Our History 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Future The history of APDI To explore our history, select a time period. APDI on the airwaves... Client WPGC 95.5FM Radio (Landover, MD)   Project Prize tracking and disaster database.   Technologies used... Paradox   The radio station required a way to track what prizes were given out over the air to prevent winners from calling to win another prize. Integrated into this custom database software a disaster database was also developed to keep listeners informed in case there was an emergency. APDI tracks mail for the U.S. Navy Client The Pentagon (Arlington, VA)   Project Mail tracking database for Navy.   Technologies used... FoxPro   Completely rewrite the naval secret mail tracking system to run on a PC from a mainframe system. This software tracked bar-coded classified mail receipts to ensure proper delivery. APDI becomes Mustang® Software's East Coast System Engineer Client Mustang Software (Bakersfield, CA)   Project Database programming for the Bulletin Board System (BBS) market.   Technologies used... Mustang’s Wildcat BBS, C++   APDI becomes Mustang’s system engineer for the east coast and handles hundreds of customers with BBS needs for databases and hosting. APDI is one of two software engineering companies to be awarded software engineer level. Cheetah® is used by PC Magazine® Client APDI internal project (Clinton, MD)   Project Full text search engine database for the Bulletin Board System (BBS) market.   Technologies used... C++, TextWare’s full text engine   APDI develops the well-known product Cheetah (Featured on the cover of BBS Magazine) that is used with Mustang and Galacticomm software to enhance their systems with full text searching capabilities.  This opens up the door to numerous businesses that have large amounts of text to be searched online.  Cheetah makes the front cover of numerous trade magazines and is used by such companies as U.S. Robotics (RoboSearch), U.S. patent and trademark office and PC Magazine. Client AOL and 2 Market (Ted Leganus Company) (Virginia and California)   Project The first online shopping system.   Technologies used... Wildcat BBS, C++, FoxPro   Using a bulletin board as the base APDI developed an interactive system that worked with a 2market CD. Customers can browse the CD for an interactive shopping experience. (this precluded what the Internet has become). Upon selecting different items from different stores (Spiegel, Land’s End, Tower Records, etc..), the customer would place of our which would go through APDI’s custom built database. The system also took orders through AOL’s system. APDI’s database distributed the orders to the appropriate stores in whatever media form was required. APDI builds StreetSmart for Charles Schwab - Toyota T-TEN Network Client Charles Schwab (San Francisco, CA)   Project StreetSmart investment software.   Technologies used... C++   APDI hosted the enormous 60 server Schwab system. In unison with other systems around the United States APDI creates a failsafe state-of-the-art-database for one of the country’s largest companies. APDI programmed the back end database core while other programmers in California developed a front-end interface to connect with the APDI servers. Replacing Charles Schwab’s Equalizer, StreetSmart becomes a huge hit in the financial market place. Client Toyota (Dallas, TX)   Project T-Ten mechanic educational system.   Technologies used... Wildcat BBS   APDI builds a host Toyota’s Technical Education Network. This was an online reference encyclopedia where technicians could access and retrieve technical documents regarding Toyota automobiles. Fujitsu's CSCANS - Bell Atlantic Internet Client Fujitsu (Texas)   Project CSCANS document exchange.   Technologies used... Linux, UUCP   CSCANS is an automatic document distribution system based on UUCP that was used by Fujitsu to distribute technical bulletins about its telephone switching equipment. Several of the major US phone companies connected to this system daily to receive technical bulletins, update notifications, and support documents. Client Bell Atlantic (Baltimore, MD)   Project Bell Atlantic Teaming Agreement.   Technologies used... C++   APDI signs of agreement with Bell Atlantic to provide programming services to customers of Bell Atlantic's new Internet division. APDI creates Largo® - Sportscombine® Client APDI internal Web publishing application (Clinton, MD)   Project Largo.   Technologies used... C++, ASP, MS-SQL Server   APDI created Largo as a response to the newsletter publishing industry’s need for an online publishing web service. Largo has been going strong since its creation and APDI will be releasing its next generation later in 2003.   Client SportsCombine (Fairfax, VA)   Project Hosting and consulting.   