Custom Software Development

SOFTWARE: Merritt Computer Service was started in 1978 as a Custom Software Developer for business and local governments. Over the past 30 years the company has progressed with the IT industry from software developed on Mainframe computers to include software developed for personal computers using local area networks. All software developed on these mainframes operating on PC networks today. Our staff writes custom software in Cobol, Microsoft Access database and Clarion.

Applications include Web-page design, Utility Billing Software, and Accounting applications plus other Custom designed software packages. Our software engineers, Randy Lewis and Eric Merritt have degrees in Computer Science and Computer Information Systems.

Custom software is a type of software that is developed either for a specific organization or function that differs from or is opposite of other already available software (also called off the shelf Software). It is generally not targeted to the mass market, but usually created for companies, business entities, and organizations.

Examples of custom software include commercial products such as commercial websites, business databases and software for governments. Complex custom software can be developed on an increasingly small scale through the rise of rapid application development frameworks. This means that smaller companies, charities or even individuals are able to benefit from complex software based on pre-built building blocks which are then customized to suit.