Layer 7 Innovations Inc.

Describing itself as a Canadian software business, Layer 7 Innovations turns client ideas into working products. The company says it takes responsibility for the technical side of a project from the first plan through to launch, and it covers custom mobile and web applications, connected systems, financial software, streaming services and immersive technology. User interface and user experience design runs through most of that work.

Mobile and web apps with the user at the center

Mobile and web applications are built with particular attention to how the interface looks and behaves. The company says the aim is an application that is easy to use, and that a well-designed product reduces the work a client's own staff must do to run their operations. The company describes expert UI and UX design as a core part of the company's AI and IoT projects as well.

AI, IoT and data pipelines for connected systems

The AI and Internet of Things work is aimed at gathering useful insight from data and streamlining how a business operates. The company describes that work as covering middleware engineering, the architecture of IoT data pipelines, and the web and mobile applications that people use to interact with connected systems. Taken together, these services cover the path from device data to a screen a user can act on.

Financial technology tools and streaming platforms

For finance teams the company builds custom tools for financial management, so that a client's own processes can be handled in software designed for them rather than in a general package. Streaming technology is offered for real-time, interactive services, and the company says these are intended to reach wide and diverse audiences. The two areas sit side by side in the portfolio as examples of the company's work with digital products that handle live or sensitive information.

Immersive AR and VR projects in training and conservation

Augmented and virtual reality are the company's immersive offerings. Its portfolio includes a virtual reality solution built for a conservation conference that examined the impact of poaching on marine wildlife, and a VR training experience for nurses that teaches them how to set up and use a fluid management system made by a medical device company. These projects show how the same immersive techniques can serve education, public awareness and clinical training.

Business Central implementations and custom applications

The company lists Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central implementations as one of its named services. Business Central is an enterprise resource planning platform, and the company's work on it sits next to its custom application development, so that a client who needs off-the-shelf business software and bespoke features can have both from one supplier.

Development teams that work alongside in-house staff

Startups and established companies both rely on the company's development teams to start and scale their product work. The company says it can identify and assemble a team suited to a particular project, and that the team works hand in glove with the client's in-house staff using shared tools and methods. The company mentions delivery teams in Sri Lanka and involvement with start-up communities in Toronto and Colombo, so the firm presents itself as working across more than one country.