Introduction
Miles IT has released 11 new feature packages that are available to be seamlessly incorporated into custom solutions developed using the Miles Platform. Feature packages are custom-developed features that provide specific functionality and enhance the capabilities of custom software. The packages are available to add to any new or existing system that is developed on the latest version of the Miles Platform (aka Breckenridge).
What is the Miles Platform?
Custom software allows organizations to optimize business processes, integrate disparate solutions, and leverage web and mobile platforms for product and service delivery.
In order to effectively develop complex, secure, and scalable solutions, Miles IT has developed the Miles Platform. This provides a base codebase that allows for consistent coding standards and framework for users, security, navigation, and a responsive user interface that works on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
The Miles Platform is based on over 100,000 hours of research & development and leverages Microsoft SQL as the database, .Net Core (C#) for the codebase, and angular for the user interface. It includes a massive library of custom code and has more than 90 code libraries for backend error handling, coding standards, and User Interface components, as well as various other fundamentals of software development that are leveraged to build a high-quality web or mobile application.
This approach allows custom software solutions to be completed quickly, securely, and continually developed over time to incorporate new features or capabilities.
By utilizing the .Net Core development framework, your application has the flexibility to be deployed in Microsoft and non-Microsoft environments or deployed to the cloud using Azure services. The platform also allows for seamless upgrades to the core technologies.
And, since the code libraries were developed by Miles IT, we are able to ensure all code was developed following best practices for application security and can convey the necessary code rights to you should you be interested in modifying or distributing your application.
Feature Package Add-ons
Interoperability is a major part of what makes the Miles Platform so successful. This allows completely custom systems to be developed using the platform and utilizing a combination of pre-developed code libraries and custom code developed using stringent coding standards.
Miles IT has recently developed and released a core set of Feature Packages, which are more comprehensive sets of code libraries that provide the basis for implementing common features quickly and effectively.
Login and Authentication Feature Packages
Active Directory Integration
Instead of managing a separate set of user credentials in your software application, this feature allows you to easily connect your Active Directory (using LDAP2 protocol) to your custom software. Using this package, you can define security roles based on existing AD groups to roles with your custom application.
Microsoft and Google Single Sign On (SSO)
This type of authentication allows users to log in with credentials without needing to exist in their application. Our SSO packages are currently compatible with Google (Gmail) and Microsoft user types, but more will be available in the future.
Two Factor Authentication (2FA)
Two Factor Authentication is generally a good practice for application security. This provides an additional layer of security to ensure that the right people are accessing your application. This feature package supports email as the secondary factor.
Reporting and Communication Feature Packages
Advanced Reporting
Reporting is important for any business and is critical for gaining insights into performance and stability. This package unlocks the power of ad hoc tabular report creation. Through this package, your team can define fields, filters, grouping, and aggregation in each report. You can create reports as needed without applying budget and efforts around individual custom reports. This package works within the security framework of the Miles Platform to configure role-based access to specific reports and datasets.
Real-Time Communications (RTC)
By incorporating RTC into your custom application, live updates of information may be sent between the server and application without needing to refresh the screen. This means that users of your application can continue to view updated information without directly interacting with the application.
Actionable Notifications
This feature package enhances communications from within the application. It provides the framework to receive a visualized list of notifications triggered by specific events. By including these notifications within the application, users can take appropriate actions, while being taken directly to a specific page.
Audit Log
This feature package easily implements audit logging capabilities into your application. It allows you to track, search, and view user & time/date-stamped updates at the field level on defined data objects. This feature package is useful in supporting various compliance requirements.
Integrations and Development Tools Feature Packages
Striven Integration
Striven is an all-in-one business management software platform that includes Accounting, CRM, HR, Project Management, and much more. The Striven Integration feature package allows for the development of fully custom solutions that can extend the features of Striven.
PayPal
Using the popular payment processor? This valuable feature package allows you to easily integrate your application with PayPal.
Secure Portals
This package provides the core structure and codebase that allows for multiple secure portals through a single web application. This is valuable when developing customer, sub-contractor, and employee portals, and is the basis for multi-tenant SaaS software products.
HTML to PDF Editor
This feature package allows developers to easily generate PDFs, forms, and reports that can be generated, saved, and shared through the application.
Conclusion
The Miles Platform incorporates years of research, development, and experience so that your custom software solution is perfectly suited for your business.
However, the right development platform is only part of the solution. Many companies can offer their platform for development, but your organization needs to be equipped with the right expertise to drive technology in business.
Miles IT has a team of consultants and project management and development professionals who can help turn your vision of your application into a reality. You will be able to benefit from our hard work and select the right tool as a business driver for the advancement of technology adoption.
