CF Webtools

ColdFusion specialists with a developer network across the United States

CF Webtools is a software development firm built around Adobe ColdFusion and the open source Lucee engine, and its site presents it as a ColdFusion house for a quarter of a century. It describes a network of more than forty developers based in the United States, each of whom it says passes skills testing and a background check before joining.

What it builds and maintains

Its core strength, it says, is writing custom enterprise productivity software. Typical projects named on its site include working with existing code, building new product tools, expense reporting systems, account management applications, and intranet and internet portals. It also re-tools database architecture to improve performance, tunes servers, and offers consulting on wider IT problems. The firm stresses that it is not only a software house, and that clients usually come with a productivity problem that arises from how they do business.

Cloud and hosting

The current site adds hosting and support, performance optimization and management of Amazon Web Services alongside development.

Start-ups and legacy systems

Customers range from start-ups to established businesses with legacy code.

How an engagement runs

The company listens first to what the client wants to accomplish, then matches developers and identifies the factors that will decide whether the project succeeds. It estimates the financial impact, documents the work, and writes specifications that set out what the client can expect, before aiming to deliver on time and on budget.

Culture

CF Webtools says it hires for values rather than a checklist, and that assigned developers remain part of its own community, with access to the collective knowledge of the team, even when working directly with a client.

CF Webtools is a software development firm in the United States that specialises in Adobe ColdFusion and Lucee. It describes a network of more than 40 US-based developers and says it has worked with ColdFusion for about 25 years.

Services

• ColdFusion and Lucee development: new applications and work on existing code.
• Custom business software: enterprise productivity tools, expense reporting systems and account management applications.
• Portals: intranet and internet portals.
• Database work: re-tooling database architecture to improve performance.
• Hosting and support: ongoing care for ColdFusion sites.
• AWS management: cloud administration and performance optimisation.

Clients

Start-ups and established companies, including those that carry legacy code and want it maintained or modernised. Developers are matched to each project and stay part of the firm's own team.

Key facts

• Based in: United States
• Experience: about 25 years with ColdFusion
• Team: network of more than 40 developers