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by Debra Kelly, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 8:52:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Company says ability to build SOA-based applications with Vantage 8.0 via Microsoft.NET is a major shift for ERP. |
Enterprise software provider Epicor Software Corp. claims it has redefined the user interface with its recently shipped Vantage 8.0, whose service oriented architecture (SOA) supports the requirements of modern manufacturers with built-in workflows managing the entire order cycle and global delivery of real-time information. According to Paul Farrell, Epicor's vice president of research and development, previous versions of Vantage had a client-server architecture, which executed business logic and the user interface together. Earlier versions also didn't allow for a broad range of connection modules and only delivered information across low bandwidth networks. Vantage 8.0's advantage over previous versions, Farrell told Managing Automation, is its utilization of SOA, which allows business logic to be separated out and encapsulated as a self-contained service that is available for use by any type of client software. Also, Vantage's smart client user interface, Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, has the power and flexibility of a Windows client, with intuitive user interface manifolds, and a capability to be deployed over a wide area in a manner similar to a cellular network, he said. [Click to continue] |
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