Ingres and OpenROAD® development, tuning, and training experts

What you need, where you need it, at the right cost

At Rational Commerce we understand how the success of your business depends on the success of your Ingres Database systems and OpenROAD applications. If you are using Ingres you are almost certainly using it in a mission-critical application that is unique to your business. Your success and your peace of mind therefore depend on having access to a ready source of high-end, specialist Ingres and OpenROAD™ services from an Actian partner company that not only understands OpenROAD and Ingres inside out, but also understands IT development projects, and the entire application lifecycle. We believe in firm but realistic project plans and firmly controlled budgets. We use methodologies which are understood and respected by the development team. And above all we want you to go on succeeding with Ingres and OpenROAD. Whether you are getting started with Ingres or OpenROAD, undertaking a new development project, accelerating an existing one, or looking for managed services, Rational Commerce will deliver what you need, where you need it, at the right cost.

DEVELOPMENT

Our development and integration solutions focus on green-field development, refurbishment and enhancement of core legacy systems, system integration, and business process re-engineering and improvement.     Read more..

PRODUCTS

Contact us to obtain a support subscription to any of the key Ingres, EDBC and OpenROAD products Read more..

TRAINING

Rational Commerce is the leading independent supplier of Ingres and OpenROAD training. We deliver high-quality Ingres and OpenROAD training all over the world. Read more

Rational Commerce is the leading independent supplier of Ingres training. We deliver high-quality Ingres training all over the world, for customers as diverse and demanding as General Dynamics in the US, the National Water Commission in Jamaica, the Revenue Commissioners in Ireland, and many others. Find out more – Training Page

Rational Commerce provides Managed Ingres and OpenROAD Support Services. Our customers outsource their Ingres database administration (DBA), and maintain complex Ingres environments at a reduced cost. Our off-site remote DBA delivery model can be combined with periodic on-site services. We offer framework agreements for low-cost consultancy, ad hoc development and, application fixes. This flexible on-demand expertise makes managed Ingres and Vector services workable for organizations of all sizes. Find out more – Managed services page
Rational Commerce undertakes every phase of IT development to solve our customers’ business problems. We start with an assessment of their needs then help with developing the business case for a solution. We bring years of experience in process analysis and engineering, together with the low cost of the Ingres enterprise database management solutions, to provide unbeatable return on investment. Find out more – Consultancy page.
Our development and integration solutions focus on green-field development, refurbishment and enhancement of core legacy systems, system integration, and business process re-engineering and improvement.  We have the skills to port existing applications from other database technologies to Ingres with minimum disruption and maximum reliability.  Implementing innovative solutions with Ingres and related open source technologies quickly, inexpensively, and to schedule is our only objective.

Whether you need J2EE or .NET applications, 4GL applications in OpenROAD or ABF, traditional 3GL applications in C or Cobol, or emerging technologies, we deliver high-quality code ready for acceptance testing.

OUR CAPABILITIES

  • IT Consulting – Strategy & Technology
  • Programme and Project Management
  • Programme and Project Management
  • Technical and Solution Architecture
  • Testing
  • Service Management