SS&C's TimeShareWare products represent an investment in the future needs of the industry by undergoing a ground-up redesign of its core technology foundation into the latest three-tier platform service oriented architecture. This pioneering change offers options of customization, integration, performance, and scalability that, until now, have not been available. For the first time ever, you have the ability to integrate and revitalize your current legacy systems, easily customize and extend capabilities, and leverage new technologies without sacrificing scalability and performance.

TimeShareWare Platform Technology is Based on Three-Tier Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
The goal for a SOA is a world wide mesh of collaborating services, which are published and available for invocation on the Service Bus. Adopting SOA is essential to deliver the business agility and IT flexibility promised by Web Services. These benefits are delivered not by just viewing service architecture from a technology perspective and the adoption of Web Service protocols, but require the creation of a Service Oriented Environment that is based on the following key principals:

• Service is the important concept. Web Services are the set of protocols by which Services can be published, discovered and used in a technology neutral, standard form.

• SOA is not just architecture of services seen from a technology perspective, but the policies, practices, and frameworks by which we ensure the right services are provided and consumed.

• With SOA it is critical to implement processes that ensure that there are at least two different and separate processes—for provider and consumer.

• Rather than leaving developers to discover individual services and put them into context, the Business Service Bus is instead their starting point that guides them to a coherent set that has been assembled for their domain.

What does the TimeShareWare SOA Platform mean to you?
Specifically, The TimeShareWare Technology Platform is divided into three layers: 1) The User Interface Layer, 2) The Business Logic Layer, and 3) The Data Layer. The business Logic Layer (BLL) contains the core functionality and is divided into separate functions or modules (see below):

What are the direct benefits of these Layers?

User Interface Layer(UIL) Provides the ability to create your own customized user interface with unlimited capabilities. Even when a software solution provides distinct benefits, there are always unique differences in the way you would like to use your system. TimeShareWare has not overlooked the pain and frustration inherent in this dilemma and has enabled its clients the ability to design a user-interface that fits their specific needs.

Business Logic Layer (BLL) The TimeShareWare Platform consists of a series of services or mini-programs that perform specific tasks, fetch and process data, and then return information to be viewed from the User Interface. The Business Logic Layer provides you with only the functionality you need. Each separate intelligent service operates independently, you need only purchase the ones that meet your current needs. As your business grows, new services can be easily added to meet the needs of growth of your operation.

Data Access Layer (DAL) Provides performance and scalability so efficient data management is can be achieved at any scale. This architecture is inherently designed to handle very large multi-database systems. Even a resort with millions of leads and multiple databases will not slow the system down.

Tight, clean, fast, and simple; it's the foundation of TimeShareWare's Data Layer that opens the door of excellence to your resort operation!

Extended Services
What if you could seamlessly integrate outside complementary services like rental cars and trip insurance into your offerings? What if you could add more value to your product or provide enhanced customer service while increasing your bottom line? In today's world of information exchange, the only thing holding you back is the technical ability to pull the data together. TimeShareWare SOA empowers you with this capability, now you have the flexibility to extend your offerings to include other properties and inventories, third party value-added partners, and any other complementary product directly into your system.

Multi-System Integration
The TimeShareWare Platform provides a way to truly integrate all your information, including third-party and existing legacy systems into one. Now, businesses can simultaneously access, process, and view data from different systems across multiple sources.

There is no doubt, TImeShareWare platform technology is revolutionary in providing the tools necessary for companies to drive to levels of innovation within their business that they never thought possible.