27 January 2008

Who's The Red Elephant?

The Red Elephant is a professional, and customer-oriented company. We develop software as required, design logos and build websites for both businesses and individuals. Our team of enthusiastic and creative experts is always at hand to find the best answer to your questions and needs.

We can also help you with your international ambitions. We develop software as required, design logos and websites in several languages such as English, French, Dutch, German, Arabic, Italian and Polish.

Professional presentation on the internet requires both expertise and experience.
The Red Elephant provides you with both, and offers you the best support for creating and building your website.

Due to our broad knowledge of, and experience with both design and internet techniques, we have a wide range of satisfied customers.

We not only offer software, web design and logos, but can provide you with related services such as Internet Marketing, Web Applications, Domain Registration, Web Hosting and applications for the intranet.

We are expert in such as:

- Windows Applications: Visual Basic.NET, C#, Visual C++, Borland C++ Builder, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, JAVA, Python, JavaScript.
- Libraries: STL, Sockets, Multithreading, MFC, OpenGL.
- Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, Interbase, Paradox, MySQL.
- Operation Systems: Win9x/NT/2000/ME/XP UNIX/FreeBSD/Linux.

Would you like to know more about our company or the services we provide? Then take a look around on our website. Should you have any questions or comments, then please don't hesitate to contact us. Would you like to speak directly to one of our advisers, please call +31-(0)75-616 21 51 We are happy to provide you with any information you require.

Software As Required

The Red Elephant provides solutions that enable enterprises to meet their business goals by developing custom applications, providing maintenance for all applications and integrating them across the enterprise.

The Red Elephant provides solutions that enable enterprises to meet their business goals by developing custom applications, providing maintenance for all applications and integrating them across the enterprise

Bespoke Application Development:


The Red Elephant program your web applications the way you have always wanted. We engage in efficient custom software development, maintaining high-quality software development standards and constantly seeking to fulfill our customer's software outsourcing requirements.
We have a talented team of programmers that is committed to provide the best software development services and deliver robust, scalable, and cost-effective software solutions. Our development capabilities span most widely used technologies, meeting the needs of clients across many different industries. Our software application development includes both:

  1. Internet applications.
  2. Client - Server applications.

Start Your Project Today!

Getting started with your project is as easy as 1-2-3.

Send us what you’ve got about your project so far. Our representative will contact you and schedule a phone meeting about the project.

Send us a brief
Send us what you’ve got about your project so far. Our representative will contact you and schedule a phone meeting about the project.

In accordance with your requirements we will propose a project to you which includes a draft specification, our availability, rough time estimates

Receive our proposal
In accordance with your requirements we will propose a project to you which includes a draft specification, our availability, rough time estimates and milestones.

Once you are ready to order, you will send us an order form and we will sign a contract.

Get started
Once you are ready to order, you will send us an order form and we will sign a contract.

But Why The Red Elephant?

Everything you need for your perfect web applications, which developed by a team of world class programmers. Our service with some differences:

Expertise – you say WHAT you need, and we know HOW to do it.
Visibility – at any time you know when and what you will get.
Perfection – you make a big picture, we cover all the small details.

- Managed, iterative development
- Highly skilled programmers
- Testing and quality assurance
- Security review included
- Usability review included

"They simply have programming knowledge at their fingertips and this gets you around all the fuss about the project. They’ve been a great help since the first time we got in touch despite our projects being rather demanding. I’ll just keep recommending them as choice number one for any project.”
Wiliam, F., Solmabank manager

Software Application Maintenance:

The Red Elephant believes in establishing long-term relationship with our clients and partners by offering effective support and maintenance, even well after the project has been signed-off. We are available for any future updates or upgrades that your application may require. We provide maintenance services to:

- Applications developed by us
- Applications developed by internal IT departments or third-party providers

Our Software Application Maintenance services include:

- Correction of the application's defects and deficiencies discovered by end users
- Extending existing functionalities
- Adding new functionalities beyond the ones which were initially developed, like new reports, new computer dialogs, or completely new features
- Usability enhancement
- Changes to the application interface that make it more user-friendly
- Application optimization to increase software performance
- Porting and migration to new hardware and software platforms


Application Re-Engineering, Porting and Migration of existing applications:

Legacy systems typically define and control the majority of the organization's business processes in large corporates. Organizations that can effectively leverage their legacy systems are best positioned for success in the new business world.
The Red Elephant offers organizations the vast experience it has gained in re-engineering and migration of legacy applications for several customers so as to avoid unintended, negative consequences. Our legacy modernization services include:

- Analysis of existing applications
- Developing re-engineering / porting / migration strategy
- Selection of tools / technologies
- Design, development and integration in a new environment


Web Development:

The Red Elephant develops dynamic web solutions - from online brochure ware to customized shopping carts and ecommerce website applications. We develop, manage, build and maintain high quality solutions for a wide range of businesses and individuals. We have a team of skilled website programmers, versatile in all popular web programming languages. Our web solutions portfolio includes:

- E-Consulting
- Web Applications
- Ecommerce Solutions
- Portal Development

Would you like to find out more or do you have any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us, or call one of our web consultants on +31 (0)75 616 21 51.

