Who we help
Organizations whose software outlived the people who built it
If your application still does its job and nobody can explain how it works, you are who we are here for.
Businesses with vendor-built software
Custom portals, apps and websites built by someone who left
Established associations, certification bodies, manufacturers, distributors and professional-services firms often run a custom application, portal or website that a vendor or freelancer built years ago. There may be little or no technical staff in-house, and nobody to call when something changes.
For these organizations we explain things in business terms: what is running, who has access, what it costs, what to fix and in what order. A technical appendix is separate. The usual path is a Takeover Assessment followed by a Keep-Alive or Support Plus retainer.
Aging software companies
Products with an old stack and a shrinking team
Small software companies with a product that has been in the market for years often sit on a framework past its support date and a team down to one or two developers. When the last senior developer is leaving, or an end-of-life date is close, we take over maintenance so your product keeps running while you focus on customers.
Typical fits are runtime upgrades, a Standard assessment and a retainer. If you need an independent security assessment, we offer a separate Security Audit with a certified security partner.
Local government
Public systems that still serve residents and staff
Cities, counties and special districts often run an older application that a vendor or an employee set up long ago: a permit tracker, a records portal, a utility billing tool. The vendor may have changed its offering, and the person who understood it may have moved on.
We begin with a read-only look, give you a plain-English report for staff and decision makers, and quote the next steps. Procurement rules vary, so we work from a written scope and quote that fits yours. A Takeover Assessment is the usual first step.
Sellers and buyers
Software questions that come up in a sale
Selling a business, the software is one of the first things a buyer asks about. Buying one, you want to know what you are inheriting. A stand-alone Software Health Review gives a written answer: end-of-life status, hosting, backups, single-person dependency and a priced fix list.
Sell-Side Readiness adds a 100-day plan and a broker-ready summary. Buyer diligence adds license flags, intellectual property and bus-factor notes, and a cost estimate. Legal conclusions are for your attorney.
Moments when people write to us
Six common triggers
The developer or vendor is gone
Unreachable, retired, or unwilling to work on the old technology.
Support for the runtime has ended
The host has sent a retirement date for the version you run on.
Something broke, or access was lost
A login nobody can find, an expired host, a failed update.
A cost surprise
A hosting, license or renewal bill nobody can explain.
A key person is leaving
The one developer who understood the system gave notice.
A sale or an acquisition
You are buying or selling a business and the software is part of the deal.
When we are not the right fit
If you need a security assessment, that is a separate, quote-based Security Audit delivered with a certified security partner. We are not the right choice for a brand-new build, or for software that is about to be switched off anyway.
We are glad to say so by email before you spend anything. Tell us about your software, or look at the pricing page first.
Tell us what you have
In two weeks we know it, document it, and keep it running. Send a few lines about your software and we will reply by email.