Security and Intelligence Management Platform

The following document has been written 3 years ago (2005) during the R&D of uniDap, it’s a powerful document that explains how uniDap can be used as a Security and Intelligence Management Platform.

Excerpt from the document:

90 – 40 manifests itself because of the lack of a unifying information management standard.
Every software package written has its own unique schema and requires specialist
communication tools (the latest is XML/XSL) in order to share data with other software
packages.
The FBI spends $175 million on a “case management software project” and after 3 years cannot
predict when, if ever, this project will deliver.

The problem is systemic so we can hear the dialogue between decision makers and their IT
gurus.
The issues are quickly recognized and direction to IT is explicit. The answer from IT “Yes this is
possible BUT it requires further funding/development and we should have been informed of this
need earlier as the foundations of what we have don’t support it and it requires re-development
- we need more time – we cannot predict a delivery date as a full analysis needs to be done.”
When pushed they concede “12 – 18 months if fully funded”- which is unlikely so they attempt a
patch and exacerbate the problem.
Management greets the 18 month delivery news with utter dismay and disbelief. What is being
requested seems neither huge nor onerous. “We just allocated extra funding in the last budget
to facilitate the communication between departments etc etc” They are thinking. “Why is IT
always over budget and behind time”. “Why do they always talk in techno babble”.
The problem is systemic so we can hear the dialogue between decision makers and their IT
gurus. …

Click here to download the full document.

COULD THIS BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR PROLONGED SOFTWARE PROJECTS?

I was speaking to an old colleague of mine today and he mentioned how yet another one of his projects ran over schedule. I felt bad for him, but couldn’t help a little grin inside.

It is common knowledge that a high percentage of software projects run over schedule and over budget. Software development is a time-consuming, costly process and a change of requirements during a project can quickly throw it off the rails. In fact the further along the development lifecycle a change is identified, the more time required to implement it. This is because the majority of time invested in a project is spent proving the integrity of the database and the stability of the code, which detracts from focussing on the clients requirements.

We have turned software development on its head with our breakthrough technology which facilitates a unique software development methodology that is setting a very high benchmark in customer satisfaction, by delivering exactly what the client wants; on time and within budget.

As our CEO Ashley Goldsworthy says “Almost the entire development process is focussed on configuring the client’s requirements into the exact solution they want”.

methodology comparison

The uniDap methodology compared to a typical software development methodology.

Our client focussed methodology is possible because of the universal database at the core of the uniDap technology. It allows for the code and user interface layers to be already written for any enterprise software solution. Therefore, the code is stable and most of the time consuming stages necessary for other methodologies are not required when using uniDap.

With our methodology it is irrelevant at what stage a change is required, we don’t have to change the database or the code, we simply continue configuring the client’s requirements without affecting the project schedule.

Software development methodologies have not kept pace with the rapid changes in technology. In one respect they have gone backwards; with more overhead being added to control quality. Perhaps this is the leap forward that the industry needs.

Want to give the technology a test drive? Try one of our online solution completely build upon the uniDap Technology.

New Toolset Coming Soon…

It’s an exciting time of the year, an even more exciting piece of information that I wanted to share with you is that we are planning the release of the uniDap Online Toolset for developing enterprise software systems over the web.

A variety of solutions across different industries have already been built and deployed using the current Desktop-based uniDap Toolset (Premier). Development to provide the web-based version to easily configure uniDap Technology is already underway, with the first stage – uniDap Form Creator due to be launched in February 2009.

The uniDap technology is a unique patented platform that allows rapid development of solutions without the need for coding or database changes. The solutions are configured using the Toolset (UI) and any complex processing that is not already handled by the Toolset can be achieved using scripting.

The development methodology allowed by using uniDap is revolutionary – Once the analysis has been done to determine what the client wants (and don’t worry if you get it wrong – you can simply change it on the fly) the configurer starts configuring the system. The client can review it and make changes as you go. Once complete, a quick round of testing is sufficient, given that you are not testing the stability of the code; you just need to ensure that the system meets the clients needs.

Once in operation, changes can be made real-time without risk to the data integrity. Conventional rapid development toolsets still create a static database and code-base, which means making changes once the system is live, is as difficult and time consuming as ever. With uniDap this is not the case.

There are many other advantages and unique capabilities offered by the uniDap Toolset which I will discuss in the future.

In the mean time, merry x-mass to everyone!

Comparing uniDap with Conventional Development

Following is a document written by one of the founders comparing uniDap to Conventional development.

