Axian's staff offers you information systems resources that are both broad and deep. Our architects have the experience to know what will work best in your situation, and our senior-level software developers have backgrounds that encompass every major technology. Their skills and experience produce innovative, powerful and comprehensive solutions. Here's a sampling of what we can do for you:

• Help you develop your corporate strategic and executive level IT plan and business case;
• Architect, design and program software applications on our own or working with your people;
• Help you migrate from past to current technologies so that you don't run into a strategic technology dead-end;
• Integrate different software applications and apply the Internet to serve your strategy and goals;
• Remain available for ongoing assistance, or help you develop internal technological self-sufficiency.

Do you need Axian's help?
Only certain companies need the kind of comprehensive help Axian offers. Our best clients are firms that want a broad, high-level view of their technology choices and recognize the need for help sorting through alternatives and implementing the best choice. If you're concerned you don't have enough technical experts to execute your budgeted projects, or you know you need to migrate to a new hardware platform or operating system but don't yet have the necessary in-house expertise, you're an ideal client. We'll help you achieve your goals, improve your personnel's skills and prepare for your future technological needs.

A complementary resource
You might already be using a large IT consultant, or thinking you need one. If so, this is a good time to point out that Axian doesn't compete with the biggest IT consultants. Instead, we're a complementary resource that you can use for the services the biggest firms can't or won't deliver to you. We’re committed to right-sizing and bite-sizing your IT systems using an appropriate combination of commercial solutions and tailored integrations, rather than force fitting global applications into your environment. For example:

• Axian will help you develop the smaller, customized, more human-centric departmental and ad hoc solutions, while advising on the appropriate out of the box offerings to minimize your long term IT overhead.
• We provide cross-platform architectural and technical leadership that gives you an independent perspective. This helps you integrate the results of large projects together, ensures a level of technical uniformity within your organization, and provides validation and oversight to ensure larger projects are on the right track. We'll help you strategically upgrade, modernize, fix, enhance or replace ad hoc systems that currently you can only deal with reactively because of their support burden and restricted IT resources. We can either tackle the strategic initiative or maintain your existing system so your IT staff can proactively develop a new strategy.
• Axian helps your IT department move beyond “startup mentality” by helping to develop and mentor your staff on common-sense methodologies and procedures, as well as robust system analysis—aimed at your organization's unique situation.

Why is Axian the best choice?
Compared to our direct competitors, there are several ways Axian is unique and clearly the best choice:

• We use phased iterative development that includes clearly defined reviews to ensure success and manage costs.
• We develop and implement solutions that conform to your needs. Because we have developers with deep experience in a variety of technologies, we don't have preferences—we use what works best for you.
• Axian offers options for contracting, consulting and training. We can do a project for you, help you do it or teach you how to do it yourself. You choose the method that best suits your people and your budget.
• We develop and deliver customized training to fill any knowledge gaps identified during your project.

Axian has the knowledge and experience to help you stay on plan and on budget. Call us today to discuss your information system needs.