Cycle Consulting, Inc.
was founded with one overriding
principle, to design and develop the best software possible.
To that end, we have created a set of practices
that enable us to create the software solution you require on
time and within budget. Our goal with every
project we undertake is a zero defect solution that exceeds
your expectations. We use the latest technology to
insure that the solution we provide will serve your business
far into the future enabling you to meet your business goals
whatever they may be.
Cycle Consulting, Inc.
was founded in 2000 to offer leading
edge software development services to businesses and
individuals requiring a solution that offers the best answer
to their current dilemma. We know that for many of
our clients, undertaking a custom software development
project can bring with it many risks. Our system
for project management in addition to our experience with the
implementation of a vast array of mission critical
applications gives us a unique insight into these risks and
how they can be reduced and/or avoided.
QuickBooks Integration Tools
We have developed several tools for the integration of
applications with the QuickBooks environment.
Among these tools are a robust class library for creating
user interface extensions to QuickBooks with generic
QuickBooks event management utilities and QuickBooks data
set query, analysis, formatting, and output functionality.
Using these tools, we have developed several applications
like our
QuickBooks Events Subscriber that assist us in the
rapid development of QuickBooks solutions for our clients.
The class library, tools, utilities, and applications are
available for license to our clients for use in their own
development and integration projects. Just let
us know your requirements and we will develop a licensing
package to fit your special needs.
Government Forms Systems
Many government agencies require the filing of prescribed
forms for various reasons including taxes (income, excise,
asset, sales, etc.), employment reporting, licensing, etc.
Many of these government agencies now provide their forms
in an electronic format that we are able to use in our
system to create and manage finished forms that are
complete and ready to file with the target government
agency. In addition, we are able to take paper
government forms and translate them into an electronic
format for use in our system, simplifying the filling out
and filing of the forms. Using our system for
creating and managing government forms, we have created our
Government Forms
Manager application that enables a user to manage
common data required for most forms, extract data from data
management applications, accounting systems, or relational
databases, and generate the required government forms in
electronic or paper format.
Price Quoting Systems
Many organizations that sell products where the price
changes often (weekly, daily, or even hourly) require a
system to transmit periodic price quotes to their current
and prospective customers. We have developed a
system that enables the user to manage and transmit price
quotes to their customers via Email, Fax, or an Internet
Fax service like
eFax. Using our system
for the management and transmission of price quotes, we
have created our
Rate Quote Transmission Manager application that
enables a user to manage all of the data required for a
price quote, transmit the price quote to one or more
specified customers, and track the results of the price
quote including product sales and invoice generation.
QuickBooks Integration
We have developed tremendous expertise in integrating
applications with
Intuit's
QuickBooks.
We have assisted several organizations in enabling the
download of financial data from QuickBooks for use in
custom software applications. We have also
created systems that enable the upload of data for storage
and use in QuickBooks. In addition, we have
developed a very robust set of tools for working with
QuickBooks and the
QuickBooks SDK.
These tools enable the rapid development of solutions not
only for working with the data contained in QuickBooks but
also for creating
custom user interface extensions
to the QuickBooks environment.
Government Forms Printing
Depending on the business or industry you are working in,
it is very common to be required to fill out and file
forms for various government agencies. We have
created a system that enables us to recreate any government
form electronically to simplify the entry of data, the
generation of the form, and filing of the form with the
government agency. In addition, we have developed
the tools necessary to retrieve the data for a government
form from commercial systems like Intuit's QuickBooks as
well as from custom data storage and management systems.
As a result, we can enable the retrieval and processing of
data, the generation of the government form with the
retrieved data, and the printing of the form, all from within
a very simple interface. The result of this is
that your organization can simplify the process of reporting
information to government agencies with the peace of mind
that the government forms will be produced accurately and in
a timely manner with a minimum of effort.
Web Portal Development
Our experience in developing Web portal applications using
leading edge technology enables us to create your Web portal
with all of the features and functionality you require.
