Platform as a Service by DAM News Staff

February 28, 2008

Rollbase is a new Internet platform for business users and web developers to rapidly create on-demand applications using point & click, drag & drop tools in a standard web-browser. Simply put, Rollbase allows businesses to focus on application innovation rather than software development and all of the infrastructure behind it.

Design. Develop. Deploy. From Idea to Application in Record Time.

In a matter of hours you can learn to design and develop full-featured web-based business applications that can be quickly deployed to your team or rolled out to your clients. Applications in Rollbase are built entirely within your browser by creating, combining and configuring components to work together, forming a collaborative application designed for your specific busines needs.

Design

As you become familiar with Rollbase applications and their components such as objects, fields, relationships, pages, views, charts, workflow, and more, you will quickly discover how easy it is to map your ideas from concept to a plan for implementation.Easy to Learn. Most tech-savvy business users, IT professionals, and developers learn how to design Rollbase applications in just a few hours, in some cases minutes.Simple to Use. All you need is a browser and an internet connection. Rollbase applications are created entirely within your browser and require no additional software.

Quick to Start. The Rollbase Application Directory contains a growing number of pre-built applications you can quickly install and customize to meet your specific needs. Or create your own from scratch by signing up for a Free 60 Day Trial.

Fig. Core Components of a Rollbase Application: Objects, Tabs, Portals, and their sub-components.

Develop

Fig. Create, configure, and re-arrange components on the fly in a powerful drag & drop environment.

You no longer need to be a programmer to create applications. With just a browser and an Internet connection, business users, IT professionals, and web developers alike can define applications at the metadata level through the Rollbase user interface.Point & Click. Define your application’s data model, objects, views, charts, reports, workflows, and much more using simple point-and-click wizards.Drag & Drop. Customize your application’s user interface by using a powerful drag-and-drop page editor to create, configure, and re-arrange components on the fly.

Portal Power. Use innovative and flexible portal technology to extend applications beyond the backend to create sophisticated external-facing portals desiged to integrate with your website or intranet.

Deploy

All Rollbase applications run natively on the Rollbase platform as on-demand services. This means you never have any hardware or software to purchase, install or manage. Since Rollbase takes care of the infrastructure for you, deploying applications is just a matter of adding users and assigning permissions.Anytime, Anywhere Access. Rollbase applications are available whenever and wherever your users have access to an Internet connection and an up to date browser.Seamless Integration. All Rollbase applications integrate with each other once deployed. Apps that include portals can be seamlessly integrated into your company’s website or intranet.

Role and User-Based Permissions. As an administrator you have complete control over who can access applications, tabs, objects and their components such as pages, views, charts and workflow actions.

Fig. Create users and assign permissions for applications, tabs, objects and their components.