Custom software & web apps
Purpose-built .NET solutions, integrations and data-driven applications that fit the way your business actually operates.
- Full-stack .NET
- APIs & integrations
- SQL Server
- Business automation
Boutique digital firm · Established 1998
Complex digital work.
Clearly explained.
ZGN is a boutique digital firm built for work that needs experience, range and careful thinking. We take on complex projects, explain the choices in plain language and bring in the right specialists when the work calls for them.
DESIGN
CODE
HOST
FULL STACK30+years working across the evolving web
360°capability from first concept to uptime
ZGNboutique attention, teams scaled to the work
Boutique by design
Experienced enough for the complicated work. Close enough to keep it clear.
ZGN keeps senior thinking close to every project while scaling the team around what the work actually needs. We explain the options, trade-offs and recommendations without hiding behind business language or technical jargon.
Capabilities
Deep where it matters.
Broad where it helps.
Websites & WordPress
Fast, clear, maintainable websites—from custom builds to WordPress sites your team can comfortably manage.
- Custom websites
- WordPress
- Content structure
- Ongoing care
Search, SEO & digital marketing
Search has been part of ZGN’s work since the early Google AdWords era. Sites and applications are planned, designed and built to be found—not handed off for optimization after launch.
- Technical SEO
- On-page SEO
- Google Ads
- Analytics & measurement
Brand & digital creative
Thoughtful visual work that supports the message—from interfaces and campaign creative to the everyday materials that keep a brand looking sharp.
- UI & web design
- Graphic design
- Team banners
- Flyers & ads
Microsoft 365 & business email
Microsoft-hosted email set up and managed through ZGN—from the first mailbox and domain configuration to migrations and ongoing account administration.
- Microsoft 365
- Exchange Online
- Email migrations
- Account management
Website security & rescue
Practical help for websites that need protection, repair or a safer path forward—including older systems that can’t simply be replaced overnight.
- SSL certificates
- HTTPS setup
- Site hardening
- Legacy websites
Platforms & technologies
Fluent across the systems businesses depend on.
.NETSQL ServerMicrosoft 365Exchange OnlineWindows ServerLinuxWordPress
Managed hosting
Hosting for people who care what happens after launch.
This isn’t anonymous space on an overcrowded reseller account. ZGN hosting is deliberately managed, closely watched and built around dependable performance—with Windows, Linux and Microsoft 365 services handled in the environment that suits them best.
WINDOWS.NET · Microsoft workloads
LINUXWordPress · Open-source workloads
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SECURITY
SECURITY
Controlled access
Administrative access is tightly restricted, with VPN protection separating critical systems from the open internet.
Actively managed
Infrastructure is run by people—not passed through layers of resellers. Windows and Linux workloads each live where they perform best.
Performance watched
Resource use and service health are monitored closely. When something isn’t running as it should, it gets attention quickly.
Quality over volume
Servers aren’t packed until they struggle. The priority is a stable, responsive environment and strong uptime.
No mystery tiers. No one-size-fits-all bundle.
The right environment starts with understanding what you’re running and what it needs.
How ZGN works
Small by design.
Scaled when the work calls for it.
Talk it through
Start with what you’re trying to accomplish, what’s getting in the way and what a good result would look like.
Make the choices clear
Lay out the practical options, explain the trade-offs and recommend a path that makes sense for the business.
Build & refine
Turn the plan into a working solution, keep progress understandable and improve what matters through real use.
Support & evolve
Launch isn’t the finish line. ZGN can support, host and continue improving the solution as the business changes.
EST.—1998
Perspective earned
The technology changed.
The standard didn’t.
Three decades of working through the web’s constant evolution builds useful judgment: knowing what will last, what fits the problem and how to turn technical complexity into a solution people can understand and use.
Have a project in mind?
Let’s make the complicated part feel simple.
Bring the half-formed idea, the stubborn technical problem or the ambitious project that needs experienced people who can connect all the pieces. ZGN works with clients across Ontario, with most projects in the GTA and Southern Ontario.
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