| Monitoring |
Monitoring is a major component of CrossTalk since it is designed to support continuous operations. At the core of CrossTalk are independent MicroProcesses that start automatically as CrossTalk starts and
immediately begins to manage and execute their components.
CrossTalk monitors the bundle of services and elements of all processes. Services consist of a heartbeat. Devices are monitored by timers via polling. An alert is raised after notification of a component failure or non-responding components.
All messages are reported to the CrossTalk Monitor. CrossTalk itself can be monitored by a central SAP alert monitor such as SAP CCMS*, IBM Tivoli*, or Hewlett-Packard OpenView*, using HTTP or SNMP. |
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| Mobile Application Framework |
“All mobile strategies embed assumptions about technology evolution so it’s important to identify the technologies that will evolve quickly in the life span of each strategy,” said Nick Jones, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. The market for Mobile Business is still in an early stage, but the number of mobile scenarios and use-cases utilizing barcode, 2D matrix, RFID, NFC, GPS and further technologies is rapidly growing. AutoID Device Management and Data Capturing in the noFilis understanding does not only comprise stationary readers, but also mobile applications. The noFilis Mobile Application Framework (MAF) therefore combines the best of on- and offline applications by avoiding the specific disadvantages and providing a very flexible hardware- and technology neutrality.
The noFilis Mobile Solution consists of three major components:
After the mobile user logs on to the CrossTalk Control Center, the handheld device receives a couple of very small messages which describe the user – specific mobile application workflow and design. These messages are rendered “on-the-fly“ within the CrossTalk Mobile Application Framework on the device. As soon as the transaction menu is started, the user can start working online or download and synchronize data with a business application for offline scenarios. The description and technical design of such mobile applications is maintained in the centralized CrossTalk Control Center. noFilis offers a comprising toolbox based on existing standards for setting up the company – specific user interfaces.
Considering the noFilis Device Management background, a further very interesting competitive advantage of the noFilis MAF is the ability to integrate various hardware modules that are available for the large number of different handheld or terminal hardwares. noFilis Device Management capabilities in mobile business mean the ability to easily integrate barcode, RFID, sensor or GPS information into mobile applications and the possibility to communicate with any business system via WLAN, GPRS, GSM, bluetooth, docking stations, etc.
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Monitoring of mobile hardware, user authorization and synchronization with backend systems are part of the noFilis CrossTalk Control Center Mobile capabilities:
noFilis Backend System Integration Services:
- EPC (ALE, EPCIS)
- SAP (AII,BAPI,LES/WM)
- IBM Premises
- Oracle Fusion/SOA/Applications
- MS Biztalk
- WebServices
- SQL
- File format data exchange (e.g. ASCII, …)
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