Services

Ccomprehensive consultancy services for businesses, startups, and IT teams. Our consultancy services cover a wide range of topics, including technology, code, frameworks, infrastructure, and more. Our experienced consultants work closely with clients to understand their unique needs and challenges, and to provide tailored advice and solutions. Whether it’s evaluating technology options, improving code quality, optimising infrastructure, or developing strategic business plans, we can help. Our goal is to help clients achieve their objectives by providing expert guidance and support. With our consultancy services, clients can stay ahead of the curve and navigate the ever-changing landscape of technology and business.

• Comprehensive Business Planning: Our team of experienced consultants works closely with startups to develop a comprehensive business plan that covers all aspects of their business, including market research, financial modelling, and strategic planning.
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• Analysis: We help startups evaluate market opportunities and identify potential challenges, allowing them to make informed decisions about their business.
• Fundraising Guidance: We provide guidance on fundraising strategies and help startups secure the funding they need to launch and grow their business.
• Go-to-Market Strategies: We help startups develop effective go-to-market strategies that allow them to reach their target audience and generate leads.
• Growth Optimization: We provide guidance on growth optimization strategies and help startups scale their business while maintaining profitability.
• Trusted Partner: Our team of consultants acts as a trusted partner for startups, providing ongoing support and guidance throughout the launch and scaling process.

Our Fractional CTO services include:

• Technology strategy: Developing and implementing a technology strategy that aligns with the company’s business objectives.
• IT infrastructure management: Ensuring the organisation’s IT infrastructure is scalable, secure, and efficient.
• Software development oversight: Overseeing software development processes and providing guidance on best practices, tools, and methodologies.
• Technology vendor management: Assessing, selecting, and managing technology vendors and partners.
• Technical team leadership: Leading and mentoring the technical team, while also assisting with hiring and team growth.
• Risk management: Identifying and addressing potential risks related to technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy.

We are committed to delivering web development solutions that are tailored to your unique business needs. With our expertise in the latest web technologies and best practices, you can be confident that your website or app will be a powerful tool for driving growth and success.

• Custom website development: Our team of developers will work closely with you to create a website that reflects your brand, showcases your products and services, and aligns with your business goals.
• E-commerce development: We can help you set up an online store that’s easy to use and manage, with features such as product catalogues, shopping carts, secure payments, and order management.
• Content management systems (CMS): We can develop a CMS that’s easy to use and provides full control over your website’s content, with features such as blog integration, image and video galleries, and social media integration.
• Web app development: Our team can create web-based applications that streamline business processes and enhance customer engagement, with features such as user accounts, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Mobile app development: We can develop mobile apps for iOS and Android devices, with features such as push notifications, in-app purchases, and location-based services.

Streamline Your Business Operations with The Dev Shed’s API Integration Services.

At The Dev Shed, we understand the importance of seamless communication between different software systems. That’s why we offer API integration services to help businesses streamline their operations and improve their overall efficiency.

Our team of experts has years of experience working with APIs and integrating them into a variety of applications and software systems. We can help you integrate APIs for social media platforms, payment gateways, location-based services, data aggregation, e-commerce platforms, messaging services, email marketing, and more.

• Social Media Integration: APIs can be used to integrate social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into your website or application. This can help you improve user engagement, drive traffic, and boost your social media presence.
• Payment Gateways: APIs can be used to integrate payment gateways like PayPal, Stripe, and Authorize.Net into your website or application. This can help you process payments securely and efficiently, and provide a seamless user experience for your customers.
• Location-Based Services: APIs can be used to integrate location-based services like Google Maps and Yelp into your website or application. This can help you provide customised recommendations and information to your users based on their location.
• Data Aggregation: APIs can be used to aggregate data from multiple sources, such as weather forecasts, news feeds, and stock market data. This can help you provide valuable insights to your users and improve your overall user experience.
• E-Commerce Platforms: APIs can be used to integrate e-commerce platforms like Shopify and WooCommerce into your website or application. This can help you create an online store and sell products or services directly to your customers.
• Messaging Services: APIs can be used to integrate messaging services like Twilio and WhatsApp into your website or application. This can help you communicate with your users in real-time and provide instant support and assistance.
• Email Marketing: APIs can be used to integrate email marketing services like Mailchimp and Campaign Monitor into your website or application. This can help you manage your email campaigns and track the success of your marketing efforts.

Overall, APIs provide a wide range of opportunities to enhance the functionality and user experience of your website or application. By leveraging the power of APIs, you can improve your overall performance, reduce development costs, and provide your users with a more engaging and customised experience.

Integration services include EDI integration, database integration, cloud-based software integration, CRM integration, marketing automation integration, social media integration, analytics integration, and API integration. Each of these integrations provides unique benefits and can help you achieve specific business goals.