Technologies used... ASP, MS-SQL Server   APDI hosts SportsCombine which has been the recognized as a national leader in high school, youth and organizational sports statistical management. Over more than 500,000 athletes, teams and organizations have chosen SportsCombine as their preferred online partner and thousands more are joining the network every month. HIN - NAACP - AFGE   Client Healthcare Intelligence Network (Wall Township, NJ)   Project 65 Newsletters online.   Technologies used... Largo   The Healthcare Intelligence Network (HIN) is an electronic publishing company providing high-quality information on the business of healthcare. Healthcare executives can receive exclusive, customized up-to-the minute information from more than 50 of the nation's leading healthcare publications in five key areas: the healthcare and managed care industry, hospital and health system management, health law and regulation, behavioral healthcare, and long-term care.   Client NAACP (Washington, DC)   Project NAACP Online.   Technologies used... WorldGroup BBS   NAACP becomes first online project under the APDI/Bell Atlantic programming services agreement.   Client AFGE (Washington, DC)   Project AFGE Online.   Technologies used... WorldGroup BBS, ASP   The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) is the largest federal employee union representing 600,000 federal and D.C. government workers nationwide and overseas. Workers in virtually all functions of government at every federal agency depend upon AFGE for legal representation, legislative advocacy, technical expertise and informational services. Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services Client Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services (Fairfax, VA)   Project Web Hosting and maintenance.   Technologies used... ASP, C++, MS-Site Server, MS-SQL Server   Pinkerton Travel Intelligence services provide up-to-date analyses, reports and forecast monitoring rapidly changing world events in order to keep corporations apprised of developments that might affect the safety and security of their corporation and employees. APDI Hosts Fuels & Lubes Client Fuels and Lubes (Manila, Philippines)   Project Newsletters.   Technologies used... Largo   APDI hosts F&L Asia, Inc. (formerly Fuels & Lubes Asia Publications, Inc.). F&L Asia, Inc. was established in 1995 to serve the information needs of the fuels, lubricants and additives industry in the Asia-Pacific region. Fuels & Lubes International is sent to 6,000+ Asian-based readers. APDI creates International Financial Statistics online database for the IMF   Client International Monetary Fund (Washington, DC)   Project International Financial Statistics online database for the IMF   Technologies used... .NET, MS-SQL Server   APDI developed a web presence for the IMF's international financial statistics program, IFS. IFS is a standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. IFS tracks and publishes financial data for most countries of the world. The IMF selected APDI becuase of our experience in publishing software and the reliable hosting we offer. APDI works with The PRS Group Client The PRS Group (East Syracuse, NY)   Project Hosting and programming of PRS's websites.   Technologies used... .NET, MS-SQL Server 2003   The PRS Group, a world-renowned international business publisher located in upstate New York. The PRS Group publishes two systems for evaluating the risks faced by business in countries around the globe. The Political Risk Services system forecasts the risks related to the general business concerns of regime stability, turmoil, financial transfer, direct investment, and export markets. The ICRG System rates political, economic, and financial risks, breaking each down into its key components, as well as compiling composite ratings and forecasts. APDI works with PRS staff to move hosting and program development to APDI’s facility. APDI Announces Largo V2 Client LargoV2   Project     Technologies used...     APDI develops LargoV2 as an advanced, easy to use, and very cost-effective web based tool for publishers of newsletters or web based information. Most web sites disseminate data but are limited to HTML and paying for professional help to make changes. LargoV2 makes publishing any data, by anyone, a snap. LargoV2 allows for Opt-in features per publisher, so you only buy what you need, when you need it. Beta testing September 2003. Slated for release 4'th quarter 2003.     Client The Facchina Construction Company   Project     Technologies used...     Locally owned and operated in Southern Maryland, The Facchina construction company., Inc. is probably served over to Washington D.C./Baltimore area for over 15 years. Diversified in their efforts, they provide services in civil, heavy highway, site development, and concrete frame construction. The most notable was the reconstruction of the Pentagon. 2004 2005   2006   2007   2008 What the future holds... At APDI, we look forward to the future... As the world of technology brings new obstacles, APDI will be there to meet them.

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