Saini: Because a component can be dynamically installed anywhere, we have a very elegant security model with many levels of roles-based security. Data transport between components can be encrypted at any level. And we have authentication at the application level, so that means if you log in as a production engineer, you may not be allowed to create a new component or deploy a component in a certain machine. You may only be allowed to run certain applications.
InfoWorld: So how does this change the way IT organizations should think about enterprise software?
Saini: There has to be a fundamental shift in thinking, and I am 100 percent convinced that this wave will catch on. Software can bend to meet the [needs of] business. There's a distinction between the manager and the programmer here. We're giving the power to the manager. It's merely a question of looking at it differently. In our case, when you drag and drop components on a screen, those components are already pre-tested and they're alive. If you click a button, the component is dynamically installed on the machine it needs to be installed on, and it runs. The application works out of the box.
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