Technology
EASA permits the ultra-rapid creation and deployment of custom, web-enabled tools without the need for skilled programmers. EASA applications can be deployed over a corporate intranet or over the internet.
EASA was originally conceived to help organizations save time and money by improving the efficiency of their processes, and in particular those that include the use of commercial or in-house software or databases.
Custom tools ("EASAPs") built with EASA can drive one or more underlying software applications located on remote hardware. The underlying applications may be anything from complex “expert only” tools, to legacy systems, modern databases and spreadsheets. A typical installation is shown below:
EASAPs are specific to a company's needs and processes and become a sort of corporate toolbox. They are available over the intranet to authorized users throughout the enterprise, providing fool-proof access to the company's processes, best practices, expertise and software assets.
Authors do not have to be programmers because EASA applications can be built without code. EASA's truly codeless application builder is used to create a user interface, to link the interface to underlying software and databases, and if required, to create a custom report. This eliminates complicated and time-consuming coding of custom applications with tools such as C++, VB, and JAVA, which might take days or even weeks. By comparison, EASA's application builder allows new custom applications to be created, tested, and deployed in as little as a few hours.
EASAPs have been used to create a wide variety of customer-specific solutions. These include:
- Simplify and customize an existing software product so that it is easier to use for a specific task(s), with less likelihood of errors, and with a reduced learning curve
- Extend the capabilities of an existing software product that doesn’t entirely meet requirements
- Combine and integrate one or more existing software products into a new, compound application
- Automate a repetitive sequence of tasks involving one or more underlying software tools
- Facilitate the usage, management and control of spreadsheets
- Deploy "wrappers" around databases
- Create modern user interfaces for legacy or "home-grown" codes and databases
- Provide (sometimes in conjunction with tools such as MS Sharepoint or an existing corporate portal or PLM system) a central location from which users can search for and launch the appropriate application for the task at hand