Success Stories
Spade Consulting is the software development house of choice for RealNet Canada. Since 2006, Spade Consulting launched 3 ground-breaking products for RealNet and its partners (including the Toronto Real Estate Board, and the Calgary Real Estate Board).
At the moment, our labs are buzzing to continue to bring more RealNet powered innovations to the Canadian Real Estate Market.
the tech: A migration of a legacy Lotus Notes database to a J2EE web application built on a stack of open source technologies including: Red Hat Linux EL5 OS, Apache web server, Apache Tomcat J2EE server, various open J2EE frameworks. Through secured web services, this application exposes RealNet's research data to subscribing clients and peripheral web applications tailored for partners. Spade built two partner sites for (TREB and CREB) on the Ruby on Rails platform to consume this data.
Cloudware Connections was formed to take advantage of Software as a Service (SAAS) and Cloud based computing platforms. Spade partners with Cloudware to provide expertise in the area of custom Salesforce integrations and automation of business processes.
the tech: custom SalesForce integration applications built on the Salesforce platform.
Middleware Connections Middleware Connections is a young entrepreneurial company focused on simplifying Enterprise Software Development and Deployment. Spade partners with Middleware to provide expertise in the area of J2EE application migrations from proprietary systems to Red Hat's open source JBoss platform. Middleware is a strategic channel sales partner for Red Hat's North American middleware division.
the tech: J2EE application migrations to the JBoss platform.
Epicureal.com is an online food shop specializing in high-quality and rare gourmet food items.
Spade Consulting provided Ruby on Rails expertise for the successful design, integration, build, deployment, and ongoing maintenance and enhancements for this site.
the tech: A complete redesign of an older site, built on the Ruby on Rails platform and deployed to a shared hosting environment running Apache web server.
Harcase Software provides enterprise software solutions to Property and Casualty Insurance industry across North America.
Spade Consulting has provided consulting services in architecting and developing java-based technologies for use with Harcase’s platform. Technologies employed there include J2EE, JBoss/Liferay servers, Groovy, BIRT, SQL Server.
Spade continues to provide innovative solutions for complex problems encountered in the development of large scale systems that Harcase deploys.
the tech: Harcase's platform includes a suite of applications written for the Liferay portal platform, utilizing a range of open J2EE frameworks including Spring, Hibernate, ICEfaces, and JSF. Spade provided key design and implementation work in developing a data validation engine written in Groovy and integrated across the Harcase suite.
Launched in early 2009, MoreDating.com is a web 2.0 online dating site providing a rich array of interactivity like blogs, messaging, date planning, and entertainment news.
the tech: Developed with the Ruby on Rails platform, deployed to an Amazon EC2 instance, and utilizing the Amazon S3 service for storage.