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Technology Stocks : Mbrane (NASDAQ: MBRN) - An enterprise solution? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Shinie who wrote (665)	12/24/1999 11:23:00 AM
From: Ryno	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1238

Cathy I was not in the chat, I tried to get in, but apparently there is a limit of 50 attendees and I must have been number 51! My experience as a software developer does include much work in databases as I work with Geographic Information Systems, but to this point, has not required remote users access a centralized secure database, so I really have no extraordinary insight into the future for eSNAP. However, now having been identified as a developer, I had better have some comment, or I risk loosing any credibility you may have garnished for me <ggg>. Below I have listed a couple items I think CNTR should be well positioned to exploit, and a couple questions. I have also provided a brief description of a project I am currently working on, which is probably a good example of where eSNAP could find applicability. Looking at the big picture, I feel the ability to access information on demand from a centralized and remote database will become increasingly important as we become more accustomed to using technology on a casual basis for everyday work. In particular, the amount of information is becoming so large that efficient retrieval of it will require capabilities that only relational databases can provide ? text based, sequential access / search methods, will be too slow. One thing that concerns me however is that I vaguely recall that eSNAP only works with SQLBase, and not with the more popular database Oracle. Can anyone clarify this? Another thing that should favor eSNAP is that, as AllSuccess mentioned in the chat session, ?It is leveragable because we do not require these businesses to rewrite their applications?. I am curious as to how true this is. For example, he says ?we do not require?, well does that mean that any application currently running on a network that access a secure database can be installed on a laptop and start using the application with no application modification, and have it remotely access the secure data? Consider the applicability of eSNAP on a project I am currently working on that allows field personnel to use a laptop and access database information LOCALLY AVAILABLE on their laptops. They update the information on the local database, in the field and every month send the updates to the central office. Then the central office processes the data to update their warehouse, and then sends portions of the database back to field personnel. We have a major challenge designing the updating procedures. How nice would it be to have the field personnel directly access/update the central office database and relieve us of this challenge? Relating this project to the comment above: how would the application as currently designed be snapped (pardon the pun) into eSNAP? To more directly answer your question on my thoughts of the company and its products. I can say the company management seems to have made a great turnaround, very possibly has an excellent product, is the leader in their industry, and is in an industry whose market should expand within the next couple years. Full disclosure: I have a small long position in CNTR. ryno