Whether or not you understand all of the technical terms, the technology used in your project should be important to you. You need to know that the technology will be flexible down the road, when you need to change it. Because, no matter what you think now, you will need to change it later. Maybe you'll purchase a new accounting system and want to integrate. Maybe your organization will be bought and will need to communicate with the new corporate ERP or CRM system.

When beginning a project, Creative Anvil analyzes your current technological situation. Maybe you don't have anything this project needs to integrate with. Maybe you do. Those things all factor into the decision of what platform, language, and database to use. Creative Anvil can provide solutions ranging from Open Source PHP to Java to .NET. It simply depends on your needs and your unique situation.

When possible, Creative Anvil prefers to implement a LAMP style approach. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Most times, we feel this solutions provides our customer with the lowest total cost of ownership, as well as the greatest flexibility and scalability.

Linux:

an Open Source, enterprise level operating system, providing extreme stability, security, and flexibility, all at an amazingly low total cost of ownership.

Apache:

an Open Source web server used by about 50% of all websites, including some of the highest traffic sites on the internet.

MySQL:

an Open Source database server that provides extreme speed and reliability. MySQL is used by some of the most popular sites on the internet, including Facebook, Wikipedia, Friendster and Citysearch, to name a few. It is also in use by organizations like Sony, Yahoo, Adobe, and BBC News.

PHP:

a web programming language that also provides great speed, reliability, and scalability. PHP is used by Yahoo, Apple, UPS, T Mobile, and countless others.

So what does this mean for you? It means the solutions we implement for your project are tried and true and provide the growth potential your organization needs. These technologies have been used in some of the largest sites on the internet and have excelled. In addition, our preferred technology platform of Apache, MySQL, and PHP can be run on Windows Servers instead of Linux, if necessary. This gives your project flexibility to move between platforms with ease.

So why not build every project on this 'LAMP Stack'? Good question. As great of a platform as it is, it's not right for every project. Say you have a Microsoft CRM solution and want to integrate it with your website. The LAMP stack may not be the best approach. A .NET approach may be a better solution to provide a cost-effective integration. And that's what we're here to provide — the best solution for your organization.

Contact us today to see firsthand what Creative Anvil can do for your organization.