Web Applications

Today’s websites bring forth functionality and utility that wasn’t even considered for a website a few years ago. In many ways the web has become the platform of choice for making information and transactions easily available to large numbers of people. Behind the scenes the technology to make this all happen has become more and more complex and challenging.

At OHO we understand that and we look at technology on the web as addressing four key constituents: users, managers, the enterprise, and the future. There are more and more options and more complex combinations available today than at any time in the past. Our goal is to choose the best options for your organization and to develop them in a way that meets your needs today and into the future.

For the Website Users

Creating websites and web applications that are easy to use requires that we understand the prospective user. Who are they? What do they need to achieve? How often will they use the site? What is their experience level?

For the user we want the website to allow them to achieve their goals from coming to the website in a straight forward and efficient manner. For some users and tasks this means a very simple web page with little technology. For more complex work flows and power users it can require a very sophisticated work flow with many options and a great deal of front end technology.

We then select the right technology to support the users across the ranges of browsers, devices, and access mechanisms they will be using. We want to automate as much of the process as possible and push as much processing to the front end as we can. Letting users support themselves and use a rich client side environment produces the richest result possible.

For Site Managers

Where ever there is a great front end website user experience there is also a corresponding back end operations and IT team that is keeping the system running and helping the users achieve the desired results for the business.

Keeping sites current, changing information, reviewing reports, adding new functionality, all of these are tasks performed regularly by all website managers. OHO uses technology to make these items easy to accomplish and to make it easier and more efficient to keep the site up and running.

We work with you to design the workflow and content flow to ensure that the right changes can be made to the site can be made efficient. Ranging from content management systems, to searching, to security and data privacy, to user authentication, to scaling and availability, the number of responsibilities of website managers keeps growing and OHO is here to make them more efficient and more manageable.

For the Enterprise

Business and organizations have needs from their technology systems that go further than any single application or single piece of software. Applications don’t exist on their own to meet a single point need rather they are part of a large set of applications that help the organization accomplish its mission and goals. To be truly valuable software needs to work well in the entire eco-system of the systems that supports an organization.

At OHO, we understand that and we work to ensure that the software we design and build for your organization will work well with the standards, procedures, and technologies that exist for your enterprise.

For the Future

Part of the web’s success and power is the rapid rate of change both in great ideas succeeding and as a testing ground for rapid innovation. This puts a heavier burden for change and improvement on web-based applications than for traditional IT applications. Updating, modifying, and integrating applications can be a messy business if the system isn’t structured well from the beginning.

At OHO, we focus on standards and open architectures so that the solutions we design and build can change and grow to meet your changing business needs in an easy and straightforward manner.