1. Ideal Systems Catalyst for software success™ zTools Overview

2. Most software projects fail for two reasons: Inaccurate, inflexible design  Users uninvolved  Users overly-influential  Communication gap between users and designers Undisciplined development  Redundant coding  Inconsistent coding  Difficult maintenance.

3. Ideal Systems: Catalyst for software success™ BEAM™ Training – Design it right  Common language for users and developers  Understandable and verifiable by users  Disciplined, consistent, flexible for developers zTools™ Technology – Build it right  Minimal coding  Consistent methodology  Simple application maintenance.

4. zTools: a new dimension in RAD™ Reduces development time and effort  Common functions (application primitives) built-in Standardizes application security  Integrates directly with database security Unifies application interface  Better user experience and easier training Simplifies application maintenance  Most UI changes accomplished w/o recompilation.

5. Database Application Primitives Presentation Primitives  Grid View  Vertical Form View  Custom Form View

6. Database Application Primitives Presentation Primitives  Grid View  Vertical Form View  Custom Form View Display Primitives  View (SELECT)  Filter (WHERE)  Sort (ORDER BY) Filter Sort Select

7. Database Application Primitives Presentation Primitives  Grid View  Vertical Form View  Custom Form View Display Primitives  View (SELECT)  Filter (WHERE)  Sort (ORDER BY) Maintenance Primitives  Add (INSERT)  Change (UPDATE)  Delete (DELETE) Change Delete Add

8. Application navigation

9. Reporting and querying

10. Globalization

11. Documentation

12. Simple, consistent interface ButtonText BoxDropDownCalendarRead-OnlyCheckBox

13. Other operations standardized Navigate Aggregate Export

14. Extended Metadata Data AccessPage Access The UI isn’t “programmed”… it’s configured.

15. Hard-code everything (data entry, reports, validation, security, etc) Hard-code everything (data entry, reports, validation, security, etc)

16. Lots of custom coding Telerik RADControls, Infragistics, etc. Crystal Reports, Business Objects, etc.

17. Telerik RADControls, Infragistics, etc. Crystal Reports, Business Objects, etc.

18. Telerik RADControls, Infragistics, etc.

19. zTools Benefits Drastically reduces lines of code All core data operations are built-in Consistent look and feel Secure, data-driven user interfaces Most UI changes made without recompiling Accomplish more with less resources.

20. Why settle for anything less than ideal?