With the growing demands on businesses to increase competitive advantage, the reliance on IT to keep ahead of the game is greater than ever. In addition, there is an increasing need to be able to react quickly to market and economic changes, and to be able to take advantage of opportunities as soon as they present themselves. Over the years we have seen many types of computing architectures such as Thin Client, Client Server, and DNA. Now we have reached a truly productive and integrated architectural plateau with the advent of the Microsoft .NET Framework. The ability to quickly develop robust, efficient and scalable technology solutions can be realised, and this means businesses can be more agile and more successful.

As an organisation focussed on the delivery of enterprise and extended enterprise line of business solutions for the public and private sectors, we have a breadth and depth of business knowledge, technical skills and core competencies that make Moore Stephens the ideal partner to work with. With our focus on the .NET architecture, we are able to develop extensible solutions, utilising latest technologies such as XML web services, wherein we provide functionality today that can be built upon tomorrow.

Some of our focus is on developing service-oriented solutions, wherein we develop a core function as a web service that can be utilised by other systems, and which may have no user interface. It is this development of service-oriented rather than GUI-oriented solutions that has helped define the leading position that Moore Stephens Consulting has gained in the development of .NET solutions.

Example appllications include:

• tour operator reservations system for a niche cruise line
• staff attendance and rostering system for one of the world's largest fire brigades
• an information portal for global access to departmental information for a large UK Government department
• airtime planning system for advertising for a large radio group
• programme scheduling system for a national radio station
• track audit system for an underground rail operator
• air Traffic Controller's licensing system for an aviation authority
• newspaper loading and distribution system for an international newspaper publisher
• arbitration system for a credit card provider
• global share option system for a large international investment bank
• electronic order entry system for a large fund management company.