The Red Elephant Content Management System

A revolutionary website solution for businesses of all sizes.

In today's day and age, it is absolutely essential that businesses and organisations have the ability to update their own website by adding, editing and removing sections and having full control over the content of their website.

TRE-CMS

The Red Elephant Content Management System (TRE-CMS) is a cutting edge system with ease of use and powerful flexibility as it's standout features. Our Content Management System allows anyone with any level of computer skill the ability to update their website from any browser without the need for downloading software or reading through technical manuals.

Our Company provides you with powerful, very clear, professional and effective solutions for your website that will save you time and money. This is possible by using our TRE-CMS web Content Management System, which enables you to maintain your website yourself.

This Content Management System designed for businesses of all sizes or new businesses wishing to have a presence on the Internet while being able to change the content of the pages themselves. As with all our packages, this Content Management System was built from the ground up by The Red Elephant Technologies and can therefore be customised to suit your specific requirements.

You only pay for what you need and you only have to let us develop what is not already available as ready-made modules. Perhaps the most important thing is that you can amend your website yourself without any IT knowledge, which makes a good investment for the future.

TRE-CMS Full List of Features


bulletFormat content with no HTML skills using Advanced WYSIWYG Editor (What You See Is What You Get).
bulletUnlimited Category-Subcategory.
bulletCompletely automated SEO with Google Sitemap for your web site and pages. And custom titles and .html page names of every respective page and article you generate.
bulletSupport for Mobile/PDA devices.
bulletOpen Search for major browsers.
bulletIdeal for multi-user environment. Supports multiple users with different access levels and permissions.
bulletTwo levels of registered members (free/basic, paid/premium).
This option will allow you easily distinguish different levels of membership for accessing your website.
bulletMulti-language support.
bulletAJAX based Administration - manage content with ease and elegance.
bulletThe system auto-dates new articles, or you can change the date manually.
bulletCustom skins and templates for individual sections.
bulletBox or Block System for greater design flexibility.
bulletRSS Exporter for content syndication: share content of your website via JavaScript or XML feeds.
bulletAutomatically import feeds from other websites articles and news!
bulletBuilt In Polls Module.
bulletFull media and streaming integration: Media streaming is tightly integrated into Article system, and supports formats ('swf', 'dcr', 'mov', 'qt', 'mpg', 'mp3', 'mp4', 'mpeg', 'avi', 'wmv', 'wm', 'asf', 'asx', 'wmx', 'wvx', 'rm', 'ra', 'ram').
Also, you'll be able to easily embed into article body a link from YouTube or Google, Yahoo or MSN Video.
bulletWeb-based Admin Panel.
bulletDatabase and template Backup/Restore.
bulletAbility to publish different kinds of articles: Full Article, Summary only, Internet URL (summary and link to an outside website), Uploaded file (summary and link to a document like a PDF, spreadsheet, or Word Document).
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Ability to control individual article components (comments, ratings, position, etc.).

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Would you like to find out more or do you have any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us, or call one of our web consultants on +31 (0)75 616 21 51.

News & Media Publishing

TRE-CMS is a news, article and media publishing software that enables you to update your website easily without any knowledge or experience with HTML. Your web site is designed through the comfortable Ajax-based site structure management interface and high flexibility of design, content, and functionality integration.

news media publishinIt gives you the power to create different user groups to help you manage your content with a built-in privilege system, and above all, the ultimate Search Engine ranking capability.

Our TRE-CMS software has a modular structure. Here, all the technology services the solution rather than the other way around. Through our modules we offer you a menu that allows you to put together your ideal website.

You only pay for what you need and you only have to let us develop what is not already available as ready-made modules. Perhaps the most important thing is that you can amend your website yourself without any IT knowledge, which makes a good investment for the future.

Our TRE-CMS let you create your online newspaper, magazine, TV/Radio or news portals with very easy manner.

Why use a News Publishing Content Management System ?

