iTAC.MES.Suite in Java

The iTAC.MES.Suite is the first MES solution entirely based on Internet technologies. The use of Java, ensures that the iTAC.MES.Suite (server and client) will run on nearly all platforms.

The iTAC.MES.Suite server and all clients (which do not have to be connected directly to a production machine) are 100% Java-based. The server accesses the RDBMS via JDBC (Java Data Base Connectivity). The interactive Java clients are available as Java applets and run in the browser (on the basis of the Java plug-in) without prior local client installation.

Advantages of Java:

• Java is a standard and not a product (community process)
• Java is a framework which defines program language, runtime environment, class libraries, Internet integration, browser integration, security mechanisms and much more (unlike C++, for example)
• Java is available from various producers on most platforms (SUN, IBM, etc.)
• Java has very good runtime robustness
• Java has been established in software development for a number of years