Welcome to Systems Services - Web Data Extraction (Web Scraping) UK, JAVA , .NET and Open Source, Web Enabled Application Programming

Our services are most likely to be of interest to people wanting to reduce the amount of time they spend at a computer doing the same repetitive task - or free up their own time or other staff time (and therefore potentially save money). This may be useful for companies in a Supply Chain or any other business who need to replace website navigation and data extraction from websites by a single click operation. An initial protype can be developed very quickly and cheaply - this can then be developed into a robust system again at  low cost. The cost savings can be very large within a company or department ie a lot of expensive staff time can be spent doing what can easily and cheaply be automated.

  Call +44 (0)1763 288 165 or contact : logical@btinternet.com .

You can ask us to develop web data extraction other other automation software for you - we can also handle all your requirements as a turnkey operation.

The service may also be of use to Information Professionals, researching Competitive Information Strategies.  We can help with Competitive Intelligence (CI) projects for Business Researchers whether for an Independent Information Professional or for an Information Professional within a larger company.

We develop and troubleshoot applications to search out and retrieve data from world wide web (www) pages and e-mail using JAVA and the Microsoft .net framework, developments based on Open Source (MOZILLA,XUL,JAVASCRIPT) and TCL/TK programming. We also develop standard applications to run on your own PC or network.  Please contact us if you require a turnkey service to find and extract web information for you.   Retrieved data can be stored, displayed in different ways,  alerts generated when data changes or websites are updated. Specialist search engines constructed (for example to access product data on your company site for distribution to your customers).
  logical@btinternet.com Tel: +44 (0)1763 288 165    

We can also undertake data extraction work on your behalf .

We can analyse both static and time based data using Excel and/or using Neural Network based techniques for status quo analysis or to predict future trends.

We provide consultancy (and hands on help for JAVA, 'C', MOZILLA(XUL),TCL/TK  developments). Large scale or Enterprise scale developments can be undertaken using proprietory development tools.

We  test web based applications using similar techniques to the above.

 Specialist www (web) search engines are in our remit  to combine intelligent web searching with data retrieval and  data processing to analyse results.

Web pages (both HTML and XML) are treated as databases and the web as one huge database.

We can rapidly develop applications for your use or undertake to find data from the web as a turnkey service. The big difference we can make is that rather than data being available purely on screen through a web browser - web data can be automatically retrieved for use on your own computer in your own time.

Applications  can be written around  the data retrieval process tailored to your own specific use. If you or your staff use the internet a lot - this can reduce costs associated with internet usage in house.

  If you want to make it easier (and cheaper) for your customers to access and use information from your own websites and constantly remind them of your corporate presence , providing customers with a tailored search engine which presents your company information to them can be an invaluable asset. The easier it is for customers to contact you and the more you are in your customers view (on their computer desktop) the easier it is to sell your product.

  We use a variety of languages (JAVA, C, C++, Visual Basic,TCL/TK) to develop applications and can quickly build on what is already available. We also use development kits such as the Mozilla sdk (XUL,XBL,Gecko) We are very much customer and project led  . 

Tel: +44 (0)1763 288 165 (a Hertfordshire UK telephone number - we are based near Stevenage, Herts, UK). E-mail: logical@btinternet.com Or press here . Qualified staff (MBCS and Chartered Information Systems Practitioner).

The following presents typical application areas for the technology we utilise.

• Java Consultancy and Programming
• JAVA troubleshooting
• 'C' programming
• TCL/TK  programming
• Software Testing based on TCL/TK
• MOZILLA (XUL) programming
•  JAVASCRIPT programming
• Automated collection and display of data from a single or multiple web sites for example collecting share and/or share index prices from different web sites
• Web (www) testing services for example to test corporate websites which are available on intranets or on the www  
• Automated extraction and storage of data from one or more websites for example to extract data which changes and store it on disk for analysis eg suppliers price lists, numerical data for graphing, company accounts or share price tables or other data 
• Alerting on a field change on single or multiple websites for example to automatically identify when : a suppliers price for a price sensitive component has changed or numerous share prices have changed by more than a particular percentage
• Mail (e-mail) mining for example for forensic analysis or to filter spam or flag important mails
• Parsing HTML and XML documents in a well structured manner using SQL for example to convert XML (or HTML) documents into fields in a spreadsheet or in a conventional database
• Addressing the problems of losing data (as in the BBC Doomsday project) when storage devices become obsolete by converting data to XML (or HTML) form so the data can be easily transfered even if storage devices themselves become obsolescent .
• Searching the web efficiently with the ability to automatically save important references for example for market research , to verify data across multiple sources or to combine with data extraction and analysis
• Data collection and analysis of data from web sources including (but not restricted to) intelligent data analysis (AI techniques)  for example to collect data in an ongoing fashion and  categorise the data eg by/sell indications for share analysis and good / bad market market sectors in identifying potential growth areas prior to product development. Prediction of future values based on past data eg sales volumes or share prices.

We provide a friendly service and will be pleased to discuss requirements both with technical or none technical personnel - prototypes or full systems are produced in a timely fashion

 Our expertise also covers the development of web based applications including XML applications  Please follow our Web based applications link to see a simple example of the sort of application that can be produced in this area - applications can either run on the web server or the client machine or a combination of both.

We can complete work both nationally and internationally - we are however within easy range of  the following towns if customers feel they need substantial on-site support (the nearest towns/cities are listed first)  : Buntingford, Baldock, Stevenage, Letchworth,  Hitchin, Royston, Hertford, Cambridge, Luton, Hatfield, Ware, Watford, Welwyn Garden City, Potters Bar, Bedford, St Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Potton, Hemel Hempstead, Borehamwood, Enfield, Cockfosters, Barnet, Northampton, Colchester, Ipswich, North London, London City, London Docklands, London West End .

We can also provide a very local service to the following villages in Hertfordshire :  Rushden, Sandon, Wallington, Clothall, Weston, Ashwell, Puckeridge, Braughing, Cottered, Ardeley, Therfield, Barkway, Barley, Melbourn, Histon, Bassingbourn, Wimpole, Aspenden, the Hadhams, Widford.