WAYFARE, YOUR TRUSTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

WE CREATE MEANINGFUL software and LONG-LASTING partnerships

Wayfare is your trusted partner in software development and long-lasting collaborations.
With over 12 years of experience, we’ve supported businesses of different sizes and across multiple industries to achieve their goals.

12+ YEARS EXPERIENCE
10+ YEARS LONGEST PARTNERSHIP
50+ SATISFIED CUSTOMERS
100+ DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS

Top Talent, Shared Knowledge, Close Collaboration
We recruit rigorously, learn continuously, and work seamlessly with you. Our cost-effective solutions and active community engagement foster innovation and efficiency.

We provide a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Modernization: Updating and enhancing existing systems.
• New Development: Creating custom software solutions from scratch.
• Maintenance & Support: Ensuring your systems run smoothly.
• Quality Assurance: Rigorous testing to guarantee top performance.
• UI/UX Design: Crafting intuitive and engaging user experiences.
• Consultancy: Expert advice to optimize your projects.
• Project Delivery: Managing projects from inception to completion.

We typically don’t offer DBA services. Many of our developers will be able to perform basic maintenance tasks on the database.

For OpenEdge database, we encourage our clients to look at the ProTop tools offered by our partner WhiteStar Software (WSS). As a WSS client, they also can have on demand access to highly seasoned OpenEdge DBA’s.

Integration between different applications and systems is the prerequisite to enable digital transformation. Customers expect to be optimally serviced, because they assume that everything is connected at the back. Integrations of systems has always been a challenge of the IT industry. It is being addressed in multiple ways: EDI, RPC, ESBs as part of Service Oriented Architecture and lately API with API management platforms. Wayfare can support integration projects by writing SOAP and REST APIs and the specific modules of applications to interact with them.

For application integration, especially when Progress Open Edge applications are involved, there are integration platforms such as ConnectPlaza which helps connecting (Progress Open Edge) Applications, Cloud Apps and APIs.

Wayfare has 12 +years of existence but our experience with Progress OpenEdge goes way beyond with many of our team members with active for more than 20 years in that space. We can go back to Progress version 7 but also 10.2b, 11.7 and of course the latest version 12+. We have experience with procedural code as well as OO, classic app server or PASOE, ADM2 GUI or React or KendoUI. Working with so many clients from various industries, ISV or Enterprises, gives us tremendous depth of knowledge in a broad scala of OpenEdge environment.

There is not such a thing as a typical modernization project. Many factors will influence the project, such the current state of the application, the business goals you want to achieve, the speed at which you want to see results, the resources and budget available for the transformation.

However, there are approaches and methods that we will always recommend. Being involved through many similar projects we will be able to guide you in your choices. It can be relevant for you to choose encapsulation of your current application to offer a modern web interface or you may want to re-architect your application and adopt OERA and refactor a large part of the existing code using for instance Smart Component Library from our partner Consultingwerk, finally you may prefer to work with the fully integrated platform of another trusted partner, Build.one.

We have a series of webinars on this topic and we invite you to follow them.

Our pricing is competitive and transparent. We work mainly on time & materials basis. For almost all our projects we build dedicated teams with a good mix of seniority levels and we then charge one single blended rate on hourly basis.  For detailed pricing information, please contact our sales team.

To get started, simply reach out to us via our Contact Us page or via business@wayfare.ro. We'll schedule an initial consultation to discuss your needs and how we can help. After this first contact we will more likely schedule a longer exploratory call with teach leaders and go more in depth looking at the current state of your application, the challenges you are facing and what you are looking for. Based on this we can make you an offer and build a tailored team to your needs.

Wayfare is more than just a software company; we’re a supportive community that creates innovative solutions, focusing mainly on Progress OpenEdge technology, as well as other modern technologies. We believe strongly in our culture and building close partnerships with our clients. Our goal is to create solutions that truly benefit our clients. 

One of the things that makes us unique is our Wayfare Academy, where many of our developers start their careers and grow with us. It’s not only about learning technical skills; it’s also about building lasting, collaborative relationships. We aim to create a space where everyone can succeed together. It’s a journey of growth and learning, and we’re all here to support each other along the way. 

We serve and have served customers from around the globe, including Hong Kong, South-Africa, The Netherlands, the UK, and the USA.

We work exclusively remotely however we encourage our clients team to come and visit us or vice versa, at least once a year, sometimes more at the start of a new partnership.

We have several strategies to effectively manage time differences:

• Agile/Scrum Principles: We schedule ceremonies at times that accommodate all time zones.
• Senior Developer Support: Our senior developers and tech leads are available to coach and support teams when clients are unavailable.
• Knowledge Transfer: We emphasize thorough knowledge transfer and ramp-up to ensure our teams can operate independently.
• Client Trust: We build trust with clients to gain access to their environments, allowing us to resolve issues independently and maintain productivity.
• Backlog Maintenance: We keep the backlog well-maintained so our teams can address issues independently.
• Flexible Work Hours: During peak times or critical events, our team members can adapt their work hours on a voluntary basis to meet client needs.

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Please visit our Success Stories page to see examples of our past projects and client testimonials.

Turnaround times vary depending on the project scope and complexity. However, we strive to complete all projects within the agreed-upon timeframe. For specific timelines, please contact our project management team via our Contact us page or business@wayfare.ro.