E-Commerce technologies are becoming more and more complex day by day. Starting as a programming language called Java, the Internet technology suite nurtured by Sun Microsystems has now burgeoned into a complex suite of technologies under the J2EE umbrella. Application servers, which were unheard of ten years back, have emerged as the single most important piece of infrastructure software, matching the redoubtable database in importance.

Object oriented analysis and design methodologies too are maturing rapidly. The Unified Modeling Language is now universally accepted as the language for system analysis and design. Higher-level design constructs such as design patterns and domain patterns are gaining credibility by contributing to better quality and productivity.

The cumulative effect of all these trends is an order of magnitude increase in the complexity of solutions being delivered by IT departments today. In the absence of these "architects" it is quite likely that your software suppliers are providing sub-optimal solutions, which will sooner or later fail to live up to expectations.

Ligature's Architecture and Design Practice is a collection of such architects who strive to ensure that all solutions created by us are appropriately architected and designed to meet your current and future requirements.