Custom Software & Solution
Custom software development is the process of designing, creating, deploying and maintaining software for a specific set of users, functions or organizations. In contrast to commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS), custom software development aims at a narrowly defined set of requirements. COTS targets a broad set of requirements, allowing it to be packaged and commercially marketed and distributed.
Why is custom software development important?
- Efficiency:
- Scalability:
- Lower integration costs:
- Profitability:
- Independence:
Efficiency:
Custom software is purpose-built to support processes swiftly and productively, without the need to tinker with or adjust COTS applications.
Scalability:
Custom software can grow as an organization or business grows and changes. Designers and developers can assess future needs as part of their requirements gathering.
Lower integration costs:
One of the chief considerations of commercial software is: will it work with existing and legacy applications? If the answer is no, organizations face a further investment in getting commercial software to communicate and operate with their existing infrastructure.
Profitability:
It’s possible to make money with custom software development. Depending on the terms and conditions of the project, businesses that develop their own software may own the software and therefore be able to license or sell it to other organizations.
Independence:
The benefits of being free of a commercial software vendor cut both ways. On the plus side, organizations can avoid price hikes for licensing and support — and getting stuck maintaining packaged software should the vendor go out of business or terminate a product. On the negative side, the cost of supporting and maintaining custom software falls to the organization that created it or had it developed.