Services
Technology services shaped around organizational needs.
Altervea works with organizations that need solutions which are reliable, able to evolve, and fitted to their context. Six areas structure that work, from framing through to delivery.
Six areas
Each area starts from an organizational problem. The sections below state Altervea’s response, the work that may be involved, and typical deliverables.
Solution architecture
Clarify the need, the constraints, and the technical choices before building.
View this areaCustom software
Design and build software that follows the organization’s processes, roles, and constraints.
View this areaArtificial intelligence and automation
Keep automation and artificial intelligence for processing that has an identifiable result.
View this areaData engineering and integration
Make data reliable, understandable, and able to move between applications.
View this areaSystem modernization and integration
Evolve systems already in place, and connect applications that need to work together.
View this areaGeospatial solutions and GIS
Connect geographic data to the organization’s processes and applications.
View this areaSolution architecture
Clarify the need, the constraints, and the technical choices before building.
Challenges
- Systems have accumulated without a shared picture of the whole.
- Technical options are hard to compare or to justify.
- The people involved do not describe the need in the same terms.
Altervea’s response
Altervea frames the solution: context, constraints, options, and a target structure. Technical decisions stay tied to what the organization needs to be able to do.
Possible work
- Framing of the need and the constraints.
- Comparison of solution options.
- Definition of a target structure.
- Support for the people involved while choices are made.
Typical deliverables
- Framing note.
- Diagram of the target solution.
- Recommendations for the implementation that follows.
Custom software
Design and build software that follows the organization’s processes, roles, and constraints.
Challenges
- Generic tools do not match the work as it is actually done.
- Teams compensate with files, copies, and workarounds.
- Software already in place has become hard to change.
Altervea’s response
Altervea designs and builds software fitted to the context. Scope, roles, and the expected result are defined before construction starts.
Possible work
- Functional and technical design.
- Delivery of line-of-business applications.
- Evolution of existing software.
- Support through to commissioning.
Typical deliverables
- A delivered application or service.
- Documentation useful for use and maintenance.
- Directions for how the software can evolve.
Artificial intelligence and automation
Keep automation and artificial intelligence for processing that has an identifiable result.
Challenges
- Repetitive tasks take time that could be used elsewhere.
- Content or data remains difficult to use.
- An artificial intelligence effort starts without a precise use.
Altervea’s response
Altervea identifies the useful processing first, then integrates it into the system that needs it. The scope and the known limits are stated with the solution.
Possible work
- Finding the work that can be automated.
- Design of intelligent processing for a defined use.
- Integration into tools already in use.
- A description of how it works and of the known limits.
Typical deliverables
- A framing of the use.
- Processing or a prototype integrated into the agreed context.
- A note on what the solution does and does not do.
Data engineering and integration
Make data reliable, understandable, and able to move between applications.
Challenges
- The same information exists in more than one version.
- Exchanges between applications are manual or fragile.
- Teams cannot rely on the data to do their work.
Altervea’s response
Altervea structures the data, clarifies how it moves, and connects the applications that need to share it. The quality aimed at is the quality the organization needs in order to operate.
Possible work
- Data modeling and cleanup.
- Design of flows between applications.
- Consolidation of sources.
- Reliability rules fitted to the agreed scope.
Typical deliverables
- A data model.
- Integration flows described or put in place.
- A description of the sources and the rules that were kept.
System modernization and integration
Evolve systems already in place, and connect applications that need to work together.
Challenges
- An essential system has become expensive to change.
- Neighbouring applications do not communicate.
- Replacing everything at once is neither realistic nor desirable.
Altervea’s response
Altervea proposes a progressive path: keep what holds, connect what must collaborate, and replace the parts that block evolution.
Possible work
- A reading of the system in place.
- A staged modernization plan.
- Integration between applications.
- Targeted replacement of the components that prevent progress.
Typical deliverables
- An assessment of the current system.
- A transition plan.
- Modernized interfaces or components.
Geospatial solutions and GIS
Connect geographic data to the organization’s processes and applications.
Challenges
- Geographic information stays apart from the other systems.
- Teams need to see, combine, or update information that has a location.
- A standalone map is not enough if it does not enter everyday work.
Altervea’s response
Altervea designs solutions in which geographic data serves an identifiable process, whether that means integrating it, querying it, or presenting it.
Possible work
- Framing of a geospatial solution.
- Integration of spatially referenced data.
- Web mapping applications.
- Connection of the geographic side to the other systems.
Typical deliverables
- A framing of the solution.
- Geographic data integrated within the agreed scope.
- A mapping application or service.
A need that crosses several areas.
Most engagements combine more than one of these areas. The first conversation places the context, the constraints, and the useful result.