Is IQware a Development Tool or an Application?
IQware is both. IQware is both a stand-alone application and a tool to field a dedicated application that delivers the right data to the right place at the right time. IQware is rule-based which means that the services and functions that IQware delivers are controlled by rules. When you change a rule, you change what IQware does – no programming required. Using rules, IQware acts as a dedicated application that handles Master Data Management (MDM) operations, including Business Intelligence (BI), command/control center data operations and all other data acquisition, analysis, presentation and archiving functions. The vast majority of dedicated “data handling” applications are really subsets of MDM and BI functions. That is why most of these applications start out as “home-grown” spreadsheet macros – or JAVA web applets – and then expand over time to a standalone application. The trouble with that approach is its lack of flexibility, scalability and power. That approach creates “islands
