Fine Software Development

artifacts Software GmbH is a small yet experienced software house specializing in the development of iPhone, iPad and Mac applications. Our core competencies also include Java based web applications and cutting-edge web technologies like HTML5.

With nine years of experience in extending and enhancing high traffic platforms we are able to satisfy our customers in large and complex projects. Our expertise in the field of Java based content management systems like the CoreMedia AG makes us an excellent partner for individual business projects.

Our permanent team of Objective-C and Java developers is supplemented by talented freelancers who meet our high requirements for state-of-the-art knowledge, software quality and adherence to delivery dates. With an interactive designer, project management and testing skills at hand, we can support you in the whole development process from the first idea through the development phase up to operation and maintenance. We are familiar with agile methodologies like Scrum and appreciate its principle of iterative development but we are equally fine with our customers' project management methods.

In addition to providing turnkey solutions on customer order we offer consultancy services and continually develop our own products as well. This advantageous combination has proven to generate outstanding synergies: The experience from developing our own products enriches our customers' projects e.g. with reliable decisions and an early identification of crucial details.

The more complex a task seems the more we enjoy developing an approach and implementing a smooth solution.

Team

Our products thrive and prosper in an interdisciplinary team where decades of software development experience meet ongoing curiosity for the latest technical developments. We focus on software for Mac OS X systems and mobile devices, that is Objective-C, Cocoa, JavaScript and HTML5. Whenever it makes sense we utilize Open source software and contribute back to the community.

Michael Markowski

Founder of artifacts, product designer and software architect, passionate about providing an excellent user experience.

Bjoern Kriews

Founder of artifacts and software architect who solves problems with much enthusiasm and strategic view and knows how to design a perfect user interface.

Sebastian Grimme

Software developer who delivers clear project concepts and delights others with his flawless code.

Martin Groenemeyer

Software developer and JavaScript expert with high ambition on thorough architecture. A workaround stays a workaround and doesn't survive for long.

Lorenz Brunke

Visual Design. Illustrator and Photoshop user on steroids, hardly needs a mouse. Logo, character and UI design are his passion.

Doerte Helm

QA Manager, makes sure we never miss our high quality standards. Reminds the developers gently and perseveringly to smooth the rough edges.

Clients

Telecommunication

Portfolio

  • Developing a production tool for digital publishing of journals, magazines and newspapers:
    StoryTelling Editor
  • Developing a professional tool for creating HTML5 animations, interactive graphics and websites:
    Purple
  • Developing several applications for the iPhone device
  • Developing a comprehensive Timeline based animation and production tool for BILD-Zeitung on the iPad tablet
  • Enhancing the Open Source project AFCache, a caching framework for iOS and Mac OS X systems
  • Developing a multi-client capable JSON interface for the CoreMedia system
  • Developing an HTML5 based reader App for digital newspapers and magazines on the iPad
  • iPhone application development for Germany's leading print based general interest site
  • Designing and introducing a new build process for a CoreMedia 2008 CAE relaunch, using Maven, Hudson and Nexus as build management tools
  • Porting Bild.de contents to Philips Net TV
  • Developing a Multi-touch interface for Telekom Laboratories (T-Labs)
  • Partial reimplementation of an Oracle Forms based legacy application in Java / J2EE (BEA Weblogic, Hibernate, TopLink)
  • Publishing the book "CoreMedia - Einstieg und Praxis", Co-author Michael Markowski
  • Native iPhone application development for Germany's leading print based general interest site
  • Developing an Adobe® Flex® technologie based web application with integration in CoreMedia 2006
  • Converting CoreMedia 4.2 architecture to CMS2006 for a big German media group
  • Designing and developing a trading platform for material funds
  • Enhancing the internet portal of Germany's biggest health insurance company*
  • Designing and developing a CoreMedia based shop system with interfaces to Microsoft Navision for an online mail-order house*
  • Migrating an internet portal (CoreMedia) for a telecommunication group*
  • *Tasks marked with an asterisk were performed within projects of prior employers.
  • Designing and developing an innovative digital sales channel for an automotive group*
  • Developing a Java / AWT based 2D-rendering engine which automatically generates complex graphics under high load conditions, esp. headlines with decorative fonts*
  • Relaunch of a centrally hosted international corporate site with several country sites for an automotive group, based on the Content management system of CoreMedia*
  • Internet presence relaunch for a global environmental protection organization*
  • *Tasks marked with an asterisk were performed within projects of prior employers.
  • Developing an eCommerce platform for the financing bank of a German automotive group, used for calculating online leasing and financing contracts and closing them by Postident verification process*
  • Website relaunch for an image agency located in Hamburg, including design and development of the web presence as well as development of an individual editing system
  • *Tasks marked with an asterisk were performed within projects of prior employers.

Contact

If you are interested in our products and services, please do not hesitate to contact us.


artifacts Software GmbH & Co. KG
Gasstr. 2
22761 Hamburg

Email: info@artifacts.de
Phone: +49 (0)40 84507262
Internet: www.artifacts.de
Xing profile: Michael Markowski
LinkedIn: Michael Markowski


artifacts Software GmbH & Co. KG
Registered seat and Register court Hamburg, HRA 113376
VAT No.: DE 278803224
General Partner: Verwaltungsgesellschaft artifacts Software GmbH
Registered seat and Register court Hamburg, HRB 118891
Executive board: Björn Kriews, Michael Markowski

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  1. Each access to our homepage and each processing request with regard to files you find on our homepage will be recorded. Storing these data serves internal system-related and statistical purposes only. The following information is stored: Name of the retrieved file, date and time of the retrieval, amount of data transmitted, information about successful retrieval, web browser and domain from which the retrieval request was received. In addition, the IP addresses of the enquiring computers are recorded.
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    Person in charge of data protection: Michael Markowski, info@artifacts.de.

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