Two quick questions. Asked and answered while you're here.

What's a business crisis? Well, you sort of already know since you found your way to S3. From our experience, a business crisis is when you don't have the time or resources to deal with a critical issue. IT might already be overwhelmed. Or all of your people are committed to other tasks. You need a problem solved. And fast. But the problem is complicated and involves bringing together lots of data from various sources. Which leads us to the second question--how can S3 help you solve your problem?

Introducing Fight Club

Fight Club is an important step in what we've termed SPS, or the S3 Production System.

SPS is a uniquely efficient method of software delivery that solves your specific problem. Fight Club refers to four experts in software development and business working together in a room, removed from all distractions, and having every resource they need to quickly build and deliver the perfect solution. We realize that every company that makes a product, whether it is an automobile, a refrigerator, or a software product, can be more functional and efficient in development and assembly. S3's scientists and analysts studied the best practices of global giants like Toyota and also looked at small but smart and growing technology businesses. In conducting our studies, we focused on best practices and time-tested methodologies and how they might be applied to the development of our solutions. We even improved a few of these processes along the way.

The result is SPS. We have refined the normal software model of design, build, test, and deploy in a manner that facilitates time to launch and quality of the product delivered. We believe in the "go and see" approach of Toyota, which means we sit down with your workers to see precisely how they're doing the job that we're going to automate. An intense verification and profile of your data beforehand will further tell us both what can and cannot be done.

And we've discovered there is often a difference between what a business thinks it "wants" and what it actually "needs." That's why we intensify the verification process and bring in quality assurance experts long before a solution is ready for development. We acquire a true understanding of what our customer needs and then we design and deliver the best product on the market faster than anyone else in the software business. And yes, we know that is a bold statement. But we're only saying it because it's true.