Once:radix hits 1.5 release, eyes clustering
- 26 August, 2009 13:26
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Local software company, Once Technologies, has released the next generation of once:radix, an open source, Web-based application development environment that promises significant performance improvements and paves the way for load balancing of applications across mutliple servers.
Once:radix 1.5 is built on several open source projects, including PostgreSQL 8.4, Java 1.6, Tomcat 6 and JasperReports 3.5. It's Web interface is now certified for Firefox 3.5.
The release comes on the second anniversary of the launch of once:radix, which Once Technologies clamed to be first browser-based rapid application development system.
Once:radix allows organisations to create database-driven Web applications with limited expertise in the underlying technologies. It was first released as an open source project two years ago.
Once Technologies managing director, Rob Napier, said the 1.5 relases has a lot of “under-the-hood improvements” and the company is preparing the product to support much larger deployments with clustering.
“We are currently in discussion with distributed database vendors with the aim of selecting a technology to support thousands of users,” Napier said.
“A developer can build a system using once:radix to run on a laptop [and] they can take that same deployment and install it on a large distributed network. They can set it up in a SaaS environment or perhaps for a franchise group that has shared requirements, but complete separation of data between businesses. That comes as standard.”
Other feature enhancements include a simpler lock-unlock mechanism for editing records, faster drill downs, full integration of the help system, support for JasperReports 3.5 and i-Report 3.5 and an easier installation process.
According to Napier, once:radix 1.5 also helps the company prepare for the release of Once Technologies' flagship application, once:fabrik, as an open source project in September this year.
Once:fabrik is built with the once:radix platform and offers a suite of business management applications – from project management to timesheets and invoicing.
Once:radix 1.5 can be downloaded from SourceForge.net.
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Comments
Anonymous
The programs this man makes are a joke. They are not user friendly and amazingly slow. His older versions couldn't handle 20 users. Tech support from him is ridiculous. He always knows best even when he is completely wrong. Avoid.
Rob Napier
To post this item anonymously is a reflection of the veracity of the comments and the value that should be placed on them.
I chose not to request this post be moderated as I am not a supporter of censorship.
once:radix is an open source project available at SourceForge. There were more than 500 downloads in the first few days of its newest release. Thus far, we have received a few requests that have all been responded to promptly.
In business, banking and government our systems support considerably more than 20 concurrent users. We'll let our software and our own performance speak for themselves.
We do our best to please everyone but it is inevitable that occasionally someone will be dissatisfied, despite our best efforts.
If you would like to make direct contact with us, I'd be happy to address your concerns, if that is possible.
Rob Napier
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