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Ballard Chalmers delivers expert Microsoft .NET capabilities for custom software application development, consultancy, resourcing, and ongoing support. As a Microsoft .NET practice, we deliver software engineering both in the cloud and on-premises. We are experts in capturing the business intent of an application and turning it into a reality. Thereby helping organisations save money by using more efficient custom software.

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Microsoft .NET Software Development

Ballard Chalmers delivers a bespoke Microsoft .NET application development service that brings into reality the ambitions of our clients.

We work closely and consultatively so that the true business requirements are captured and analysed, ensuring that business processes as reflected in the software architecture and design are streamlined, efficient and flow logically. Proper design, architecture and overview are essential to developments which function well.

We are also extremely proficient in rescuing wayward software developments. Our experience ensures we are able to quickly identify and solve even the most complex of problems, explain what has happened, and how to fix it. We can either do the fixing directly, or we can work alongside your in-house team.

Our software engineers and consultants can help you with:

  • Custom building new high-performance applications to help you innovate and disrupt your market
  • Custom software development for cloud, on-premises and mobile applications
  • System re-engineering – upgrading and migrating legacy applications to the cloud
  • Migrating between versions
  • Maintaining and supporting new or existing custom .NET platforms
  • Integrating cross-platform applications

.NET APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Ballard Chalmers develops, re-engineers, deploys and manages enterprise applications in the cloud or on-premises. As a .NET practice and leading professionals, our suite of comprehensive services enables speed to market, scalability and futureproofing for business-critical applications. We’d like you to consider us your .NET outsourcing team.

.NET APPLICATION CONSULTING

As a Microsoft partner, our .NET developers are industry veterans and experts in the features and technology of Microsoft technology. Bring in our .NET developers for small engagements such as advice, recommendations, risk management review or licencing assessments; or a full .NET development team for larger engagements such as proof of concept or application failure resolution.

.NET APPLICATION SUPPORT

As a .NET practice, we can provide ongoing .NET application support for custom software whether we built it or it's an existing system. Our support staff are fully qualified software engineers, not helpdesk staff. That means your support team will be very familiar with the technology used and be able to provide the expertise you need, when you need it.

.NET RESOURCING

Increase the capacity of your in-house team for custom .NET development with our expert team augmentation. Take our Microsoft partner expertise and give your team the boost required to get your .NET development completed. If you are tight for deadlines or taking on a larger project than normal in-house, this is a simple and fast solution.

We will experience net savings after eliminating all three legacy document management solutions. Also, transferring data from one of the large, on-premise systems will decrease the risk of the system failing. Document storage is critical to our industry, and the business will be safer once these documents are transferred. Our IT team couldn’t have accomplished these goals without the support of Ballard Chalmers—they’ve had a tremendous impact.

CIO – United Living

Ballard Chalmers brought the whole concept to life. They rapidly grasped the complexity of the business processes involved and created an easy to use tool that has since been expanded significantly. Ballard Chalmers are the experts you can rely on to deliver, easy to work with and cost effective – a fantastic extension to the team.

Managing Director – Mason Zimbler

Ballard Chalmers built a .NET/SQL application for one of our Fortune 500 clients that totally exceeded expectations. They rapidly turned complex business processes and an SKU list of thousands into an easy to use application that enabled our client to run a very successful partner awards programme.

CEO – Ratio Creative

Ballard Chalmers’ consultancy and Microsoft .NET development expertise has been instrumental in the redevelopment of the Canterbury Student .NET portal.

Information Systems Development Manager – Canterbury Christ Church University

Before partnering with Ballard Chalmers Ltd, we were struggling to roll out enough updates. Now, we’re releasing changes and improvements every other week. We’ve pushed out more updates in the last six months than we have in the last three years.

Managing Director – AppCan

Over the past few years Ballard Chalmers has consistently surprised me with effective and economic solutions to difficult briefs, especially when dealing with the upgrading and integration of legacy systems. Their new builds are also excellent, and I would recommend them without hesitation.

Account Director – Caburn Hope

The best result of their work recently is the portal itself. Until the recent MVP [minimum viable product] went out, we were unable to make emergency bookings through the system. They’ve really improved the functionality and our ability to work with other installers.

