Custom Software Development

The only code you need? Your own.

You are not standard. Your company is not standard. Why should your software be? We believe that success requires digital solutions that fit you perfectly. We develop these customised solutions for you, unlocking efficiencies that standard software can’t, and turn your code into a competitive advantage.

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To buy or not to buy

Not an easy decision. Good thing is, you don’t have to decide alone: Our experienced experts will support you in finding the best strategic and financially intelligent way to achieve your business goals.

The licence to not pay

Customised software is not only tailored to your needs, it is also tailored to your budget: you only pay for what you’ve commissioned , instead of feeding licensors — because the software belongs to you.

The freedom to change everything

Because it is your software, you can change, expand and scale it at any time. Your software is therefore always perfectly tailored to your current needs, data structure  and workflows. Now try this with standard software.

Your competitors surely won’t be pleased with this: Software that suits you 

Software that perfectly supports the individual strengths and capabilities of your organisation is increasingly becoming a competitive advantage. And you can never have enough of those.

This is what we mean by “custom software development”

E-Commerce

Good Money

If you want to succeed in online sales, you should make it as easy as possible for your customers. With all our experience from two decades of e-commerce, we help to ensure that nobody closes their browser window in frustration in the middle of the ordering process because something didn’t work again. 

It’s more fun for everyone. Including your CFO.

Business Applications

Who is afraid of forms?

Not us. Because we believe that forms don’t automatically have to be intimidating bureaucracy monsters. With clever user guidance, a focus on minimal queries, and context-sensitive support, they become something we internally refer to as “Forms That Flow” or FtFs for short (feel free to quote us). And these FtFs ensure that high dropout rates and frustrated users are a thing of the past.

Content Management System (CMS)

Content is King Kong

Brands without strong and diverse content are like unfulfilled promises. Content management frameworks ensure that you can fulfil these promises. A powerful CMS makes it easy to edit, curate and distribute  content across  multiple systems. 

The best part  about such a framework:  it offers a structure that can be supplemented, expanded, customised and integrated with  other platforms and systems.

This way, all eyes can be focussed on the actual content.

Integration and Networking

Harvested Chaos

A bit of Excel here, a bit of CRM there, an ERP right next to the newsletter tool and the inventory  management system even further behind — this is what the system architecture of many companies looks like. And for good reason.

As a company grows, so does the number of its digital applications — organically and coherently, but not systematically planned, and rarely effectively linked. The result: Data has to be converted, errors become more likely, knowledge remains unused or is lost.

We ensure that the variety of your tools is integrated  into a consistent, productive and stable digital ecosystem and customise your digital processes precisely to your company’s needs. The effect: sources of error disappear and data is available exactly where it has the greatest impact.

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Design Systems and User Interfaces

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”

Who are we to disagree with Albert Einstein? That’s why we create design systems that make it as easy as possible for designers, developers and all other stakeholders to create and scale high-quality designs while minimising the error rate. This ensures that your brand is consistent and recognisable in all its manifestations.

Not just a side benefit: Design systems also form the foundation for successful user interfaces. Well-designed, consistent, and accessible interfaces lead to a better user experience, resulting in higher customer retention.

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Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)

Until it ‘clicks’

Many customers only visit your website sporadically, leaving a click here, a piece of information there, a longer dwell time — but all of this is highly random, isolated, irregular and therefore worthless at first. 

Unless you succeed in combining and interpreting the many (or few) clicks until it ‘clicks’.

We help you with this defragmentation of the data until a coherent overall picture of the customer emerges. An overall picture that enables you to present your offers even more precisely, make even more suitable suggestions and, in turn, retain your customers even better. 

System Architecture and Hosting

We are Hosting Experts

Good hosting starts with well-written  code that is easy to host, high-performing, responsive and highly resilient. 

We specialise in this kind of code because we work closely with hosting providers from the start, understanding their requirements and challenges in detail, and precisely knowing how to minimise errors and downtime.

Search

You’ll Want This Data Behemoth!

The amount of data in a company is growing exponentially — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing at first. The only decisive factor is that access to this data is fast  and works reliably at all times. And not just internally, for example, when employees need to access urgently required information quickly, but also externally, when website visitors are searching for products. 

For both scenarios, we develop intelligent search functions that act as a powerful data engine, swiftly and securely retrieving relevant data from your ever-expanding data lake.

Technical SEO and Analytics

Likes from Google

If you want to reach people, you have to bypass the machines, the algorithms of Google & Co. and increasingly artificial intelligence too. Our technical SEO ensures that the machines recognise what is important and prioritise content as intended.Our analytics solutions such as Matomo, Uomi and, of course, Google Analytics, help you track who finds you this way and when various digital touchpoints are visited and used.

This allows you to track all digital interactions with your company and use this knowledge effectively for further optimisation.

The best answers start with smart questions

You can only get what you need if you know exactly what you need. Our specialists use their experience and expertise to support you with Requirements Engineering. This ensures that we fully understand your requirements and can put them into practice.

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Our Projects

dpa-Factify

Declaring war on disinformation

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Occhio

Spotlight on the digital business

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Gruner + Jahr One Core

The new home of all major G+J publications

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Gruner + Jahr Paid Content

Access to the really exclusive content

Gruner + Jahr Paid Content

dpa-Agenda

Over 10,000 dates & topics in one single tool

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dpa-Select

Always the first to know

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dpa-ID App

All important news at a glance

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