
Ever since man graduated from dugout canoes to vessels big enough to carry supplies and travel great distances, some form of constant reassurance has been needed to warn mariners where the ocean meets the shoreline. Lighthouses have always been a source of intense fascination for landlubbers as well as sailors. Not only are they interesting as architectural achievements, but penetrating the darkness with their lights, they offer direction. They are a symbol of a bygone era before our current technology, when these beacons guided ships to safety. The idea of a lighthouse seems simple enough; yet, the workings of it are very complex. The heart of a lighthouse is the great beacon beaming from its lantern. It looks out over the sea with a single, enormous eye, sometimes winking sleepily, but always brightening the night with a strong, guiding ray. So
why the lighthouse
on our website? Because information technology can be like a vast
ocean,
and for us at Rountree & Associates, the lighthouse is a constant
reassurance
and reminder, that even though change in today's technological world
quickens
with each passing day, some things will always remain the same. Like
the
lighthouse, our tools may fade into obsolescence, but our client's need
for reliable, simple, honest guidance and direction will not.
Over time, the labor required to produce the data you use for your business represents the largest cost of any information system - more than computer equipment, maintenance, and software combined. Over the years, many of our clients have had the need to "mine" data from legacy mainframe systems, outdated software packages, and many other sources. More often than not, they either did without the data, kept their old systems on line at additional cost, or hired temporary workers to retype the data into a format they could use. Even after all that cost and effort, the ability to actually do things, like print Ad-Hoc reports, search keywords, sort results, etc. was limited at best. At Rountree & Associates, we have over 12 years of converting and using data from most software packages, computer platforms, and media. Once the data is converted, we can "wrap" a custom application around it that can give you powerful tools to use the resulting data, convert it on the spot into, as well as out, of a whole menu of popular software packages and database types. "Data Mining" may be a new buzz word recently in the computer world - at Rountree & Associates, it's "old hat". |
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