Software Research and Development

Many small companies do not have sufficient resources to research and develop products on their own, particularly in the early stages of product development, or when the product requires particular expertise. When creating a new product it does not necessarily make sense to take on additional developers, and an outside consultant can help.

We have helped a number of companies in the Ottawa area, including Watchfire (now part of IBM), Quadrillion, and Binomial International to create successful products. If you think you may need assistance in product development, please contact us. We offer particular expertise in C#/.Net, C++/COM, PHP, language design and parsing, network programming, distributed computation, data mining, algorithm development, and artificial intelligence. (more)

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning

We help organizations like yours prepare for the disruptions that would otherwise be caused by fires, floods, pandemics, earthquakes, power cuts, network outages, and so on. We can help you with risk assessments and business impact analyses (to determine what you need and how much it is worth spending), as well as with business continuity and disaster recovery plans (to reduce the risk of a business interruption and to ensure rapid recovery from it.)

This is our primary area of business: If you are wondering whether you need a business continuity plan, or have been tasked with ensuring your business has one, then we can help. Please contact us, through our Risky Thinking website for a no-obligation discussion.

Other Software Products

These are tools we created primarily for internal use, which are unrelated to our main business.