Third Millennium provides a complete range of services for companies looking to use technology to achieve their business goals.  We help clients in all aspects of the software development lifecycle from business and technical analysis and design through development, implementation and maintenance.  Visit our projects page to see work we have done.

Integrated Business And Technology Consulting

Clients typically want the business to determine what technology is used rather than having the technology determine how to run their business.  With our experience in operations, marketing and finance we are able to help clients solve a variety of business problems using technology.  Our approach is to fully understand what the business goals and client capabilities are and then propose a suitable solution. We explain in clear, non-technical terms to our clients what is being done, why it is being done and what it costs. To manage cost we typically take a step by step approach to prove the success of each phase of a project before going on to the next phase. We strive to automate only what is necessary at each phase while keeping the long term picture in mind.
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Software Architecture & Design

Third Millennium has substantial technical architecture and design experience. We also help you determine what sort of hardware and hosting services you need for the software we design. We use object oriented design and analysis and Unified Modeling Language(UML) to design software. 
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Web Site Development

Third Millennium develops complete web sites from the graphic design to the back end software (the "plumbing") to integration with online business partners and offline systems. Software development is done using object oriented programming.  We have a network of graphics and hosting experts and have substantial in-house engineering capability.
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Desktop and Server Application Development

Third Millennium develops desktop and server software for non-web applications.  We are experts in Windows desktop development, client-server applications and server side applications.
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Software Integration

One of Third Millennium's specialties is integration.  We connect isolated "islands" of software to reduce operational costs and improve marketing.  Examples of such work include integration of web sites with sales order entry and inventory systems and integration between business partners using web technologies.  We have done extensive web site integration with ebay.com and half.com to maximize web site profitability and give customers a multi-channel platform for selling - retail,auction and used goods.  We are currently doing credit card payment gateway integration between web sites using web services.
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Software Deployment And Maintenance

Third Millennium typically deploys the software it creates and maintains it on an ongoing basis. Maintenance can include upgrades, repairs, and re-deployment to new servers or hosts.
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Software Performance Improvement

Software performance is a critical factor in making software useable.  Third Millennium has substantial experience in improving the performance of web sites and non-web software.  We can tune both the software and the database of a web site as well as the hardware and hosting configuration to maximize performance while keeping costs down.  We have done a great deal of stress testing in both simple and complex environments to make sure that web sites provide good response times when under heavy use.
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Technical Firefighting

Sometimes you have an emergency when software breaks down, gets slow or a development or hosting provider fails to perform.  Third Millennium can get your web site and software back up and running quickly.  Examples of past work have included transporting the client's site to a new Internet Service Provider (ISP) when their previous ISP failed and taking over web site development when the client's existing software developers are unwilling or unable to perform badly needed work.
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