NCSL Conference 2002 Randy Paroda, Director Of Product Development Architectural Benefits of Distributed Enterprise Calibration Management Systems Blue Mountain Quality Resources

Topic Overview What is the Value of a Distributed Enterprise System What Makes Up a Distributed Enterprise System What Are The Implementation Benefits vs Costs Web Based vs. Browser Based HTML vs. XML Web Services, DNA, JAVA,.NET

What is the Value of a Distributed Enterprise Solution ??? Blue Mountain Quality Resources

What is the Value of a Distributed Enterprise Solution It’s the Data Blue Mountain Quality Resources

What is the Value of a Distributed Enterprise Solution It’s the Data  Accessing the Data  Updating the Data  Mining the Data  Inspecting the Data Blue Mountain Quality Resources

What is the Value of a Distributed Enterprise Solution Blue Mountain Quality Resources

What Makes Up A Distributed Enterprise System N-tiered Design  Client Tier  Middle Tier  Data Store Blue Mountain Quality Resources

What Makes Up A Distributed Enterprise System Networks  LAN  WAN  VPN  Internet Blue Mountain Quality Resources

Client Tier.asp Request XML XML / HTML.asp Response Middle Tier(s) IIS Server ASP COM + Stored Procedures ADO SQL Server Oracle Data Store What Makes Up A Distributed Enterprise System

Implementation Benefits vs. Costs Benefits  Wide Availability  Increased Security  Data Mining Blue Mountain Quality Resources

Implementation Benefits vs. Costs Benefits  Platform Independence  Desktop PC  Unix Workstation  Pocket PC, PDA  Cell Phone Blue Mountain Quality Resources

Implementation Benefits vs. Costs Benefits  Scalability  Validation Blue Mountain Quality Resources

Implementation Benefits vs. Costs Blue Mountain Quality Resources Costs  Infrastructure  IT Expertise

Web Based vs. Browser Based Blue Mountain Quality Resources Browser Based is Web Based Web Based is not always Browser Based Speed vs. Deployment

HTML vs. XML Blue Mountain Quality Resources HTML  Browser Friendly  Firewall Friendly  Tags are fixed.  Focus on page formatting

HTML vs. XML Blue Mountain Quality Resources XML  Browser Friendly  Firewall Friendly  eXtensible Markup Language  Data Validation (Schemas)

Other Technologies Blue Mountain Quality Resources DNA JAVA.NET Web Services

Closing Blue Mountain Quality Resources …As an example, he [Chambers] cited a study by researchers at the University of California Berkeley, The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., and Momentum Research Group, Austin, Texas, which projected that 48% of the U.S. productivity growth rate from 1995 through 2010 would occur as a result of companies employing “Web-base applications.” …Despite steady increases in capital investment in IT systems from 1965 to 1994, Chambers noted, the accompanying productivity gains were marginal. “As a result, many people considered information technology as just another expense. It was only when we got into Web-based applications – coupled with changes in business processes – that productivity really began to accelerate.” Comments from John Chambers, CEO Cisco, in article entitled, “Productivity Gains from Web Based Application and Business Process Changes.” July 11, 2002