Software Development

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

ICON Technology Solutions, INC., as a Certified Microsoft Partner, offers custom SharePoint development services including creation of custom SharePoint web services, and web parts.  Trust our development team of SharePoint developers to provide a complete cycle of end-to-end consulting from planning to design to implementation of SharePoint Solutions; including configuring and customizing of intranet and internet portals based on Microsoft SharePoint 2007.  Get all the benefits of our experience documenting and streamlining business processes instead of the hassle of managing and maintaining servers.  No software to download, server to manage, or licenses to renew. Your service is professionally managed, painless, optimized, and affordable; freeing your organization from slowdowns caused by inefficient flow of data.  From speeding up communication to storing precious data effectively and efficiently, SharePoint can do it all!

Collaboration

Our SharePoint Portal Server 2007 is the one of the best Microsoft tools for collaborative work using best of Microsoft office 2007.  Project management and team tracking tools include alerts, calendars, tasks, documents, and more to keep your team, vendors, and even customers moving at the speed of business.  Get unmatched communication, fluidity, agility, and responsiveness with SharePoint. Team members can use forums, blogs, wikis, and more to share thoughts and information with each other.

Document Control

Manage the daily organization and security of SharePoint

SharePoint offers better control and insight over the content, accessibility, and sharing of information through

the SharePoint Control Panel, a central place to scale projects and store files.  These features help organizations to streamline business processes, eliminate confusion, prevent unauthorized access, save space, and cut costs!

Customization/Integration

Design your SharePoint site to fit the needs of your team. SharePoint Server provides a singular integrated location where employees can efficiently find organizational resources, access corporate knowledge, and leverage business insight to make better-informed decisions.  Select the tools and key programs you know and want including Office programs like Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Support

24hr support for Microsoft SharePoint hosting by phone.  Our customer’s satisfaction is paramount.

Is your business prepared For the Semantic Web?

We are on the cusp of the next evolutionary change in the application of information technology in our lives.  Emerging technologies are already changing the currently interactive experience to a more intuitive service providing one.  Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web transforms the Internet from a network of information to an intelligent network of knowledge and services.   Adapting to this richer user experience is what will dictate success in capturing market share.  Implementations of algorithms that “scrape” the web, identify APIs, and classify data by knowledge AND interpreting context will comprise the framework of a more beneficial future web.  To adapt to these developments in networked services and architectures, specifically those that utilize semantic technologies, your online presence needs to take on the additional role of web service to draw traffic.  Bringing the high volumes of data you currently have into alignment with how it will be accessed and classified will be the key to highlighting you in search results.

Our team is proficient at adapting your web presence accounting for your IT Management, Business Intelligence, & E-Commerce needs by:

• Organic provisioning of dedicated Semantic Web services into current business model
• Forging new “routes” between you and your target demographic
• Support and training in the maintenance of semantic service descriptions

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) is a fundamental and essential element of an optimized information management program. An organization’s ability to access, share and use information is critically important if high performance is its goal. Business Intelligence allows organizations to improve their business performance by leveraging information about customers, suppliers and internal business operations. Business Intelligence systems helps centralize, organize and standardize information across financial, accounting, operations and sales systems in data warehouses and data marts, so your information becomes a powerful tool. The ability to collect and analyze internal and external data can dictate how well an organization can generate knowledge and ultimately value.

Our data warehousing and business analytics staffs help companies implement solutions to facilitate effective decision-making at all levels of the organization. Not only are we intimately familiar with the concepts, technology and architectural elements of data warehousing and business intelligence, but our cross-competency in operating platforms and application design makes integration efforts simple.

Our efficiency and broad experience make ICON Technology Solutions the compelling choice!

Our Tools:

Microsoft SQL Server provides a scalable Business Intelligence platform optimized for data integration, reporting, and analysis, enabling organizations to deliver intelligence where users want it. Use the enterprise-scale data warehouse platform of SQL Server to efficiently implement and manage unified storage for all of your business data. Deliver a rich user experience to everyone through an extensible, open, and embeddable architecture that is optimized for Microsoft Office interoperability.

• Empower end users
• Enable business users to build ad hoc reports and create reports with any structure by using the powerful Report Builder 2.0 authoring tool
• Increase report flexibility by combining fixed and dynamic rows by using the new Tablix report design template that enables data presentation scenarios that have previously been difficult or impossible to build
• Incorporate rich formatting in reports to increase usability
• Extend business insight through familiar tools. Save time and money by leveraging the tight integration between the SQL Server 2008 BI platform and the 2007 Microsoft Office System. Render reports directly to Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office Word
• Make predictive analysis accessible to a wide audience by empowering end users to harness the highly sophisticated data mining algorithms of Analysis Services within the familiar environment of Excel by using the Data Mining Add-Ins

SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence (BI) solutions provide comprehensive business intelligence functionality that can empower your users to make effective, informed decisions based on solid data and analysis. All users, from the high-end analyst to the casual business user, have access to the information they need -with minimal dependence on IT resources and developers.

With these powerful solutions, users throughout your enterprise can access, format, analyze, navigate, and share information across the organization. SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions enable the following:

• Advanced analytics
• Dashboards and visualization
• Information infrastructure
• Query, reporting, and analysis
• Reporting
• Search and navigation

Microsoft business intelligence solutions deliver a full range of personal, team, and organizational BI products that work the way your customers do today from Microsoft Excel, to the collaboration capabilities of SharePoint Server, to the performance management capabilities of PerformancePoint Server, all supported by the integration and reporting capabilities of SQL Server.

Whether you’re looking to build a solid foundation for your startup or you’re experiencing growing pains and need to expand, our skilled network, database, and solutions developers can help you leverage your data to propel you to operate at the next level.  ICON offers a customer centric approach that starts with evaluation and design all the way through deployment and support for ASP .NET, Visual Studio, and SQL server.

The ICON Dynamic Process – The best results are often achieved thru a fluid process, not a rigid plan.  We work closely with your team throughout the project to ensure business processes, management issues, and communication needs are addressed; and milestones are met.

• Evaluation – we begin by gauging your current abilities and consult on the transition that would suit your operational needs best.
• Design & Testing – Working within an established scope, we set about the design phase to develop solutions.  We encourage feedback at this stage to ensure that the solution being realized meets efficacy standards.
• Migration – The deployment of your solution will need to be monitored to ensure both the stability of the application and includes any applicable training on its peripheral features.
• Support – Any ongoing employee training and/or application support is included.