Project Manager – OVO Energy

Ballard Chalmers’ development speed generated more updates in six months than the last three years’ total. The team’s detailed approach and level of technical expertise assure that minimal product testing is required before launch. Their level of engagement stands out among others in the field.

Managing Director – AppCan

Ballard Chalmers has consistently provided a service that has matched or exceeded expectations within the agreed budget and timescale. They were receptive to our on-going suggestions and changing requirements and able to act promptly throughout. We look forward to working with them more in the future and would recommend them highly.

Director – Fenix Insight

Since the original phase 1 launch, the number of accounts worked by the team has increased by 250%, successful outcomes by 137%, payments by 152%, among many more positive stories. While headcount has remained fairly static, these improvements have been heavily influenced by process and system improvements that we’ve put in place together.

Business Analyst – Energy Services Company

.NET Case Studies

Featured .NET development case study

Ballard Chalmers was deeply involved in building the ID Register. An online investor onboarding platform that helps make key processes such as fund launches faster, easier and more cost-effective. It centralises fund subscription information, conducts Due Diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC), and also provides Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and Common Reporting Standard (CRS) tax reporting to the relevant jurisdiction.

.NET DEVELOPMENT

With Microsoft .NET development you can build highly scalable cloud-native applications in Azure or traditional on-premises .NET SQL applications.

.NET Core (.NET 6)

With Microsoft .NET Core application development you have software delivered which has all the power of the .NET Framework along with the flexibility and support of open source.

.NET Core (.NET 6) offers significant benefits for new application development. All brand-new .NET projects developed by Ballard Chalmers use .NET Core, delivering to you an enterprise application built for Windows, Linux, macOS and Docker, as well as device, cloud, and embedded systems using the same code.

Our team of .NET Core experts can help you with:

  • Full-service .NET Core application development
  • Consulting and implementation services
  • .NET Core application customisation
  • ASP.NET Core web application development

.NET Framework

The .NET Framework is the backbone of software development on the Microsoft Platform and Ballard Chalmers has been developing software using it since it was first released in 2002.

The .NET Framework provides a unified development structure for enterprise software development and includes all the core features an application needs in one place including File, Network and I/O, User Interface, Memory and Thread Management, Encryption and Exception handling.

We also provide expert help in:

  • ASP.NET (including MVC and Web Forms) for creating bespoke Web Applications
  • Web API for creating secure APIs with JSON/XML and exposed with REST and SOAP
  • LINQ, Entity Framework and ADO.NET for managing database access
  • UWP and WPF for creating Windows Client Applications
  • OAuth, Forms, Windows Authentication and SAML for managing authentication
  • WCF for creating XML Web Services
  • C# – the de facto programming language when using .NET

SINGLE-PAGE APPLICATIONS (SPA)

A single-page application is a web application or website that interacts with the user by dynamically managing a single page rather than constantly retrieving new pages from the server.

The SPA provides for a more responsive and improved user experience and most modern web applications are now developed this way.

Ballard Chalmers develops SPA web applications using:

  • Angular to create the user interface: Angular is open source, and is endorsed by Microsoft
  • React to deliver the user interface: React originated at Facebook and has been adopted by Microsoft
  • Web API, the .NET framework and Entity Framework to deliver the data

Ballard Chalmers has specialised web developers fully conversant in .NET, Angular and React.

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Why Choose Ballard Chalmers as your .NET Partner

HERITAGE

We were established in 2005, though our heritage is much longer. We have decades of experience in building successful custom software in .NET and we are a Microsoft .NET company through and through.

EXPERTISE

We are not just software developers; we are software engineers. As software engineers, we are technical problem solvers. This is what we do. As a .NET agency, we work with .NET apps on a daily basis and bring that experience to you.

MICROSOFT PARTNERS

Only the top Microsoft Partners have attained multiple solution partner designations and specialisations. Our .NET developers have met extensive technology requirements and passed rigorous exams.

Project Management

Each of our clients has an assigned Project Manager, providing a single point of contact throughout the .NET development. Where necessary, we also enable direct communication with the .NET development team.

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