nTegrator Benefits
nTegrator application systems that support business objectives and functions are made up of small, self-contained component programs that communicate with each other and pass data between themselves using XML-format messages. Applications can be run on one computer or distributed in a ‘geographically irrelevant’ manner across any number of devices connected through TCP/IP networks.
Applications are organized by business functions rather than according to technology boundaries. Data can be accessed in any form, from any data structure, anywhere. Data access can be totally decoupled from business units.
If a business function can be described as a model, then the model can be implemented directly without the need for additional system design or architecting. nTegrator applications are ‘assembled’ by dragging and dropping components into a logical functional structure. This can be accomplished easily by business users without the involvement of IT specialists. Component development can be carried out in parallel with application assembly.
nTegrator dramatically reduces the time and effort needed to develop applications, to maintain them, and to modify them in response to the inevitable changes in the underlying business.
Because of its ‘building block’ architecture, nTegrator adapts quickly to business needs and changes, system changes and emerging technologies by loosely coupling business logic to the architecture.
Many nTegrator components perform standard tasks that apply to
different applications. Any component can be reused in any number of
systems. Any ‘sub-assembly’ of
components can be reused. The more applications an organization develops
using nTegrator, the more opportunity there is for reuse.
nTegrator provides its own internet communication
facilities and does not use a Web Server. This substantially reduces the
threat of virus attacks that can compromise the security of data and the
host computers. In addition, all inter-computer communication is
encrypted automatically using the Public/Private key infrastructure.
An nTegrator application is made up of small
components, each of which is independent of the other. Because the
components are small, their operation is easily understood and therefore
less susceptible to errors arising from complexity. Furthermore, because
the components are independent, a change in one component (to fix an error, or to add /delete functionality) will not result in a cascade of changes to other components.
Many of the features of an SOA platform that lead
to complexity in coding applications are handled automatically by the
nTegrator platform, thus allowing a developer to concentrate on solving
the problem without have to be concerned with interacting with external
factors such as networks or security.
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