 | eCal TechnologyScalability eCal’s team of dedicated performance engineers ensures that every component of the eCal platform conforms to rigid criteria. A sophisticated performance methodogy allows eCal to maintain extremely high standards for performance while scaling into the millions of users. Modularity and Design The eCal architecture has been built using a modular structure that allows the platform to be extended for individual customer requirements. In addition, the self-referential design of the application allows eCal to offer multilple interfaces into the application without touching the core application. Reliability eCal has been recognized for its success in providing secure and reliable hosted services to over a hundred companies and millions of end-users. The guiding principles that allowed for the smooth operation of eCal’s global, redundant hosted facililties have been applied to every aspect of the eCal platform. Ease of Integration Meeting today’s needs for tight integration into existing infrastructure and external applications, eCal’s platform has been built to provide an easy fit within an IT infrastructure. The use of industry standard components, such as Oracle, Solaris, Apache, and Perl, offers the ability to utilize third-party integration components and the opportunity to leverage domain knowledge of popular software products. In addition, the eCal platform provides application interfaces into 100% of the underlying functionality of the application, allowing for a wide variety of integration possibilities. |  |  |  |  | |  | | | Patent eCal currently holds US patent (No. 5,960,406) that covers the key functionality and concepts associated with the company’s scheduling technology. eCal has filed additional patent applications in a number of foreign countries based on its United States filings and expects to file additional patent applications in the United States to cover technology being developed in areas such as synchronization and wireless access. | |  | |  |  |  |  |
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