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focus:technology

focus:technology

what is it?

focus:technology is an innovative suite of highly flexible XML based development tools that underpin all of our focus:360° products. focus:technology enables the rapid creation of rich web based user interfaces that can apply business rules in the capture, validation, presentation and reporting of data.

focus:technology comprises four key components:

focus:capture

Is a powerful XML schema driven development environment that enables users to rapidly design and develop sophisticated XML based forms, reports and application processes.

focus:reporter

Renders reports dynamically at runtime based on our Report XML definitions.

focus:viewer

Renders rich web based forms dynamically at runtime based on our XUIL (XML User Interface) XML definitions.

focus:process

Renders the solution dynamically at runtime based on our Process XML definition.

focus:technology is currently being used by some of the leading financial services organisations in the world including Norwich Union, Standard Life and Zurich.

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butler report on focus:technology

 download butler report on focus:technology

 

"an overall saving of 62% in development costs compared to a traditional methodology"*

"an overall Total Cost of Ownership saving of 50% on a single project over a three year period"*

"potential additional deployment savings of 84%"*

*Butler report Return on Investment Study

benefits

focus:technology assists financial service organisations with developing and maintaining data capture forms, dynamic reports and complex business rules as their requirements evolve, allowing them to respond to ever changing market demands.

With focus:technology you will benefit from:

  • increased developer productivity - tasks can be completed more quickly allowing you to increase the speed to market of your products
  • improved developer capability - a greater proportion of work can be completed more simply, accelerating deployment and upgrades
  • increased self sufficiency - the technology can be easily maintained, extended and re-used, reducing your total cost of ownership and insulating you from market changes

functionality

focus:technology offers a complete solution for the development of automated processes, both online and offline. It also includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) of runtime components whose behaviour and look and feel can be customised and configured for total flexibility.

summary

  • multi-platform technology
  • multiple XML messages
  • based on a fully Service Oriented Architecture
  • support for internationalisation including formatting of dates, numbers and currencies as well as language editor capability
  • flexible presentation layer capabilities
  • support for rich dynamic user interfaces
  • customisable branding – look and feel is separated from the implementation allowing variations in branding and the ability to change appearance based on the user
  • based on industry standard design patterns including Model-View-Controller (MVC)