ARIS Platform SWP

Web-based products, such as ARIS Business Architect, ARIS Business Designer, and ARIS UML Designer,

access a centrally set up and managed ARIS Business Server within a 3-level architecture from various international

locations. These products are designed to work even with a very low bandwidth (e.g., ISDN) and

beyond firewall limits.

The Web-based clients can be launched in the Web browser via a central link. Alternatively, they can be

installed as a desk top application via setup or software distribution. In both cases, any required client update

can be set up and controlled centrally to avoid follow-up costs for a further rollout and for associated quality

assurance measures.

A central database server (e.g., Oracle) is used for data management. All ARIS Clients access the database

server via ARIS Business Server and thus work on the basis of the same data.

To guarantee optimum load balancing and increase reliability (see page 8), more than one application server

(ARIS Business Server) can be used.

With the central database server and a clustering of several application servers, ARIS Platform offers a high

level of system scalability and availability.

The scalability is also reflected at the level of the products in use. For instance, a large number of modelers

who use ARIS Business Designer can be managed by relatively few users with ARIS Business Architect

(access privileges, available reports, conventions/

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