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Toyota Australia chooses SSW's latest .NET
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15th March 2002 |
New .NET application from SSW leads the way in
reporting on the web
Sydney- Toyota Australia has chosen Superior Software
for Windows' latest .NET solution - 'SSW Access
Reporter .NET for IIS' - to manage their reporting on
the web. SSW, a Microsoft Partner, has had previous
successful deployments of the product, including the
Fisheries Research & Development Corp (FRDC).
Based on the popularity of the product in Australia,
SSW is taking it on the road to Microsoft Tech Ed in
New Orleans to demonstrate it worldwide. Adam Cogan,
Managing Director of SSW said: "This is an excellent
example of the power and simplicity of .NET in saving
time by fulfilling a real need - using Access for easy
reporting on the web."
Toyota was looking for a solution to migrate their
complicated Microsoft Access reports to their new
online ASPX web based application. Cameron Townshend,
who was in charge of the project at Toyota said, "We
found that migrating all the Access forms to the web
solution went well, but it wasn't possible to migrate
the quantity of complicated reports we had in the
Access database easily or cost effectively. SSW
offered an alternative to rewriting all our reports in
Crystal and when we saw 'SSW Access Reporter for IIS'
we realised we could use our reports on the web as is
- saving us rewriting them. It was an easy choice."
SSW's Access Reporter .NET for IIS was developed as a
utility to save time by allowing you to use Access
reports on the web - delivering reports online
instantly. Originally written in VB6, the application
was then rewritten as a .NET Windows Service. Cogan
said, "We needed to rewrite the utility as a Windows
Service and we chose .NET because of the functionality
of .NET Remoting. We never expected the .NET version
to be so fast. What we really like is that this
version doesn't need to write records into a
"ReportQueue" table anymore - instead the webpage
talks directly to the report server via .NET Remoting.
This gives the application immeasurable amounts of
performance and speed"
Charles Sterling, .NET Evangelist of Microsoft
Australia said, "'Access Reporter .NET for IIS' is an
innovative solution from SSW, showing how a utility
written on the Microsoft .NET Framework can leverage a
customers existing investment in Microsoft Access. We
are delighted that Toyota have chosen ASP.NET and
'Access Reporter .NET for IIS' for their current
solution"
Townshend said, "SSW has played a pivotal part in the
development of migrating our Access application to a
Web based solution. We chose them based on their
reputation in this area, and specifically in their
expertise in .NET. Using 'SSW Access Reporter .NET for
IIS' has been extremely successful, and we continue to
work with SSW in migrating more applications to
browser solutions in the future."
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on 'Access Reporter .NET for IIS' here, including an
online demo
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the product here
About SSW
Established in 1990, SSW is a premier Microsoft
Certified Partner, specialising in building,
implementing and maintaining "rich-client" and
"browser-based" database applications using Microsoft
technologies.
With proven expertise in Access, Visual Basic, VB.NET,
ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server and Exchange Server, SSW
offers comprehensive solutions required for projects -
from strategic planning of systems and solutions,
architecture, development and implementation. We also
look after clients long after the project is finished,
offering hosting, support and upgrading services.
SSW has worked with powerful clients including Cap
Gemini, Accor, Media Monitors, Woven Image, Magna
Data, and also run the Sydney .NET Users Group in
co-sponsorship with Microsoft. Adam Cogan, Managing
Director of SSW, was appointed as one of only two
Australian Regional Directors of the Microsoft
Developer Network in 2000.
SSW Press Contact
Tim Fletcher
+61 2 9953 3000
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