Over the years, many companies have accumulated several systems based on heterogeneous technologies that perform well in specific areas, but do not communicate with one another. This problem has been overcome by Metrixum, which uses Microsoft.net, SQL queries and Web XML service technology to communicate with these different systems.

Metrixum offers the possibility to specify connections to relational databases, indexed file databases or simple spreadsheet programs. With the help of an OleDB connection, ODBC connection or Web supported consultation tools, Metrixum enables users to access these data to create an entity which will be handled as a smart cells.

Once the data sources are identified and the cells created, they can be reused, parameterized, compared and consolidated using smart cell technology.

Applications designed over the past five years are usually oriented towards Web technology. Users want to be online constantly and be able to access their applications at any time. Although the practical advantages of this technology are evident, what about interface usability? The majority of these applications are somewhat inflexible as they are based on static technologies such as PHP, JSP or HTML. It is for this reason more evolved technologies, called rich Internet applications, have been developed.

Most rich Internet applications are new and still in a trial period. Metrixum, on its side, uses the Flash technology developed by Macromedia (now Adobe) at the very end of the 1990s and which is now the global leader of new and emerging Web-based technologies.

Users only need to add a simple control to their browser to be able to access the application without installing anything on their computer. As long as the application is updated on the server, the users are always up-to-date as well. In addition, the smart cells are refreshed in real-time on the server, and the data is continuously transmitted to the users.