Silverarm Solutions

Founded in 2001 and based in Dublin 2, Silverarm Solutions is a small software consultancy, with a team of between one and ten people, that builds websites and web services on the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP). Its client work spans public-sector and industry organisations in Ireland, including a data migration and eprints implementation for the Health Research Board's drugsandalcohol.ie library, which involved moving records from an MS SQL 2005 database to MySQL with UTF-8 character mapping, and a back-end database management system built for the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation using an AJAX framework to handle complex, interrelated data. The agency's declared services cover search engine optimization, web development and pay-per-click, delivered alongside enterprise solutions, email setup and configuration, hosting, domain name management, data transformations and graphic design. Technical work is centred on PHP, MySQL, Apache and Linux, with CodeIgniter as the preferred development framework, and additional experience in XML, JSON, AJAX, SOAP, PERL and SQL Server. Website projects include bespoke CMS builds alongside open-source options such as WordPress, including custom WordPress plugins and themes and consultancy on existing WordPress sites. The company also develops solutions that integrate with the API of its own SMS product, SilverTexter SMS, to automate the sending and receiving of text messages between businesses and their customers, and offers social media integration, including Facebook app development, for client websites.