ERP System Architecture Survey: hybrid architecture into the mainstream
ERP product in the end to the use B / S or C / S structure? In the ERP industry, on the C / S and B / S of the war of words since 2000, has not stopped. Until today, the survey data and related products used in an enterprise situation seems to have given the answer.
Clearly, B / S and C / S have different strengths and characteristics they can not replace each other. For example, to browse the main entry a simple application, B / S technology has a great advantage, and now the world's avalanche of Web sites is proof; As for the interaction of complex ERP and other enterprise applications, B / S it is difficult to competent, from the global point of view, mature ERP products they use a two-story or three-tier C / S architecture, pure B / S of the ERP products are rare.
ITPUB community recently launched an ERP plate on the use of ERP product system architecture, a small survey showed that more than 50% of corporate users using a hybrid architecture ERP products. But then claims to want to defeat the C / S architecture, B / S structure of the ERP products account for only 12.5%, C / S architecture, ERP products still have a 37.5% ratio.
Structure from the survey shows, B / S structure of the ERP software, the arrival of the era also did not have time, he was such a new type of hybrid architecture SOA approach replaced. Today's ERP software, the client, looks more like a blend of desktop software and browser more intelligent end-user data operations.
User gh9971 discussion about the investigation, "the general in factories, or businesses, places more centralized location, we should all use the C / S. Client installation of ERP's exe file, server to install sql server, access through the IP or a computer direct use of the name, or a good built-in ERP, that ERP is faster because the server straight sql to bear the work of others are on the ground locally. But this update inconvenient? Unless ERP.exe documents synchronized update feature. I believe in the Pearl River Delta Yangtze River Delta, or more factories / enterprises are using this structure, or to have his superiority and efficiency.
"But in the general office or the supermarket / chain / stores / distribution industry, due to geographical location of the original storm, so they require the use of ERP generally: B / S structure, or through the VPN to architecture."
"Although the B / S is the future direction of development, is a certain amount of market prospects, but its disadvantages are also obvious: occupied bandwidth, network printing, the Indian North-South exchange. In fact seen a large fraction of SAP customers the use of good and or C / S."
Pure web-based ERP system, the traditional products with a higher market-share of the brand has not been vigorously promoted, and applications such as SAP and Oracle, as well as other Kingpan. A number of relatively small ERP vendors are in the main thrust and main type of architecture.
Today, as cloud computing, SaaS and other calculation software as a service model creation and transformation, mixed structure with a new smart client's ERP software has a new architecture of choice for enterprise software products have blurred the B / S and C / S The boundaries and differences, while a large number of cloud-based computing, SOA and other new architecture approach. |
