Sindan guides

Choosing, costing and hosting business software.

Which tool to choose, what to write down, what to measure and what order to do it in.

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Guides for decision-makers and operations teams

Each guide answers the question first, then gives a method you can use. It states its limits and says when an off-the-shelf tool is enough.

We write the full guides in French. Each summary below is in English so you know what you are opening.

Hosting & operations · 10 min

Hosting a business application: do you really need three servers?

One server, two servers with different jobs or three identical ones. What each setup protects, what it costs per month, and how to choose for your company.

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Hosting & operations · 9 min

Backups, outages and updates: the plan to write before you go live

Four written answers show whether your application is protected: backup frequency, recovery time, where you test changes and who approves an update.

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Markets & partnerships · 10 min

North Africa: your software partner and your gateway to Africa

Why a software team in Algeria suits European companies: time zone, languages, conditions on the ground, and a route into African markets.

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Artificial intelligence · 10 min

AI agents in business: where to start without getting burned

Which tasks to hand to an AI agent, which guarantees to insist on, and how to start on a scope small enough to check the results.

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Business applications · 9 min

Field mobile apps: designing for no connection

How to build an app that drivers, warehouse staff and technicians can keep using when the network drops, and how to handle syncing and conflicts.

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Budget & investment · 9 min

What does business software cost? Reading the quote

What moves the price of a business system, how to read a quote line by line, and which questions to ask before you sign.

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Software decisions · 9 min

Custom software or ERP: how to choose in 2026

Compare ERP, off-the-shelf software and custom development on a simple grid: processes, real cost, integrations, ownership and how each one changes over time.

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Running a project · 10 min

Writing a useful software requirements document

How to state what a business system must do without writing a technical novel: goals, users, workflows, rules, data, security and acceptance.

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Inventory & operations · 11 min

Automating inventory management for a growing company

A plan for moving from spreadsheets and chat messages to reliable stock: flows, item codes, counts, permissions, mobile use, alerts and a staged rollout.

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