What we do

Korwe, Technology Partner

Korwe focuses on software development for mobile phones, on the device itself, but more importantly for the back-end systems that will underpin the mobile service. Korwe lets you drive your mobile revolution by leveraging your existing Web assets such as Web servers and Content Management Systems. Because mobile technology is frequently so new to decision makers in corporates, and even to many developers creating software systems, Korwe provides strategic and technical consultancy to help find answers to fundamental questions, before a single line of code is written.

Our main focus area is dotmobi (or .mobi, if you will). This is a set of rules that allows the rendering of Web pages on mobile phones quickly and accurately, with the potential to create a “native application” look and feel. These rules are simple common sense things, designed to account for the fact that people have different mobile browsers, screens are small, input areas are small, phones often do not have scripting, and other complexities.

It is important to note that it is not good enough just to reformat Web pages for mobiles. The context of the request and other intelligence must make sure that users get only the information they want first time with no slow or complicated menus or irrelevant detail… Korwe develops dotmobi systems to give users “Just the Right Information”.

Services

Strategic Outsourcing:

We can take complete ownership of your mobile technology projects, from conception to delivery, and with ongoing development and refinement

Business Analysis:

bring to bear best practice for mobile and enterprise systems. We can analyse your data and systems to find the best options for your company.

Software Development:

we do investigations and the development of prototypes and proofs of concept. We have experts in C#, Java and C++.

Software Engineering:

we assist in setting up operational systems and tools, managing integration, enterprise architecture and standards compliance.

Mobile Content Aggregation and User Centre:

our off-the-shelf Application Layer components allow your company to take the feeds used for your Web site to your dotmobi site. Our components use existing industry standard data schemas for the APIs. We have a number of modules that work on this Application Layer, including monitoring of social networks, or imbuing social context on transactions.

We establish the architecture so that you can focus on the graphical assets and walk through to create the most pleasing and effective user environment.

Korwe helps you answer these vital questions:
• why do you need mobile applications, and what value does it bring to the business
• who are the users, what devices are they using and how
• how will you integrate mobile systems into your enterprise software architecture
• what development frameworks need to be identified to ensure high quality systems to perform as expected, and can scale both in size and functionality into the future
• how will you design your systems to ensure they will continue to work as mobile technology continues its inexorable and rapid development.

Korwe develops technology for three key markets:

• Enterprises that want to deliver applications to users via their mobile phones
• Application developers that want to mobile-enable their systems
• Mobile value-added service providers

Korwe’s development philosophy is based around three core principles:

Just the Right Information

Users need to able to find the information they require and nothing more. Mobiles have small screens, and tricky data entry. Software technology that helps the user do more, faster, is a key competitive advantage.

Mobile is the new desktop

Mobile phones will be increasingly interact with cloud services, from calendars to booking systems to information resources to entertainment. Being able to extend some of the desktop computer’s functionality to the mobile world is a key competitive advantage.

The wallet is becoming a mobile phone

It is taking time – but the time has arrived. Online banking by mobile is already common, but this has extended to Point of Sale and micropayments. People already think nothing of paying for content via airtime – once there is a seamless link to more choice of transaction systems, the floodgates will be opened. A software platform that can manage billing identities is not a competitive advantage – it’s the key to survival.