Background and Expertise

ZONAR Corporation is . . .a well-established software and information engineering firm specializing in large data base retrieval systems, information interchange, and electronic commerce. We have successfully performed advanced computer software design, systems development, and life cycle support for a wide range of computer platforms in both government and business. We are an organization focused on what can be rather than what already is -- a group of forward-looking individuals anticipating tomorrow’s technology breakthroughs - today.

ZONAR employees are . . . part of a highly skilled team possessing strong academic credentials and extensive workplace experience. We employ experienced systems analysts, programmers, and technical writers to augment every stage of the development process. Zonar and its staff maintain active affiliations with the American Society of Information Science (ASIS), the Association of Information and Image Management (AIIM), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the the Association of Small Research, Engineering, and Technology Services Companies (ASRET), ASC X12 Committee, and numerous regional business and technology organizations.

Technical Expertise

Database

SQL RDMS

-- ZONAR specializes in very large, performance-critical databases, providing:

-Architecture and Design Tuning
-Redesign/analysis/reengineering
-Migration to relational DBMS
-Web-enabled Access
-Rapid Performance Analysis and Tuning
ZONAR staff are expert in SQL/DS, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle and Access.



PC/LAN/WEB DISTRIBUTED DATABASE

-- ZONAR is experienced in large, high-traffic applications in highly integrated environments, providing:

-Architecture and Design Tuning
-Redesign/analysis/reengineering
-Migration from non-database systems
-Database programming (especially for shared database update tasks)
-Application server development
ZONAR staff are expert in Visual Basic, C++ and myriad Legacy languages.



MAINFRAME/PC/WEB INTERCONNECTIVITY

--ZONAR specializes in near real-time operations with integrated mainframe/LAN/Web-based applications, providing:

-Architecture and Design Tuning
-Redesign/analysis/reengineering
-Migration from all-mainframe or all-LAN systems
-Migration from mini-based systems
-Database programming
-Server/requester applications

Document and Forms Processing

- WORKFLOW -- Analysis and reduction of document/records processing workflow.
- DATA/IMAGE -- Computer-assisted retrieval and content management, especially with integrated data-document requirements.
- MIGRATION -- Stand-alone Documents and Forms to XML distributed objects.
- INFORMATION SHARING -- Standardization and Distribution of Information Content.

Information Structuring

-ONTOLOGY AND DICTIONARY CONSTRUCTION

- Large scale superset information dictionaries
- Normalized and denormalized representations
- Multi-dimensional attribute and element relationship definitions
- XML Self-defining data sets
- Cross-industry information exchange matrices.


-DATA/INFORMATION MAPPING

Multi-system information alignment
- Context analysis
- Information scrubbing
- Information mapping tools.


-DATA TRANSFORMATIONS

- Multi-lingual descriptor sets
- XML/EC/EDI data streams
- Icon representation sets
- Information object encapsulation
- Fuzzy context negotiation and resolution.