Application development
Bespoke agile web application coding, integrating
with design and business elements. Programming methodologies concentrate on
rapid prototyping, total test coverage and robust data handling. Zomo aim to
build applications with scalability built in.
Ruby on Rails, Merb, Catalyst
RSpec, ZenTest, Continuous integration
Web system architectures
Application servers, scalable architectures, load balancing, server redundancy, stress testing, traffic reporting
Apache, Lighttpd, Nginx, Mongrel
MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
Hearbeat, DRBD, Spread, Wackamole
mod_backhand, webalizer, awstats
UNIX
System specification and
installation, ongoing maintenance, backup management, performance tuning, resource
monitoring, virtualization FreeBSD, Linux, OS X, Solaris, OpenBSD
Perl, Ruby, POSIX shell
Xen, BSD jails, VMware
Networks
Local and wide area networks, VPN, traffic management, firewalls, distributed processing, intrusion detection
Cisco, HP, Foundry, Alteon
TCP/IP, IP6, DNS, BGP, IPSEC, OpenVPN
pf, iptables, ipfw
Mail
Mailboxes, webmail, spam control, mail relaying, address management
Exim, qmail, Postfix, SquirrelMail, Courier, vpopmail
Change management
Formal release procedures, source code control
CVS, SVN, RCS, Capistrano
Service assurance
24x7 systems monitoring, support ticketing, datacentre presence
Nagios, RT, Trac, PTS