident even today. Software programmable radios will allow a subscriber unit to adapt its modulation, multiple-access method, and other characteristics to be able to communicate with a wide range of different systems and more efficiently support diverse voice, data and video requirements. Likewise, a single base station unit will be able to adapt its characteristics to support older generations of subscriber equipment while retaining the ability to support future developments through software changes. Thus, even current trends support the notion of the user being able to communicate anywhere, anytime and in any mode using the most efficient and economic means available.

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ASC Technologies LLC. is capable of planning, designing, implementing and maintaining wireless and connection-oriented software products and services. These products and services include Local Area Network (LAN) design, installation and configuration, Wide Area Network (WAN) backbone connectivity, and custom software and hardware services to enable wireless communications. This in turn enables any-where communication among a variety of consumer and business products (e.g. computers, laptops, cellular telephones, portable digital assistants (PDA) and medical tracking devices). Similarly, these products and services are designed and developed utilizing our company's key in-house Capability Maturity Model (CMM) framework and industry standard Software/Network Engineering practices.

Real-time Embedded Software Solutions

Plan, design, develops and maintains embedded systems software.

The computers used to control equipment, otherwise known as embedded systems , have been around for about as long as computers themselves. They were first used back in the late 1960s in communications to control electromechanical telephone switches. As the computer industry moved toward ever-smaller systems over the past decade or so, embedded systems have moved along with it, providing more capabilities for these tiny machines. Increasingly, these embedded systems need to be connected to some sort of network, and thus require a networking stack, which increases the complexity level and requires more memory and interfaces as well as the services of an operating system. Embedded System software typically runs on a hardware device such as a Microprocessor or Microcontroller embedded inside a small computer system or memory module and communicates with and controls hardware components in real-time via a software/hardware interfacing mechanism. The automotive, manufacturing and aviation industries are heavy users of embedded systems software. ASC Technologies LLC. unique and critical approach to developing Embedded Systems application software that sets us apart from our vast amount of competitors relies heavily on state-of-the-art Software Engineering methods and practices. (e.g. Capability Maturity Model-CMM) at a fraction of the cost. Our fundamental focus is customer satisfaction and cost-effective means for companies to take advantage of the wealth of cutting-edge Information Technologies (IT) products and services with a less risky possibility of going bankrupt or losing a significant amount of financial assets. More importantly, larger firms tend to over-charge their customers and typically fail in delivering a functional product or service that's conducive to the customer's requirements. Unfortunately, this leads to the client terminating the contract and/or forced to live with the product or service failure because costs associated with resolving the issue would further damage the client's financial assets. ASC Technologies addresses many of these issues by virtue of the CMM and incorporating sound software engineering practices.

Custom Software Design, Development and Maintenance for Embedded Systems

The computers used to control equipment, otherwise known as embedded systems , have been around for about as long as computers themselves. They were first used back in the late 1960s in communications to control electromechanical telephone switches. As the computer industry has moved toward ever smaller systems over the past decade or so, embedded systems have moved along with it, providing more capabilities for these tiny machines. Increasingly, these embedded systems need to be connected to some sort of network, and thus require a networking stack, which increases the complexity level and requires more memory and interfaces as well as the services of an operating system. Embedded System software typically runs on a hardware device such as a Microprocessor or Microcontroller embedded inside a small computer system or memory module and communicates with and controls hardware components in real-time via a software/hardware interfacing mechanism. The automotive, manufacturing and aviation industries are heavy users of embedded systems software. As a result, a high degree of performance, safety and reliable is critical to the development of software for embedded systems.

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ASC Technologies plan, design, develop and maintain Embedded systems software. ASC Technologies LLC. unique and critical approach to developing Embedded Systems software that sets us apart from our vast amount of competitors relies heavily on utilizing many of the state-of-the-art software engineering tools and practices (e.g. Capability Maturity Model-CMM) at a fraction of the cost. Our fundamental focus is customer satisfaction and cost-effective means for companies to take advantage of the wealth of cutting-edge Information Technologies (IT) products and services with a less riskier possibility of going bankrupt or losing a significant amount of financial assets. More importantly, larger firms tend to over-charge their customers and typically fail in delivering a functional product or service that's conducive to the customer's requirements. Unfortunately, this leads to the client terminating the contract and/or forced to live with the product or service failure due to the fact that costs associated with resolving the problem would further damage the client's financial assets. ASC Technologies addresses many of these issues by virtue of the CMM and incorporating sound software engineering practices.

Consulting Services

Application development/support

Database design/development and maintenance

Help desk support

Network design, implementation, administration and support

Project management and management consulting

Software installation/implementation

Software quality assurance

Systems integration/conversions

Technical writing/documentation