Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category

Have we been ripping off our customers for years?

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Craig Byren, ViaData's MD takes a critical look at the state of systems development.“Physician heal thyself” is a proverb found in Luke 4:23 of the bible. It is also an apt admonition to Software & Systems Development houses everywhere. We are liable to punt IT systems as the ...

A comprehensive software development solution

Monday, January 14th, 2008

One of the reasons that companies tend to opt for large-scale ERP solutions is that the vendor offers a one-stop-shop. This is generally true for large vendors, although the inherent cost of using the vendors' consultants and specialists is normally high, as the company has to cater for its high ...

Welcome to 2008…

Monday, January 14th, 2008

We would like to extend to our readers all the best for 2008 - may it be a prosperous and fulfilling year for you...

Software development as a science

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

To the best of our knowledge, there are very few business software houses that focus on data as opposed to business processes for business software. From a business perspective, it seems logical that a business process(es) should be the foundation of software that is focused on the running of a ...

Corporate disillusionment with software solutions

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Many corporations have gone the route of installing major ERP, CRM or SCM software solutions, only to find that the installation project has sucked most, if not all of the company's resources dry. On top of that, the software itself is so generic that it has to be customised in ...

Business systems development

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Traditionally, companies have had to make a choice between shrink-wrapped software and custom software when choosing a business system. Most have gone the shrink-wrapped route, in the mistaken belief that this route entailed less risk, and have discovered the ernormous expense of an off-the-shelf ERP system. ViaData's business case is ...

System development methodology

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Catalyst, our prototyping and development platform, allows ViaData to model, prototype and develop business systems in at least half the time that a typical development would take place. This means that clients save a substantial amount of time and money - and they can use their new applications far sooner than ...

Our new website!

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Our brand new website is now up on the web! We think it looks great and is a vast improvement on our "old" website.  We hope that you will enjoy exploring our new website as much as we have enjoyed putting it together - we think it gives a great ...

Welcome to the new ViaData website

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Please keep your eye on this section for updates, news and articles...