
THE PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW
Highlighting best practice
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»Allied Wallet (one of
the fastest-growing
US payment gateway
providers)
aren’t always updated to the latest
security protocols, along with various
other third-party services such as
secure hosting, domain names, email
accounts and SSL security (the security
technology for establishing encrypted
links between web servers and
browsers), all of which need separate
ongoing management.
What makes WebBoss unique is that
it brings all these services together
into a single package. We combine
the creative freedoms and high
functionality of open-source software
along with the benefits of proprietary
packages, which means that, with
WebBoss, truly specialised, complex,
high-value business websites can
be quickly created by a competent
designer without the expense of a web
developer, reducing costs by up to 60
per cent.
Given that WebBoss-built websites
are secure, reliable and quickly
designed and built, it’s clear why –
alongside numerous small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) – many of the
world’s leading companies use, or are
partnered with, a company like ours.
Team
Having a great product, however,
is just a very small part of having
a successful business, and a
fundamental principle of ours is not
just to have the best product but
also to run our business to the best
possible standards. We strongly
believe in staff development, training
and transparency, and involving the
team in as much of the business
operation as is practical. This approach
has created a very loyal team with
virtually every staff member relocating
to work for us. Accompanying this,
we are keen to promote women in
tech, and our first female apprentice
now holds a responsible position
working alongside our female senior
executiveassistant.
Location
Despite a challenging local technical
infrastructure, we intend to keep our
business in the West Country. This is
because the scenery and pace of life
naturally create an inspiring working
environment, and because we hope to
expand the tech sector in this part of
the country, which at present provides
few job opportunities.
Best practice
To ensure that we maintain the
standards we aspire to, we invested in
the company becoming certified to ISO
9001 for business quality management,
and ISO 27001 for information security
management. This was no mean feat
for a company of our size. To begin
with, working to such a demanding
level of compliance was quite daunting.
However, we all take it in our stride
now, and it keeps everyone performing
to the higheststandard.
Investment and growth
WebBoss has achieved substantial
traction with a small amount of
Online customer support
and training is always a
priority with WebBoss
With WebBoss,
truly specialised,
complex, high
value business
websites can be
quickly created
by a competent
designer
without the
expense of a
web developer
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