AIF platform integration application can help you:
1. When enterprise established more and more applications, users must have a unified user interface. In the daily work, no one will be willing to remember more than five URLs. Using a URL to bring out all the screens we need for work is more welcomed.
2. AD Domain Authentication Enterprise Single Sign-On Management (ESSO) becomes possible and feasible, which is the basis for our integration of stand-alone application into the Application Integration Framework (AIF).
3. Application Integration Framework (AIF) can integrate all application system functions, reports created by report service, Web analytics reports, etc. to give users a unified portal interface and facilitate their management and operation.
4. By using Microsoft's MOSS and integrating AD domain authentication, you can only achieve file and object-level authorizations and certifications, but can not apply to field and feature point level authorizations, and Application Integration Framework (AIF) just fits this gap, it gives different system users different interface and operating functions in the same system interface.
5. With establishment of enterprise till today, a series of data warehouses have been established so that demands for decision analysis reports have been mushroomed. More and more reports require to obtain the analysis reports by use of interactive condition inquiry and preview, these demands can be quickly and efficiently obtained in AIF.
6. For enterprises using MOSS, Application Integration Framework (AIF) can be integrated as a total Web Part.
7. Application Integration Framework (AIF) is a suite of Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools for enterprise application development and application integration.
Support most well-known databases:
Access : connect Access database with Microsoft JET OLEDB provider
SQL Server : SQL Server 7, 2000, 2005,2008, MSDE and SQL Server Express
Sybase :you can connect to the Sybase database using the Sybase. Net data provider and Sybase OLEDB data provider
MySQL : use MySQL Connector.Net provider to connect to MySQL database
DB2 : supports IBM DB2 UDB .Net provider and IBM DB2 OLEDB provider
Oracle:both Microsoft and Oracle.net data providers are supported, and Microsoft.net providers are recommended.
Visual Fox Pro: supports Visual FoxPro OLEDB Provider to connect to Visual FoxPro database
Informix : supports Informix OLEDB provider.
Advantage :supports Advantage .Net data provider and Advantage OLEDB Provider
Pervasive : support using Pervasive.net data provider and Pervasive OLEDB data provider to connect to the Pervasive database
Firebird : supports Firebird .Net data provider
InterSystems Cache : supports InterSystems Cache Managed Provider
PostgreSQL : supports PostgreSQL. Net data provider