Excerpt:
Below we compare conventional application development to uniDap application configuration in relation to your investment.

Asset Ownership
CertainEdge uniDap offers a paradigm shift in asset ownership of your application feature set and functionality.

Download the word document Compare uniDap to Conventional development here

uniDap Fun

Yes uniDap can be fun, after all we are real people!

A couple of years ago, 3 to be exact, during some R&D the founders found some time to create the following Power Point Presentation that explains uniDap in a fun way (and star wars and star trek fans will love this)!

Download the Presentation here or if you don’t have PowerPoint you can download the PDF here

Genetic uniDap

Following is small paper written by one of the founders of the uniDap Technology, it compares uniDap Technology to DNA.

You can download the genetic-unidap word document.

Following is an excerpt from the paper.

The most complex and sophisticated structures known to man are biological organisms that use genes and DNA to codify and propagate their form and function.

Estimates on the number of cells in a Human Body range from 50 to 100 trillion, all performing their individual functions within their respective organs in perfect harmony – as directed by their genes. To manage this level of complexity, genes must have a remarkable architecture to be able to integrate and harmonize so much information reliably.

It would appear that DNA is that architecture, and that ALL biological organisms use the SAME architecture (DNA)!

Therefore it would seem that Nature has decided that there is only one way to do biologic business – with DNA, we know of no other form of Life.

Any comments on the paper are welcome.

Application Schema Binding

Following is a white paper which is written by Wolfgang Flatow one of the uniDap Technology founders.

This white paper is intended for the technical audience who is interested in behind the scenes stuff and the architecture of uniDap.

The white paper which can be downloaded here is called:

Application Schema Binding
Consequences for Conventional Architecture
How uniDap removes the consequences

Following is an excerpt from the white paper

Database schemas become very complex with typical table numbers up to several thousand, with as many relationships, with tens of thousands of columns. As developers need to build their applications to reflect the database schema complexity (see ASB below), the application itself, its SQL, object code, XML and XSL MUST reflect the database schemas complexity.

As there is a huge investment in application development for every custom schema, the schema requires careful expert design to match an applications requirement specification. This in turn means that the requirements specification must reflect the comprehensive storage requirements and feature set of the application. Any changes or additions to this specification are likely to have very expensive consequences, as they lead to schema changes and ASB Consequences (see below)

There are also a number of data storage requirements that are extremely difficult to engineer using CA.

A typical example is a requirement to maintain change history (who changed what and when) of a records field (or column). If this was a system wide requirement you will need to incorporate a change log table using ‘implied’ relations linking it to the corresponding table/record/field (probably a text path). You cannot use a proper database relationship with referential integrity, because a records field (or column) does not have an ID, and you cannot create a relationship to a Records field.

Download the unidap-white-paper

Download the unidap-white-paper as PDF

Duke of Edinburgh Project

I thought that now would be a good to let everyone know that we have aquired the Duke of Edinburgh project a while ago, which is a very exciting project that invites young people between the ages of 14 and 25 to participate in a number of Activities over set length of time. It is entirely voluntary and is structured so the participants can design their own unique program centered around their interests and passions.

Our uniDap Flexible Technology will power the back-end for the online part of the project.

It is worth mentioning that Hon. Larry Anthony is the Chairman for the Duke of Edinburgh Awards for Australia and is also our Executive Director .

Can’t wait to see it all online.! Stay tuned.

Hello From Our CEO

Hello,

My name is Ashley Goldsworthy, I am the CEO of a uniDap Solutions. Please allow me to take this opportunity and tell you a bit about the company.

uniDap Solutions is an Australian Information Technology company that has invented and patented a flexible platform which allows extremely fast delivery of online solutions.

Developing solutions on the uniDap Platform requires NO database changes and NO programming. Amendments are made real-time without taking the user offline. Solutions are developed at least 10 times and sometimes 100 times faster than the competition. How many times have you wanted a field added and it takes 6 months? With uniDap it’s done literally in seconds! Hard to believe? We can demonstrate in real time just contact me to arrange an appointment.

The vision for the uniDap Platform is to allow non-IT professionals to build their own business software. Solutions can be developed by someone who knows the business rather than by the IT department.

Succinct strategies for revenue generation, marketing and pricing are established, giving the company clear focus. The uniDap Platform presents powerful differentiators, which offer a distinct advantage over competitors and give a direction and edge to the marketing.

The company has a history of developing successful business solutions for Clients and has recently launched a suite of buy-now business products which are available online.

Prof. Ashley A. Goldsworthy

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