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Haifa IBM lab offers easy-to-use web application tool. Cost: $0

Posted on May 17, 2007 • By Rebecca Markowitz
Category: Technology Leave a Comment

Sys-Con media reports:

IBM today announced a free Web application development tool made in IBM labs with a simple user-interface to allow people without technical skills in small businesses and other organizations to create applications that solve daily tasks.

Created at IBM’s Haifa Research Laboratory in Israel, the IBM® Development Engagement Service (DevEngage) requires no programming skills and is a visually appealing, user-friendly, interactive tool designed to develop online forms for any small business’ tasks, including Human Resources, Finance, Sales or Marketing, that automate common manual processes, such as the collection and analysis of information.

… An example of this useful technology in action might be at a small business where lunch is ordered every day from a local restaurant. The office manager collects orders and at the end of the week subtracts lunch costs from each employee’s salary. This application could be used to easily build a Web-based form where each employee fills in his lunch order every day. The application could calculate the weekly or monthly costs and keep everything orderly. On the flip side, the restaurant owner may want people to be able to order food online — even without actually purchasing the food. This way the restaurant owner can prepare the right food on time and know to whom the food should be delivered.

Made in IBM Labs: IBM Unveils User-Friendly Web Application Development Tool for Non-Techies, Small Businesses, MarketWire, May 16, 2007

Who knows what’s next? Maybe food will be delivered right to your inbox! Getting hungry just thinking about it.