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Screenshot of sabew.org featuring an image carousel and rss feeds from other blog sites

The Society of American Business Editors and Writers has partnered with Delta Systems for over 10 years. In the early days, Debin Benish trained Carrie Paden and her staff on the use of Microsoft Access.  Seeing that their time would be better spent on serving their thousands of members, SABEW turned to Delta Systems to build a membership management system, a conference management system, and a system to handle the hundreds of entries they receive to their annual “Best in Business” (BiB) contest.  The latest iteration of these systems is now online at SABEW.org. Members can now renew their membership directly online, view member-only content, as well as submit entries to the BiB contest as well as handle the judging all online.

Based on WordPress, Custom Built Plug-ins

Delta Systems used a unique blend of off-the-shelf and custom designed systems. WordPress was used to handle the front end content displaying. A custom WordPress plug-in was built to handle the image carousel on the homepage.  Another custom WordPress plugin was built to handle the contact form.  The site also directly integrates RSS feeds from Talking Biz News and several other business journalism related blogs.

New Website Features Include:

1. Completely powered by WordPress
2. Membership management system
3. Conference management system
4. Online Contest Submission system
5. Contest Judging system
6. Custom WordPress plugin to more easily handle content in the image carousel on the homepage
7. Completely integrated Google Analytics
8. Great Search Engine Optimization features

WordPress Experts

We are WordPress Experts

As an early adopter, Delta Systems has the most experience building and hosting WordPress powered websites of anyone in the area. And just in case there isn’t already a plugin built to make WordPress do exactly what you need, we are experts in building WordPress plugins as well. Ask around and you’ll find out why we’re the best. We have an extensive list of references.

Need something done? Just Call Delta

Delta Systems is a full-service computer consulting company with a suite of in-house development, design, and computer network support talent.

Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Give us a call and find out why over 800 companies have trusted Delta Systems with their networking, online, and programming needs since 1986. Ask around.

You’ll hear people say, “Just call Delta” so much that we made it our website – http://JustCallDelta.com

The old AddisonLabs.com was looking a bit dated and was difficult to update

Addison Biological Labs asked Delta Systems to redesign their website to better feature their products and long company history.

The old site was a bit difficult to navigate and update. It also had no content management system.

This website is featured in our online portfolio.

New Website Features Completely powered by WordPress Custom WordPress plugin to more easily handle content in the image carousel on the homepage Completely integrated Google Analytics Great Search Engine Optimization features

The new AddisonLabs.com website features the WordPress Content Management System and features a more modern, product centric look

WordPress Experts

We are WordPress Experts

As an early adopter, Delta Systems has the most experience building and hosting WordPress powered websites of anyone in the area. And just in case there isn’t already a plugin built to make WordPress do exactly what you need, we are experts in building WordPress plugins as well. Ask around and you’ll find out why we’re the best. We have an extensive list of references.

Need something done? Just Call Delta

Delta Systems is a full-service computer consulting company with a suite of in-house development, design, and computer network support talent.

Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Give us a call and find out why over 800 companies have trusted Delta Systems with their networking, online, and programming needs since 1986. Ask around.

You’ll hear people say, “Just call Delta” so much that we made it our website – http://JustCallDelta.com

Zend Technologies Receives $9 Million In Funding

Zend.com - The PHP Company

Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, today announced that it has received $9 million in venture funding led by Greylock Partners, a current investor, with participation from all other Zend investors including Azure Capital Partners, Index Ventures, Intel Capital, SAP Ventures, Walden and others. The investment will fuel the Company’s accelerated product development and market expansion at a time when the entire PHP ecosystem is experiencing rapid adoption by mainstream corporate IT. Read more at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Zend/VentureFunding/prweb4006494.htm

Zend Cooperates with the Big Boys

“We are delighted to have the ongoing commitment of our distinguished investors as we take our company and technology to the next level and continue to grow our leadership in the PHP market with the best PHP solutions,” said Andi Gutmans, CEO and co-founder of Zend Technologies. “Technology cooperation with IBM, Adobe, Oracle, Microsoft and other industry leaders further enables us to deliver Zend PHP solutions broadly into corporate IT departments where simple yet powerful and scalable solutions for rapid application development are in high demand.”

Delta Systems, a Leader in Zend PHP Consulting

Delta Systems Group Does Web Application Development

Delta Systems is committed to providing clients with advanced, and cutting edge technologies.

Delta Systems uses the Zend framework for development of all major systems for clients.

