Our Technologies

We employ a variety of technologies to solve our client's problem's. You needn't be aware of what is going on behind the scenes, but for those who are so inclined, the following is a list of programming languages, server technologies, and scripting tools that we use to create the final product.

Hardware

• Climate controlled redundant UNIX servers
• Daily backups
• Servers located in Boston at the SAAVIS data center
• 99.9% Up-time
• See our page on Hosting for more details.

 

Software

• HTML - Hypertext Markup Language, the basic language that website pages are written in.
• CSS - Cascading Style Sheets, allows for precise and consistent styling of the web pages.
• PHP - A programming language that allows logic to be built into a page. This could be employed, for example, to gather information from a user and send his/her message via email to you. It also integrates with MySQL, the database that we use.
• MySQL - A fast, reliable, relational database. This could be used to store customer information, inventory control, sales and revenues, and much more. PHP programming is used to insert or fetch data from the database and then present it in a web page that is easy to read (in other words, generating reports based on your data and criteria you specify).
• Flash - Provides the ability to generate animated graphics, including video, music, etc. Flash is not recommended unless you have a relatively big budget as it is quite time consuming to design and implement.
• JavaScript - Used to create simple animation, particularly when it comes to navigation buttons and fly-out or drop-down menus.