Deployment Options

Deployment

Concord Mfg offers several ways to deploy your application that is created using Software Manufacturing™ techniques:

  • S+S: Software + Services in which Microsoft hosts your application on the latest generation cloud platform, Windows Azure
  • N-tier: Where the data servers reside at your office and each server specializes for its own function. These tiers include user interface tier, presentation, reporting, and data.
  • 3-Tier: Where the data resides in a single database on your server and is served up through an IIS server. Your user computers provide the presentation tier.

The following illustrations display typical configurations.

S+S

Software + Services provides for an affordable licensing of technologies. The application is branded for your company and accessible through the Internet.



3-Tier

This form is deployed at your place of business. Three-tier is where the user interface, functional process logic ("business rules"), data storage and data access are developed and maintained as independent modules, most often on separate platforms.



N-Tier

With the advent of additional services, such as business intelligence and security integration, additional servers are often desirable in deploying the application.