Client

Bentley Systems is a global provider of architectural, engineering, construction (AEC) and operation software solutions

The Partnership

Bentley’s partnership with Alna began in late 1994. In these years of working together, we have accumulated an in-depth knowledge of various Bentley products and platforms. Our dedicated software development team is involved in important Bentley platform and product core development and is the leading global integrator of Bentley technologies with third party platforms and products. This team combines the unique skills of Bentley flagship products, ProjectWise and Microstation, for development, upgrade and maintenance. The team additionally provides training on Bentley platform development worldwide.

Alna Software – the Leading Integrator of Bentley Technologies

Alna Software has become the most experienced system integrator for users of selected Bentley products, focusing on Document Management, Facilities Management solutions and the integration of different applications reinforcing customers’ processes.

Alna Software specialists cover the full range of common software development process services, including project management, analysis, requirements management, software development and testing, deployment, migration and post-implementation maintenance. Additionally, Alna technical specialists provide developer training to customers worldwide, as well as on-site consulting services regarding databases, network performance and application architectures.

Our specialists are especially valued in projects of integration to connect Bentley’s proprietary products with external systems, as well as in projects for the customisation of existing solutions, applications and Web portal maintenance tasks.

One of the special areas of expertise is testing projects, where Alna Software is responsible for the testing of solutions developed by Bentley Professional Service teams.

Project sizes vary from less than 10 man/days to projects of nearly 60 man/months.

Projects

In the decade of partnership with Bentley, Alna Software specialists have been delivering expertise to a number of Bentley clients, amongst which are many well-known international names:

BMW:

• Bentley Facilities V8 deployment
• Bentley Facilities Disaster Recovery planning
• Bentley Facilities performance monitoring and improvement
• Java/Windows interface development; on-site development tasks (5 man/months)

Frankfurt Airport:

• Bentley Facilities migration
• SAP connector development

Alessa Chemie (Frankfurt):

• Report development
• System migration
• On-site training on reporting engine

Deutsche Schell:

• Document management solution customisation and integration with external systems

Banverket (Swedish Rail), Stockholm Vatten (Stockholm Water company):

• Document management system customization, integration and deployment support

London Underground, UK Rail Companies:

• Railway signalling design solutions
• Document management solutions
• Data repository management
• Database control and migration

Bentley Products from the Shelves of Alna Software

For many years, Alna provided development of new versions, maintenance and support of selected Bentley products. In 2002, product development took a radical shift when Alna Software took over the IPR for a number of Bentley platform products, including Electrical Schematics Design. The IPR transfer boosted the technology with radical new ideas and increased sales.

In addition, Alna has developed new products on top of Bentley technology and is successfully helping Bentley customers to gain returns from automating complex business operations.

In 2002, Alna developed solutions enhancing Bentley’s ProjectWise and Facilities Planner technology with reporting, data synchronisation, offline support and full text search features. This enabled users to achieve more with the existing technology. The increasing customer base of these products indicates the integrity, reliability and effectiveness of our implemented solutions.

In 2005, Alna Software sold IPR of Bentley products back to Bentley Systems.

Technologies Applied

Microsoft .NET
Visual C++
Java/J2EE
XML
Oracle databases
Microsoft SQL Server databases
Other