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internet expertise - linking business systems
UNIF/X World Wide Web Division was established in 1995 to leverage our expertise with database applications and systems. We offer real Internet business solutions, not just on-line advertising with fancy graphics. UNIF/X works with several of the top graphic artists and web page designers in the US. What's more, our real expertise lies in expanding the functional capabilities of Web Sites - and building cost effective Intranets.
As an innovator in database technologies, we have - and are continuing to develop - cutting edge methods to help clients mine gold from the Internet.
Linking Business Systems to the Internet
Linking new or existing business systems to the Internet allows companies to achieve the productivity and efficiency benefits of serving customers and employees on-line. Some examples include:
| Products - The Virtual Store |
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In addition to browsing a Web Page for items for sale, customers can access your database of items for sale. When the customer places an order, the data from that order will be seamlessly routed to order management, accounting, and inventory control systems.
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| Services - Dating Services, The Virtual Bank |
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Customers can interact with your business system, via your Web Site. For example, they can submit search criteria (to get a date, or their account balance), and receive query results immediately (eligible bachelors/bachelorettes, or the amount their account is overdrawn!)
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| Information - Airline Arrivals, Historical Stock Data |
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Customers or other users can also access information via your Web Site - whether it is current and changing (airline arrivals) or historical and static (encyclopedic knowledge, or historical financial data). Many companies are using Web Sites that are integrated with backend database systems as information servers on their own Intranets, to post company and employee information.
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How Do We Link Our Business System to the Web?
| Design Issues - Functionality & Performance |
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Building a truly interactive Web Site involves careful planning. The Web Page must be graphically attractive, and well put together. It should allow the visitor to easily understand what to do in order to access and efficiently work with the backend system. In effect, the Web Page serves as the user-friendly interface, or database application front-end.
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| Security Issues |
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In addition to the usual security issues that arise when setting up a Web Server, you must address security issues that will arise because some or all of your business systems will be accessible to all visitors to your Web Site. However, at the same time, you must still allow visitors to easily interact with these business systems.
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| Building Databases and Links |
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Finally, you must design and build the backend database system, or prepare your existing system for this new use, and create the appropriate links to the Web Site.
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Find out more about the functionality that database applications and systems can provide to your Intranet or Web site.
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