By choosing Zend, Delta Systems is able to develop PHP applications that run in the cloud, and on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems. This also allows Delta to  deliver web applications that achieve regulatory compliance with increased security without compromising high availability needs.

EasyTRC.com

Delta Chooses Zend PHP for Their Own Applications

Zend was chosen as the framework when Delta built their first software as a service offering – EasyTRC.

Delta Systems Provides Certified PHP Consulting

Delta Systems employs the only PHP5 Certified Engineers in the Columbia/Jefferson City/Moberly, Missouri area.

A Zend Certified Engineer is the highest PHP accreditation available. Delta Systems employs the largest number of Zend Framework Certified Engineers in the states of Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky combined.

About Zend Technologies

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, is the leading provider of products and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications. PHP runs 35 percent of the world’s Web sites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic Web applications. Deployed at more than 30,000 companies worldwide, the Zend family of products deliver a comprehensive solution for supporting the entire lifecycle of PHP applications. Zend is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with worldwide operations in France, Germany, Ireland and Israel. Learn more at http://www.zend.com.

About Delta Systems

Delta Systems is a full-service computer consulting company with a suite of in-house development, design, and computer network support talent.

Building online applications and data management systems that are intuitive yet powerful is our specialty.

Give us a call and find out why over 800 companies have trusted Delta Systems with their networking, online, and programming needs since 1986. Ask around.

You’ll hear people say, “Just call Delta” so much that we made it our website – http://JustCallDelta.com

Equinosis makes the Lameness Locator

When Delta Systems was approached by Dr. Kevin Keegan, Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, he had 18 years of research, an algorithm, and a partner in Japan working on wireless sensors – all of which were being used to detect lameness in horses.

Dr. Keegan had a problem and a solution. But the solution ran too slowly and was too cumbersome for an average person to perform. Equinosis was starting to take shape, but some technical help was needed to make it into a viable product.

The Technical Problem and Solution

The challenges included

• boosting a slow analysis cycle
• organizing and displaying data for multiple horses and runs
• reporting this highly detailed data in a clear and accurate manner

4 minutes reduced to 0.4 seconds = Real-Time Results

The algorithm is wicked complicated and when it showed up on our doorstep was taking almost 4 minutes to analyze the data from a single run of a horse. Additionally, the data collected by the sensors had to be perfect – no odd spikes or lulls. Delta went to work on speeding up the analysis and quickly improved the results. Now the time it took the system to digest the same amount of information had dropped from 4 minutes to 0.4 seconds. Real-time reporting and analysis was now possible! Data could now be sent via bluetooth from sensors on the running horse to a nearby tablet computer doing capture and analysis right in the field. This data needed to be analyzed in the field while the horse was still there so the doctor could do blocking and other stuff that vets do.

EXE on a Tablet Computer, Saves Data, Runs Reports

Delta Systems then worked to create a program to run on tablet computers to collect data wirelessly via bluetooth from the sensors and then manage the data from multiple runs of multiple horses in an intuitive user interface. Ultimately, a report is produced that shows all kinds of useful information that we’d love to share but is proprietary.

Why is Lameness Detection Important?

If you compare cars to horses, both are expensive, develop problems that need repair, are sold new and used at auctions, and both can now be objectively certified;  Cars have CarFax and horses have The Lameness Locator.  Prior to this solution, a veterinarian had to rely on subjective visual assessment as the only method available for performing lameness diagnosis. Even if the vet could “see” which limb was having issues, there was no quantitative way to measure the degree of the issue or to detect if multiple limbs were affected.

About Lameness Locator

The Lameness Locator - It's like CarFax for Horses

The Lameness Locator by Equinosis objectively detects and quantifies body movement asymmetry in a horse using small, body-mounted inertial sensors and a hand-held tablet PC. Instrumentation of the horse is quick, easy, and completely non-invasive. Data collection is in real time and veterinarians are free to perform their usual lameness evaluation routine without distraction.

Data is analyzed rapidly using a unique set of algorithms developed after 18 years of research on sound and lame horse movement. This unique set of data analysis algorithms helps to determine the affected limb or limbs, the severity of lameness within each limb and the timing of peak lameness pain within the stride cycle of each limb.

Results are then presented to the veterinarian in an intuitive graphical interface that is easy to interpret and report to clients.

Check Out the System we Built

It’s featured in this Lameness Evaluation Using The Lameness Locator video

Legal Notes: “CarFax” is a copyright of the CarFax people and is not an endorsement of any product. “It’s like CarFax for horses” is our analogy to be used in helping to communicate to lay people what the product does and not an official slogan for the product.

