Fastwrite - the company



Custom Development and Training

FastWrite has been developing microcomputer software since the early days of the microcomputer industry, since 1989.

We were involved in the development of multiple softwares or have helped or trained many companies and organizations writing their own, such as Fortis Bank (former Generale Bank), AVIS, La Famille, Krijgsmacht, Ministerie Van Nationale Opvoeding en Nederlandse Cultuur, Nationale Bank van Belgïe/Banque Nationale de Belgique, PC Technologie, AN-HYP, Viveo Cognitive Systems, Atecs, BBL, CUBIC, Pharmacia, Banksys, Gemeentekrediet, Cockerill-Sambre, L'Air Liquide, Schering, Institut Malvoz, Université de Liège, Université de Mons-Hainaut, Vrij Universiteit Brussel, Baxter R&D Europe, ced.samsom, Conseil des Communautés Européennes, Crédit Communal de Belgique/Gemeentekrediet van Belgïe, Xerox, Datacoop, Eagle Star, Indosuez, GB-Inno-BM, Banco Do Brasil, Banco Di Roma, Synatom, Mega Invest Management SA, Vers a Versa, Securex, Alken-Maes, X-akt, SISA Software, General Electric, Derwa, Honeywell, Hansen Transmissions International, Beckton Dickinson, Nissan, LOGOS-CSE,BMW Lease, Volvo Lease, GIVI Computer Training, POSA, Key Job, Komatsu International, Newdata, Symons Ets, Ministère de la Région Bruxelloise, Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeeschap, Nationale Directie der Bouwwerken, Ministère de la Justice, O.N.D.A.H., Perlarom, Groupe S, Reader's Digest, Rijkswacht/Gendarmerie, SONY, Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles, Studie Centrum voor Kernenergie, Systemat, Spirit Systems, Okapi, Urbaine UAP, WestLB (Europa) AG, Wolters Kluwer, and many many others.

We have done this through FastWrite directly or via the two User Groups we have created : the BUG (Brussels User Group) and the Technology DVL Group.

Mass Market - Retail Products

Our company is pretty well known in Belgium because we have developed several series of programs that were sold through the supermarkets in Europe and in the United States. These collections are :

▪ I Manage («Je Gère...»/«Ik Beheer...»)

▪ I Wish («Je Souhaite...»/«Ik Wens...»)

▪ I Learn («J'Apprends/Ik Studeer...»)

The «I Manage» collection rapidly became one of the standards. Home oriented with titles such as «I Manage My Home Library» or «I Manage My Music Collection», etc., this collection has evolved in such a way that self supported persons and small companies, in fact the market that's known as the SOHO market, has put a lot of trust in our programs because they were powerful but simple to use. «I Manage My Invoices», «I Manage My Deliveries», «I Manage My Stock», etc. became real classics.

In 1991 we have signed a contract with Marabout for the distribution of our software in all French talking countries such as France (of course), Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, etc. That was the birth of «L'Ordinateur Facile».

We have already ported some applications to the Windows platform, essentially Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. You might wonder why we have waited so long to do that! Because, our programs just didn't need it!

Today, with the advent of the europen currency, the EURO, and with all concerns related to the Year 2000 issue (a thing of the past now, we felt it would be a great opportunity for all of our customers (they are more than 100000!) to upgrade their system. Finally, we shall be ready to offer our customers another millennium of peace : they can put their mind at rest. Some upgrades are available since 1998 and 1999.

Since the very early stages of our development efforts, we've focused on databases. We have successfully used Clipper, the C language, Visual FoxPro, Visual C++ and lately, to our total satisfaction, Delphi. When needed, we use Oracle or Interbase back ends.

Web Development

The evolution of the Internet as the standard pathway to retreive information of the World Wide Web, didn't escape our analysis. In 1998, FastWrite has decided to heavily invest in Internet Technologies. As a logical consequence of this principle, we have established, end of 1998, a subsidiary in the Far-East, in Bangkok to be more precise.

In the Technology chaos of the Internet, It has been a kind of BIG turn and a major effort to cope with constant new announcements of miracle products, supposedly to do the job for us. Quoting Michael Dertouzos and Tim Berners Lee, Yes we agree that our computers should help us doing more by doing less. But this is kind of easily said statement which is not belonging to THIS reality (yet).

However it was cristal clear for us that Web and Internet techniques were about to revolutionize the way software would be written and the way people would think about programs. We have managed to go through these challenges and have elected few products and technologies that we have figured out here to stay. Allaire's range of products is certainly on top of our list. Therefore we have put a lot of efforts in mastering ColdFusion, Spectra and lately JRun.

Our own web site has been built in ColdFusion + some of COM objects of our own flavor. This site is entirely data-driven and is heavily customizable. Even though it reaches our level of satisfaction, we are now in the process of turning it to Spectra, the next generation of Content Management tool of Allaire.

Our people are certified in ColdFusion. They are certified in Spectra and we are a partner of Allaire.

Our People

Our staff is composed of developers that are located in Belgium and in the Far-East countries. FastWrite has established strong links to academic and professional organizations. We always have attempted to make sure that our partners are well trained and on the edge of technology so that we can continue to provide reliable, efficient service for any project.

You can delegate any project to our specialists. They are trained to be top quality resources in Delphi, Visual C++, Visual FoxPro, ColdFusion, Java, or Spectra, COM, DCOM, ActiveX, and Win32 API.

We have also developed high skills in CFR Title 21 Part 11 and GAMP, especially for the Pharmaceutical world.

We Can Help You!

We can hit the ground running, and get your project done quickly, efficiently and DOCUMENTED. FastWrite can help eliminate delays caused by protracted data processing times and offer professional services with quality and accuracy.

FastWrite has provided services to a wide range of clients in a variety of industries, including:

▪ Accounting

▪ Banking

▪ Budgeting and Cost Reporting

▪ Medical

▪ Pharmaceutical

▪ Sales Management

Loyalty and Commitment

We follow a strict Ethic Code. You can also see our full sales conditions here.

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Pat Boens

Managing Director

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