System 7 Consult

Expert advice and developer capability on demand

Do you have ambitious plans for new digital publications but not the internal IT resource to deliver? Or do your developers need to be provided with maximum support while they are getting to grips with the System 7 platform themselves? The answer is at hand - System 7 Consult

System 7 Consult can assist in a number of ways, for example:

• Rapid site build and IT assistance
  System 7 Consult rapidly builds custom digital publication templates and content infrastructures for clients, and also handles corollary work including the transformation of content held in Adobe InDesign and other files into XML, the importation of XML from legacy databases, Web design and branding, and many other technical tasks.
• Digital boot camps and special training
  Some publishers moving to digital from print backgrounds may find that key staff, such as advertising sales, lack online skills. System 7 Consult can work with teams and individuals to help bootstrap their knowledge and skills in such key areas.
• Digital publishing strategy
  The Web - or more accurately "Web 2.0" - is changing at a phenomenal pace, and System 7 Consult can assist companies wanting to get their digital publishing strategy up to speed with the latest developments.
• Search Engine Optimization
  Most publishers working with digital will have become familiar with, and frustrated by, just how important search engine rankings can be for generating traffic and revenue. System 7 has accumulated deep knowledge in this area by working with many different publishers, some of which are SEO masters in their own right, and can assist companies wishing to drive greater value from the search engines.
• Advanced Developer support
  If you are using System 7 as a toolkit, your developers will appreciate expert support and assistance, especially in the early stages. System 7 Consult meets this need, and can also help developers that are new to the Microsoft .NET, Visual Studio and SQL Server technologies used in conjunction with System 7.
• XML design and data processing
  The XML document format is key to emerging multi platform publishing business models, and is also the preferred format in which to store content inside System 7. System 7 Consult can provide strategic and design help to your publishing organization as you make the transition to XML and can assist with the mass transformation of archived content into XML.