Web-Enabled Applications & Devices

World-Wide Web sites are no longer just a series of static HTML pages. Your Internet browser can now be a gateway to a host of Web-enabled applications, bringing your Web-site or device to life, as well as increasing productivity.

Common examples of Web-enabled Applications are “eCommerce”-sites, Education, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relations Management, and Line-Of-Business sites. These make full use of the 3-tier Web architecture, complete with backend database server.

It is also increasingly common to find a Web-server embedded within a device, such as a cable modem or firewall. This server provides a powerful point-and-click configuration interface that requires no additional software to be installed on the user’s PC.

Whether your application is running on an embedded system or on one or more servers with or without database access, Abelon’s design services can meet your needs. We can tackle anything from a small application such as an administration interface for your embedded device to a multi-server Web site. We can design and implement a fully integrated end-to-end solution: from the choice of Web and database server technologies, to the implementation of Web-frontends and back-end applications.

3 Tier Web Architecture

For 3 tier Web applications, Abelon specialise in the LAMP architecture. LAMP consists of using the Linux operating system, running the Apache Web server, MySQL database and using PHP for dynamic Web-content and as an application gateway. However, we are equally at home with alternative database servers, or using CGI to Web-enable the application (or device) via either Perl or ‘C/C++’ applications.

Database Access

Many Web-enabled applications make use of databases for the reliable storage of data. We can identify and utilise the technology most appropriate for you to provide database access: whether it’s the Perl or PHP database access libraries or ‘C’ application interfaces like ODBC or via protocols such as SOAP/XML and CORBA.

Embedded Systems

For embedded systems, Abelon Systems can embed a light-weight Web-server application. Depending on the environment, we can also develop backend applications written in ‘C/C++’, PHP or any other scripted languages. Access to a remote database is also possible via a range of interfaces/protocols.

Web Frontend

We can use any of a wide range of techniques to provide you with the look and feel your Web pages require, including DHTML, Javascript, Java, Cascading Style Sheets and more.