With experience working in a range of industries, from private corporations to major government departments, our team of specialised software developers can create applications that will deliver day in, day out. Enigma Interactive focuses on three primary types of application development:

• Desktop / Stand-alone application development
• SaaS ‘Software as a Service’ development
• Middleware development

Desktop / Stand-alone Application Development

Enigma Interactive has a long track record of building reliable and functional desktop software applications. From feature-rich graphic edit software to streamlined business software applications, our software developers have the experience and know-how required to deliver world class software solutions.

Enigma Interactive has demonstrated ability with designing, creating, and delivering desktop applications that are both innovative and highly functional.

Example:

The Australian Department of Defence had a specific problem that needed solving, and they turned to Enigma Interactive for the solution. We developed a software application that has been so successful that it is currently in its second term of contract and has been in operation since 2005. The Defence Department now licenses one of our internally developed applications under a 25,000-user volume licence agreement.

What really excites us most is the sheer magnitude of possibilities that exist for almost every industry to improve their productivity and profitability by developing and implementing customised software solutions. We are constantly approached by new clients that want to convert a process or service within their industry to a software application. This is where we really excel. When the industry experience of our clients is matched with our ability to conceptualise and deliver cutting-edge software applications, new products emerge. Many of our clients now have an IT extension to their mainstream business that deliver world class software products to a global market whilst generating a lucrative profit stream to the bottom line.

Our desktop application specialities include:

• Business administration and management systems
• Financial processing systems
• eCommerce and B2B solutions
• Logistics and process flow management systems
• Reporting systems
• Industry-specific applications
• Database front-end reporting systems
• Content management system extensions
• eLearning applications
• Education packages
• General user applications

SaaS ‘Software as a Service’ Development

SaaS ‘Software as a Service’ is an example of the constantly evolving world of software. In the early days of computing technology, software applications were run off large computers known as Main Frames. Then the PC or desktop computer entered the market and users finally had the opportunity to install and run applications from their own ‘personal’ computer.

In essence, software application development and delivery has gone full circle. Thanks to the internet and access to high-speed, high-availability networks, Software as a Service is becoming the ‘next big thing’ in delivering and accessing software functionality and tools.

Google Apps is an example of a SaaS solution. Users can access their email, word processing apps, spreadsheet apps and more through their internet browser. The great thing is that the user doesn’t need to be using ‘their’ computer to access ‘their’ software applications. Anywhere they have access to a PC and the internet, they have access to their software applications. That’s the beauty of Software As A Service.

Enigma Interactivity specialises in developing robust, high-speed, SaaS applications that are customised to the specific needs of our clients and their customers. Whether the SaaS solution is for use exclusively within the organisation’s internal network or a ‘fee for service’ application available to anyone with internet access, Enigma Interactive can deliver the right solution.

The benefits of SaaS can be tremendous from a financial and management perspective as well as from the point of view of an end user.

Financial and Management Benefits for the SaaS Provider

• Excellent service platform for ‘pay as you use’ or subscription-based services
• Ideal for medium to large organisations requiring customised internal applications
• Lower cost of development due to standardised deployment environments
• Reduced cost to maintain as the application is centrally hosted
• New and improved functionality is easier to release
• Testing applications is more controlled and generally faster
• Central service updating improves maintainability and application integrity
• Client upgrades and patches are not required

End User Benefits

• Generally lower cost of access (‘pay as you go’ or subscriptions)
• Widely accessible. Not limited to an installed instance of the application
• No maintenance, updates or patches for the user to manage
• New features and faster releases due to lower development / deployment costs

In addition to the many stand-alone benefits of SaaS solutions, the development of server virtualisation products such as VM Ware and Cloud computing, the possibilities of this type of service delivery are even greater.

Enigma Interactive has experience developing SaaS solutions using this exact framework. The costs of deployment are greatly reduced without any penalty for expandability or reliability. Whether your application needs to service 10 customers or 10,000, Enigma Interactive can develop and deploy the right solution.

Middleware Development

Today’s business environment is littered with business applications and data stores. Proprietory applications, custom built applications, mainstream applications, and multiple databases all make up the technology layer of most businesses. And at some point in time, management will ask, ‘Why can’t this system communicate with that system?’ This is where Middleware comes in.

Enigma Interactive has produced Middleware solutions for most business situations including data extraction and manipulation, system to system connectivity, standardised data output, and eCommerce integrations. In addition to these services, our software developers produce customised software connectors that enable the Google Search Appliances to integrate with existing business applications and content management systems like SharePoint, TRIM, and Goldmine.

Middleware is the key to total integration of business knowledge. Communication is the key, and Enigma Interactive’s software developers have the skills and the experience to make it reality.

The main types of Middleware that Enigma Interactive develops are:

• Remote procedure call
• Google Search Appliance connectors
• SQL-oriented data access
• Object Request broker
• Application servers