GVC Advantages

The advantages of working with the Global Village Consulting Inc. (GVC) team are as varied as the projects we handle. As a result of our experience and approach, GVCs clients will benefit from the following areas:

• Experienced Teams

  With over ten years experience working together as a software development company (and a combined experience of over 50 years!), GVC’s teams have a strong background in solving the problems common to web-based and enterprise application development. Combined with senior developers with even more experience in object-oriented development techniques and tools, GVC can provide a well designed and efficient applications to meet all of our client's needs. Clients as diverse as Apple iServices, Merrill Lynch and numerous small organizations have all benefited from GVC's expertise.

• Strong, Defined Process

  In addition to the experience of the GVC team members, our clients benefit from a strong, defined software development process. Stemming from the experience of many projects and constant review and optimization, the GVC development process provides clients with a repeatable procedure to ensure successful software development.

• Cost Effective Development

  As a result of international exchange rates, cost effective development practices, and the efficiencies of small focused teams, GVC’s client enjoy a cost effective, flexible alternative to some of the larger enterprise development companies. This cost effectiveness is enhanced by GVC's internal frameworks that can be reused, spreading the costs across many projects. Frameworks used include Validation, Error Messaging, Security and eCommerce. As additional projects are completed, reusable frameworks are added to the GVC code library for the benefit of all clients.

• Technology and Standards

  GVC provides our clients with open standards based solutions using best of breed tools, including design (Rational Rose), development (WebObjects), languages (Java, Objective-C, HTML, XML) and application servers (EOF, WebObjects, Oracle, SQL Server, Frontbase, and ArticleBASE). Security is handled via SSL, Kerberos and encrypted database and file systems as appropriate. Various eCommerce third party providers are supported, including Cybercash and Verisign. As clients' needs expand, GVC will continue to add support for additional protocols and frameworks, including WAP and other wireless technology.