February 2006

DataKraft, an innovative rapid software development house, has moved to new offices in Station House Business Centre in Shankill. dataKraft, which is the recipient of two commendation awards from the Docklands Business Centre, emerged from the collegiate incubation programme twelve months ago and already boasts a formidable customer base.

Jacques Lefebvre, CEO of DataKraft says: “Proof of concept is very important when moving from an academic environment into a commercial sphere. Many fledging companies fail to cross the bridge from idea to product. At DataKraft we are fortunate to not only have made this transition while still in the incubation centre, we also secured a number of commercial customers at the same time.

“Today, DataKraft has customers in a range of vertical markets from large corporates (such as Dalkia Ireland) to smaller service driven SMEs. We have also managed to win business in both the public and private sector. We expect to double our turnover by the end of 2007 and have employed 15 new more people at the same time,” he says.

DataKraft is the brainchild of Lefebvre and was borne out of a frustration of not being able to create database applications quickly. “I wanted to develop professional database applications quickly that could be amended and extended without any coding or development,” says Lefebvre.

At the heart of the company is DataKraft Studio, a software platform based on .NET technology, which is used to design database applications without coding and development. Designing any database solution with DataKraft Studio is 20 times faster than traditional development.

dataKraft uses the DataKraft Studio to design bespoke applications for SMEs, focusing on CRM, HR, Project Management, and Sales solutions. The application supports multiple databases (MS Access, SQL Server, SQL Server Express, My SQL, Oracle) ensuring that clients are not tied to any one database vendor and allowing for future migrations.

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For more information, please contact:

Carol McKeon DataKraft 01 239 32 70
Jillian Godsil PRG 055 294 55