Technology

Web Development
ZurRock LLC develops websites using Classic ASP and ASP.NET. For most general users and small businesses, Classic ASP is very sufficient for their needs. For larger businesses and corporations, the newer technology of ASP.NET is mostly used because of its extreme scalability. ASP.NET is the next generation of ASP, but it's not an upgraded version of ASP. The ASP.NET applications require more time, cost, and installation steps (IIS application settings, .NET framework versions, aspnet_client folder, account permissions, web.config file, hosting settings, etc.) but the technology is very robust. Classic ASP is very powerful, easier, quicker, and less expensive to implement than ASP.NET. There is an abundance of applications and scripts available for Classic ASP. The majority of our customers use Classic ASP for their websites.


Microsoft Access
Developing an application in Microsoft Access has a number of advantages. It is generally less expensive to develop an application in Access as compared to .NET applications because the development time is usually much shorter. An Access application can also be modified and updated more quickly as well. If over time you acquire large amounts of data, the Access data can be converted to a SQL Server database while still using your existing Access forms, reports, and features without much trouble. Access also includes reporting features that are usually not included with other software applications and can interface with almost any Microsoft Office and external data source easily. Contrary to some beliefs, Access can be secured and can handle numerous users at one time (multi-user design). ZurRock LLC has been the labeled one of the best Access multi-user development companies out there. For over 20 years we have been building Access multi-user applications for both large and small businesses with the number of users ranging anywhere from 5 to over 500 accessing the same data at any given time. Many times a customer simply needs a new application to interact with their existing system for better reporting, analyzing, and user interfacing. Access usually fits this need very well.


Microsoft SQL
Microsoft SQL Server is a much more powerful technology for housing data than Microsoft Access. However, using Access as a front-end interface with SQL as its data storage works very well for both large and small applications. Unlike Access, SQL Server is a true "client/server" database. What this means is that the majority of the work in processing data is actually done on the server, rather than on the user's workstation. Network traffic is optimized with SQL thus resulting in better performance. In addition, if needed, your performance can be enhanced even more by adding more "horsepower" to your SQL Server machine in the way of disk space, memory, processor speed, number of processors, etc., since this is the machine where the majority of processing now occurs.


.NET Applications
.NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems, and devices through software. Integrated across the Microsoft platform, .NET technology provides the ability to quickly build, deploy, manage, and use connected, security-enhanced solutions with Web services. .NET-connected solutions enable businesses to integrate their systems more rapidly and in a more agile manner and help them realize the promise of information anytime, anywhere, on any device.