One of the questions we were asked at GITA expanded on a common theme. “What do we have to do on the ArcSDE server to make GO! Sync work?” The quick answer is NOTHING!
GO! Sync was designed and has been implemented to be data model agnostic. This allows our users to synchronize, display and manipulate data and centrally manage their implementation regardless of the underlying ArcSDE data model. This design consideration is something that we are very proud of since it allows us to support all departments within an organization (Gas, Electric, Water, Wastewater, Police, Fire, Public Works, etc…) from a single solution.
When you add our single interface support for integration with work management systems, customer information systems, permitting systems, outage management systems, computer-aided dispatch systems and a whole host of other mobile workforce management business systems, you really begin to see the value of GO! Sync within your organization.
Other vendors have taken a different approach where the data-model is specific to a particular application, the workflow is virtually dictated, custom objects are required for the system to work, and upgrades and changes are expensive and risky to attempt. All this might make sense if you are dealing with a single commodity and have an unlimited IT budget, but it really hinders organizations that must support users in a multi-mode, multi-commodity environment on a limited budget with limited resources.
We think we’ve gotten it right, and we’d like you to give us a try.
