CustomBytes

For more than twenty-five years, CustomBytes has built custom software for businesses, and its main trade is replacing tools that no longer fit the way a company works. The firm says it focuses on projects that improve a client's top-line and bottom-line results, and that projects which do not do that are not usually worth doing. It offers a money-back guarantee if a client is not completely delighted, which it presents as a sign of confidence in its work.

Management and operations systems

Custom business software covers management and operations systems, including replacements for ageing in-house tools. The firm has worked for temp agencies that needed scheduling for event staff and help managing contractors at conferences, for group travel companies that needed operations management applications, and for a fence company whose management system needed replacing.

Web, desktop and mobile applications

Applications are built for the web, the desktop and mobile devices. The firm adds web front ends to older desktop systems and has built mobile interfaces, including one for a dating site. Its work spans Windows and Linux, and it says it will take on technologies that sit well away from the mainstream if a client needs them.

Integration and moves between accounting systems

Systems integration means building interfaces between software packages and moving a business from one accounting system to another. Examples in the firm's copy include a merger that required its data and accounting to be combined, and a company that moved away from QuickBooks to a different accounting package.

Client and contractor portals

Portals are a regular request from service businesses. The firm builds client portals and contractor portals, and it also manages software upgrade projects for clients that need a structured process while their systems change.