About us

Started in 1998 as Centro Software, building websites and database enabling websites for existing customers of Centro Electronic Systems in Centurion, using Filemaker Pro for the database and html as the front-end. After the sale of Centro Electronic Systems in 2001, we changed our name to Hive Software, specialising in more or less the same arena.

We see ourselves working towards a bigger niche in the marketplace, specializing in creation of custom database and web software. We strive to take on big challenges, which in turn puts huge pressure on our recourses. But the rewards have been overwhelming and the statistics speak for itself.

One of our favourite challenges we faced remains the creation of a database/website for a company in JHB, who is in charge of supplying computer parts to HP computers around the country. This system was designed around an internal database, run by call centre staff, and on the web was the interface for the clients, whishing to order/replace parts on their Hp computer systems.

We recently changed to a (Pty) Ltd, which turns a new page in our seven years of existence.

The company is directed by Reynier van Rooyen. He started in computers in 1989 running a computer workshop in Hatfield, serving mainly students.

Creating graphics for our sites and databases, is Elna van Rooyen. Housewife for now, but highly qualified in web software to the point that she was recently contracted to teach web design at the Technicon in Bloemfontein.

The other people who work at Hive are all contracted on a year to year basis. There is Louise Ambro who does sales, and love working on websites, then there is Polina Kolesnikova, who just finished her degree in computer visual software design and intends to Major in this area of study.

We share offices with one of our clients in Beckett street Arcadia, Pretoria. We dream of owning our own building, thereby creating a more effective working environment for our staff, and a better experience for our customers. Time will tell, but we have a lot of faith.