Open Systems
Open source solutions can be a powerful and low-cost alternative to commercial platforms. The Revere Group has the hands-on experience to help you find the best solutions for your organization, from open-source CMS to mobile applications, plus the technical expertise you need for complete custom application development.
Revere is a leader in managing emerging technologies like cloud hosting and rich internet applications. Our high-touch collaborative approach helps our clients align these emerging technologies, and other new tools like open-source CMS, with their overall business goals.
Enterprise development: Open source, Java and mobile application frameworks are flexible and can be tailored to your organization’s unique needs and market position. Revere has experience in the full development life cycle, from identifying requirements and planning strategy to implementing open-source solutions (as with pro Drupal development) to work with your existing systems. Our proven approach to open source project management boosts your ROI by cutting costs, lowering risk and speeding time to market.
Mobile applications: Mobile devices are the right way to reach today's on-the-go customers and on-the-go workforce. The Revere Group has developed special solutions for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry that will help you reach your clients on the devices they use the most. Mobile applications offer new kinds of marketing opportunities and social media strategies for remote users. With our sharp focus on user experience, and our expertise in custom application development, we can help you decide which features to include in your mobile applications and how get the best bottom-line results.
Rich Internet applications: Rich Internet applications (or RIA) use emerging technologies to provide a feature-rich multimedia experience right in the browser. The Revere Group knows how to help clients harness the full range of RIA tools, including Flex, Flash, Silverlight, DWR, HTML5, Ajax, jQuery, OpenLaszlo and Google Web Toolkit. We build interfaces that are both intuitive and visually impressive, which can give a significant boost to your brand. We can also help you strengthen your existing interfaces by assessing code and making remediation recommendations.
Content management systems and portals: The right content management system will help your team keep your website and applications updated in a rapidly evolving business environment. Revere’s content management team has vast experience working with Java-based and open-source CMS and portal platforms, including Drupal, Joomla, Jahia, Alfresco and Stellent. By combining front-end and back-end open CMS expertise, The Revere Group ensures that each open-source CMS solution matches the client’s objectives and IT strategy.
Cloud computing: The Revere Group can guide you through the uncharted territory of cloud hosting and computing and help you decide whether migrating to a cloud environment makes sense for your organization. We'll help you understand the costs and benefits of migrating to cloud hosting, and we can design the best cloud hosting architecture to ensure scalability and recoverability and increase the value of your IT resources. The Revere Group has successfully completed cloud migrations implementations. We'll make sure any transition is integrated fully with the non-cloud elements of your IT infrastructure.
Social media strategy: To truly engage customers with social media, you need solutions tailored to your unique corporate culture and market niche. Whether you need a full social media platform, or just want to integrate a few networking applications into your existing platform, The Revere Group can deliver a full social media strategy to meet your needs, and then help you deploy your solution and keep it updated. Our deep experience in interactive design helps us create social media strategies that let businesses of all sizes capture the benefits of open communication while avoiding the pitfalls.
Architectural assessments: In the midst of a corporate acquisition? Evaluating your existing technical platform? The Revere Group’s seasoned open source and Java consultants can help with IT architectural assessments, code reviews and app evaluations. Their insights will help potential investors look "under the hood" to understand the value of your IT assets or see the added investment needed to integrate different environments or address organization-wide IT concerns. Beyond aiding M&A due diligence, our open source and Java consultants have conducted code reviews and SDLC processes assessments as expert witnesses in legal proceedings and for simple quality audits.