Overall Architecture Resource tier
Client tier Data management
Server tier Security

The Client layer.
 

Addressing typical batch processing.
Most of the application services provided by EnginFrame can be accessed with a plain web browser.

Currently EnginFrame provides HTML pages working with mainstream browsers:

Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer (versioni 4 e successive)

Secure access can be achieved using SSL or VPN tunnelling
 
In the future, since EnginFrame is built from ground up on XML, we can support any other web browser:
Next generation browser that support XML directly
Any Web access devices (e.g. WML/GPRS/UMTS cell phones, wireless PDA, etc.)
 


Addressing interactive applications.
As most people in the Technical Computing have experienced, an HTML browser by itself might not provide enough capabilities to handle the user’s real needs. For this reason, EnginFrame makes integration one of its key strenghts. As a matter of fact, often services are provided by complementing the Web with third party technologies (e.g. NFS, X, ICA, etc.), but still transparently to the user.

 
Depending on how "fat" the client is, and which features the browser supports, both the kind of service and the format of output that can be delivered to the user may widely vary.
  For example, if you need to couple interactive application into your portal, EnginFrame is integrated with:
Citrix™ ICA protocol for LAN/WAN access to Windows and Unix applications
X-Protocol in LAN environment

Overall architecture Server tier
 
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