What Makes xfy Unique?

xfy is a powerful document-based composite application framework that allows organizations to rapidly unify content and structured data as part of a single interactive XML document. With no programming whatsoever, business users can rapidly assemble rich and interactive document-based applications that bring together isolated content and data in a single dynamic document. With xfy, the document is the application.

With xfy, you can:

Improve accuracy of information sharing and enable collaboration

xfy combines the live data and interactivity of a traditional business application with the persistence, portability and rich context of a document. This makes xfy a powerful solution for collaboration—after all, people use documents every day to transfer knowledge and to work collaboratively. xfy allows users to rapidly create a live document that can be shared and collaborated on within and across enterprises. Attach an xfy application to an e-mail or a workflow item and you’re sharing a unified view into disparate information sources. xfy stores the permissions associated with underlying data sources to ensure security policies and business rules are enforced. Views of the application change based on a user’s role and permissions, allowing people to contribute their knowledge and expertise where it makes sense.

Gain rapid time to value

Organizations no longer accept the financial and competitive risk of waiting for complex, custom integration solutions that may or may not address their requirements. xfy was designed to deliver rapid time to value—allowing organizations to develop live document applications in hours and days, not weeks and months.

Put business users in the driver’s seat

xfy is a refreshing change from what you may expect of XML application development. xfy does not require any programming to create new business functionality. Using a simple drag-and-drop environment, a business user can assemble a dynamic document. All they need to do is select target web services or other XML data sources and xfy does the heavy lifting, automatically generating the appropriate requests and populating the document with data.

Gain greater insight and understanding through visually rich user experiences

xfy allows organizations to combine and visualize information in powerful new ways to identify hidden patterns and trends in information. Unlike business intelligence applications, which typically require extensive integration and customization, xfy places the power in the hands of business managers. Business users can create visually powerful live documents and intelligence reports on the fly, combining structured data, unstructured content and web services. The xfy Automatic View Generator renders information in any number of graphical formats—again, without any programming.

Maintain control over user-developed applications

IT governance and control is one of the key challenges in services-oriented environments where composite applications depend on interoperability. The xfy Server provides a foundation for managing the full lifecycle of xfy-based applications, keeping track of information sharing, component reuse, version control and distribution of native XML applications.

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