Why Silicon Dales?
Silicon Dales has experience working with open source software since 2005 on hundreds of different client sites with a wide range of use cases and challenges.
From traffic spikes to microsites, Silicon Dales can advise on a number of approaches to using Open Source for different business needs.
A clear process
Booking a service from Silicon Dales online through this site is a straightforward way to access expertise.
Tried and tested
If you don’t see a review or video accompanying the service you are looking at, head on over to our case studies section here, to find out how clients have benefited from the work performed by Silicon Dales.
Top-level assistance for your project
Whatever your setup or project needs, Silicon Dales has deep experience with every facet of the stack and can help you to get the best Return on Investment. Our web development and project management experience means you get top-level assistance for your project in a tried and tested format – see our case studies for examples.
Comfortable with Complexity
Silicon Dales mainly deals in complex integrations, hosting consultations, or other complex or routine tasks.
This means we work building:
- custom themes;
- custom plugins;
- Evaluating and troubleshooting issues in (mainly complex) websites;
- planning, designing, launching, maintaining and supporting complex development projects.
Additionally, if you have specific legal, accounting or security requirements, Silicon Dales can work with your organisation to ensure you still get the most from working with – and to feel the benefits of – Open Source.
Expertise
Silicon Dales has experience working with Open Source software since 2005 on hundreds of different client sites with a wide range of use cases and challenges.
From specialist security and network requirements through to ultra-high traffic and large product feeds, Silicon Dales can advise on a number of approaches to using open source technologies for different business needs.
What does “Complex” mean?
Silicon Dales handles different types of complex development including high-traffic, highly-customized, e-Commerce and mission critical applications, for large and very large scales.
Traffic
A website can be more complex just by having “lots” of visitors. For lots, read tens of thousands per day – or more. A busy website might need special caching, a different database setup or a hosting upgrade to handle extra load.
Plugins, customization and business use case
Every extra plugin or feature adds a level of complexity to your website, especially from the point of view of updates. If your website has custom code, or is utilized in an unusual way by your organization, this can all add complexity to your project and the ways in which it can be properly maintained, secured and backed-up.
eCommerce
We mainly work with websites which feature some form of ecommerce, usually through an Open Source eCommerce platform, or by building a custom eCommerce features onto an Open Source stack.
Almost any eCommerce website is complex – because you are handling a lot more than just content: orders, shipping rules, tax rules, transactions, transactional email.
Each element will need to be setup and maintained for your particular business, meaning solutions must go beyond the standardized or the automated.
For more on eCommerce development, see here.
Mission critical
If your website must maintain 100% uptime and real-time backups for transactions, it makes business sense to have expert developers, such as Silicon Dales, handle changes or updates with experience and care.
