Technology Highlights
- Web based
- N-Tier
- Advanced Audit Capabilities
- Advanced Reporting
- Stand Alone or Integrated
Technology
ESP is a web-based application using Microsoft.Net with either SQL Server or Oracle as the database management system. The following summarizes key architectural aspects of ESP:
Database
- All data is stored in a relational database management system
- Single integrated data store (no duplicated data structures)
- Non-proprietary ANSI-standard schema
- Efficient multi-dimensional data storage (non-XML)
- Allows data mining from third-party reporting tools
- Multilingual (allows cost effective changes to nomenclature)
- Connection pooling
Application Server
- Calculations executed on application server (not limited by client CPU or RAM)
- No transmission of bulk data across the network
- Centralized configuration and management on the fly
- Administrative alert monitoring
- Batch process scheduling
- SNMP support for consolidated monitoring
Client
- Does not require client downloads
- Platform independent
- Browser-based
Architecture
- Native Web-based architecture
- Single, integrated, n-tier application
- Can be deployed on a single machine for small to mid-sized enterprises
- Scalable to clustered configurations for large enterprises
Integration
- API's available and documented
- Web Services
- Non-proprietary XML
- SMTP support
Security
- Onboard or LDAP authentication
- Role-based access
- Comprehensive operational security
- Audit tracking of changes with user identification and time-stamping
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