Financial Software Projects

Custom Application Development

Clients engage DataArt when off-the-shelf products are unavailable, inadequate or too expensive. We develop new systems from scratch, re-engineer legacy platforms, and provide independent QA and code review, on a fixed-price or flexible Time-and-Material basis. Three critical success factors:

• Time-to-Market
• Total Cost of Ownership and Business Value Realization (BVR), compared with both off-the-shelf products and alternative development options
• User Adoption/Implementation: no matter how well-designed a system is, it's only successful if its users are happy

When discussing a Custom Development project with a client, our first consideration is Team Ramp-up and Training. Our proprietary training and domain knowledge sharing system allows us to save up to six weeks of critical start-up time, providing better quality early in the process.

Straight Through Processing (STP) Integration

We are often hired to connect disparate systems that were not built to work together:

• Integration between portfolio/position management system and an accounting engine for complex products
• Eliminating double-entry for securities T&C and corporate actions by establishing a central Reference Data repository

When we prepare to launch Integration projects, we focus on the systems and competitive landscape research. We measure our success by:

• Time to deployment;
• Flexibility and maintainability - systems and formats change, our systems must be ready
• Adoption impact - time and money saved with integration