Our Services : richer, thinner, smarter

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) offer the ease of deployability and accessibility of traditional HTML-based web sites with the rich interface and interaction capabilities of desktop applications.

At Outsmart we pride ourselves in applying smart technology + clever thinking to the development of world-class Rich Internet Applications that redefine the web and application experience and maximise the leverage of your technology investment.

Clever thinking : Outsmart solutions

We employ the best of RIA technology together with OS+ to build domain-specific solutions for a range of vertical and horizontal markets.

Vertical market solutions

Vertical market software is software aimed at addressing the needs of businesses within a particular industry. Typically, vertical market software systems include complex data manipulation and workflow management. Sometimes data visualisation is also useful in helping users to more easily make meaning of the data.

Using our specialised capabilities, Outsmart build vertical market solutions that inherit the broad reach and zero footprint deployment of a RIA. These can be licensed to customers via either traditional models or the Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) model of Software-As-A-Service.

B2B "extranet" solutions

An extranet can be viewed as part of a company's intranet that is extended via the internet to users outside the company for the purpose of sharing part of a business's information or operations with suppliers, vendors, partners, customers or other businesses.

Our RIA extranet solutions support the sharing of information and coordination of business processes between organisations and are particularly well suited where critical workflow is tightly coupled.

Customer service & support portal solutions

As the competition spurred by globalisation meets the increasing demands of customers and the expanding pervasiveness of digitalisation, the definition of the products we buy and sell expands. The product is no longer just the product - it now includes the sales channels, complementary services and post-sales support mechanisms that precede and encompass it.

The challenge for enterprises is being able to provide the customer with an integrated experience tailored to their own needs, in an affordable fashion. To this demand we bring our passion for the possibility of technology, the RIA's ability to simplify and enrich complex interactions, and a flexible range of real-time and asynchronous communication capabilities.

E-Learning systems

The rich interaction and communication capacities of RIAs provide an excellent foundation for realising more of the potential of blended, moderated and unmoderated computer-channeled learning. Building on the ubiquitous Flash player, our eLearning component platform incorporates all of the essential building blocks for creating compelling and effective courseware; including content management, curriculum and enrolment management, data tracking and reporting, live audio/video classes and more.

Collaboration & Groupware applications

Groupware is software that integrates work in a team or on a single project by several concurrent users. Outsmart build easy-to-use-and-deploy collaboration systems that incorporate a combination of:

communication tools (email & instant messaging),
conferencing tools (audio/video conferencing, shared whiteboards and applications),
co-ordination tools (calendaring, project and task management) and
resource sharing tools (document repositories).

Together these tools provide the basis of a hugely configurable collaborative workspace.

Data tracking & analysis Dashboards

Data dashboards provide visibility to your business activities enabling operational staff and management to gain the insight they need to effectively manage their responsibilities. Using a combination of tables, graphs and data drill-downs, Outsmart RIA Dashboards offer metrics, monitoring and alerting capabilities to provide a more immediate sense of both snapshots and trends within the enterprise.

Next generation web sites

As Rich Internet Applications gain broader exposure we will see increasing numbers of web sites enhanced with RIA capability. We can see growing evidence of this in web sites like:

Google Maps - incorporating highly graphical capabilities
Red Bull - using RIA technology to enable broad access to powerful branding experiences
BMW Mini - enabling you to design your own mini, WYSIWYG-fashion, and send it to your nearest dealer.

Smart technology : advanced building blocks

OS+ is a configurable component platform and an expression of our philosophies of "Do it once. Do it well" and "Don't Repeat Yourself". You can think of OS+ as a set of intelligent building blocks that empower us to rapidly configure and deploy many of the common elements of a Rich Internet Application. Together with our industrial strength code, OS+ enables Outsmart to deliver beyond the capability and agility provided by standard RIA development toolsets.

OS+DATA

By far the majority of applications developed in and for businesses today are those that allow enterprise and application data to be viewed and maintained. OS+DATA is the next stage in the evolution of Data Management application platforms, which up until now has been dominated by n-tier Client/Server "thick" applications. Because RIAs offer all of the richness of the interface offered by locally-installed applications, with significantly reduced deployment and support costs, they are fast replacing their predecessors.

OS+FLOW

Practically all software used in organisations today has the same goal - supporting business processes. Some processes are entirely automated and others (probably the majority) rely on people to initiate the process, approve in-process documents, resolve exceptions that arise, and more.

RIAs are excellent platforms for delivering workflow support applications as they provide all of the richness of a thick client with the platform independence, zero deployment and intrinsic communicability of browser-based delivery. Using our OS+FLOW Workflow Engine, Outsmart builds systems for our clients that deliver on the promise of workflow management - cost reduction, throughput improvement, resource flexibility and quality improvement.

OS+VIZ

A picture is worth a thousand words. Like good writing, good graphical displays of data communicate ideas with clarity, precision, and efficiency. Applying visual metaphors to abstract data makes complex data much easier to understand. Building on our experience in developing 2D & 3D visualisation tools for management dashboards, the online gaming industry, and sporting events such as the America's Cup, Outsmart are smartly positioned to be able to create rich visualisations for your business weblications.

OS+COMM

Built on top of the class-leading Flash Media Server 2, OS+COMM provides a platform for building and deploying compelling, real-time messaging and interactive web-based audio/video applications. OS+COMM enables the development of:

Video on demand and streaming broadcasts
Real-time audio and video messaging and conferencing
Real-time collaboration applications such as shared whiteboards, guided form-filling or shared desktop applications
Real-time data sharing and synchronisation between multiple clients
"Server Push" for event notification to multiple clients

Used either singularly or in concert with one another, these powerful OS+ components provide the building blocks for crafting unique added-value and powerful user experiences.

Outsmart can build unique value and competitive advantage for your business using our toolset of advanced RIA capabilities. If you would like to explore how our smart technology + clever thinking might make a difference to your business then contact us now.