By integrating EDI, you can automate your business processes and reduce errors, while database integration allows you to store and retrieve data more efficiently. Cloud-based software integration provides you with flexible and scalable solutions for your business needs, while CRM integration helps you manage your customer interactions and relationships more effectively. Marketing automation integration allows you to manage your marketing campaigns and lead generation activities more efficiently, while social media integration helps you engage with your audience more effectively. Analytics integration provides you with valuable insights into your user behaviour and website performance, while API integration allows you to streamline your operations and improve your overall efficiency.

• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) integration: EDI is the electronic exchange of business documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and shipping notices. We can help you integrate EDI into your existing systems to automate your business processes and reduce errors.
• Database integration: Our team of experts can help you integrate databases into your website or application, allowing you to store and retrieve data more efficiently.
• Cloud-based software integration: We can help you integrate cloud-based software solutions such as Google Workspace, Office 365, and Dropbox into your existing systems, providing you with flexible and scalable solutions for your business needs.
• CRM (Customer Relationship Management) integration: CRM systems help businesses manage customer interactions and relationships. We can help you integrate popular CRM systems such as Salesforce and HubSpot into your existing systems, allowing you to manage your customer data more efficiently.
• Marketing automation integration: We can help you integrate marketing automation software such as Marketo and Eloqua into your existing systems, providing you with tools to manage your marketing campaigns and lead generation activities more efficiently.
• Social media integration: We can help you integrate social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn into your website or application, allowing you to engage with your audience more effectively.
• Analytics integration: We can help you integrate analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics into your website or application, providing you with valuable insights into your user behaviour and website performance.
• API integration: As mentioned earlier, we can help you integrate a wide range of APIs into your existing systems, allowing you to streamline your operations and improve your overall efficiency.

We offer disaster recovery planning services to help businesses prepare for unexpected disasters or disruptions. Our experienced team works with businesses to identify potential risks and threats, evaluate the impact on critical business processes and assets, and develop a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. Our planning process includes risk assessment and business impact analysis, development of backup and recovery procedures, identification of the disaster recovery team and communication plan, training and awareness programs, and regular testing and maintenance of the plan. With our disaster recovery planning services, businesses can be confident that they have a clear roadmap for managing disruptions and minimising the impact on their operations and customers.

Penetration testing, or “pen testing”, is a proactive approach to identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in your computer systems and networks. At The Dev Shed, we offer comprehensive penetration testing services to help businesses safeguard their assets and protect against cyber attacks.

Our team of experts uses a combination of automated and manual testing techniques to identify vulnerabilities and simulate real-world attacks. We analyse your systems and networks from the perspective of an attacker, identifying weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors.

Our penetration testing services cover a wide range of areas, including web applications, mobile applications, network infrastructure, cloud-based systems, and social engineering. We provide a detailed report of our findings, outlining the vulnerabilities we identified and providing recommendations for remediation.

By conducting regular penetration testing, you can identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by cybercriminals. This allows you to take proactive measures to protect your systems and networks and avoid potential security breaches.

A collaborative effort between your teams. By mapping out all processes, we’ll not only gain a clear insight into your operations but also quickly identify areas for immediate improvement.

• Clear Visualisation of Processes: Using flowcharts, diagrams, and other visualisation tools, participants get a clear picture of current processes, from start to finish. This visual representation aids in understanding the flow, dependencies, and bottlenecks.
• Identification of Inefficiencies and Gaps: Through mapping, inconsistencies, redundancies, or areas where processes break down becomes evident. This insight is crucial for optimization.
• Standardisation: Process mapping promotes consistency across the organisation. Everyone gets on the same page regarding how tasks and processes should be conducted.
• Stakeholder Alignment: By bringing together representatives from various departments or teams, there’s an opportunity for shared understanding and buy-in. Everyone understands their role and how it fits into the broader process.
• Enhanced Communication: A visual representation of processes provides a common language that cuts across departmental jargon. It can serve as a reference point for discussions, training, and onboarding.
• Risk Mitigation: By mapping out processes, it’s easier to identify areas of potential risk, allowing for the creation of contingency plans or process changes to reduce those risks.
• Basis for Automation: Understanding processes in detail is the first step toward automation. It ensures that what’s being automated is efficient and serves the business’s goals.
• Employee Empowerment: Employees often have valuable insights into process inefficiencies since they’re the ones directly involved. Engaging them in the workshop empowers them to share these insights and potentially find solutions.
• Customer-centric Focus: Process mapping can bring clarity on how processes impact the customer. This can help in refining processes to enhance customer satisfaction.
• Documentation: The outputs of a process mapping workshop can be used to create formal documentation, beneficial for training, audits, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Change Management: If the organisation is going through change (like mergers, acquisitions, or introduction of new systems), process mapping can serve as a tool to understand the impact of that change on current processes.
• Cost Savings: By identifying inefficiencies and redundancies, organisations can eliminate wasteful practices, leading to cost savings.
• Facilitates Scalability: With clear, efficient, and standardised processes, it’s easier for businesses to scale operations without chaos.