Software Maintenance

Bespoke systems can be effectively supported by outsourcing their maintenance to Village Software. This releases internal staff to focus on the key points of change in a company while leaving important systems in a safe pair of hands.

One of the least glamorous areas of information technology is the maintenance of bespoke applications. The key developers move on to other projects and companies. The software is either maintained in an ad-hoc manner or valuable personnel are pulled off critical new projects to manage legacy systems. On occasions a company moves away from bespoke development or a supplier moves on and a system becomes entirely and dangerously orphaned. Important and expensive systems are lost due to lack of maintenance. An organisation sometimes can't alter surrounding systems for fear of disturbing an unmaintained system.