ProActive Top Ten Reasons

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ProActive is a modern, 32-bit Windows application written in a compiled language. Software packages written mostly within interpreted languages, such as Visual FoxPro and Microsoft Access, run much slower than compiled languages.
The server side of ProActive's Client/Server system is not simply a collection of files. A sophisticated database server is present which arbitrates multi-user access and performs data intensive tasks that would otherwise need to be sent over the network. Thus less network bandwidth is required and fewer network related delays result from the use of ProActive.

ProActive is a transaction-oriented system. If any part of a transaction does not succeed, the database returns to the state that it was in before the transaction started. In non-client/server based systems, inopportune power failures, disk drive space problems, or other hardware problems can cause inconsistencies (at best) or data corruption (worst case).
ProActive's use of today's most sophisticated database backend server software ensures that all modern fault-tolerance features (i.e. mirroring, RAID, etc.) can be utilized to maximize data integrity.

All modern database servers support facilities for creating business rules and constraints for validating entered data. Non-client/server database software packages cannot take advantage of all these modern capabilities.
ProActive offers an additional client-side database integrity system that allows the non-programmer to establish business rules that are evaluated before posting to the database. This saves network bandwidth and opens up "business rule" functionality to the normal user.

All modern database server software has exhaustive security features. It is one of the main benefits that client/server offers. Typically, the server software stores and enforces security rules based on database, table and field-level objects as well as stored procedures, database views, etc. None of these facilities are available to non-client/server programs, however, in ProActive, all these features can be utilized at will.
ProActive augments normal server-side security with a complementary scheme tied to the major features of the program. So, while the server side enforces security based on the data items being accessed, ProActive secures sensitive "program" functions from the client-side resulting in an absolutely secure environment.

A major feature of client/server systems (and hence ProActive) is that they are imminently scalable. You can start with a handful of users and gravitate towards thousands of users simply by strengthening the capabilities of your database backend. Simple systems cannot grow beyond a handful of simultaneous users before significant performance degradation results. This is due to the fact that within some simple multi-user systems there is no sophisticated server-side software arbitrating multi-user access and performing data intensive functions on the server computer itself (see "Performance" above).
ProActive is also sold in a competitively priced single-user and multi-user version. Migration to a client/server system from either of these simplified versions can be easily accommodated.

If you have other client/server based systems deployed in your company, data that would normally be sourced from ProActive's own tables can be obtained from your existing databases, thus eliminating redundancy and ensuring consistency across all your client/server applications. An example of such interoperability would be to use data from your existing GIS (geographical information system) or AM/FM (automated mapping and facility management) system seamlessly from within the ProActive client/server.
ProActive's tables can also be accessed from other client/server applications, feeding CP
and pipeline integrity data to client/server risk assessment programs, work order systems
and the like.

In technical terms, the ProActive client is a modern OLE container application that can utilize ActiveX controls and Automation objects to integrate new and sophisticated application functions quickly and inexpensively. It’s the new age of component software and ProActive takes full advantage with features like spell-checking, photographic histories, drawings, schematics, scanner support, etc.

The M. C. Miller Co., Inc. has been in business for over 57 years. We have consistently put the customer first and have established lasting business relationships that have stood the test of time. ProActive is as much a service as it is a product. Together, we'll evaluate your current practices and mold ProActive to fit your operation exactly.
Your satisfaction is absolutely guaranteed.

Our pricing is designed to offer ProActive Client/Server at a very slight premium to competing systems that use simple multi-user technology. Our own multi-user offering is significantly more affordable than competing products and the single-user version is sold at a price that simply cannot be beat. "More (and better) for less" is the mantra at M. C. Miller Co., Inc.

In this age of mobile communications, no technician or database is tied to one location. ProActive’s Client-Server version deploys a briefcase version of the software; a technician can travel with a portion of the database and have virtually all the same functions available. The technician can make any changes to the database and update the home database upon his return, or, while still remote, update ProActive via WAN (wide area network) or across
the Internet.