February 6, 2007 --
Emerge Inc., a website and Internet-based software development firm headquartered in Elyria, has opened a branch office in Columbus, Ohio. The new Emerge Columbus Team will better serve Emerge's growing client base in central and southern Ohio and will focus on Interactive Design, Database Development and E-commerce.
The office, located at 7760 Olentangy River Road, Suite 203, is Emerge's first branch office.
About Emerge - Emerge Inc. is a website and Internet-based software development firm with offices in Elyria and Columbus, Ohio. For the past 10 years, Emerge has worked with clients to utilize web technology to meet business objectives. Currently, Emerge has 11 team members and is focused on 3 strategic business units.
Custom Application Development - Emerge works with businesses and organizations who have decided that packaged software doesn't meet their exact needs. Emerge provides consulting to develop and document strategy, specification, feature requirements, experience requirements and personas. Emerge also provides the development services necessary to deliver and support the final application.
EmergeParks - Emerge provides a full range of Internet based software and services for City and County parks and recreation agencies. All solutions, from online reservations to touch screen kiosks are customized to meet the unique needs of each park system.
LorainCounty.com - Emerge founded and provides technical support for LorainCounty.com, a community platform for the exchange of local information, ideas and commerce in Lorain County, Ohio. The site was established over 7 years ago on the principal of user-generated content. Currently, Emerge is expanding LorainCounty.com to provide local marketing solutions including advertising, business directories and websites with complete CMS capabilities.
Some of the projects Emerge has worked on recently include:
- Human resource time and leave tracking application
- Secured extranet to enable Health Departments to share information
- Ecommerce site for fly fishing, camping and adventure travel gear
- Auto, home and boat insurance quoting system
- Live elections results displayed over the Internet and on-location
- Real estate reassessment database tracking over 160,000 properties
- Donation recognition application displayed online and as a kiosk
- Application for entering semester grades and printing report cards
