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IntroductionWhen you’re choosing a development tool for new

applications – and particularly for web apps – an end-to-end solution brings productivity and reliability,

among other advantages.

From a lifecycle perspective, Uniface has strategic strengths that mean your application not only gets

developed (or migrated to the web) fast, but will also have a long and productive life, adapting to whatever

business and technology changes lie ahead.

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Choose your development tool froman application lifecycle perspective

Total cost of ownership should be a key consideration when you’re contemplating any development project.

This may be convenient in the short term but can prove

expensive over the lifespan of a project.

When you look at the effectiveness of development tools across the whole application lifecycle, you will

see them in a different light.

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Uniface improves developmentthroughout the lifecycle

Uniface has advantages that help you reduce total cost of ownership and improve the usefulness of your

web app throughout its life – not just in the initial development phases:

ProductivityWeb apps are expected to be dynamic from a

functionality perspective – just as content has to change frequently to remain “sticky”. (Think how

often Facebook changes.)

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Uniface improves developmentthroughout the lifecycle

SecuritySecurity and productivity go together as the majority of time spent creating web apps today goes into the creation of a secure environment on the server, in

which to open up sensitive corporate data in such away that it can’t be damaged.

ReliabilityReliability is critical for web apps – they can be your main way of talking and selling to customers, and

therefore mission-critical.

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Easy to run

User friendly

Attractively designed

Secu

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Uniface improves developmentthroughout the lifecycle

Enterprise scalabilityWith a customer-facing web app you typically don’t

know how many end-users there will be. Uniface lets you scale the application, adding hardware if

necessary and often avoiding hardware upgrades.

Technology independenceUniface makes it easy to move the app from one

environment to another, for example from an in-house server to a commercial cloud environment.

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Uniface improves developmentthroughout the lifecycle

Integration and reuseUniface’s versatile integration capabilities mean that users who have recently switched to Uniface find they can easily get Uniface applications, web-based or not,

talking to their existing application assets.

Collaboration for resultsUniface users can capitalize on the expertise, best practices, and methodologies delivered by Uniface Professional Services - for example, by helping you

turn a whole existing application into a web application.

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Uniface improves developmentthroughout the lifecycle

Uniface’s Technical Advantages: DSP ExampleAs we’ve seen, Uniface has a number of strategic

advantages when it comes to developing and maintaining web apps.

Take DSPs. In Uniface there’s a symbiotic relationship between the client and the server: a given process can

be delegated to either in a secure manner, so you decide what happens where.

Model-driven development has been ignored by the mainstream for a long time. As we move into an uncertain future, we only need to look at IT changes over the last decade to see how this approach would have had considerable benefits. While traditionaldevelopment methods and architectures worked well in a single deployment environment, they quickly break down when an application needs to be deployed to different or multiple environments.”CIC Commentary: Quantifying Uniface developer productivity in an era of technology change

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ConclusionParticularly from a whole-lifecycle perspective, Uniface is the ideal medium for developing web apps, whether

you’re new to Uniface or an established user.

For new customers, it makes sense to build your web applications with Uniface because all the traditional

Uniface advantages like productivity, security, scalability and technology independence apply.

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