SynfiniWay Benefits – Flexibility and Productivity

Flexibility

Utilisation and management of diverse IT resources, particularly in distributed infrastructures, is made more responsive to user and organisational needs.

The SynfiniWay desktop removes functional barriers to remote machine access. No longer constrained by multiple logins and network hopping, end-users can now tap the maximum potential of systems and services that are more readily accessible.

Since the workflow-based processes incorporate choice in the platform that can run any given task, operations management will finally be able to develop realistic goals for the quality of service of the overall infrastructure. This interface between operations and end-use can thus be more accurately quantified, allowing for measurement of usage by project and location, leading to better-targeted investments in future equipment.

SynfiniWay Features

• Single sign-on from the desktop. All other connections are administered by SynfiniWay.
• Alternative systems assigned to execute each service. Selected at run-time according to meta-scheduling heuristics.
• Operations can dynamically remove or exchange systems according to load or performance. Service will assign next machine without directly impacting the end-user.
• On-demand or utility computing systems can be transparently incorporated as an eligible service platform.
• Tasks and data are transferred automatically to active system.

Business Benefits

Resource virtualisation
Same access method to all services and data, irrespective of location and underlying system.

Quality of service
Agile re-alignment of platforms to maintain service levels during peak loads, failover and upgrades.

Adaptive operations
Services and workflows are easily modified for new process and operational environments, while retaining a consistent user image.

Consolidate assets
Remote application licenses are easier to use, allowing targeted investment and localisation of services.

Productivity

Gains in productivity will be seen by individuals, within groups and across the organisation as a whole.

For individuals the user-centric nature of SynfiniWay means that working with any IT infrastructure become simpler and easier. Heterogeneous system networks – spanning Windows®, Linux and UNIX – are as easy to use as the desktop.

A key feature, and one that sets SynfiniWay apart from other middleware platforms, is the workflow tool. By linking the services SynfiniWay can encode most IT processes, and span any number of dispersed machines. Once the workflow is set in motion data is moved automatically between systems as needed for each task, and results return straight to your desktop.

SynfiniWay Features

• Service encapsulation of applications and tools, including all existing and legacy systems.
• Parameterised user input to services.
• Concurrent run-time monitors for all tasks, irrespective of network connection distance.
• Global workflow tool to connect services through temporal and data dependence. Includes split/join and loop conditions for comprehensive process mapping.
• Workflow tasks dispatched based on heuristic plug-ins for optimised resource utilisation.
• Global file explorer for a single-point view of all data files, including copy/paste as a single command between any two systems, irrespective of network distance.

Business Benefits

Standardised interface
Reduced direct input faults across heterogeneous system networks – Windows®, Linux and Unix.

Robust services
Dynamic selection of alternate hardware provides failover security and seamless upgrade transition.

Faster processes
Workflow scheduling and automated data movement minimises turnaround and fully utilises global resources.

Resilient execution
Process loop-back for self-repair and optional paths for multiple termination conditions.