Abacus develops custom software products and provides software development services to our clients.  In a product development mode, we develop entire systems, subsystems, and system components.  In this mode, we take full responsibility for the product.  In a support mode, we provide members of our technical staff to supplement and enhance our client's staff.

Abacus provides software requirements specifications, implementation, software integration and test, V&V, documentation, and configuration management.  We work with all major platforms and environments including network-centric, web-based (Internet / Intranet), virtual and hardware-specific ones - from mainframes to customized embedded devices.  We specialize in converting and upgrading legacy software.  We stand behind our work products with client technical staff and user training, long-term maintenance, and consulting support.

Among our DoD activities, Abacus has helped develop and test the System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE), the major command and control middleware for the U.S. Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) program.  In our commercial activities we developed eQuerySearch™ (EQS™), an advanced web-based search / information retrieval product which uses custom-made relevancy criteria for search results ranking.

Abacus creates and applies standardized methodologies and metrics.  For many years we have been applying CMM and CMMI standards in support of our large DoD customers to aid their upgrading to SEI levels 3, 4, and 5.  In addition, we have worked with all the major commercial and government standards for DoD, FAA (DO-178B), NASA, MilSpec, etc.

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