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First Option Software Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

We are thrilled and proud to announce that First Option Software have achieved ISO 27001 certification, underscoring our commitment to information security and data protection to our clients, staff and stakeholders.

What is bespoke software?

Also known as custom software

The significance of detail

How can we improve user experience?

First Option Software granted Royal Warrant

We were enormously proud to have been granted a Royal Warrant as a Supplier of Software Services to Her Majesty The Queen in 2016. Like everyone we were deeply saddened by The Queen’s passing in 2022. We await the process of Royal Warrant’s being granted by HM The King.

9 things to consider when choosing off the shelf software

What are the pros and cons of the agile methodology?

What are the pros and cons of the waterfall methodology?

ColdFusion Development

Celebrating 10 years of Alresford Music Festival

The foundations of a successful software project

What do you get from a user experience evaluation?

Good user experience design is better business

Measuring usability

3 resources on UX to help with your business case

Why does the IT industry have a reputation for failed projects?

Celebrating our independence day

Alresford Music Festival 2017 – It just keeps getting better!

New opportunities for cheque fraud

FOS celebrate in style

10 things to consider when planning a bespoke software project

25 Years of First Option

#GirlsinIT – White Paper

#GirlsinIT: where to now?

10 Things to consider during a System Takeover

#FirstThing at First Option – Girls in IT

Girls in IT – where are they all?

‘Software’. What’s in a name?

The Internet – Necessity or Addictive?

iOS Apps in the Enterprise

Polygons, rectangles, HTML5, Web Workers and a Canvas…

The art of Simplicity

Nginx vs Tomcat connectors

Get in touch: +44 (0)333 900 1444 or sales@firstoptionsoftware.com

Careers

We offer a unique opportunity to be involved in a great variety of bespoke software projects for an awesome bespoke software company. We work across a variety of sectors, including agriculture, automotive and insurance. You’ll be given significant opportunity to grow your role and responsibility, and to create your own career path.

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