IdeaBlade
announces
IMPAC
Medical
Systems
has
chosen
IdeaBlade
DevForce
for
building
their
next
generation
of
data
intensive
Microsoft
.NET
Framework-based
applications.
Emeryville,
Calif.
- February
1,
2006
-
IdeaBlade
Corporation
today
announced
that
the
DevForce
Developer
Productivity
Solution
for
Microsoft
Visual
Studio
2005
and
Microsoft
SQL
Server
2005
has
been
adopted
by
IMPAC
Medical
Systems.
In
transitioning
to
the
Microsoft
.NET
environment,
IMPAC
made
a commitment
to
provide
their
customers
with
a solid
foundation
for
the
future
and
with
DevForce,
that
vision
will
become
a reality
much
faster.
IMPAC’s
goal
was
not
to
simply
port
their
software
to
the
Microsoft
.NET
Framework
2.0,
but
also
to
build
a new
architecture
for
their
MOSAIQ
platform
that
would
enable
them
to
take
full
advantage
of
.NET
Framework-based
technology
while
still
remaining
focused
on
delivering
the
most
innovative
solutions
in
the
oncology
software
market.
Further,
IMPAC
decided
to
adopt
SQL
Server
2005
and
Visual
Studio
2005
as
their
database
and
development
platform. “Though
the
.NET
Framework
2.0
provides
all
the
basic
tools
necessary
for
developing
robust
enterprise
applications,
the
expertise
and
time
required
to
implement
our
own
framework
was
significant,” explained
Todd
Powell,
VP
of
Engineering
at
IMPAC. “DevForce,
combined
with
the
.NET
environment,
provides
us
with
the
development
tools
and
infrastructure
we
need
to
remain
focused
and
efficient
in
providing
critical-care
solutions
for
our
customers
and
their
patients.”
“Microsoft
is
excited
to
see
yet
another
ISV
adopt
SQL
Server
2005
and
Visual
Studio
2005
as
its
database
and
development
platform,” said
Prashant
Sridharan,
group
product
manager
of
the
.NET
Developer
Product
Marketing
Group
at
Microsoft
Corp. “With
DevForce
as
the
catalyst,
IMPAC
developers
will
be
more
productive,
resulting
in
reduced
development
costs
and
accelerated
time
to
market.”
“Since
DevForce
was
released
in
November,
we
have
seen
a significant
uptake
in
the
use
of
our
technology
in
the
ISV
market,” said
Albert
Wang,
CEO
of
IdeaBlade. “After
spending
several
months
developing
a concept
project
and
researching
various
technologies,
it
became
clear
to
IMPAC
that
DevForce
was
the
only
.NET
Frameworkbased
solution
that
could
provide
the
robustness
their
architects
required,
yet
was
still
easily
accessible
to
their
developers
to
enable
them
to
successfully
transition
to
the
.NET
environment.”
DevForce
provides
Internet-connected,
data-driven
applications
with
a
robust,
scalable
infrastructure
that
includes
object
relational
persistence,
client-side
caching,
off-line
execution,
n-tier
deployment,
model-view-controller
interfaces,
and
Service
Oriented
Architectures.
Graphical
design
tools
that
plug
into
Visual
Studio
2005
speed
development
and
reduce
errors.
Application
blueprints
guide
developers
toward
proven
designs.
This
means
application
developers
write
less
code,
more
quickly,
and
with
greater
confidence.
There
is
less
to
maintain,
less
to
support,
and
less
to
go
wrong.
Developers
and
architects
can
download
DevForce
Express,
an
unrestricted,
free
version
for
basic
client/server
applications
from www.ideablade.com.
### Product
and company names herein may
be trademarks of their registered
owners.
About
IMPAC
Medical
Systems
IMPAC
Medical
Systems,
Inc.,
a company
in
the
Elekta
Group,
provides
healthcare
IT
solutions
that
streamline clinical and business operations across the spectrum of cancer care.
IMPAC’s
open
integration
to
multiple
healthcare
data
and
imaging
systems
offers
oncology-specific
patient
charting
and
practice
management,
as
well
as
best-of-breed
systems
for
anatomic
pathology,
clinical
laboratory,
and
cancer
registry.
With
products
that
range
from
diagnosis
and
treatment
through
long-term
follow-up,
IMPAC
provides
a comprehensive
oncology
management
solution
that
helps
improve
overall
communication,
process
efficiency,
and
quality
patient
care.
For
more
information
about
IMPAC’s
products
or
services,
please
call
1-650-623-8800
or
visit
www.impac.com.
About
IdeaBlade IdeaBlade,
Inc.,
a venture-backed
corporation
headquartered
in
Emeryville,
California,
provides
productivity
solutions
for
rapid
development
and
deployment
of
enterprise
internet
applications.
IdeaBlade
products
help
developers
focus
on
delivering
business
value,
accelerate
time-to-market,
and
reduce
development
and
maintenance
costs.
Founded
in
2001,
solutions
built
with
IdeaBlade
have
been
deployed
by
numerous
independent
software
vendors
(ISVs)
and
enterprises
in
many
industries
including:
healthcare,
insurance,
finance,
education,
agriculture,
biotechnology,
and
business
services.
IdeaBlade
is
a Microsoft
Certified
Partner
and
member
of
the
Microsoft
Visual
Studio
Industry
Partner
(VSIP)
program.
More
information
on
IdeaBlade
products
and
services
is
available
at www.ideablade.com. |
