Bespoke software
If an old system still runs part of your business, we can move you off it in stages, without losing what works and without stopping the business.
Old systems do more than anyone remembers. We map what yours actually does, including the rules nobody wrote down, before deciding what to replace.
Not everything needs replacing. Sometimes the right first step is building a new front end on top of the old system, or connecting it to something modern.
We move a piece at a time, running old and new side by side where it helps, so the business keeps running throughout.
When the output has to be identical, like the BBFC’s Black Cards, we reproduce it exactly and check it against the original.
Once it has moved, we host it, support it and keep it current, so it does not become the next legacy system.
The BBFC's Black Card process ran on Excel and a PHP site that could no longer keep up. We rebuilt it in .NET on Amazon Web Services, matching the old cards exactly, and added bulk upload of up to 1,000 at a time.
Read the BBFC case study
NCI needed a modern iPad app for over 150 field staff that worked with their existing IBM Domino platform. We built it to sit alongside and extend what they had, with a path to .NET.
Read the NCI case studyLotus Notes and Domino are still running businesses up and down the country. We have built on Domino for years, including field marketing platforms that are still in daily use, so we understand what a Domino system is doing before we suggest moving it anywhere.
Working with Paul and the IceBubble team over the last few months to an update an aging Domino application has been an absolute pleasure. The IceBubble team are skilled, responsive and helpful.
Highly professional
At every stage Paul and his team have been highly professional and have taken very sparse scoping documents and come back with some amazing and innovative ideas. IceBubble deliver on-time within budget and is always happy to help.
An almost immediate understanding of our requirements
We had presentations from a number of other suppliers and chose IceBubble due to their almost immediate understanding of our requirements and the recommendation from another long standing and valued NCI supplier.
Lotus Notes and HCL (formerly IBM) Domino, Microsoft Access, Excel-based systems, older PHP sites and older .NET applications, among others. If you are not sure what yours is built on, we can find out.
No. We usually recommend moving in stages, and sometimes keeping part of the old system where it still does its job well.
It comes with you. Moving the data across, and checking it, is part of the project.
Browser-based systems built around how your team works, such as ordering platforms and client portals.
More on web applicationsApps for staff and customers on iPhone, Android, Windows and Mac, from one codebase.
More on app developmentConnect the tools you already use, so data is entered once and reports are right.
More on systems integrationsTell us what you're trying to sort out. If something off the shelf would do the job, we'll say so.
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