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Business Objects and Services Features

Quickly respond to changing industry trends and needs with features like web services using built-in service adapters

This page provides a partial list of the many BOS features. If you don't see one you're looking for, let us know, it probably is available:

NOTICE: This feature list is still under construction, please check back again for more details...

  • Business Objects
    • Encapsulates all data and business processes associated with an entity in one easy to maintain, platform independent object
    • Provides an information access layer that hides the complexity of the underlying database structure
    • Centralizes information access for all presentation and service layers
    • Categorizes information to simplify and streamline access
    • Provides entity element information (type, size, label, etc) about the business object
    • Retrieves information using an unbounded matrix (or grid) of data
    • Generates and recieves information in XML format using both attribute and/or element based XML formatting
    • Extend and use other business objects to create more complex business objects
  • Data Bus
    • Interface Facades
      • Exposes functionality and hides complexity of underlying business processes
      • Can provide different facades to different trading partners for the same business process
    • Transaction monitoring, logging, and detail tracing
  • Presentation Bus
    • Provides interface to manage and use visual components of a system
    • Open or embed Browsers, Search and Selections, Details, Wizards, or any system windows from other applications
    • Embed Visual Controls into other applications
    • Windows, Web, Mobile and other presentation layer support
  • Service Adapters (Wrappers)
    • Provides mapping and transformation to adapt the BOS interface to other software
    • Fixed width and separated value data format adapter
    • .NET Windows Adapter - includes support for MS Office: (Word, Excell, PowerPoint, Outlook)
    • .NET Web Service Adapter - SOAP, REST, XML, and more
    • Active-X Adapter
  • Interface Console
    • Provides Operational Management, Security, and Authentication
    • Configures monitoring, tracing, and reporting of system transactions
    • Manages Interface and Transaction Alerts
  • Wizard Generation & Developer Experience
    • Generate Standard Business Objects using step by step wizards
    • Rapidly prototype by saving and using wizard execution configurations
  • LANSA, VLF, and RAMP Integration (Looking for the ultimate VLF/RAMP plug-in?)
    • Quickly connect VLF Filters, Instance Lists, and Command Handlers using VLF Adapter
    • Provide server-side selection for filters and instance lists
    • Great for ad-hoc reports direct to Excel or any tool that reads XML
    • Add interoperability with MS Office including MS Word, Excel, and Outlook
    • Load instance lists into MS Excel
    • Open command handler information in MS Word
    • Extend RAMP Modernization to get additional information
    • Provides quick migration to plums
    • Provide Web services
    • Implement LANSA WAMs or LANSA Integrator as Service Adapters

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LANSA Development
Much of our work over the last sixteen years has been built around the LANSA Products, and we have formed a distinct presence in the LANSA Community. During that time, we have worked with many Clients in many different industries and with many different needs on there LANSA development. We have even worked directly with the LANSA support and development teams including beta testing of the latest products long before they are released to the public. We have a long history of firsts in LANSA Development and continue to innovate with new software and tools making significant advances year after year.
Our LANSA development solutions focus on simplifying the development process. They are specifically geared towards the programmer and development team to help accelerate and simplify the software development lifecycle. These products will change the way your in-house development process works and allow you to deliver projects more quickly and efficiently than ever before.

Envision Enterprise Solutions
Our Envision line of software applications can be used immediately off-the-shelf or customized to further meet your specific business needs. The Envision Enterprise Solutions include Contact Management, Zip/Postal Code Management, Team & Project Management, Freight Management System, Universal FTP (UFTP), and Parish Management System.

Accelerator Development Solutions
These solutions focus on empowering software developers to build business software quickly and with productive user interfaces. They are specifically geared towards the programmer and development team to help accelerate and simplify the software development lifecycle. These products will change the way your in-house development process works and allow you to deliver projects more quickly and efficiently than ever before. We offer several different Accelerator Development Solutions to meet your needs: Accelerator for Visual LANSA (A4VL), Accelerator for .NET, Business Objects & Services (BOS), Icons for LANSA, Accelerator for LANSA Reporting(EVLR), 5250 Universal Work-With Utility

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At Surround Technologies, our mission is to help companies worldwide to discover all that software can offer their business by realizing the full value, return, and potential from their software investments.