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Custom database development tools

Twenty-seven years ago, two South African brothers started up a software company to help people build custom database applications quickly and easily.

Today, Alpha Software Inc. employs 100 people and is growing steadily -- even in a difficult economy.

That's because Alpha Software has an outstanding reputation that spreads beyond its customer base -- more than 1 million customers in many different industries around the world.

"We think people are looking beyond the big brand names for better rapid solutions," says Richard Rabins, co-founder and co-chairman of Alpha Software.

Flexible, easy-to-use custom database application development tools

Alpha Software's flagship product is Alpha Five, an award-winning tool for rapid application development. Alpha Five enables computer programmers and non-programmers alike to build custom database applications for their businesses and other organizations.

Alpha Five users are in all kinds of companies, and in organizations that need custom databases, such as hospitals and schools.

People use Alpha Five to build a variety of custom database applications:

• Computerized incident databases for police or security systems
• Case files for attorneys' offices
• Medical record databases for hospitals
• Accident report databases for insurance companies
• Delivery checking systems for product and service companies

Alpha Software's customers are in-house software developers and professional consultants who use the tool to develop custom database applications for their own clients.

One advantage that's helped Alpha Software grow is its flexible licensing. Customers can buy Alpha Five for small groups of users, and can buy bundled licenses with added functions. It's easy to choose from among the many software options.

Alpha Software has expanded beyond selling its software, and now offers professional development services. Alpha's certified software development consultants create custom applications for all types of businesses and organizations, using Alpha's development tools.

Build custom database applications for the desktop and the web

Alpha Five tools enable companies and organizations to build both desktop and web applications. The range of applications that can be built is large, and includes database management and analysis; report writing against Excel, Access, SQL Server, Oracle and other databases, as well as Alpha Software's own built-in database; email support and much more.

Database developers can build applications -- especially web applications -- five to 10 times more quickly using Alpha Five, compared with other tools such as PHP, JSP, ASP.net, Ruby on Rails, and Cold Fusion.

• Build secure web applications in 40 minutes.
• Add PDF reporting to web applications in 14 minutes.
• Build desktop applications in 20 minutes.

Alpha Five is just as easy for database development beginners. Novices who have no programming experience can quickly and easily define and manage databases, and create the custom applications they need.

Application development tools recognized by industry peers

Alpha Five has been recognized by industry publications as the leading all-in-one tool suite for custom application development.

The software product has won the Computer Reseller News Database of the Year award and PC Magazine's Editors' Choice award for its utility and ease of use. PC Magazine says Alpha Five "leapfrogs over its immediate competitors in terms of web support."

Alpha Five software user community: An active development resource

User community support is important to anyone purchasing new software, especially one that will be used to develop business-critical database applications.

Alpha Five has been on the market for more than 20 years. With more than 1 million copies sold, Alpha Five has a large community of active users and developers who share their experience with the application development tool.

The Alpha Five discussion forum is an excellent resource for anyone with questions about Alpha Five, database design and other related issues. With more than 4,000 members who have contributed more than 230,000 posts, an Alpha Five user can find the answer to almost any question. Employees and executives of Alpha Software actively participate in this forum.

Alpha Software maintains a large database of Alpha Five developers worldwide who offer services such as training, custom application development and turnkey database applications. The database can be searched to locate a service provider with database application development for a particular industry.

Webinar recordings and video tutorials are available on the Alpha Software website.

Alpha Software's blog is updated regularly by company employees and experienced Alpha Five users.

Contact

(800) 451-1018

(781) 229-4500

Or use Alpha Software's web form

Address

70 Blanchard Road

Burlington, MA 01803-5100

U.S.A.

Related Domains

External Links

• Alexa: AlphaSoftware.com
• Alpha Blog Post re: this page
• New Alpha Five Version 8 Press Release
• March 2007 review by the Golden Triangle PC Club