Delta Systems is pleased to be the Entertainment Sponsor for the Twilight Cruise VI: The Final Voyage, a Columbia, MO Chamber of Commerce event.

Twilight Cruise VI: The Final Voyage happens on Thursday, May 20 from 6 to 9pm

This popular annual event will take place on Thursday, May 20 from 6-9 p.m. at the Robert M. Lemone Tiger Lounge at Faurot Field on the MU campus.

Register Today (Save $5)

Avoid the lines on Thursday, May 20 and pre-register to board the Twilight Cruise VI: The Final Voyage today! Your evening begins as you “set sail” on your Final Voyage with the Chamber Cruise Lines by entering the lobby of Memorial Stadium Suites. Upon entering the “ship” you are met with live music and entertainment.

Food and Drink From 28 Restaurants

Visit with 28 different locations to learn about the sponsoring businesses and sample their partnering restaurants’ food and drink. Sponsors of each room are fanatical about making their suite your favorite. They pull out all the stops to decorate, give out gifts, and wine and dine you. With this being the farewell voyage of a ship that has taken her passengers to exotic ports of call for the past five years, semi formal attire is encouraged for the evening’s festivities.

Registration lines open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person. Will you be there?

Nickel Ante covers popular Rock, Country, and Blues songs

About the Band: Nickel Ante

The band, Nickel Ante, features veterans of several local bands. They’ve been spotted playing Octoberfest in Pilot Grove as well as down in Lake Ozark at Backwater Jack’s.  Their playlist consists of songs from:

• Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jonny Lang, Susan Tedeschi
• Tina Turner, Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt
• Bon Jovi, Billy Joel, Bryan Adams, The Black Crowes
• Kid Rock, Prince, Elton John
• and many more

Save $5 – Register Online Now

Save $5 per Person by registering online today - Click here to register online! You must use a credit card to pay. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.

We add this image to help you differentiate Delta from the competition

On May 7, 2010, Delta turned 24 years old.

Over 75% of the largest employers in Columbia have been clients of Delta Systems

At least one of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year finalists or winners has been a Delta Client for the past 10 years.

Read more of the History of Delta Systems

Dong Xu, James C. Dowell Professor and Chair - Department of Computer Science

The University of Missouri Computer Science Department held their annual meeting of the Computer Science Industry Advisory Council on May 3, 2010. The event was hosted by department chair Dong Xu.

The Computer Science Industry Advisory Council (CS-IAC) provides suggestions and inputs to the department on many issues including curriculum, student development and job placement, research, and outreach. The University also work with the Council Members to strengthen the collaboration between their companies and the MU Computer Science department, in particular, to help match companies and students for internship and job opportunities, as well as to establish research collaborations.

Finally, the council is given the opportunity to share market trend and technology needs that will help MU Computer Science students obtain employment.  This, in turn, influences syllabus and course offerings at the University.

A CS-IAC meeting is held every year, typically a one-day event. During the meeting, the department will make a number of presentations about the undergraduate programs for the committee members to comment. This includes panel discussions and several Senior Capstone projects. Council members are also briefed on the activities and developments happening in the Computer Science and Computer Engineering Schools at the University.

During this year’s meeting, presentations were made by Dong Xu, Dean Jim Thompson,  Michael Jurczyk, Dale Musser, and Joseph Guilliams helped 6 Capstone groups present their senior projects.

University of Missouri

Some CS-IAC members also visit the department at other times for events such as “Professor for a Day” (guest lectures) and programming contests. Furthermore, MU’s Comp Sci department consults with CS-IAC members on various issues through emails.

Other CS-IAC Committee Members include representatives from Delta Systems, Microsoft, Boeing,  Cerner, Quilogy, UMB Bank, CarFax, Shelter Insurance, Rose International, Tradebot Systems, and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

Steve Powell, President of Delta Systems, said that, “Delta is honored to be seated among such prestigious, large, successful companies. We’re certainly the small fish in this group, but feel we have a unique perspective as a small, agile, client-centered web application development firm that is not only headquartered in Mizzou’s backyard, but also employs MU graduates.”

Read the Story about "Trading Equity for Services"

Delta Systems is proud to have helped SoccerPro.com in the early stages of their success that helped lead them to their successful growth partnership.

Read the “Trading Equity for Services” story in Inc. Magazine.

Read more about how Delta Systems helped SoccerPro.com increase sales by 600%

At Delta Systems it costs nothing to find out exactly what we can do to help you experience triple-digit growth. 

Give us a call today to experience The Delta Difference for yourself.