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StageOne is a hosted Software-as-a-Service development framework designed to store your company's information architecture as database-managed objects in an intuitive control panel. StageOne supports the EDDIE development method and serves as the "power tool" that enables you to rapidly prototype and deploy an application.

How is StageOne better than both packaged and bespoke information solutions? The truth is, most solutions fail to account for the fact that business applications are transformative and continually evolving. By the time a system is deployed, the fundamental requirements have inevitably changed. And because business professionals are not software developers, they often find it difficult to articulate their needs until they see the system in action.

So to be successful, StageOne does two things better than anyone: (1) we provide a prototyping environment so clients can participate in the design, and (2) the system itself is designed to be uniquely flexible. You can make significant feature and architecture revisions right up to the 11th hour, and continuously add or enhance features as you use the system.

StageOne includes a graphical, full-featured control panel for portal administration and information architecture modelling, and a portal-builder with libraries of highly-customisable, re-usable components and user interface widgets. In many cases you can model the initial prototype application entirely using StageOne, with very little coding required.

StageOne includes the following systems:

  • EDDIE-Based Database Schema (for virtually any relational database, from MS-Access to SQLServer, MySQL, and Oracle).
  • J2EE Compliant Development Environment via Adobe JRun Application Server
  • Ability to create an XML or JSON Content Abstraction Layer for ease of integration and user interface generation on multiple platforms, like LAMP and ASP.Net.
  • AJAX and AJAX-friendly interface widgets
  • Management of Locales and Code Families (Database Field Abstraction Layer)
  • Tools for managing Multidimensional Classification Trees
  • Modules for managing Administrative Users, Extranet Members, Extranet Groups, File Security Permissions, and Virtual Folders.
  • Pre-built Modules for managing dozens of Structured Data Objects, including People, Places, Things, Events, Courses, Classes, Press Releases, News and Information, Team Bios
  • Fully-featured components including Project Management and Task Tracking, Email Campaign Management, Customer Care, Product Catalogues, and Extranet Management.
  • Portal Hosting and Administration Utilities, including HTML Site Generation, CDROM Builder, Template-based Layouts, and Web Site Publishing, Portal and Site Navigation.

Since StageOne is a hosted web application, you don't need to install anything. We will tailor the system to suit your specific requirements, extend the system as you grow, and integrate external applications. With all the core features already in StageOne, you can deploy complex information systems and portals in days or weeks, not months or years.

You Own It

Most important, we never hold your content, data, or web properties hostage. At the push of a button, StageOne will allow you to export your entire portal site to your choice of web server. You can request data (in standard formats like MS-Access or SQLServer backup) and files at any time. And we support an XML output API that integrates with virtually any system.

You can even use your own engineers! Because it is so data-centric, StageOne can be extended by any web developer with Adobe ColdFusion, PHP, Microsoft .Net, or Java programming skills.

Flexible in All Dimensions

In addition to data and content, StageOne will manage Rich Internet Applications in Flash and AJAX, making it an easily extensible platform for prototyping and delivery of web applications and actionable web sites.

StageOne is easily tailored to the information architecture of any business, storing web and multimedia content, documents, visitor information, customer information, and the details of your products and services. With its data-driven templates and a powerful classification engine that manages relationships across different types of information, the StageOne control panel offers truly enterprise features at a price that most mid-size businesses can afford.