Gaia Technology employs a variety of technical solutions in order to meet the needs of individual clients.

So what dictates the technology used in a specific project? Many people misunderstand Web technologies and often have a personal bias towards a particular product or company. At Gaia Technology we use the most appropriate solutions for each individual project.

There are many Web languages to choose from, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. Depending on your requirements, we select the most appropriate languages for your project to provide you with the most comprehensive solution possible. The languages most commonly used are Adobe ColdFusion, Microsoft ASP.NET, XML and PHP.

Databases are designed to offer an organised mechanism for storing, managing and retrieving information. The level and extent of the database manipulation dictates which database system your project will require.

The database chosen to support your project must scale appropriately. As your data storage, management, manipulation and security requirements increase, your database solution must be able to support this. The most commonly used databases in Web applications are Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQLServer and Oracle.

Hosting servers on the Internet is a complex service that is often confusing to the end user. Hosting can be as simple as providing a small amount of server space on a server shared with thousands of other users or as complex as a clustered group of dedicated Web and database servers.

Ensuring that your website is secure, reliable and robust is essential in gaining the maximum return on investment from your Internet project - it is of no use if it is slow or, worse still, unavailable to end users.

Issues to consider when selecting a server are the operating system environment, the Web server, database support, email services, access controls, ftp services, secure certificate, performance, management/support and reliability.

Gaia Technology offers a variety of hosting services, from providing servers, hosting on our own servers, or offering consultancy on external server setup.