SoftOne - Business Management Software

Data Transactions Security

Data security – For the security of remote data transfer SoftOne developed proprietary encryption messaging which are exchanged in a network environment. SoftOne preferred not to use existing encryption systems used for high security applications (such as banks) in order to avoid a reduction in speed in the system, because business software applications (ERP) do not require such strict encryption such as this one with 128 it encryption.

The algorithm developed is proprietary SoftOne Business Applications Encryption Algorithm and is sequential – not static, with symbols between the client and the server for the sequencing of the keys. It’s highly secure and very effective (offers at least three times the speed and slightly smaller security from a 128 bit algorithm).

Limited access for undesirable users

Finally, in order to limit the access into the system from undesirable users or other PC’s, SoftOne developed a technology Selective Application Server Access. With this feature, provides the administrator of the system to define in the SofOne program from which sub-networks and from which specific PC’s can someone access the application server of SoftOne. In this way secures that no one can access the system, even the employee, provided that he is not within the company premises, something very important for the security of the data of an ERP system.

Another proprietary technology used by SoftOne in its client-server application is the Selective Compression Technology. Each packet which is intended to be sent between Client and Server is analyzed in order to asses whether its worthwhile to be transferred with compression in order to reduce the transfer time in the network. With this method, large packets are transferred with compression while for the small ones no time is lost for the compression – decompression process.

General issue:

One of the most common problems that we have in a TCP-IP connection via ADSL is the temporary interruption of a connection for a very small period of time (usually a few seconds). This is the moist common problem of connections with Dynamic IP address. This response, although it does not create problems in web browsing as every connection to a web page from the internet explorer is independent and therefore is not apparent, creates problems in a client server application, as it disrupts the connection and requires for the user to re login into the system. Web applications face this problem when using Stateless Servers, in other words there is no real information on the Server and corresponding objects to follow the connection with the Clients (In reality there is some information which corresponds to every connection administered through the technology of Cookies). This could not be applied in a business software application, as the use of stateless connections would create large delays in updating procedures and printing and also there wouldn’t have been the capability to use known parameters of the connection (cache memory), as well as the use of update objects which will be live during the connection for the purpose of speeding up the processes of the application on the server.

Security Solution from SoftOne:

In order to solve all the above problems SoftOne developed the technology of Loose-state servers. With this technology gives the capability for objects o exist on the server which will correspond and serve some connection. When the connection is disrupted without intent from the user, these objects are not destroyed and remain active for some reasonable time. At the same time the Client tries to reconnect and if it’s successful in connecting, the new connection created is linked with the already existing objects, so that the user will never know of this disruption. With this technology developed by SoftOne, a Client-Server application behaves with the lightness and stability of Web applications, whilst at the same time uses to the maximum the capabilities and the speed of the applications which use Strong state servers. Consequently, gives the capability for effective Client-Server operation, not only in local area networks but also on the Internet via ADSL and dial-up connections.

Overloading servers problem

In dealing with the problem of overloading servers, SoftOne has developed the technology of Hibernate Connections. The servers which many clients are connected use many system resources (large number of thread, database, connections, memory, etc). When the system can diagnose that some client is not using the program temporarily, releases the resources which are consumed on the server and in the next action of the user reconnects without the user understanding the slightest. In this way, it is observed that statistically the server has submultiple load than what it would have with continuous TCP connections (up to 5 times less).