Custom Software and Systems

There is a time in the growth of companies when a website and Microsoft Office are not sufficient, yet hiring a full time Information Professionals is not practical.  Or perhaps your in-house IT Staff does not have the programming expertise to do what you wish.  CIT can help. We offer expertise in the following:

• Database Development. Access, MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, you name it. Assistance with a server to run the database on.
• Custom Programming using ASP.NET, C# or Java.
• Silverlight support soon.
• Adobe Flash presentations or Flash Video
• Email campaigns like Constant Contact

Please consider CIT for your Information Technology needs.  We offer the following advantages over large companies:

• We are local to CT and Western MA.  You won't have to deal with the legal, cultural or political costs of outsourcing to Asia .
• We are local to CT and Western MA.  We guarantee our work and you can find us to fulfill the guarantee.
• We are local to CT and Western MA.  We understand what it takes to be a successful growing business in New England.
• We are local to CT and Western MA.  We understand what Copyrights mean, and the risk to our customers that comes with doing business with third world companies.

Most significantly, we are significantly better than the large overseas companies; you will receive better value.  Few things cost more than shoddy work delivered late by a foreign company that could care less about your attempts to enforce a contract.

We repeat, CIT does not outsource.  We work only with local individuals like ourselves who are US Citizens or permanent legal residents.  This policy reflects patriotism, morality and ethics.  It also reflects the common sense to not trust strangers whom you cannot hold accountable and will never meet.  Every week we get at least one phone call from an Indian who cannot speak understandable US English and who apparently cannot read English either.  They call trying to convince us to outsource development to them.  They make our case; if they cannot read and understand these simple statements, how can they read and implement a specification?

Oh yeah, that bit about Intellectual Property and Copyright Law?  Guess whose door is going to get knocked on if that Asian company who designed your website violated somebody's Copyright?  Why would you take that risk by doing business with a foreign company, a front for  a foreign company, or some kid who grew up pirating music? 

Do you think I am overstating my case?  Then please read below:

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD, Associated Press Writer Justin Pritchard, Associated Press Writer – Sun Jan 10, 5:16 pm ET
LOS ANGELES – Barred from using lead in children's jewelry because of its toxicity, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the more dangerous heavy metal cadmium in sparkling charm bracelets and shiny pendants being sold throughout the United States, an Associated Press investigation shows.  The most contaminated piece analyzed in lab testing performed for the AP contained a startling 91 percent cadmium by weight.  The cadmium content of other contaminated trinkets, all purchased at national and regional chains or franchises, tested at 89 percent, 86 percent and 84 percent by weight.  The testing also showed that some items easily shed the heavy metal, raising additional concerns about the levels of exposure to children.
Cadmium is a known carcinogen.  Like lead, it can hinder brain development in the very young, according to recent research.  Children don't have to swallow an item to be exposed — they can get persistent, low-level doses by regularly sucking or biting jewelry with a high cadmium content.  Some of the most troubling test results were for bracelet charms sold at Walmart.

In my humble opinion, these foreign companies are deliberately poisoning our children to make a dishonest buck.  There is no level below which they will not stoop.  You don't have to come to me for your website, there are many reputable designers.  But please take the time to ask for a guarantee that no part of your website or internet application will be coded in Asia.  Buy American - Always!