M2 Corporation: JADE

Why JADE?
When M2 Corp was originally founded research was conducted into many software tools on which our development could be based. Our goal was to find a scalable platform that incorporated all required functions into a single tool to avoid multi level development and the obvious expense incurred in finding various skills to match different components.

JADE was the obvious choice for M2 Corp given it's object orientated platform and integrated environment which allowed structured development to be deployed 30% faster than any other similar product. M2 Corp is now re developing their Helpdesk system in JADE as well as providing existing clients with JADE development support.

JADE Explained
JADE is an application programming technology used to build enterprise-class transaction-based business systems, particularly high volume e-commerce applications. JADE comprises both a rich, seamless development environment and a unique distributed computing environment.

With JADE, you have all you require to build industrial-strength systems in one tool, from the painting of forms to defining your database. JADE distributes and manages the execution of your system across Windows NT platforms and through LANs/WANs and the Internet. Your JADE server can also run on IBM RS/6000 under the Advanced Interactive Executive (AIX) operating system.

JADE is based on object-orientation and distributed computing concepts. These were the two fundamental requirements for building modern computer systems that could be deployed across a PC platform.

Building on these concepts, JADE introduced a number of other concepts to make development easier and faster.

JADE has a single development environment that contains all the functionality necessary to build an entire system integrated together so that development integrity and quality are improved.

JADE uses a single language, eliminating the need for multiple languages in one system, greatly improving initial development and maintenance.

JADE follows a single data model (object-orientation from the GUI to the database), totally eliminating the time-consuming and unnecessary impedance mismatch issue.

JADE is a single technology. The absence of technology "seams" within a JADE application improves system strength, reliability, integrity, and scalability.

While JADE's strength emanates from its self-sufficiency and "one-ness", JADE remains an open technology.

JADE can integrate external parts (ActiveX controls, external methods, and relational database access).

JADE can be integrated into external systems (ODBC, multiple language APIs).

The result is an elegant software technology of singular power, flexibility, and capability. While developed for today's needs, JADE will take you into the next century with cost-effectiveness, confidence, and control.