GBdirect Contractors and Contracting Services FAQ

  1. What subject and skill areas do your contractors specialise in?

    The following is a brief list of some of the skills, approaches, applications and industries that we have recently supported:

    • Open systems architectures
    • Open standards system integration
    • Open source software programming
    • Programming languages:
      • C
      • C++
      • Perl
      • PHP
      • Python
      • Java
    • Databases:
      • Oracle
      • MySQL
      • PostgreSQL
      • SQL Server
    • Web servers and web services:
      • Apache web server
      • Apache modules: tomcat, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_rewrite, etc.
      • XML, XSLT, XML Schemas, Relax NG, SOAP, XML-RPC
      • XHTML, CSS, RDF, RSS, etc
      • Application Servers, JBoss, WebLogic
      • Content Management, Applaws, Bricolage, WebGUI, Zope, bespoke
      • Browsers and browser-based applications, Mozilla, Firefox, Internet Explorer, XUL
    • Mail Servers, Messaging and Authentication:
      • Sendmail, Postfix, Exim
      • SUSE Openexchange server, OpenGroupware, Horde
      • Cyrus IMAP
      • OpenLDAP, Active Directory (AD)
    • Desktops and office productivity
      • OpenOffice.org
      • Thin clients, xterminals, Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP)
      • GNOME, KDE
    • GUI widget sets:
      • GTK
      • QT
      • wxWidgets
      • Swing
    • Industries:
      • Financial services
      • Defence
      • Science and engineering
      • Electronics
      • Education and training