Platform

Architecture

Vecco's CAF business applications platform with its service oriented, model-driven architecture powers the Allegro suite of business network solutions and offers the following key features:

Service Oriented Architecture

• True service-oriented architecture
• Services are recursive, inter-accessible, scalable and support synchronous, asynchronous and time-scheduled access modes
• All services are exposed as Web Services and accessible externally

Development by Configuration

• No coding required – Applications are created rapidly by configuration using built-in tools
• Applications are quickly adapted to accommodate changing requirements

Business Object Based

• Business objects are the primary data structures in the system, shielding the low-level relational data layer
• The Business Object Modeler supports graphical definition and quick deployment of business objects
• The Business Object Engine supports runtime dynamic mapping between the business object model and the underlying relational data model as well as data query and manipulation operations

Business Process Enabled

• Business Process Framework allows for easy mapping between actual business processes and system-executable processes to speed implementation

Agent Powered

• Agent Framework provides rapid generation and deployment of business logic and business integration using intelligent agents

Event Driven

• Events and alerts are generated and propagated in real time throughout the system
• Publish/Subscribe methodology enables efficient "push" of event-triggered actions by agents and users

Interoperable

• Supports most standard communication protocols for integration (Web Services, HTTP, MOM, database, COM, CORBA, sockets, FTP, files, etc)
• Graphical process editing and data mapping for rapid and low-cost integration

Highly Scalable & Reliable

• Stateless server architecture supports load balancing and on-demand scalability
• Fully supports 24x7 availability, guaranteed delivery and fail-over throughout the system

Internationalized

• Full multi-language and multi-currency support
• Absolutely no engineering changes in adding support for new languages