In providing specialised application development solutions, Sapphire utilises its own experience and expertise in the following technologies:

• Web Design- HTML, XHTML/CSS, Semantic make-up, Flash
• Web Technologies - AJAX, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Perl, Python, XML, SOAP, JavaScript, Flex, Django, Java, JSON
• Microsoft - Visual C++, C#, Managed C++, VB.net, ASP.NET 2.0, SharePoint 2007, Dynamics AX,BizTalk Server 2006
• Web Servers - Apache, Tomcat, WebSphere, Weblogic
• Operating Systems - Linux, Solaris, MS Windows, Mac, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows CE
• Databases - Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DataEase, Filemaker
• Collaboration Tools - Movable Type, Wordpress, MediaWiki, Confluence, SocialText
• Content Management Systems - SharePoint 2007, Bespoke, Joomla, Drupal
• Payment Solutions - WorldPay, SECPay, Google Checkout, Barclays ePDQ, DataCash, PayPal
• Other - SAP, OLAP (Business Objects, Cyrstal Enterprise)

We also use tools and technologies from our associate company including DataEase and NetPlus:

DataEase - the easiest and most powerful relational database available today - its proven technology is used by hundreds of thousands of users worldwide to obtain fast and reliable data output. Its wide range of features and functionality make it a tool suitable for both business users and professional developers.

NetPlus - the complete client/server e-commerce suite for rapid application development and deployment. Full web-enablement capability.

However our over-riding objective is to provide the right solution for our customers using tools and technologies most suitable to their requirements. That means that we can draw on our teams expertise in most of today's leading software technologies from companies such as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Oracle.