What is Success Enterprise?
How do I install Success Enterprise?
How is Success Enterprise different from Success Estimator?
Can Success Enterprise be used in a stand alone mode?
Will Success Estimator be supported along with Success Enterprise?
What is the Success Enterprise architecture?
What is Microsoft.NET?
Why Success Enterprise is built on Microsoft.NET?
Does Success Enterprise scale for concurrent users?
Are parametric modeling capabilities similar to Success Estimator?
Does U.S. COST offer Success Enterprise customization?
How can I purchase Success Enterprise?
What is Success Enterprise?
Success Enterprise is the AEC industry's first Internet/Intranet-based estimating and cost management system designed specifically for the enterprise. It is the most powerful web-based estimating and collaboration solution developed to dramatically improve organizational effectiveness and ensure successful completion of projects through centralized communication, tracking, reporting, and information exchange.
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How do I install Success Enterprise?
The installation and setup of Success Enterprise differs significantly from its Windows-based client product. With Success Enterprise, installation takes place only once, at the point of deployment. In other words, Success Enterprise is only installed once, regardless of the number of ultimate system users. The reason being that Success Enterprise is a server-based product. Once installed on your server, it is easily deployed to any and all users without any additional client-based hardware or software. Due to its Internet/Intranet thin-based client interface, end users need only point their Internet browser to the server hosting Success Enterprise and login. It is that simple.
How is Success Enterprise different from Success Estimator?
The two products are quite different in nature, but can compliment one another quite nicely. First, Success Estimator is a Windows-based estimating tool, designed to run on your client computer. Success Enterprise on the other hand is a server-based, thin client, web-based interface product, designed to serve the entire enterprise. To allow Success Estimator to work with Success Enterprise, Success Estimator contains a unique feature that allows you to publish your cost estimate information to Success Enterprise. With the simple click of a button you can transfer all or a portion of your Success Estimator cost estimate from your client personal computer to the Success Enterprise server. This allows team members to continue to use the feature rich user interface of the Success Estimator product, while also taking full advantage of the collaborative nature of the Success Enterprise server.
Can Success Enterprise be used in a stand alone mode?
Success Enterprise is a server-centric application that requires the presence of a server connection. However, clients can use Success Estimator to create and work with their cost estimate on their local machine without access to the server. Once they've gained access to the Success Enterprise server, they can simply publish all or portions of their cost estimate information to the Success Enterprise server.
Will Success Estimator be supported along with Success Enterprise?
Yes, we actually see the two products complimenting each other for some time to come. The initial strength of Success Enterprise will be its collaborative and cross-project reporting features, multi-user access, and accessibility anywhere/anytime. The continued strength of client-based Success Estimator is its full featured, rich user interface and the stand-alone nature of the product when access to the Internet or network is prohibitive. In short, we see the two products working together for sometime to come.
What is the Success Enterprise architecture?
The Success Enterprise architecture leverages the latest Microsoft.NET development framework and platform to deliver a secure and scalable web-based application. Our multi-tiered application ensures high availability, scalability, and performance regardless of when and where a customer logs in to manage projects and collaborate with other team members.
What is Microsoft.NET?
The Microsoft .NET platform will have a significant impact on the role of computing in your business by fundamentally changing the way that computers and users interact with one another.
Microsoft.NET will enable access to all of your data and applications anywhere and from any device. You will be able to interact with your data through many different technologies. Your data will live securely on the Internet so that you can access it from your PCs at work and at home, from your cell phone or pager, from your PDAs, and even from combination pager-cell phone-PDA-PC devices. For instance, Success Enterprise will be able to gracefully adapt the functionality offered, to the limitations and opportunities presented by the device with which you are interacting. Success Enterprise will be able to act on your behalf based on a predefined set of preferences and directives.
All of this will work together to make you significantly more productive in your use of computing technologies such as Success Enterprise. .NET is designed to take you beyond worrying about how you need to interact with your computer, freeing you to focus on what to do with your computer to perform your tasks and accomplish your goals. Since Microsoft.NET is essentially a development framework, all of this power is provided to you transparently through Success Enterprise.
Why Success Enterprise is built on Microsoft.NET?
The .NET Framework is a component of the Microsoft Windows® operating system that provides the programming model for building, deploying, and running Web-based applications, smart client applications, and XML Web services. The .NET Framework delivers business value with faster time to market, improved systems flexibility, and reduced costs.
Does Success Enterprise scale for concurrent users?
The Success Enterprise highly scalable Internet architecture is designed to accommodate literally hundreds of users. And, because Success Enterprise is completely web-based, you and your clients can add any number of new users without having to purchase new client-side hardware, software, or increase network capacity. Since Success Enterprise is designed to be installed on your server, it is up to you to decide how many professionals within your organization you want to include in your project estimating and cost management process.
Also, depending on permission settings established by the project coordinator or manager, Success Enterprise can allow an unlimited number of team members to work on the same estimate at the same time if so desired. This allows for true, concurrent multi-user team access.
Are parametric modeling capabilities similar to Success Estimator?
In a follow-on release, parametric modeling will be provided with not only the functionality of Success Estimator, but much more. Parametric modeling will be an integral component of the totaling process, which will be user extensible and customizable. Success Enterprise will provide access to the entire set of data for parametric modeling purposes.
Having said this, you can continue to use the parametric capabilities of Success Estimator to develop and run your parametric estimates. Once the estimate has been developed, you can easily publish your estimate results to the Success Enterprise server. This allows you to continue to use the parametric features of Success Estimator, while also taking full advantage of the power of Success Enterprise.
Does U.S. COST offer Success Enterprise customization?
The simple answer is; absolutely. We have designed Success Enterprise just for this purpose. We have a team of specialists available for client configuration and customization. Combined with the extensible customization provided by Success Enterprise, we can create a fully customized Success Enterprise application that meets and exceeds your corporate enterprise needs.
How can I purchase Success Enterprise?
Success Enterprise is provided as a customer installed licensed solution. If your enterprise requires customized local hosting and maintenance, our Customization team can design and deploy Success Enterprise on your site. This includes setting up a dedicated server that physically hosts the system from within your own organization. Pricing will depend on the number of users and other factors. Also, there will be applicable Success Enterprise "engine" maintenance fees in order for us to provide you with timely system updates and enhancements.
To discuss with a Sales Executive how Success Enterprise can provide your organization with powerful estimating and cost management solutions, or to receive Success Enterprise pricing information, call us at 1.800.955.1385 inside U.S. or 770.481.1600 outside U.S.
