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Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.

Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc. (ICS), of Bedford, MA, provides consulting, support, training and add-on products for the Qt cross-platform framework. ICS is a Qt Software Preferred Training and Consulting Partner. ICS has also been recognized by Nokia as the only North American based Forum Nokia Consulting and Training partner. ICS’s clients are typically large-scale organizations whose core businesses are technology dependent.

History

ICS was founded in 1987 to provide professional services and training for the then up and coming X Window System, and in turn to produce an industry trade show called Xhibition.
In 1989, ICS began selling its first software product, OSF/Motif — a toolkit
Motif (widget toolkit)
In computing, Motif refers to both a graphical user interface specification and the widget toolkit for building applications that follow that specification under the X Window System on Unix and other POSIX-compliant systems. It emerged in the 1980s as Unix workstations were on the rise, as a...

 developed by an industry consortium called the Open Software Foundation
Open Software Foundation
The Open Software Foundation was a not-for-profit organization founded in 1988 under the U.S. National Cooperative Research Act of 1984 to create an open standard for an implementation of the UNIX operating system.-History:...

 (OSF). ICS enhanced and repackaged the toolkit to sell directly to developers and development organizations.

ICS also maintains MotifZone, the official home page for the Open Motif development project. MotifZone.com features a comprehensive bug database, the CVS development tree for OpenMotif, pre-built binary distributions for Linux distributions, and Motif documentation.

In 1990, ICS released its first internally developed product — Builder Xcessory (BX). This tool was sold to UNIX
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...

 software developers to help them create Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for their applications.

In 2004, ICS acquired CenterLine Systems, a technology leader in C/C++ testing solutions, and continues to upgrade and enhance Replay Xcessory a Motif testing tool.
In 2005, ICS acquired the UIM/X product line from Bluestone Consulting. UIM/X is a GUI Builder for Motif application developers. Ics continues to enhance and support UIM/X which is now available for Linux platforms.

Qt

ICS provides consulting services as well as support and training for Qt application development projects.
ICS is a Qt Software Preferred Training and Consulting Partner. ICS has also been recognized by Nokia as the only North American based Forum Nokia Consulting and Training partner. ICS’s clients are typically large-scale organizations whose core businesses are technology dependent.

ICS also provides user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) consulting for embedded, mobile and desktop applications.

Qt Quick(QML)

“At the 2011 MeeGo Conference in San Francisco ICS, one of the US of A’s largest Qt and QML providers, was showing off a neat application for NFC that uses a MeeGo tablet hooked up to the Nokia C7 in order to use it to write RFID tags”.
“ICS, who provides consulting and technical services for Qt development, did not disappoint”. At the 2010 MeeGo Conference “in Dublin they showed off an amazing IVI demo, taking a layered Photoshop* file and turning that into a working car dashboard app. In San Francisco for the 2011 conference, “they showed how professional game development is fairly quick and easy using Qt + QML by demoing a version of Dance Dance MeeGo revolution that ran off a MeeGo netbook, with a Dance Pad connected”.

Training

ICS is a Qt Software Preferred Training and Consulting Partner and provides an array of training courses on Qt.
ICS has partnered with Nokia and Forum Nokia on many training events around the country. In 2010, Forum Nokia and Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS) joined forces to provide an intensive, hands-on, classroom-style coding workshop on how to use Qt to develop apps for the new Nokia N8 mobile computer. These courses were taught by ICS employee and Nokia Developer Champion, Gregg Lebovitz.
ICS has created a series of online Qt video tutorials for Nokia

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