10 Good Reasons

Ten reasons to use Kyosei Systems to develop your web site

1. Creativity and Innovation
2. Full Service
3. Project Managed Service
4. A Working Partnership Provides Better Solutions at a Lower Cost
5. Building with Cost-Effective Technologies
6. Development in Shanghai
7. Modular Design
8. Security
9. Testing and Multi-browser Development
10. Documentation and Accountability

1. Creativity and Innovation

Making a careful assessment of your current and future needs, talking with information users as well as key people in your organisation: this is not just a thorough basis on which to build your applications. It is an opportunity for us to find new and creative ways to meet the needs of your company and your customers. We take that opportunity by extending the design process beyond the Business Analyst to the web design and usability team, the graphic designers, the network and security team and the programmers.

With discussions from the outset among all the parties building your web site rather than bolted-on during production, you can expect Kyosei Systems to deliver greater functionality and efficiency whilst maintaining security, optimising your network resources, and saving you money.

2. Full Service

Kyosei Systems are pleased to offer you a complete solution to all the requirements of your web site. If you have seen the work of web design companies who provide a stunning home page with nothing below; or if you've seen sites designed by programming hacks, with abundant functionality but poor usability; you will probably already appreciate a full-service offering.

But much of the benefit which Kyosei Systems offers is in the work which goes behind these visible activities to give you a secure site, built to meet your requirements for the present and to meet your plans for the future.

Kyosei Systems provide a fully project managed, integrated service incorporating all of the following:

• Business Analysis
• Program Development
• Interface with existing applications
• Usability and Legal Requirements Analysis
• Graphic Design
• Web Development
• Systems Administration and Security
• Training and Support
• Documentation

3. Project Managed Service

The success of a web project, small or large, is in large measure determined by the effectiveness of the project management. The emphasis Kyosei Systems places on through management will be obvious from your first meeting through to delivery and on-going support.

You will see this from the thoroughness of the analysis, the concern for your existing systems and employees' work processes, the consideration of long term strategy and requirements in carrying out the immediate objective, and from the quality of our feedback and documentation to you. And you will know from the visible priority to preparation and planning that Kyosei Systems' teams are managed to work together as an integrated team to give you a professional and cost effective solution which meets your highest expectations.

4. A Working Partnership Provides Better Solutions at a Lower Cost

Working in partnership means much more to your relationship with Kyosei Systems than just close communications and working with your in-house teams. For any application which isn't already in our library, with a core which has the potential to benefit other customers, we will offer the opportunity to split the development costs with us, 50:50.

Not only will this give you development cost savings, it will give you the assurance of greater design flexibility to meet your own future needs, and a product which is developed and tested to run over a more extensive range of platforms than a project with a single defined customer.

5. Building with Cost-Effective Technologies

The choice of development and infrastructure technology for developing your web site are crucial decisions that will determine the cost and support of your web site into the future. Locking yourself into proprietary solutions can be a quick decision for today which will lock you into huge hidden costs in licensing and support for many years to come.

Kyosei Systems promotes the use of industry-leading, open-source development infrastructure, programming tools and languages, which will give you choice and cost effective development now and into the future. Where we differ from many other such companies is that we are not evangelical applying these guiding principles. We take into account your current environment, skills availability, and any potential risks inherent in a given technology on a case-by-case basis.

6. Development in Shanghai

Our main programming team in Shanghai greatly reduces the cost of software development. Web programming is at the centre of all Kyosei Systems' activities. We do not outsource programming to 3rd party companies: our programmers are Kyosei Systems staff under our own management. All are multi-skilled technology graduates with years of experience in developing interactive commercial web sites. Combined with the local resource of program architects in Europe, this delivers benefits of flexibility, quality and cost which cannot be matched for moderate sized projects even by large companies with development teams in Asia.

Our split graphic design teams in the UK and Shanghai mean that you have the combined benefits of the best in creative European layout and design, and the opportunity to commission interactive product demonstrations and e-learning projects which would simply not be cost effective to develop within the UK.

7. Modular Design

In-house application development limits your opportunities for re-using applications; program code; development, control and documentation procedures. The chance of having unique web site requirements is quite small. But out-sourcing will not deliver all benefits of supplying to a wider market unless the flexibility is built into the applications from the outset.

Kyosei Systems' applications are designed for maximum flexibility as a fundamental design assumption. Everything is designed to be modular, to give and limit functionality and maintain the ability to integrate further functionality for future clients. The appearance and user interface is quickly configurable to your own requirements and site design.

8. Security

While the glitz of programming are in the functionality, productivity and revenue creation benefits, at least as important are the security of your infrastructure and of your company's and customers' information. At Kyosei Systems we do not leave security considerations at our customers' doorstep. We know that your company's wealth and reputation are in the balance for any security shortcomings, and work extremely hard to provide the demanding level of security you rightly demand and expect.

Regardless of whether you have information security departments in-house or not, we will carry out an initial security risk assessment as part of the requirements analysis, because what we can safely deliver to you and the manner in which we should best deliver it will depend on the systems you have in place. This will cover fail-safe systems in case of server or network failure, data backup and storage, protection in terms of server configuration and business systems to protect you from external and internal attack.

We will secure any servers you rent through Kyosei Systems and are happy to provide this service for your own servers as well. The service covers:

Failover, data security, disaster recovery, data backup and storage.

Program error, User error, external and internal threats, security of programs and program scripts, update of security patches, security of business systems

For companies without the required skills in-house we also offer an on-going security review in which our System Administrators will make a regular review of security on your servers, keep your operating system and programs up-to-date with the latest security patches, report risks to you regularly and notify you immediately of any intrusion or high and persisting risk. By agreement we will of course be happy to close the identified security holes.

9. Testing and Multi-browser Development

The user community viewing your web site is not using a standard product. There are many different versions of many different browsers, running on various operating systems in many different languages. There are also different screen sizes and resolutions, plug-in and web applications, as well as individuals' accessibility options. How confident are you that your customers can see and use your web site as you expect?

While this amounts to an impossible number of variables to test exhaustively, Kyosei Systems recognise the importance of smart, extensive and rigorous testing: extensive because we will select an especially large cross-section of the most popular environments, rigorous because we develop careful test scripts building in a library of the less obvious sources of fault and inconsistency, and smart because we will make an analysis of your web logs where available to test against the environments of your own customers.

10. Documentation and Accountability

It's all very well claiming an emphasis on security and testing. But what does that mean if sites can never be 100% secure and programs can never be 100% error-free? How can these claims be measured? The clear and complete documentation of every step in the development process is your guarantee of the rigorousness with which our development, testing and security undertakings have been deployed.

But it offers more than this: documentation at its best is accessible at the point and in the form in which it is needed. In the case of program testing we compile a summary report of all irregularities in different browsers and country versions for your assessment. You will be able to make the business decisions of where development resource is required. Our custom-built software can make a detailed analysis of the integrity of your web site, checking for changes within and beyond your own site and providing valuable concise reports to help ensure the continued quality of your site.