- Hotcourses believes in using technology as an enabler to deliver systems that show direct business and sector benefits. It is/has:
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- An Oracle e-Business partner in education
- An Oracle 10G RAC based systems
- The first website to have a free text course search
- The first site to offer XML course searches to colleges, portals and third parties
- The largest educational course listing database in the world
- Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) principles used in all systems
- Oracle certified developers and administrators
- Sun Java certified developers
- Web Technologies
- With an in-house HTML team we can offer a full creative and development service. Our team deliver web based solutions using all the last technologies, from conceptual design through to full implementation and beyond.
- Java Technologies
Sun Java certified developers allow Hotcourses to deliver the most flexible solution using the latest Java-based technologies.
- eGif
- Hotcourses recognises the need to include the official eGif standards in its developments. We have successfully delivered projects which meet eGif 6.1
- W3C - Accessibility compliance
- We have developed websites which meet all levels of W3C compliance (A/AA/AAA) depending upon the needs and requirements of our clients.
- Database Technologies
- Our core competency is with the Oracle product suite. We have individuals who have over 20 years of experience of Oracle technologies. All our solutions run on Oracle database cluster technologies, giving enterprise-class service.
- Advanced Technologies
- Hotcourses is always looking at new technology to see how it can be used. With the evolution of In-Memory databases, swarm theory decision software, learning networks and ontological systems, the opportunities for providing more interactive solutions are ever expanding.
- WS-I - Web Services Interoperability
- For many of our solutions we utilise web services to deliver the required system. All the services which are developed are checked to ensure they meet the current published WS-I standards for interoperability.
- Hotcourses Administration
- Hotcourses manages all of the infrastructure used in delivering solutions to our clients, from networks through to database management. Our dedicated Technical Services support team actively look after all our systems, which allows us to deliver more responsive and flexible solutions for our clients.
- Cluster and Virtual Technologies
- Hotcourses is committed to reducing its carbon footprint - as such we have a server consolidation project on-going. This project utilises both Cluster and Virtual Server technologies, which will see the number of physical servers reduce whilst our capacity expands.
