Zaretto Company Overview
Formed by Richard Harrison and Richard Hart in 1992 to focus on software development and simulator maintenance, particularly the Rediffusion TASC and Rediffusion ACCESS Instructor Operating Stations (IOS). We have a proven track record of using our skills to create new software, but also to support maintain and enhance existing systems in a very cost effective manner.
Company Focus, yearly summary.
2008 has been a challenging year, busy in parts, with quiet periods for used for R&D. The trend to move we have witnessed for the last few years is continuing, in that the bulk of our projects has been web based, from simple web-sites, ordering and ecommerce systems, to web applications. A lot more use of Ajax in general and jQuery in particular.
Recent published sites
In March 2008 we finished working on a site for a client in the Dorodogne selling Mexican pine furniture we built this with Joomla and virtueMart. We also are currently working on a site using Drupal.
Most of our web sites are multi-lingual, usually with a Unicode backend and have been developed using our in house proprietary libraries.
Flight simulator IOS, TASC, CRDS replacements
The flight simulator operations is still a core interest of the business although primarily we have been supporting existing customers. We are focussed in the development of the SwiftIOS replacement and should secure some orders soon. The hardcopy replacement system for Charles Rivers systems using old printers has been expanded and we can now offer replacement printing systems for Rediffusion (TT&S/Thales) SGI based IOS.
We have also commenced development of an IOS system, that we hope to make available as GPL or OpenSource. We believe in OpenSource and with our experience in designing Instructor Operating Stations it makes intellectual sense to do it, the commercial aspects are under review. The core code is C++, and we have most of the required server processes written, and can now focus on the front end, the technology is still subject of ongoing research, currently evaluating C++/Qt, and Java/Swing.
CRDS Simulator IOS Upgrades
We have a targetted set of CRDS flight simulator products and services and have developed two products specifically designed to extend the training life of a simulator by replacing older technology with current technology. Specifically a replacement printer for Instructor Stations with Calcomp and Facit printers and a CRDS computer replacement.
We have performed upgrades and maintenance for GECapital Aviation Training, British Midland, Swiss Air Force, and Alaska Airlines.
Software Development
Since 1992 we have been providing custom software development to a number of clients worldwide. Our skillset covers C, C++, C#, .NET, VB.NET, Java, Borland Delphi, C++ Builder, VCL components, Visual Basic, Pascal, SQL Databases, CORBA, ISAPI, CGI, COM, DCOM, MFC, ATL, STL, Windows NT, Silicon Graphics, OpenVms. Find out more about our software development and projects