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Development and integration

Our Development and Integration team builds and integrates robust, high-performing software applications that let you run your business better. With a track record in development and complex integration that goes back to the early 1990s, we can promise you tried-and-tested expertise and a wealth of knowledge to ensure that whether you're customising a packaged application, enhancing an existing system, or building from the ground up, your software projects will deliver on your business goals.

Our global-local engagement model means we can offer you access to global capabilities and scale at the best cost, while you enjoy a direct relationship with us as your flexible, committed local partner.

Do these challenges sound familiar to you?

  • How can I get new software applications into production fast, but with minimal risk and disruption to my business?
  • Where can I find people with the smarts to design and build innovative services that wow my customers and beat my competition to market?
  • Is there a software development partner out there I can trust? Someone who'll be straight with me about what they'll deliver, when and for how much?
  • I have an application that still works okay, but can I extend it to meet my new business requirements? Or would I get better results by replacing it?
  • Surely there's a way to reduce my service overheads by making it easier for people to use our website to help themselves?
  • What options are there to cut my operating costs by making my IT environment more productive and efficient?

Every day, we work with businesses around New Zealand to answer all these questions and more. We've successfully delivered projects for many of New Zealand's smartest and most innovative organisations, including Vodafone, Air New Zealand, Resene, the Ministry of Economic Development, ANZ National Bank and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise. So whatever it is that has you losing sleep right now, we're confident our team can find the solution.

Here's how we can help

  • Full development lifecycle for Java and .Net: Specialists in agile development approaches including Crystal Clear and Scrum and also adept in waterfall methods
  • Integration Specialists, with experience in designing and implementing service oriented architectures
  • Application Re-engineering and Enhancement
  • Application Migration and Porting
  • Seasoned Project Managers who are certified in a range of methodologies including PMI, PRINCE2 and agile project management
  • Application Delivery Optimisation: Security, performance and availability techniques to leverage existing infrastructure or maximise benefit from new appliances
  • Long-term support and maintenance with a range of Testing, Software Support and Managed Resource options

Why Optimation

  • We love sharing what we know, so our commitment to mentoring and knowledge transfer helps build the capabilities of your internal team.
  • Over the years, we've built up a rich resource of repeatable processes and frameworks. Alongside our agile methodologies and collaborative approach, this enables us to deliver results early and often.
  • Your business and technical risks are reduced because we give you predictable and manageable costs and outcomes.
  • We'll show you smart strategies to capture, organise and re-use technical IP across your IT environment, so you get the best from your new application without compromising the performance or integrity of existing systems.
  • Close collaboration between our Development and Integration team and our Consulting team means we consider optimised performance and availability, security, and low-risk integration as part of every project we do.