Catware

IT consulting teams from Norway, Ukraine and the EU

Technology help from analysts, architects and developers is what Catware offers organisations that cannot cover it themselves. Its developers sit in Norway, Ukraine and other EU countries, and its stated promise is to deal with the IT so a client can concentrate on running the business. It also offers software aimed at law firms.

Analysis and architecture first

For companies mapping a technology change, Catware assesses business operations, writes up documentation and identifies problems that software can solve. Its architecture service reviews an organisation's IT architecture, the code and solutions already in place, and recommends how to improve them.

Bespoke development, scaled to the job

A handpicked team of developers builds software around a business problem, and the firm says it scales the team to the size and length of the project. Business automation work comes with onboarding and employee training designed to avoid disrupting existing workflows.

Legacy systems and the cloud

Catware argues that spending heavily on ageing software only deepens technical debt. It reviews, upgrades and supports legacy systems, with the aim of showing a clear return. For cloud moves it plans the migration and moves servers to the major providers: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and Heroku.

How a project runs

The firm describes a full-cycle process. A client shares its vision under a non-disclosure agreement and is given a named business development manager, who then works as part of the client's own project management. Business analysts and solution architects propose a stack and a team, then present a scope estimate and a roadmap. Developers work in sprints, each producing working software the client can try and comment on. Catware states that automated tests cover the whole of the code, with quality assurance working alongside developers, and it can take on maintenance, updates and infrastructure afterwards.

Logistics example

One project on its site integrated several systems into a single unit for warehouse optimisation in a logistics centre. The work focused on saving space, using less energy, cutting costs, and making sure that sudden faults could be fixed without halting operations. Clarity, transparency and integrity are the values the firm cites.