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November 12, 2002 - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada goes Common Look
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October 8, 2002 - NetCentric Launches Common Look, Government of Canada Edition, at Gtec
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada goes Common Look
Release Date:
November 12, 2002
Contact:
George Lambert
613 228 1310 x 220
Cell: 613 797 8563
Ottawa November 12, 2002 - NetCentric technologies today announced that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will be using its Common Look testing tool to bring its 350,000 page website into compliance with Government of Canada (GoC) standards. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Canada has mandated that all GoC sites meet these standards by the end of the current year. Standards relate to the branding of GoC services under a "Common Look and Feel" and to accessibility, especially for the handicapped, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). There are a total of 74 "checkpoints" which must be tested for website compliance. Departments must then report to the CIO on their compliance status by June 2003.
Common Look is a highly automated verification tool which, placed at the base of a website, will create an image of that site by following the links on each page. The tester may then select groups of pages and groups of checkpoints for testing. Most checkpoints run automatically through the selected pages. Errors are shown graphically with enough details to help the correction process. The site image together with information on the test/fail status of each page is stored in a database from which management reports can be generated.
"This is one of the larger GoC sites and we are delighted to play a role in its standards compliance" said Monir ElRayes, NetCentric’s president. "Done manually, it would take a mind boggling amount of time to test this site. Automation of the process is key."
Founded in 1995, NetCentric Technologies is an Ottawa based software product developer.
Release Date:
October 8, 2002
Contact:
George Lambert
613 228 1310 x 220
Cell: 613 797 8563
Ottawa October 8, 2002 - NetCentric technologies today announced the launch of its Common Look, Government of Canada edition, product at Gtec.
Common Look is a breakthrough product designed to greatly simplify and automate the process of verifying compliance with Treasury Board Common Look and Feel (CLF) Standards for the Internet.
Using Common Look, federal government departments and agencies can greatly speed the CLF verification process, reduce cost and improve the accuracy and consistency of testing.
"The CLF standards are very important because, among other things, they make Goc sites accessible to people with handicaps and help promote a consistent image for the federal government and the various government departments." said Monir ElRayes, NetCentric’s president. "Common Look is the only product of its kind. It is specifically designed to automate the CLF testing process. I don't see how government departments can achieve CLF compliance through a manual testing process, given how daunting a task it is to check for all the standards."
| NetCentric Awarded Supply Arrangement for Government of Canada Government On Line Informatics & Professional Services | |
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Ottawa, Ontario- May 8th, 2002 – NetCentric Technologies announced that it has been awarded supplier status for the informatics needs of the Government of Canada’s Government On Line (GOL) initiative.
GOL is Government of Canada's project to provide all major information and services on the Internet by 2005. Towards this end, $600,000,000 has been budgeted for the next four years. Currently 67% of Canadians individuals and 97% of businesses have Internet access. Moreover, Canadians lead the world in per capita high-speed Internet connection.
"NetCentric’s IntuitiveJ-Suite of Java tools can complement Canada’s commitment to the social and economic benefits of on line government. We are in a unique position to tightly integrate GOL apps with the Government of Canada guidelines on how these services should be accessed, should look and feel" stated NetCentric’s president Monir ElRayes.
| NetCentric Launches Enterprise Java and Service Provider Tools at COMDEX Fall 2001 | |
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Ottawa, Ontario- October 1st 2001 – NetCentric Technologies announced the first products in its IntuitiveJ suite of tools for Java developers and service providers who use the Internet as a delivery medium. IntuitiveJ-Generator is a totally new concept in Java application development. "This tool will reduce the time for developing enterprise Java applications to a fraction of the time required using currently available tools", said Monir ElRayes, NetCentric’s president. "This addresses development time and costs, a burning issue for the providers of on line applications", ElRayes continued. IntuitiveJ-ARM instruments the code generated for Open Standard application response measurement (ARM 3). The suite will also include service provider tools for managing applications and a security layer.
IntuitiveJ-Generator is a Java application generator permitting sophisticated J2EE applications, applets or client-server applications to be created graphically and without writing Java or SQL code. Developers with a basic understanding of application design can create views (datasets) of any JDBC enabled database (i.e. queries, master-detail relationship, pick lists, etc.), create GUIs with a rich array of functions (i.e. navigation tool bars, password fields, text boxes, etc.), associate buttons with actions and fields with columns, then generate commented Java code. This code can be instrumented for ARM with the Security layer adding encryption and group-based security.
The IntuitiveJ-ARM Framework module implements the Computer Measurement Group's ARM 3.0 standard for Java. It allows service providers to monitor the performance of transactions within applications, including any sub-transactions. This is particularly important in a J2EE environment where a number of components collaborate to execute a front-end request, resulting in a number of sub-transactions, each of which could contribute to performance problems. The IntuitiveJ-ARM Framework module provides the ability to define service targets and to define actions to be taken when the targets are not met. Extensive logging and reporting capabilities ensure that the end-to-end performance metrics of applications can be measured and analyzed. Collected metrics can be used for Service Level verification and capacity planning exercises. For instance, if a service level agreement calls for a maximum 5-second response 90% of the time, an email warning can be sent to the system manager when service falls below this level. "This is the only reasonably priced Open Standard ARM implementation available to xSPs" ElRayes stated.