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Who we are . . .
Software Concepts, Inc.
is a hardware & software consulting firm located in Ringoes, New Jersey.
We are located midway between Philadelphia and New York City - a one
hour commute to either. We consult to companies of all
sizes, from one-person
operations to Fortune 100 companies. Because of our unique
communications abilities, we can work as well with companies located
across the country as we do with those located around the
corner. Our
main emphasis is on custom designed products, primarily for scientific and industrial applications. We provide
design and development for embedded systems, Windows based applications, and Web based applications. We also
have relationships with several manufacturing facilities that can produce your product. We've
also developed commercial and financial applications for some
prominent companies. We are a leader in the development of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications using a
variety of communication mediums, including Ethernet, WiFi and GSM Cell phone. We also offer a line of development kits and M2M
products through our Made Easy Kits Division See our Project Page
for a list of recent projects and product offerings.
The principal of the firm is Andy
Beck, a professional with 30 years experience in both
hardware and software design and development. His background
extends across a range of projects from instrument development and
factory automation to enterprise-wide financial applications.
He has been involved in defining development
methodologies and developing ISO-9000 compliant practices. He
has also taught, lectured and written articles on many topics
including the development process, program optimization, hardware
design issues, programming languages and instrument design. All
projects get the personal attention of Andy - from inception to
product release.
History . . .
Software concepts was first founded in 1978 by
Andy Beck as
AB Computer Products - a part-time venture. This was just a couple of years
after the birth of the personal computer. In
those days - before the IBM PC - companies like IMSAI,
ALTAIR, and even a fledging Apple Computer dominated the market,
while the most popular operating system was
CP/M. Initially
AB Computer Products concentrated on producing data
communications peripherals for main-frame and mini computers.
One of the first product offerings was a serial-to-parallel data
converter used to connect IBM System 7 computers to Modems.
Soon after, AB Computer Products became a full-time venture and the first computer-based product, the VideoComp
100, was introduced. This computer was unique in that it
housed all of the components - CPU, disk drive, CRT and keyboard -
in one integrated unit. For the next several years, Andy continued to develop personal
computer products and related peripherals, as well as standard and
custom software development. A
couple of years later the company was concentrating almost exclusively on custom software
design and the name was changed to Applied Computer Systems.
Initially the emphasis was on producing software for embedded
systems, but as the PC gained ground in industrial and scientific
markets, MS/DOS and then Windows programming services were
offered.
Throughout the eighties and nineties Andy
ran the business as a part time venture while managing the
engineering departments of several instrument manufacturers including Physical
Acoustics, Tobias Associates and
DataColor
International.
During this time he gained significant knowledge in instrumentation, optics, color
science, and most importanly project management.
In 1997 Andy again turned the
business into a full time venture, incorporated it and changed the
name to Software Concepts, Inc. Today, Software Concepts
is a leader in the development of custom products for the Commercial
Industrial and Scientific markets.
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