Understanding The Power Of Creativity and Entrepreneurship. Intertech’s Consulting Division continues to prove that there is more to a consultant than heads-down programming. Working with companies like 3M, Microsoft, and Medtronic since 1991, Intertech has demonstrated through continuous growth and retention of clientele that its unique formula of information sharing is a powerful tool.

Exceptional Customer Satisfaction

The results of an internal customer satisfaction survey presented to over 4,000 Intertech students and consulting clients during the year 2005 and 2006 illustrates what you can expect when you work with Intertech.

• Would you use Intertech again? 99.55% Answered Yes.
• Are you happy with Intertech? 99.55% Answered Yes.
• Would you refer Intertech to others? 99.70% Answered Yes.

Intertech is a powerhouse of thought leaders with a track record for results. Part of the same team that delivers training to the nation's top software developers, Intertech consultants are always up-to-date mentors and contributors, focused on bringing more to the table than heads-down programming.  Our specialties include:

• Software Development/Programming
• Application Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Software Development Best Practices
• Framework Development
• Project Management
• Deployment
• Technical Skill Transfer

Software Development and Programming

Each Intertech team member has extensive experience building out frameworks, components, and enterprise applications.  Intertech consultants development and programming skills include:

• Windows Azure / Cloud Computing
• .NET Technologies: ASP.NET, WPF, WCF, WF, LINQ, Silverlight, C#, VB.NET
• SQL Server Technologies: SSAS, SSRS, SSIS, SQL Server Querying, SQL Server Maintenance, SQL Server Implementation, Implementing SSAS, Implementing SSRS, Implementing SSIS
• SharePoint Technologies: Core SharePoint Technologies, Implementing SharePoint, SharePoint Services, SharePoint Designer, SharePoint Administration, Customizing SharePoint
• Java Technologies: Java, Java Web Development, Spring Framework Core, Spring Framework Web, Struts, Hibernate, JSF
• AJAX and XML Technologies: AJAX, AJAX for ASP.NET, Java Web Services

Application Architecture

Using field experience from systems that run some of America’s largest organizations, Intertech’s expert Application Architecture services ensure your multi-tiered distributed system is built using a design that is secure, reliable, and reusable.  Combining these services with its Framework Development and Software Development Best Practices services, Intertech delivers a complete solution that results in faster application development, error reduction, and improved developer productivity.

Software Development Best Practices

Utilizing best practices, Intertech consultants will examine your software development life cycle (SDLC) and, based on past experience and industry standards, recommend and make improvements that include defining and implementing automated build procedures, selecting a source control system, implementing a tool such as Microsoft Team Edition to guide the overall development process, selecting and defining metrics and performance and tuning systems.

Project Management

Utilizing a process built from the Project Management Institute’s process improvement premise by staff who are certified PMPs (project management professionals), Intertech consultants deliver a complete approach to how you build software, utilizing these five major stages of a project:

1. Initiation: Create a project brief and project charter to define the overall project goals.
2. Planning: Define a set of documents on the front end that prescribes how the project will be executed: requirements document, functional design specification, work breakdown structure, time estimate, schedule, test plan, communications plan, risk identification and risk mitigation plan
3. Executing: Improve software through: coding best practices, code reviews, and deployment best practices
4. Controlling: Ensure all is completed to plan by defining guidelines for: meetings, time and budget management, change request process, status report process, and test processes/QA (alpha, beta, gold)
5. Closeout: Bring to a solid completion by delivering documentation, deploying the application, and defining and executing a plan for maintenance and support.

Framework Development

Capitalizing on similarities between applications while addressing changing business needs, Intertech’s Framework Development services deliver an application foundation. From security to tiers and components for user interface, business logic, and data access, Intertech defines the starting point for your line-of-business application development. The result is faster implementation and improved developer productivity. Intertech’s portfolio includes building a framework for one of the nation’s largest lending cooperatives. Today, applications built on this framework support users throughout the country.

Deployment

Intertech consultants will define a repeatable way to ensure maximum uptime of the application as versions are released.

Technical Skill Transfer — Consultants Who Teach

Each Intertech consultant is a specialist in transferring their experience, so they leave your development team stronger than when they began. Along with this benefit, Intertech clients are also able to leverage Intertech’s leading training division through vouchers relating specifically to the task at hand, so internal teams can continue to support the application once Intertech has finished.

Expertise

• Windows Azure / Cloud Computing
• .NET
• Java™/JEE
• Ajax
• SOA
• Open Source
• SQL Server
• BizTalk/SharePoint
• Microsoft Team System

Summary of Services

• Consulting
• Project Outsourcing
• Mentoring