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ARCHITECTURE LOWERS RISK


Proprietary architectures (including traditional client-server) are by their nature tightly-coupled from front-end to back-end. Because standards are not used there is an inherently high risk in the development phase which reduces as the project moves to deployment. However, the tightly-coupled nature of these systems combined with the fact that the technology is proprietary (and usually restricted to a single systems integrator) means that there is a steep learning curve for new developers. This leads to problems of system reliability and staff retention, which soon leads to obsolescence.



Open standards-based architectures have a lower risk than proprietary architectures because they are supported by multiple vendors (so no vendor lock-in) and there is usually a community of developers. The lifetime of such architectures is also longer because learning curves are less steep and vendors can be replaced.




exprimer has an adaptive architecture, the nature of which is such that the areas of the system that need to be modified for new customers are significantly minimised compared to other available technologies. This architecture is also fully componentised in a way that allows new standards to be plugged in as they become available without affecting the integrity of the architecture. The result of this is that the exprimer Adaptive Architecture is inherently lower risk and has a longer lifespan than other proprietary or even conventional standards-based architectures.




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