IT Managers
Reducing your deployment costs
The Mandoforms solution is designed to complement your current operational systems enabling you to deliver benefits to your organisation and your customers quickly and efficiently:
- No extra infrastructure costs incurred
- Lowers resources required at the Web server
- Architected with the future in mind
Mandoforms Server technology takes the information collected by your forms and passes it seamlessly into your existing operational systems. Storing, processing and re-using data is a speedy process and does not require an overhaul to your existing systems. Furthermore, your customers can be assured of cutting edge security, giving them the confidence to share their information. Reduced time to market means reduced costs and quicker customer response times.
Mandoforms are quicker, easier and cheaper to deploy to multiple platforms. They:
- Can be deployed on all operating systems that support Java 1.2.2 and above
- Allow seamless integration to operational systems, for example:
- Databases (any supporting ODBC or JDBC)
- Back office applications via open API interfaces
- Reduce server processing loads
- Lower network traffic
- Support standalone or intermittently connected users
- Have the capability to support multiple devices such as PDAs, interactive TV, Kiosks etc.
Mandoforms products
The Mandoforms solution typically comprises:
- Developer Kit
The Developer Kit contains everything you need to develop and test forms. It comprises a Builder Tool that helps you to create forms and a Test Server to serve them and process the data captured.
- Enterprise Server
Typically runs on your Web server. The Enterprise Server is a licensed version of the Test Server. It supports the delivery of applet or HTML based Mandoforms, to browsers running on PCs, Workstations, PDAs, interactive TV etc. It also supports Mandoforms by populating the form with data where required, and passing on or processing the data received. It is packaged with a Developer Kit to provide a complete out-of-the-box solution.
- Server extensions
Server extensions increase the functionality of the Mandoforms Enterprise Server without requiring any programming by the developer.
- Distributed Mandoforms
Distributed Mandoforms extends the reach of Mandoforms to portable or standalone PCs and Kiosks, allowing Mandoforms to be run on disconnected systems.
