i-conX

Recent changes in the i-conX software development department are the first fruits of a forward-thinking strategy to invest in further technological excellence.

The most visible sign of this strategy is the upgrade of the i-conX product to the latest Microsoft platform technologies.

In addition, a long-term investment has been made in an enhanced development environment  at our Dublin HQ which, by bringing our infrastructure to the cutting edge, assures customer confidence that our products will maintain their class-leading profile and - just as importantly - be appropriately supported and developed to meet future industry challenges.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005
The upgrade of the i-conX database platform from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 offers i-conX customers a number of advantages.
SQL Server 2005 builds on the strengths of SQL Server 2000 by delivering a more scalable, high performance, secure and reliable data management and analysis platform. SQL Server 2005 provides fundamental advancements in database technology to i-conX users and allows their organisations to unlock value by doing the following:

• Delivering a trusted next-generation data management platform for constant operations of large-scale, multiterabyte databases.
• Improved reporting capabilities that allow business decision makers access to information when they need it as well as create their own ad hoc reports in multiple formats.
• Enhanced performance and scalability with up to 35% faster transaction processing and 150% better database performance in some scenarios.
• Access to higher availability (99.999%) for maximum uptime and five times faster failover (~3 seconds) with data mirroring.
• Simplified manageability that reduces administrative needs, enabling administrators to shift from low-level management tasks to more strategic activities.
• Stronger security with native data encryption, automatic password policy enforcement and fine grained control over access permissions.
• Access to new enterprise-capable Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) solution to load and manage multi-terabyte data warehouse.
• Providing an improved development environment that enables developers to enhance i-conX functionality for customers more rapidly
  Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

The i-conX development environment has been upgraded to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 which supports the new Microsoft .NET framework 2.0. The .NET Framework 2.0 is the platform that will support the development and running of the next generation of i-conX product releases.

The upgrade to Visual Studio 2005 provides the i-conX development team with enhanced functionality across a wide range of areas allowing us to enhance the i-conX product with richer, more powerful functionality and with decreased development time.

The upgrade offers the i-conX product access to a vibrant third-party component ecosystem that augments the i-conX product. It also enables increased communication and collaboration among our development team during each product release.

This benefits customers in that it provides cutting-edge infrastructure for forthcoming improvements and enhancements to product functionality.

Moving forward
i-conX is well-known for enjoying a unique market profile as the leading 'expert’ option in the interconnect market - where the skills of our people complement a high level of system functionality.

By assuring a sound framework within which development may meet both current and future challenges, the company seeks to re-pay customer confidence in the best way possible.