Custom software development is the creation of software applications for a specific user or group of users. This form of software is designed to address your needs precisely, as opposed to the more traditional and widespread off-the-shelf software solutions.

There’s a whole host of benefits to custom software which provides features off-the-shelf software doesn’t and by designing an application specific to your organisational needs affords an increased level of productivity and efficiency.

If you have a need unique enough to warrant bespoke software development, Silvertoad can help you. We work with you to specify and develop applications that will address your specific requirements and allow you to continually enhance the solution to grow and develop with your business.

With the exploding popularity of smartphones and tablets, mobile App development is becoming a very popular medium of software creation. Mobile applications draw much of their roots from traditional software development but written to utilise the unique features and hardware of mobile devices.

Apps are much like desktop software in that they are designed to use a wide range of programming languages and frameworks and can take on a wide range of shapes in some of the following ways:

Native apps: These are created for specific platforms (iOS / Android) using the software development tools and languages supported by those operating systems.

HTML5 apps: This is based on the near-universal standards of web technologies, HTML5, JavaScript and CSS. These types of apps are cross-compatible and require relatively minimal changes to ensure functionality across operating systems.

Hybrid apps: These type of apps require the creation of a container developed in the native system that make it possible to embed an HTML5 app within it, allowing the app to take advantage of the diverse and unique elements of each native system.

Mobile application development is in a constant state of change and this trend will continue ongoing, especially as new devices are invented and launched in the market.

The options are many and Silvertoad delivers a wide range of software solutions for organisations small and large and we run many Software as a Service (SaaS) applications which we manage, host and maintain.

If you have a project you’d like to discuss, please get in touch. We can help you wade through the options and decide what the best solution is for you and your organisation. You can use our contact form to send us your initial enquiry or simply call us on 0800 756 6800.