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We provide
small & mid-size companies with flexible Back-Office software at a very
low
Total Cost of Ownership
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The Mission
The Fourth Generation
mission is to use the latest mature technologies to
create "best of class" modifiable financial and
distribution software for mid-sized corporate level
computing environments.
Leader in Informix Technology Since 1987
Fourth Generation has
been developing software products and providing custom
solutions using Informix products for UNIX environments
since 1987.
As co-founders of the
Southeast Informix Users Group in 1990, Fourth Generation
has maintained close ties to Informix technologies and
the user community.
Adaptable Applications Architecture
Fourth Generation is the
only product in its class that is created with total
flexibility in mind. Fourth Generation was developed
using Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE)
tools. CASE tools reduce the
cost of development, and maintenance while enforcing
programming standards and providing a very robust,
consistent user interface. While
some software products offer source code as an
afterthought and charge a premium, Fourth Generation
makes the complete source code available and affordable,
along with the CASE tools that were used to create the
programs.
Proven Products
The Fourth Generation
product family has been adopted by more than a thousand
commercial organizations worldwide. Those companies
range from 10 employees and $15 million in sales to
hundreds of employees and over $400 million in sales. Fourth
Generation uses the latest proven and stable technologies
to provide complete solutions that work well today.
International Network of Partners
Fourth Generation offers
the largest network of authorized resellers in its
market. As independent
businesses, each of the authorized resellers located
throughout the U.S. and in several foreign countries has
extensive experience with Fourth Generation and Informix
products and are dedicated to the support and success of
Fourth Generation users.
Training Programs
Fourth Generation offers
an extensive training program through its training center
in Atlanta, and through packaged and customized training
offered at your site. Training features
include hands-on laboratory work as well as classroom
lectures. Courses are also offered for end-users, and for
developers and technical staff.
Many Satisfied Users
Fourth Generation Users Include:
• Blue
Cross & Blue Shield
• VISA
Interactive
• AT
& T
• Bell
Atlantic
• Civil
Air Patrol
• HBO
& Co.
• Kentucky
Fried Chicken
• Kindercare
Learning Centers
• Department
of the Navy
• Outback
Steak House
• WorldSpan
• Tenneco
Packaging
• Sara
Lee Hosiery
Fourth Generation Software
Current
Technology, Proven Solutions
Proven.
Because you only want new technology if it
provides a real advantage.
The Fourth Generation
mission is to use the latest mature technologies to
create "best of class" modifiable financial and
distribution software for mid-sized corporate level
computing environments.
Flexible.
Because change is inevitable.
The Fourth Generation
applications are Modifiable by Design, which means they
are designed from the beginning to accommodate change.
They are easily modifiable, either by you, the customer,
or by your Fourth Generation Authorized reseller to your
specifications.
Scalable.
Because business growth shouldn't require you to switch your application
software.
The Fourth Generation
applications are Modifiable by Design, which means they
are designed from the beginning to accommodate change.
They are easily
modifiable, either by you, the customer, or by your
Fourth Generation Authorized reseller to your
specifications.
The
Fourth Generation Applications are designed to operate in
a wide variety of configurations on your choice of
industry standard platforms. Whether you have a few users
on a small workstation or hundreds of users on a UNIX
mainframe, Fourth Generation has a solution that allows
you to keep growing.
Total Data
Access.
Because
you can't always anticipate what you'll need to know.
Your data represents
your company’s greatest single asset. The worth of
that asset, however, is directly related to your ability
to record it and access it.
Fourth Generation offers
the most comprehensive and flexible data access
available. From powerful on-screen queries to wide open
access to the latest data retrieval tools, with Fourth
Generation you will really have Total Data Access!
Modifiable By Design.
Fourth Generation was
designed from the ground up to be easily modified. While
a few accounting software vendors offer their source code
as an afterthought, many don’t offer it at all.
Fourth
Generation offers not only 100% of the application source
code, but also an entire methodology and tool set
designed to manage and expedite software changes and
additions.
Fourth
Generation’s applications have been created using
Computer Assisted Software Engineering (CASE) Tools.
The
CASE environment ensures that all programs are built in a
standardized way, automates much of the programming
process, and substantially reduces the time and costs
associated with enhancing and maintaining your custom
software.
Built-in Adaptability!
Customized software no
longer means you're on your own. One of the biggest
problems businesses like yours encounter when they
customize packaged software is that once your software
has been customized, you no longer have access to new
features and new technologies introduced in later
versions of the package.
Fourth Generation uses
the CASE environment to manage and segregate your custom
changes.
This
allows you to easily re-implement your custom changes when
upgrading to the latest versions of our packaged
software.
Should you purchase canned package
software...
or write your own?
Fourth Generation offers
a proven solution to the traditional dilemma.
If you find the
best possible fit in a packaged solution for your company
today, what happens when your business changes more than
your software can?
If you
build a custom system from scratch, can you have it soon
enough?
Can
you afford it?
Fourth
Generation offers you an alternative: a base product -
made to be modified, that your business can never
outgrow!
Ease of Use.
Fourth Generation was
built with the user in mind. The modern user interface
uses ring menus and pop-up windows to give you instant
access to required functions.
On-line queries give you
a powerful search tool to locate information. Freeform
"Sticky" notes attach to all documents and
records. Definable Hot Keys put you anywhere you need to
be at the touch of a button.
Extensive
on-line help that you can update saves you time and keeps
you on track. CASE technology ensures a consistent user
interface throughout the system.
Keeping Up With Technology.
Keeping up with the fast
pace of technology is no easy task. How do you deal with
the fact that the system you implement today may be
obsolete tomorrow!
Every month that goes
by, there are new options, new breakthroughs in hardware
and software.
Fourth
Generation is built on a foundation of Industry Standards
and components from leading vendors.
This
allows you the greatest flexibility when it comes to
integrating new technologies and third party products. It
also affords you the peace of mind to know you won’t
be left behind.
The Importance of Standards.
Successful technology
solutions today must be based on standards. There is no
other way to ensure that the solution you implement today
will continue to serve your needs in the future.
Where industry
standards exist, Fourth Generation has adopted them. UNIX
has become the standard for multi-user systems and medium
to large database servers allowing you to interchange
hardware platforms as you outgrow your system. Structured
Query Language (SQL) is the standard language for
database access.
Open
Data Base Connectivity (ODBC) has become the standard for
the database connectivity. Our programming tools build
standard code to allow modification by different
programmers.
Fourth
Generation accounting solutions provide a foundation
based on standard accounting principles.
Graphical Data Access.
Through our support of
the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard, Fourth
Generation lets you access your database directly using
your favorite Windows applications including: Excel &
Lotus spreadsheets, and many graphical report writers
such as Crystal, and I/Q.
Virtually any of the
many Windows products that are ODBC enabled have direct
access to your Fourth Generation data!
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