New news articles or stories by nature tend to be added frequently to a website. Normally adding a news story involves not only creating the web page to hold it but also updating the index pages. This system takes care of that for you. Each time a news story is added (or modified) the news TRE-CMS system will automatically create the pages and update all the categories indexes and search functions. In addition the indexes and categories listings are sorted in a logical date order. The system has been designed to take all the hassle from publishing news content to a site hence saving you a great deal of time.

TRE-CMS Key Features


bulletFormat content with no HTML skills using Advanced WYSIWYG Editor (What You See Is What You Get).
bulletUnlimited Category-Subcategory.
bulletCompletely automated SEO with Google Sitemap for your web site and pages. And custom titles and .html page names of every respective page and article you generate.
bulletSupport for Mobile/PDA devices.
bulletOpen Search for major browsers.
bulletIdeal for multi-user environment. Supports multiple users with different access levels and permissions.
bulletMulti-language support.
bulletAJAX based Administration - manage content with ease and elegance.
bulletThe system auto-dates new articles, or you can change the date manually.
bulletCustom skins and templates for individual sections.
bulletBox or Block System for greater design flexibility.
bulletRSS Exporter for content syndication: share content of your website via JavaScript or XML feeds.
bulletAutomatically import feeds from other websites articles and news!
bulletBuilt In Polls Module.
bulletFull media and streaming integration: Media streaming is tightly integrated into Article system, and supports formats ('swf', 'dcr', 'mov', 'qt', 'mpg', 'mp3', 'mp4', 'mpeg', 'avi', 'wmv', 'wm', 'asf', 'asx', 'wmx', 'wvx', 'rm', 'ra', 'ram').
Also, you'll be able to easily embed into article body a link from YouTube or Google, Yahoo or MSN Video.
bulletWeb-based Admin Panel.
bulletDatabase and template Backup/Restore.
bulletAbility to publish different kinds of articles: Full Article, Summary only, Internet URL (summary and link to an outside website), Uploaded file (summary and link to a document like a PDF, spreadsheet, or Word Document).
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Ability to control individual article components (comments, ratings, position, etc.).

Other functionalities are, of course, always possible in consultation. Would you like to find out more or do you have any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us, or call one of our web consultants on +31 (0)75 616 21 51.

Professional Webshop eCommerce Solutions

Would you like your customers to have access to your current product range, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? Would you like to enable your customers to shop online in a secure and customer-friendly environment? Would you like to increase your efficiency by linking your website to your back office?webshop

Whatever you are looking for, you can find it on the web. Whether looking for collectibles, clothes, cars, music or gifts, the Web is a one-stop shop for everything. Our company has extensive knowledge in creating and maintaining many e-commerce sites for many companies.

The Red Elephant's online webshop presents your products clearly and with all the relevant information. By expanding this catalogue with a webshop functionality, you can offer existing customers and prospects the possibility of ordering your products easily and securely online.

The standard online product catalogue from The Red Elephant enables you to:

bulletCreate and manage product categories and subcategories yourself.
bulletAdd and manage products and product descriptions.
bulletDetermine yourself when a product or category is visible (set publication and expiry date).
bulletFill in the price, product number, delivery time and other product fields.
bulletAdd extra product-related documents, such as terms and conditions, operating instructions or data sheets.

The additional webshop functionality from The Red Elephant enables you to:

bulletGrant your visitors secure access to the webshop.
bulletAccept orders from website visitors through the placement of products into a virtual shopping trolley.
bulletReceive and send e-mail confirmation of orders.


An overview of the benefits:

bulletYour customers have access to your current product range 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
bulletSales are stimulated due to the impulsive nature of online shopping and the unlimited opening hours.
bulletYour catalogue/webshop can be kept constantly up-to-date and you can respond quickly to changes in stocks with special offers and promotional campaigns.
bulletYou save money and time, as you are no longer dependent on external parties for the maintenance of your website.
bulletWhat You See Is What You Get: you can immediately see and check any amendments you have made to your product catalogue.
bulletNo technical knowledge of HTML, layout codes or scripting languages is required.
bulletYou use your website not only as a source of information but also as a source of income.


The many standard functionalities offered by the online product catalogue with webshop can be expanded with the following options, which can be purchased separately:

bulletShow best-selling or most frequently requested products in a separate list.
bulletImport all product features, e.g. price, serial number and ingredients.
bulletLink to existing databases and back-office systems.
bulletPresent different prices for different (groups of) customers by means of log-in functionality.
bulletAllow registered visitors to change their password, billing address and other details easily.
bulletGenerate sales and payment overviews for managers.
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Link to various payment systems.

Other functionalities are, of course, always possible in consultation. Would you like to find out more or do you have any questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us, or call one of our web consultants on +31 (0)75 616 21 51.