Not only can we create solutions using mainstream
technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, ASP.NET, C#, and XML,
we have developed expertise using leading edge technologies
in the areas of AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
development, Web 2.0 applications, and unobtrusive
JavaScript implementation. We have worked with
many of the popular JavaScript development libraries and
frameworks but prefer to use
jQuery
for its features, flexibility, speed, and small memory
footprint,
ExtJS
for its component architecture, robust
handling of data, and amazing extensibility, and
Sencha Touch
for its ability to create mobile browser based
applications that meet or exceed the performance, features,
and richness of native mobile applications.
These enable us to create advanced features in a Web portal
or a mobile application simpler and faster than is possible
with other Web application development libraries and
frameworks.
Software Consulting
In addition to the aforementioned services, we also offer
software consulting services in a variety of areas.
We offer custom software development services that include
all aspects of software development and/or implementation.
We can provide you with services that cover the entire
application development lifecycle including requirements
analysis, application design, the creation of
specifications, the implementation of the software solution,
testing and debugging, deployment, maintenance, and
enhancement. We have also developed expertise in
analyzing existing software that requires maintenance and/or
enhancement in order to provide our client with a proposed
plan for accomplishing their desired goals. The
plan includes information that our client can use to issue a
request for proposal and evaluate prospective implementation
service providers. (Although we always hope to be
the provider of the software implementation services, we do
not make this a requirement when providing this type of
software analysis. We are very comfortable being
required to compete for the implementation portion of a
project.) In addition to custom software
development, we offer training services for software design,
development, documentation, testing, and deployment for the
Web, the Internet, Windows, and various database systems.
We can help you gain the experience necessary to create the
solutions you need to make your organization a success.
When was Cycle Consulting, Inc. founded?
We were founded in 2000, although our founder has been
working in the software consulting business since 1994.
What is the origin of the company name?
We were established as a software consulting company with a
focus on the complete application lifecycle and formalizing
the software development process into a robust and
repeatable engineering method. In addition to the
focus on the software development lifecycle, our founder is
an avid cyclist and felt the name portrayed both him and the
focus of the company.
What technologies does Cycle Consulting, Inc. work with?
When the company was founded, we were focused primarily on
Windows database application development using CA-Visual
Objects, Borland Delphi, Microsoft SQL Server, Interbase,
and Oracle. From those beginnings, we added
expertise in Internet and Web development using HTML,
VBScript, JavaScript, and classic ASP. Today,
much of our development focuses on AJAX and Web 2.0
application development using JavaScript, XML, HTTP, C#,
and ASP.NET.
What is your hourly rate?
Our standard hourly rate is $175.00 per hour for short term
engagements. For longer term engagements, our
hourly rate is negotiable.
Will you entertain fixed price engagements?
Yes, we are very willing to enter into fixed price or fixed
term engagements depending on the type and scope of the
project. We understand that this type of
arrangement when working with a software consulting firm
offers the client the best opportunity to minimize the risk
associated with custom software development. In
order to help our clients minimize the budgetary risk when
engaging our services, we have developed an intelligent
project estimation system that enables us to create very
accurate time and materials estimates.
Do you provide any hardware services in addition to your software consulting?
Although our focus is on software, we have developed a
significant expertise in computer hardware as well.
Typically, we do not entertain projects that are primarily
focused on hardware, however, if particular hardware
resources are necessary to the success of a project, we have
the expertise to handle these responsibilities as well.
Do you have examples of your software development process?
We can provide you with a copy of a paper written by our
founder which outlines the process we use for developing
software for ourselves and our clients,
"Project Management for the 21st Century".
This paper has been presented at several international
technical conferences both in the U.S.A. and abroad.
In addition, we can provide you with a technical document
outlining our coding standards for the CodeGear (Borland)
Delphi (Object Pascal) language,
"Cycle Consulting, Inc. Delphi Coding
Standards". All members of our
development team must follow standards similar to these
when working on software development projects for
ourselves and our clients.
What tools do you use?
We use several leading edge development tools, libraries,
and database products. Among them are the
following:
Cycle Consulting, Inc.
3414 North Kensington Street
Arlington, VA 22207-1326
U.S.A
Phone: (703) 932-5675
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