AlpNET Engineering AG

AlpNET Engineering AG is a Swiss information technology company that describes itself as one of the pioneers of the Swiss internet scene. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Switzerland, the firm designs and implements user-oriented and operations-oriented end-to-end IT solutions. Its stated paradigm is that "the best application is the one that people really use and can be operated," reflecting a pragmatic, usage-driven engineering philosophy. The company's service spectrum covers programme and project management, requirements engineering, software engineering, platform engineering, mobile application landscapes, and consulting and coaching. AlpNET positions itself as a provider of holistic "IT-Gesamtlösungen" (complete IT solutions) — everything from a single source — spanning business and IT planning, migration and consolidation, GUI and evolutionary prototyping, and the conception, realisation, introduction and operation of web-based application environments and infrastructures in intra-, extra- and internet contexts. Its engineering approach is described as lean, agile and iterative, using methods such as Scrum, evolutionary prototyping and extreme programming. Beyond client projects, AlpNET has developed reusable base components it calls "Softlets," which can be adapted and optimised for customer needs to realise applications quickly and cost-effectively. Documented Softlets include an Event Calendar with iCal feature, MapSearch for displaying objects on Google Maps, Feature as a Service (FaaS) hosted web services such as ZIPCodeService, iRateCalculator, TaxCalculator and CommunicationService, a web-based Whiteboard for classified ads, a Feeds Framework for cross-platform data feed processes, and a VMware-based VM Builder for office and developer build environments. AlpNET has also pursued its own research and platform development. In the context of a Europe-wide project, it developed a software construction kit for rapidly and inexpensively building new application platforms for user communities. It subsequently created a configurable Profile Assessment and Matching Platform aimed at the 50+ demographic and at addressing skills shortages. The platform captures not only hard skills (education, profession) but also soft skills and passion or motivation skills through a specially developed qualification process, matching them against similarly qualified job or activity profiles. According to the company, the platform was developed over more than 40,000 person-hours across two years. AlpNET remains an active, privately held Swiss company. Its managing director and managing partner is Dr. Kornél Szabó, who has more than 25 years of experience in IT, holds a degree in business informatics and a doctorate in informatics from the University of Zurich, and has co-founded and helped build other IT firms. The company presents itself as competent, reliable and strong in execution — "we get things done."

AlpNET Engineering AG was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Switzerland. It describes itself as one of the pioneers of the Swiss internet scene, a claim consistent with its long-standing focus on web-based applications and web infrastructure environments. From its early years, the company concentrated on the design, realisation, maintenance and support of operations-oriented and user-oriented applications and web infrastructures. Through numerous successfully completed projects and continuous employee training, AlpNET developed know-how across a range of web, middleware and database technologies, which it treats as its capital for delivering practical, end-to-end IT solutions. Over time, AlpNET broadened its service spectrum to include programme and project management, requirements engineering, software and platform engineering, mobile application landscapes, and consulting and coaching. Its engineering practice is described as lean, agile and iterative, employing methods such as Scrum, evolutionary prototyping and extreme programming. The company also built a portfolio of reusable base components, called Softlets, derived from client projects and its own research prototypes. Documented Softlets include an Event Calendar with iCal feature, MapSearch for Google Maps integration, Feature as a Service (FaaS) hosted web services (ZIPCodeService, iRateCalculator, TaxCalculator, CommunicationService), a web-based Whiteboard for classified ads, a Feeds Framework for cross-platform data feed processes, and a VMware-based VM Builder for office and developer build environments. In the context of a Europe-wide project, AlpNET developed a software construction kit that enables the rapid, simple and cost-effective creation of new application platforms for user communities. Building on this, the company created a configurable Profile Assessment and Matching Platform aimed at the 50+ demographic and at addressing persistent skills shortages. The platform captures hard skills (education, profession), soft skills (e.g. dealing with people) and passion or motivation skills through a specially developed qualification process (Profile/Personal Asset Assessment), and matches them against analogously qualified job or activity profiles. According to the company, the platform was developed over more than 40,000 person-hours across two years. AlpNET remains an active, privately held Swiss company. Its managing director and managing partner is Dr. Kornél Szabó, who has more than 25 years of experience in IT, holds a degree in business informatics and a doctorate in informatics from the University of Zurich, and has co-founded and helped build other IT firms. His focus areas are project management and business and requirements engineering.

• 1995

  AlpNET Engineering AG founded in Switzerland.

• Developed a software construction kit for rapidly building application platforms for user communities within a Europe-wide project.

• Created a configurable Profile Assessment and Matching Platform for the 50+ demographic, developed over more than 40,000 person-hours across two years.

Pioneer of the Swiss internet scene; provider of holistic, user-oriented and operations-oriented IT solutions with a pragmatic, execution-focused approach.

• Event Calendar with iCal feature

  Displays events with automatic generation of iCal entries and an admin environment.

• MapSearch

  Displays individual or grouped objects as icons in Google Maps for integration into websites.

• Feature as a Service (FaaS)

  Base functions such as ZIPCodeService, iRateCalculator, TaxCalculator and CommunicationService, hosted as web services in a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud for use by mobile or web apps.

• Whiteboard

  Web-based bulletin board for classified ads with an admin interface.

• Feeds Framework

  Framework and utilities for cross-platform data feed processes.

• VM Builder

  VMware-based office and developer build environment for WindowsXP and Windows7 to simplify and speed up switching between different development and office environments.

• Profile Assessment and Matching Platform

  Configurable platform for assessing hard, soft and passion/motivation skills and matching them with job or activity profiles, aimed at the 50+ demographic.

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