Development Services for Independent Software Vendors

Since 1992, ProtoLink has helped Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) deliver their products to the industrial automation market.  Our contributions to these organizations have ranged from performing all product development tasks to supplementing the efforts of skilled in-house development teams.

Our staff is comprised of degreed electrical, mechanical, and computer engineers who are experts in developing advanced software for the Microsoft platform.  This fact, coupled with our extensive experience with industrial automation, allows us to offer valuable insight to ISVs targeting this dynamic market.

We deliver high performance, high availability Windows and web applications using Win32 and .NET technologies.  We have extensive experience with virtually all aspects of Win32 user-mode development.  When targeting this platform, we implement in C++ and utilize class libraries such as ATL and MFC when appropriate.  Our experience ranges from data and network communications to 3D graphics and multimedia programming.

ProtoLink has delivered applications for the .NET platform since March of 2001, roughly a year prior to its official release.  We implement .NET applications using C#, ASP.NET, and ADO.NET.

ISVs have cited the following reasons for choosing to outsource development tasks to ProtoLink:

• Quicker time-to-market
• Industry knowledge
• Internal development staff either non-existent, too busy, or underperforming
• Depth and breadth of experience due to the unique combination of skills present among our staff
• More abreast of latest technologies than internal staff
• More cost effective than internal resources
• Convenient location (central standard time zone, major airline hub)

ProtoLink developers understand the benefits of thorough source code documentation, open lines of communication, and life-long learning.  These traits, coupled with significant expertise in application architecture and database design, allow us to repeatedly deliver successful results on complex projects.

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